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The rapper and soul singer, who recently released his fourth record, the dancehall and EDM-influenced 'Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose', explains his outspoken nature and defends his potentially problematic second albumCredit: pressPlan B has always taken the path of most resistance. It’s right there in his name – his plan A was to be a soul singer, though he took the less commercial route of rapping about urban decay he grew up around in his hometown, Forest Gate, east London. This resulted in the brutal and […]The post “I’ve always tackled taboos” – our revelatory interview with Plan B appeared first on NME.
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Tom Petty is 63 years old and in the fourth decade of a legendary career, and he just keeps cranking out new music. Hypnotic Eye, Petty and his Heartbreakers’ newest album, comes out next week, and we’ve posted a bunch of its songs: “American Dream Plan B,” “U Get Me High,” “R...
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Tom Petty has said his new album with the Heartbreakers is going to be “a straight hard-rockin’ record, from beginning to end,” and from what we’ve heard — “Fault Lines,” “U Get Me High,” “Red River,” and “American Dream Plan B...
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers have revealed two more songs from Hypnotic Eye. Whereas the jolting “American Dream Plan B” was a striking departure from the norm, the new “U Get Me High” and “Red River” are both standard Petty tracks. But you probably love Tom Petty, so get into...
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Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers have a decades-long legacy of amazing songs, and they’ve already claimed that their forthcoming album Hypnotic Eye will return them to the precise, timeless classic-rock sound that first made them famous. Talking to Rolling Stone, Petty calls the album “a straight hard-rockin’ record,...
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