Era 6 - Early Uni (1st year) - Albums

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• I definitely listened to way more music in my non-uni housing (2nd & 3rd year)
• Spotify playlist

1. Discovering rap!

• One of my favourite things about my first year at uni was getting really into rap
• I forget how it happened. It honestly could have been “watched Community → watched the Childish Gambino ‘Sweatpants’ music video” lol. Or maybe watching Anthony Fantano?
• Childish Gambino
• Childish Gaminbo’s “Because the Internet” was the first rap album I really loved
• Kauai too!!! vividly remember walking across the campus from Benyon listening to this. Also listening to it whilst walking to work at the frozen yoghurt place
• Drake
  • I also really liked Drake’s “If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late”
  • And then “Nothing Was the Same” and to a lesser extent “Take Care”
  • His beef with Meek Mill was actually really great
• Kendrick Lamar
• Then I got into Kendrick
  • Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city
  • I remember trying out To Pimp A Butterfly in my first year bedroom when Kanye tweeted about how good it was, and I bounced right off it, too jazzy and weird
    • Of course it eventually clicked hard
• Kanye West
  • Remembering walking from my 1st year halls listening to this!
• J Cole
  • Black Friday freestyles - Kendrick and J Cole swapping beats, so good

Other

• Tame Impala – Currents
• Lorde – Pure Heroine

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