5.00 Kevin Gates 'Khaza' Trades Intensity For Vulnerability With Mixed Results.4.20 Little Simz Delves Into Her Past On Beautiful & Inspiring 'Sometimes I Might Be Introvert'.4.20 UK Rapper Dave Is A Voice For The Voiceless On 'We're All Alone In This Together' Album.4.30 Maxo Kream Elevates His Artistry Through Tragedy On Brilliant 'Weight Of The World'.4.30 PinkPantheress Proves She’s More Than Snippets On Glorious Debut Project ‘To Hell With It’.4.40 Pink Siifu 'GUMBO'! Is A Thoughtful Love Letter To The South.4.40 Tyler, The Creator's 'CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST' Is A Beautiful Balance Of Ego & Total Vulnerability.4.00 Conway The Machine ‘God Don't Make Mistakes’ Is A Monument To His Depth As An Artist.4.00 Earl Sweatshirt 'Sick!' Leaves The Shadows To Illuminate His Future.4.00 'Who Is Nardo Wick' Flashes Potential Starpower In A Bleak Hip Hop World.4.00 Jazmine Sullivan ‘Heaux Tales’ Is A Glorious Vocal Exhibition Marked By Emotional Intimacy.4.00 Young Thug 'Punk' Is An Intimate Potluck With Excess Leftovers.4.10 Review - Fly Anakin 'Frank' Is An Intergenerational Crossover That Builds On His Momentum.Morale & The Big Steppers' Examines The Ugly Side Of A Modern Rap Superstar 4.20 Quelle Chris’ ‘DEATHFAME’ Exhibits Excellence At Navigating The Pitfalls Of Popularity.4.30 Nas & Hit-Boy ‘MAGIC’ Ups The Ante Following A Stellar 2-Album Run.4.40 Playboi Carti 'Whole Lotta Red' Is The Sound Of 2021 Whether You Like It Or Not.3.30 Dreezy & Hit-Boy 'HitGirl' Produces A Middling Affair Due To An Unequal Partnership.3.50 Leikeli47 'Shape Up' Maintains Her Eclectic Musical Anonymity.3.60 Ella Mai 'Heart On My Sleeve' Continues Her Bid For Longevity.3.60 070 Shake ‘You Can’t Kill Me’ Crafts An Arthouse Film Filled With Emotional Experiments.3.70 DaBoii 'Can't Tame Us' Is A Fun & Frenzied Take On Bay Area Rap.3.80 Duke Deuce ‘Crunkstar’ Cements Him As A New Age King Of Memphis Revivalism.3.90 Drake ‘Honestly Nevermind’ Is Diasporic Pop Music For The Streets, Not The Tweets.3.90 redveil ‘learn 2 swim’ Triumphs By Weaving A Coming Of Age Story Without Resolution.3.90 Boldy James & Real Bad Man 'Killing Nothing' Rekindles Their Chemistry.4.00 Tony Shhnow 'Reflexions' Proves He Can't Be Categorized.The excellent 'Wake Up Alone' contains the line "I stay up, playing out, at least I'm not drinking", which is this collection's 'Rehab', a sort unheeded cautionary tale to herself. Where it is interesting, however, is the ghostly 'beyond the grave' feeling to some of the tracks. Lioness: Hidden Treasures doesn't come close to the resonance of Back To Black, or indeed Frank, but was anyone really expecting it to? By definition, songs sold to us as "rarities" usually fail to excite as much as album tracks do and - again - that's the case on this record. Its release - and subsequent Grammy wins - was supposed to usher in the start of what was to be a potentially legendary music career, but now listening to it brings an uncomfortable air of finality to it. Her second, and what was to be final, album Back To Black will undoubtedly go down as one of the biggest records of the previous decade. This is also the case with Amy Winehouse's Lioness: Hidden Treasures.Īmy Winehouse made a huge mark on popular music in just two studio albums.
As we have seen with Michael Jackson's Michael and any one of Tupac's several posthumous releases, any music put out by a, well, 'expired' musician rarely hits even close to the heights of their best material.
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