Posts By Andrew Winistorfer
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories Columbia: 2013 Of all the genius promotional things Daft Punk did prior to last week’s iTunes leak of Random Access Memories—the SNL & Coachella ads, the secretive websites, the weird collaborators interviews—putting “Get Lucky” out…
This Is An Article About Jai Paul’s Not Album. Or Maybe It Isn’t. My Laptop Was Stolen.
“Tell me where you got this from/Why?/Because it’s mine and my I’ve missed it so long/Oh I know you don’t really know what it is/I’ve spent one hundred thousand light years on this”—“Track 10” It’s hard to name a musician…
Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience RCA Records: 2013 Justin Timberlake’s last album came out in 2006, which means it came out before Twitter, before your mom was on Facebook and before we had one of Jay-Z’s friends in the White…
Kool A.D. – 19 & 63
Kool A.D. - 19 & 63 Self-released: 2013 “Interstitial material, skits and even songs that are obviously recorded as filler do not have to be seen as less valid art but can be seen as part of the tradition (often enough,…
A$AP Rocky – LongLiveA$AP
A$AP Rocky - LongLiveA$AP RCA: 2012 Since he exploded on the rap internet’s consciousness, A$AP Rocky’s greatest strength—beyond his cheekbones—is how he populates his albums and the worlds around them. He had a part in making Clams Casino the fanboy magnet…
Heems – Wild Water Kingdom
Heems - Wild Water Kingdom Greedhead: 2012 “We’re funny dudes but we’re also insular somewhat sad dudes. Yall just assumed we were rather one-dimensional I think.”—Heems, during his Reddit AMA on the day Wild Water Kingdom came out. Because of the…
Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire – Power & Passion EP
Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire - Power & Passion EP Universal Republic: 2012 Amongst all the gutter-mouthed, staunchly uncommercial rappers out right now, Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire is the most masterful cuss artist, a true great at using the mother of all swear words,…
How Interscope Won 2012 By Letting Kendrick Lamar Be Kendrick Lamar
By now, you have an opinion on Kendrick Lamar’s major label debut, Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City. You’ve probably read our review, probably sent some Tweets about it. Probably argued about the relative merits of MC Eiht’s verse on “M.A.A.D. City”.…
MellowHype – Numbers
MellowHype - Numbers Odd Future Records: 2012 It seems insane, doesn’t it, that there was a period of time two years ago when Odd Future seemed “dangerous” and “controversial”? Now that they’ve proven themselves as consummate professionals–Have they blown off tour…
G.O.O.D. Music – Cruel Summer
G.O.O.D. Music - Cruel Summer G.O.O.D. Music: 2012 The idea of a “Kanye West posse album” is a preposterous one. Since Kanye was signed as a rapper to Roc-A-Fella not for his rapping skills but because Dame and Jay wanted to…
