Hip-hop collaboration albums are a rare fruit. Fans are always pining for that Nas and DJ Premier album, or the mythical Dr. Dre and Rakim partnership. And oftentimes when collaborations do happen, it doesn’t sound like an actual union of two styles and moreso just two separate guys in the studio. Watch the Throne, the hotly-anticipated collaboration album between Jay-Z and Kanye West somehow manages to never really mesh two very strong personalities together into some Voltron made of Hermes and Yankees caps, but fortunately they have strong enough chemistry and incredible production that it works out. Continue reading
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Helplessness Blues is the newest album from Fleet Foxes, released May 3rd, 2011 on the Sub Pop record label. Helplessness Blues is the follow up to Fleet Foxes debut album, Fleet Foxes.
To get an idea of what Helplessness Blues is about, I think it’s important to understand it within the context of the critically acclaimed Fleet Foxes. Sophomore albums unfortunately carry the burden of being judged in light of their successful older brothers, and Helplessness Blues has big shoes to fill. Continue reading