The album isn’t completely dead and the playlist isn’t yet the be-all and end-all – which means that artists are somewhat creatively discombobulated in what is really a curious transition period. But with that comes the scope to experiment and push the boundaries. Justin Bieber could be the one firing the starting pistol for the way that a series of EPs straddle the album and playlist worlds, containing elements of both and yet existing in their own right. We look at how to meet fan expectations with not only what you put out but also how you put it out, where to refine the frequency of releases and why playlists may actually allow the album to be reborn…
When Medhane answers the phone to be interviewed for this story, the sound of Lauryn Hill’s “Final Hour” is blasting in the background. “My bad, let me turn this down,” says the…
Ice-T stoked the wrath of the President of the United States, led the life of a successful jewel thief, ran with one of LA’s most notorious street gangs, the Crips, was a soldier in the US Army,…
When one thinks of Thundercat, it’s usually an image of a larger-than-life guy with a huge bass and an even more enormous talent for playing it. We don’t tend to think of what he was like…
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