In an industry which often forgets the urgency of communicating matters which are critical and palpably real, Raury is an essential, rejuvenating breath of fresh air. If you’ve recently experienced heartbreak, your prescription is thus: take once a week with plenty of water do not exceed the stated dose.“ I’d love to sell a million copies but I’d rather influence a million minds… ” 19 year old Atlanta, Georgia born Raury tweeted candidly just days before the long anticipated release of his debut album, All We Need, the follow up to his free, acclaimed 2014 debut project, Indigo Child. Perhaps it’s just a stopgap in the catalogues of two big-selling artists an intended homage to the music that made Bruno Mars and Anderson. It’s not cynical and calculated enough to be a shameless cash-grab yet it’s not self-indulgent enough to be a vanity project. Their collaborative album with Chelsea Wolfe and Stephen Brodsky is exhausting and predictable, a ceaseless barrage of the banal But the complexity of her emotions and the nuanced production make this her most ambitious work to dateĪfter 30 years together, the hardcore dynamos hit a nadir. Once again, Adele transforms her heartbreak into a searching, graceful, and incredibly moving album. New release marks his arrival at Def Jam as an executive creative and strategic consultantĪ weighty 25 tracks of fresh faces and wrinkled battle-worn ones makes for a push and pull of swaggering persona and modern ideas, but it manages to exclude itself from being an indulgent messĪ sort of affectlessness emerges here as one songs blend all too smoothly since, not unlike an automated playlist, the whole becomes less than the sum of its parts It’s an eclectic mix, and the quality’s as variable as the sound It all fits seamlessly together, a rich tapestry of weed-toked slow jams, woozy psychedelic infusions and pimped-out west coast joyrides In re-recording some of her most emotionally fraught offerings, Taylor Swift delivers even more powerful versions from a different phase of life The rapper makes use of his executive privileges at Def Jam for a compilation which aims to bring hip-hop lovers of all ages togetherģ0 might not be a true divorce album, lacking the fire and blame game attitudes that we could assume from a modern pop record-it is however a frank, candid unloading from a person experiencing some real feelings Raury always sounds like he feels what he’s saying, but when he covers more personal territory, he sounds like he’s living what he’s saying too
This debut album proper follows last year’s celebrated Indigo Child mixtape and feels slightly anticlimactic While the lack of cynicism in his lyrics is refreshing, you can’t help but question his decision to play the pop preacher While he’s keen to cover a lot of ground, Tullis is not so sure-footed when he hits a potholeĪs it stands, there are few acts out there capable of talking the talk like Raury Raury is at his best when he makes his hip-hop influences plainer on tracks like “Woodcrest Manor II” and “Trap Tears”Ī lot more powerful, and a lot more fun, when it aims for transcendence. Many of the songs call for unity and love with several mentions of an impending Armageddon, and Raury tackles these huge topics with ambitious arrangements The message is clear, but the delivery doesn’t quite breach the ozoneīodes well for an eager young talent who not only has impeccable taste in mentors, but is also finding a strong voice of his own that's sure to inspire coming generations
Raury blurs the genre lines with a skill reserved for forefathers Kanye and Andre 3000 He sounds most distinctive and confident when he masses together piles of vocals, urgent guitar and rappingĪcoustic guitar-driven folk music blends fervently with spoken word-esque rap verses and passionate R&B-mingled choruses Sort by ADM rating Sort by most recent review
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