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December 2014

Album Review: 2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole

December 18, 2014
Announced just a few short weeks ago, J. Cole’s third album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive is now upon us.  Cole earns his third #1 album on the Billboard 200 this week with it’s debut, selling 354,000 copies without any singles and minimal promotion.  However, quite literally, 2014 Forest Hills Drive finds J.

Album Review: Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? by K. Michelle

December 10, 2014
The former Love & Hip-Hop star K. Michelle released her sophomore album yesterday. In the year between the release of her debut, Rebellious Soul, and this new album K. Michelle’s been quite busy: she’s transformed her album into a musical directed by Idris Elba, released a mixtape, filmed for her own

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