Neil MacAlister
Album Reviews
May 30, 2017By: Neil MacAlister and Alexander Kenny T-Wayne by T-Pain, Lil Wayne Review by Neil MacAlister In 2008, T-Pain and Lil Wayne were at their peak. Both had just dropped massively successful albums (Thr33 Ringz and Tha Carter III, respectively) and chart-topping collaborations like “Got Money” and “Can’t Believe It.” This inspired the two artists to make an entire album together. After Wayne went to Rikers Island, the project ended up collecting dust somewhere in T-Pain’s hard drive, and fans accepted that T-Wayne had gone the same route as Dr. Dre’s Detox; that is, until T-Pain unexpectedly released it on May…
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New Music Friday
May 19, 2017By: Edna Batengas, Sera Akdogan, and Neil MacAlister [embed]https://open.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/7ixZZxdsXgH6yPUFR1CFQ3[/embed] “Sorry for Now” – Linkin Park Sera Akdogan: Wow . . . is this really Linkin Park? This is pretty soft for the LP I used to know and love as…
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Album Reviews
May 16, 2017Everybody by Logic Review by Neil MacAlister With Everybody, Logic outshines the corniness and repetitiveness that plagued his last two projects by playing to his biggest strength: his ambitious, cinematic approach to album-crafting. Everybody tells the story of a man…
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Album Reviews
May 8, 2017Humanz by Gorillaz Review by Neil MacAlister It’s been six long years since we last heard from Gorillaz, and the lack of a genre-defying cartoon band has left a noticeable void. In the wake of increasingly volatile political climates in…
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