Lav's Music Corner

Iggy Azalea is an Australian rapper who gained a huge profile earlier this decade off the back of major industry support from TI's label and a number of high profile feature tracks with artists like Ariana Grande and Charli XCX. After releasing her debut album The New Classic  to critical shrugs in 2015 it has taken quite a while for a follow-up record, due to label trickery and a first attempt at the second record being scrapped. Review By Lavender: Iggy Azalea has spent about half a decade being one of the baddest bitches in rap music, and unlike many of her male contemporaries that are so easy to hate, personality is the highlight of her image. Unfortunately what she owns in personality she has historically lacked in musical consistency. Her debut album The New Classic  was one that I genuinely wanted to like quite a bit but fell short repeatedly with flat hooks and some painfully generic songwriting. Since then she has dropped a few singles none of which have really...

1. The Drums - Try One of the weakest release weekends all year for singles is headlined by a well deserved #1 for The Drums, who dropped numerous great singles earlier this year that were blocked from the top spot. 2. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Organ Farmer Gizz takes the number two spot after a quick turnaround from a disappointing last record, and the announcement that their next album in just a few months will be a thrash metal release. 3. Juicy J - Three Point Stance  (Feat. City Girls & Megan Thee Stallion) Juicy J recruits hot feature City Girls and recently named 2019 XXL freshman Megan Thee Stallion for what will certainly be a grimey and inappropriate song. 4. Liam Gallagher - The River Liam follows up a surprisingly good lead single with the potential to drum up more hype than his brothers solo project this year. 5. The Soft Cavalry - Never Be Without You The Soft Cavalry takes advantage of the short week for their highest charting single yet...