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21.12.2020 Beat’s Writer’s Wrap-up 2020: Our inquisitive music critics tell us their favourite releases of the year From left to right - Phoebe Bridgers, Perfume Genius and Tame Impala We spotlight the best releases of the year through the eyes of our writers. 2020… what a disaster. Thank fuck we can say goodbye to the absolute slime ball that’s been the last 12 months and look towards 2021 through a positive lens. Fingers crossed ol’ mate COVID decides to take a backseat and then we’re off to the races with gigs, festivals and events allowed to operate freely ...

Big Sean’s Detroit 2 was immediately a huge topic of conversation when it was released in September 2020. Fans had been waiting on a project of this magnitude from Big Sean since 2017, and he truly delivered. From start to finish, there is not one song on this 21-track project that we would consider skipping. Overall, the project felt personal — like we were listening to an evolved Big Sean rediscover himself. His mature, reflective lyrics, melodies, tone, cadences — even the features sounded intimate and carefully chosen. On this album he invited both familiar, A-list artists, like E...

'Variety's Best Albums of 2020: Run the Jewels, Childish Gambino, The Weeknd, Chloe x Halle & more

Things move at a breakneck speed in this era of Hip Hop — and with months feeling like years, out of sight spells out of mind for many fans. 2020 has been a rollercoaster that has managed to bring with it some unexpected high notes from artists who were on the quiet side for the past few years, in dire need of a late-career redemption or were over a decade overdue for a breakout. Jay Electronica dropped his debut album more than 10 years after it was initially promised, Nas and Big Sean returned from hiatus, Lil Uzi Vert finally gave fans what they were looking for and Public Enemy recruite...

Circles "Good news, good news, that's all they want to hear," Mac Miller laments on the centerpiece to his first posthumous album. It should be no surprise that the late Pittsburgh rapper doesn't have a lot of that to offer on Circles, but what he does have to offer, over warm Jon Brion arrangements, is maybe more rewarding anyway -- a feeling of calm after the storm, not of serenity necessarily, but one of the hardest-earned stability. He says "Today I'm fine," and you believe him. He says "Do not be afraid," and you take his word for it. -