Lav's Music Corner

1. Frank Ocean - In My Room For the second time in three weeks Frank Ocean takes the number one spot on the charts with pure name recognition alone, and for the second time in two weeks he blocks a Coldplay tune at #2. Frank seems to be gearing up for a proper album release which is exciting for everyone even if the singles haven't received universal acclaim. 2. Coldplay - Everyday Life Coldplay is back with a third single in three weeks and this one came paired with a debut performance of the song on Saturday Night Live, proving that despite the years since Coldplay's last record they are still commercially dominant. 3. Poppy - BLOODMONEY Poppy has been nearly flawless in 2019 with not only my runaway EP of the year but also a handful of fantastic singles that are working us towards her third record in four years in early 2020. 4. Mura Masa/Slowthai - Deal Wiv It Given that the last time Mura Masa and Slowthai paired up they dropped the absolute banger that is Doorma...

1. Frank Ocean - DHL Despite having come out very early in the week it is hard to pick anything but Frank Ocean's first new music since 2017 to top this weeks chart, full of potential chart toppers but none of which have quite the circumstance of Frank. 2. Coldplay - Arabesque Coldplay has been making some big but vague promises in interviews recently and now we finally get the taste of their new upcoming "experimental" record with the release of its first two singles. 3. Destroyer - Crimson Tide Dan Beyar is back after a prolific and critically acclaimed decade writing songs as Destroyer with yet another new era on the horizon, though we will have to wait until next year to hear the full album we can get a taste of it right now with its lead single. 4. The 1975 - Frail State Of Min d The 1975 dominated this chart last year with their five singles and got off to a good start scoring a #1 with People last month, now they are back again falling to four when facing...

Tyler, The Creator is a California based rap artist who came up in the early 2000's out of the Odd Future collective. Since then Tyler has evolved into a genre bending superstar dabbling in fashion, television and of course producing and rapping. His 2017's album Flower Boy  turned his popularity dial up to 10 with its sharp shift in sound to a much poppier approach that attracted many mainstream fans and IGOR  is the follow-up to the project now two years later.  Review By Lavender: I was born at just the right time to have grown up with Odd Future and I remember so many essential moments of their rise to fame like they were yesterday. You may think this would land me in a position to be constantly defending the achievements of Tyler, The Creator, but I find myself more often than not arguing with his stans over those very same achievements being drastically overhyped. Unlike his Odd Future contemporaries Earl Sweatshirt and Frank Ocean who have dropped numero...