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" Yesterday's Gone" is a debut full length studio album by British hip hop artist Loyle Carner. It was released via Virgin EMI Records on 20 January 2017. It was nominated for the 2017 Mercury Prize.
The album was ranked at number 1 in the Independent 30 best albums of 2017 and number 12 on NME's Albums of The Year 2017 list.
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Yesterday's Gone received an average score of 84% based on 9 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
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While all being entertaining rappers, the likes of Kevin Gates, YG and ScHoolboy Q have played into the gangster rap caricature that has once again reached the mainstream. This is why 22-year-old South Londoner Ben Coyle-Larner (aka Loyle Carner) is so refreshing – his music is completely distanced from the stereotypes of American blockbuster rap.
As a result, Yesterday’s Gone is a jazz-inflected dream a world away from the bloated showbiz rap clogging up the airwaves – it’s not an exaggeration to claim that it is one the most honest, soulful and inspiring debut British rap albums since Roots Manuva’s Brand New Second Hand from 1999. So, who said that nice guys always finish last?
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