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3 days agosmokedope2016: THE COMEDOWN
Yung Lean's last cloud rap album marked a significant transition in his music, reflecting personal struggles and the genre's evolution.
You won't find it in the gift shops or on the tourist board website, but amnesia is about as precise a postcard of a certain side of London as you'll find. While on paper this is a transatlantic link-up- Jawnino is from South London, while the production collective Surf Gang reps New York-it was recorded entirely in the UK capital, and these hazy London conjurings are hugely evocative of the city.
In the 2000s, there was an extremely popular manga called Nana, where nothing all that important happened. It was a melancholic comedy about two new friends in their early twenties, both named Nana. They spend most of their time in Tokyo hanging out at bars, rocking Vivienne Westwood, working jobs, playing music, and balancing on and off romantic relationships. It was a detailed and messy character study that felt like falling in deeper with a friend group with every new issue.