Carl Anka, Author at NME

2 Chainz – ‘So Help Me God!’ review: countless killer punchlines, but not quite a K-O

The rapper sounds, as ever, like he's having a blast here – though he loses steam midway through

Stormzy – ‘Heavy Is The Head’ review: a broad-reaching, genre-buckling romp

Stormzy's second album is hugely broad-reaching but never gets dull or overstays its welcome

Blood Orange & Third Coast Percussion – ‘Fields’ review: luxurious ambient sounds

Be it under the name Lightspeed Champion, Blood Orange, or through his work with Solange Knowles, FKA Twigs, Mariah Carey and others – not...

Dave – ‘Psychodrama’ review

On the Friday release of Psychodrama, Dave wrote on his Instagram: “I feel like my whole life’s been leading up to this one moment”,...

Czarface – ‘Czarface Meets Ghostface’ review

Opening with a (very good) impression of the ‘80s wrestler Macho Man Randy Savage outlining an upcoming bout, ‘Czarface Meets Ghostface’ makes its anachronistic...

Blood Orange – ‘Negro Swan’ review

Opening to the ambient sounds of New York traffic, 'Negro Swan' is another fantastic chapter in the career of music polymath Dev Hynes. In...

Nicki Minaj – ‘Queen’ review

It has been eight years since Nicki Minaj announced herself to the world with that verse on 'Monster'. That's eight years of Nicki Minaj being...

The Internet – ‘Hive Mind’ review

Show LA R&B group The Internet a trend and they’ll buck it. Give them a recipe for making pop records and the group’s founders...