#kitty empire

[pear-pies]

NME Magazine - 30 October, 1999

[biglisbonnews]

The Creative Act by Rick Rubin review – life lessons from the bearded beat master The co-founder of Def Jam Records and the man behind countless hits, from the Beastie Boys and Jay-Z to Neil Young, offers artistic wisdom that is both gnomic and pertinentIf Rick Rubin were to write a memoir, it would be quite a tale. The American super-producer co-founded the hip-hop label Def Jam from his college dormitory in the 1980s and produced early records for LL Cool J (the credit ran: “Reduced by Rick Rubin”) and the Beastie Boys.Swiftly, though, Rubin began deploying his signature pared-back essentialism to amplify other loud genres, to great commercial success. Slayer’s classic Reign in Blood was one of his, as was Walk This Way, the inspired pairing of Aerosmith and Run-DMC that ushered in rap rock. The blame for six albums by the Red Hot Chili Peppers also sits squarely at his door. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/10/the-creative-act-a-way-of-being-by-rick-rubin-review-thoughts-of-the-bearded-beat-master

[intoxicatedfandom]

Did you read the The Guardian review? I liked it, surprisingly.

I did and posted it when it came out. The words were fine, but why three stars? 🧐

Zayn: Nobody Is Listening review – music to make babies to

The former One Directioner has retreated to the bedroom on this impressively assured set of R&B booty calls

[swamprattt666-blog]

That's a lot of pussy cats

[punk-to-funk]

Kitty Empire is the Observer's pop critic. She has written for NME and occasionally crops up on Radio 4, 5Live, BBC 6Music, and has appeared on BBC2's The Culture Show and Newsnight Review. @kittyempire666

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