A late-August performance under the Westway placed Jay-Z in front of a UK crowd weeks before In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, testing material that had not yet reached record stores.
A late-August performance under the Westway placed Jay-Z in front of a UK crowd weeks before In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, testing material that had not yet reached record stores.
A packed Plant Room and a commanding, flexible performance confirmed the Birmingham rapper’s connection with listeners who treat music as more than background.
The London rapper’s new EP is a claustrophobic study in anxiety, built from fragmented loops and a voice pushed to its limits.