• ‘It’s what they would have wanted’: The Plight Of The Posthumous Album

    As July saw Juice WRLD's Legends Never Die open with the largest first week sales of 2020, ranking it as the biggest posthumous debut since Notorious B.I.G.’s Life After Death in 1997, Gemma Cockrell reflects on both the plights and pluses of the posthumous album. ...
  • XXXTENTACION – The Humanity of X’s Album “17”

    In the summer of 2017, Floridian rapper XXXTENTACION released his debut commercial album, 17. The album is everything a summer album shouldn’t be: sad, bleak and hopeless. Even taking into account this controversial approach, I was still very surprised by the several negative reactions to the album. Music reviewer...