Just listened - albeit very briefly - to Young Fathers .. nothing that wasn't being done by US Rap artists 25 years ago .. my opinion ? .. derivative and tuneless rubbish
I don't think you can just pigeonhole them like that. Of course they draw on hip hop but there's an awful lot of other influences as well. It's quite an experimental album. Hip hop in general is also going through quite a change at the moment, there are a lot of acts who haven't broken through to the mainstream and it's quite a healthy scene, thankfully it has moved away from the bling and courvoisier days of about 10 years ago.
imho a weak list has resulted in a weak winner, perhaps they went for the least tedious option, although on that basis I'd have gone for KT or AC, in fact would have been a good time to award it to the token Jazz band. Judges must have needed a lot of coffee to keep them going. I quite like Damon Albarn's album but it is easy going stuff.
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Only heard of Damon Albran, and he can't sing. I'll have a listen to the links Callum, cheers
Nothing there to challenge Let Loose imo
Judges must have needed a lot of coffee to keep them going.
I quite like Damon Albarn's album but it is easy going stuff.