See this Russian hip hop star before they arrest him: Oxxxymiron’s Beauty & Ugliness reviewed

Young British musical artists are still in their bedrooms, furious that they’ve just been misgendered – here’s a quick introduction to the real world

From magazine issue: 26 March 2022

issue 26 March 2022

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See this Russian hip hop star before they arrest him: Oxxxymiron’s Beauty & Ugliness reviewed
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I was going to review hyperpop chanteuse Charli XCX’s album this week, but it was such boring, meretricious, grandstanding 1980s retread electropop vacuity that I thought, nah, even if it is headed to the top of our ravaged charts.

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