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What was YOUR favorite album that came out in October?
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Caleb Zackery Toliver (born June 12, 1994), known professionally as Don Toliver, is an American singer-songwriter and rapper. He released his first major label mixtape, Donny Womack, in August 2018. He is known for his singles "No Idea" and "After Party", from his debut studio album, Heaven or Hell (2020), which gained popularity on the video-sharing app TikTok, as well as his August 2018 feature on fellow rapper and label-boss Travis Scott's song "Can't Say", from Scott's third studio album, Astroworld. In August 2020, he was featured alongside Nav on the song "Lemonade" by Internet Money and Gunna.
Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985), known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer-songwriter. Her music is noted for its cinematic quality and exploration of tragic romance, glamor, and melancholia, containing references to contemporary pop culture, as well as 1950s and 1960s Americana. She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Brit Awards, two MTV Europe Music Awards, a Satellite Award, and received nominations for six Grammy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Barrington DeVaughn Hendricks, (born October 22, 1989), known professionally as JPEGMafia (stylized in all caps), is an American rapper, singer, and record producer from Brooklyn, New York. His 2018 album Veteran, released through Deathbomb Arc, received widespread critical acclaim and was featured on many year-end lists. It was followed by 2019's All My Heroes Are Cornballs, released to further critical acclaim.
Victoria Walker (born April 18, 2001), better known as PinkPantheress, is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer. In 2021, while attending university in London, she posted several songs to TikTok that went viral, including "Break It Off", and she subsequently signed to Parlophone and Elektra Records. Her singles "Pain" and "Just for Me" peaked in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Her debut mixtape, To Hell with It, was released in 2021. PinkPantheress's music spans a number of genres, including bedroom pop, drum and bass, alt-pop, 2-step garage, and jungle, and often uses samples of 1990s and 2000s dance music.
Jeffery Lamar Williams (born August 16, 1991), known professionally as Young Thug,[1] is an American rapper. He is considered to be an influential figure of his generation, with his music impacting the modern sound of hip hop and trap music. Known for his eccentric vocal style and fashion, Thug initially released a series of independent mixtapes beginning in 2011 with I Came from Nothing. In early 2013, he signed with Gucci Mane's 1017 Records, and later that year he released his label debut mixtape 1017 Thug to critical praise.
James Blake Litherland (born 26 September 1988) is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer from London. He first received recognition for a series of 2010 EPs including CMYK and Klavierwerke, and he released his self-titled debut album in 2011 to critical praise. His second album Overgrown was released in 2013, bringing him to international attention, and later was awarded the Mercury Prize. In 2016, he released his third album The Colour in Anything and his fourth album Assume Form in 2019, both receiving positive reviews and the latter becoming his highest-peaking album in the US Billboard 200, at number 21.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:25 James Blake - Friends That Break Your Heart
02:58 PinkPantheress - To Hell With It
05:06 Don Toliver - Life of a DON
06:48 Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters
08:40 JPEGMAFIA - LP!
09:35 Young Thug - Punk
12:10 Sponsor Outro
13:20 End Credits
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What was YOUR favorite album that came out in October?
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Caleb Zackery Toliver (born June 12, 1994), known professionally as Don Toliver, is an American singer-songwriter and rapper. He released his first major label mixtape, Donny Womack, in August 2018. He is known for his singles "No Idea" and "After Party", from his debut studio album, Heaven or Hell (2020), which gained popularity on the video-sharing app TikTok, as well as his August 2018 feature on fellow rapper and label-boss Travis Scott's song "Can't Say", from Scott's third studio album, Astroworld. In August 2020, he was featured alongside Nav on the song "Lemonade" by Internet Money and Gunna.
Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985), known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer-songwriter. Her music is noted for its cinematic quality and exploration of tragic romance, glamor, and melancholia, containing references to contemporary pop culture, as well as 1950s and 1960s Americana. She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Brit Awards, two MTV Europe Music Awards, a Satellite Award, and received nominations for six Grammy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Barrington DeVaughn Hendricks, (born October 22, 1989), known professionally as JPEGMafia (stylized in all caps), is an American rapper, singer, and record producer from Brooklyn, New York. His 2018 album Veteran, released through Deathbomb Arc, received widespread critical acclaim and was featured on many year-end lists. It was followed by 2019's All My Heroes Are Cornballs, released to further critical acclaim.
Victoria Walker (born April 18, 2001), better known as PinkPantheress, is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer. In 2021, while attending university in London, she posted several songs to TikTok that went viral, including "Break It Off", and she subsequently signed to Parlophone and Elektra Records. Her singles "Pain" and "Just for Me" peaked in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Her debut mixtape, To Hell with It, was released in 2021. PinkPantheress's music spans a number of genres, including bedroom pop, drum and bass, alt-pop, 2-step garage, and jungle, and often uses samples of 1990s and 2000s dance music.
Jeffery Lamar Williams (born August 16, 1991), known professionally as Young Thug,[1] is an American rapper. He is considered to be an influential figure of his generation, with his music impacting the modern sound of hip hop and trap music. Known for his eccentric vocal style and fashion, Thug initially released a series of independent mixtapes beginning in 2011 with I Came from Nothing. In early 2013, he signed with Gucci Mane's 1017 Records, and later that year he released his label debut mixtape 1017 Thug to critical praise.
James Blake Litherland (born 26 September 1988) is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer from London. He first received recognition for a series of 2010 EPs including CMYK and Klavierwerke, and he released his self-titled debut album in 2011 to critical praise. His second album Overgrown was released in 2013, bringing him to international attention, and later was awarded the Mercury Prize. In 2016, he released his third album The Colour in Anything and his fourth album Assume Form in 2019, both receiving positive reviews and the latter becoming his highest-peaking album in the US Billboard 200, at number 21.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:25 James Blake - Friends That Break Your Heart
02:58 PinkPantheress - To Hell With It
05:06 Don Toliver - Life of a DON
06:48 Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters
08:40 JPEGMAFIA - LP!
09:35 Young Thug - Punk
12:10 Sponsor Outro
13:20 End Credits
#volksgeist #dontoliver #jpegmafia #pinkpantheress #youngthug #lanadelrey #jamesblake #music #albumreview #videoessay
