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Azealia Banks is, at the very least, diverse in her track selection. “212′s” bounce-house beat gave no hint at all that she was going to release a true, legitimate banger like “Nathan,” or the similarly hard-hitting thumper “Aquababe.” Now, after a handful of leaked tracks, her mixtape has finally been released and… it has some [...]
I’ll admit, I wasn’t sold after NEWMUSICMACHINE‘s A. Karuna excitedly showed Azealia Banks’ video for “212.” No nailing down what didn’t work despite how hard I tried to figure it out, it simply didn’t. The four on the floor beat? Nah. The so totally edgy repeated use of the word “cunt”? Nah. The undeniable girl-next-door [...]
1. Cuushe – “Do You Know The Way To Sleep?” Quick administrative matter before we delve into things: here at NEWMUSICMACHINE headquarters (literally, ‘one fourth of a head’) we get tingling sensations in our feelers that warn us that people don’t really understand what’s happening in these pieces that we sometimes spend upwards of a [...]
