The proprietor of Bricktown’s Dollhouse Lounge and Burlesque, however, might question Drake’s level of care or integrity these days. After his Feb. 28 show in Oklahoma City, the singer and his entourage had a VIP party at Dollhouse. According to TMZ, Dollhouse employees reported the smell of pot coming from the VIP section. Police were […]
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Drake — Take Care
My feelings about this are complicated, although I found the record to be a languorous epic that rewarded dividends upon repeat listens. It’s certainly a winsome, good album — probably even a great one — but for reasons ascribed to Aubrey Drake Graham’s sense as a producer more so than his voice or rapping. The […]
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The Weeknd — Thursday
Far from it, in fact. “Thursday”’s a terrific R&B record, creeping and grinding along at a pace appropriate for a sequel to the menacing, borderline-nihilistic “Balloons.” What the second album (Tesfaye promised a trio by the end of the year — all to be downloaded online, for free) lacks is the cloak of enigma that […]