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Deep. Dark. Heavy. Bassy. Tackling the perils of having a drinking problem (“some people wanna kill their sorrows”). Yeah, it’s refreshing hearing a US rapper on the cusp of superstardom (Dr Dre is FULLY behind him) tackling real-life problems in a ‘hey, I’m just sayin’’ kind of way. The album’s out in October. It’s gonna be big.

Tom Howard

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