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01) Psycho
02) Streatham
03) Black
04) Purple Heart
05) Location
06) Disaster
07) Screwface Capital
08) Environment
09) Lesley
10) Voices
11) Drama
01) Psycho
02) Streatham
03) Black
04) Purple Heart
05) Location
06) Disaster
07) Screwface Capital
08) Environment
09) Lesley
10) Voices
11) Drama
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3:25
3:48
2:44
4:01
4:00
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"Psychodrama" is the debut studio album by English rapper Dave, released on 8 March 2019 on the Neighbourhood Recordings label. It follows the critical acclaim and commercial success of his first two EPs, Six Paths (2016) and Game Over (2017).
The concept album follows the narrative of a therapy session, detailing Dave's struggles with mental health, particularly depression, strained relationships, and issues such as domestic abuse and racial inequality.
Psychodrama debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and received widespread acclaim from critics.
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A moving, quasi-concept album, this debut from the 20-year-old rapper is bold and thought-provoking, the kind of record that comes along only rarely.
Boasting industry veterans Fraser T Smith, 169, Nana Rogues and others on production, ‘Psychodrama’ is a slickly made effort, with robust beats offering a backdrop for Dave’s affecting lyrics. When Dave takes us on a tour of a lifetime of learnings and pressures and difficulties on stand out track ‘Black’, every piano key serves to emphasise the defiant and dexterous wordplay.
Boasting industry veterans Fraser T Smith, 169, Nana Rogues and others on production, ‘Psychodrama’ is a slickly made effort, with robust beats offering a backdrop for Dave’s affecting lyrics. When Dave takes us on a tour of a lifetime of learnings and pressures and difficulties on stand out track ‘Black’, every piano key serves to emphasise the defiant and dexterous wordplay. When Radio One listeners complained about the racially charged lyrics (“The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice / A kid dies, the blacker the killer, the sweeter the news”) on ‘Black’, Annie Mac came to the song’s defence. Dave raps not to shock, but to investigate and interrogate.
Possessing a boldness you only encounter in a handful of albums a year, the record’s greatest strength is his ability to garner quiet moments of pondering in among the loud and rage of the world. Ninth track ‘Lesley’ is the grand work of ‘Psychodrama’, focusing on a chance encounter on a train between Dave and a pregnant woman who is trapped in an abusive relationship. Eleven minutes long, ‘Lesley’ could have easily crossed over to crass or exploitative, but such is Dave’s careful musing, when he raps “It’s a message to a woman with a toxic man/ I’m begging you to get support if you’re lost or trapped”, you truly feel it.
In exploring himself on ‘Psychodrama’, Dave has produced a masterpiece. This 20-year-old has lost in some ways and won in others, and asks us to listen as he tries to find some answers. The lessons you learn with Dave are sure to live long in the memory.
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"Psychodrama" is the debut studio album by English rapper Dave, released on 8 March 2019 on the Neighbourhood Recordings label. It follows the critical acclaim and commercial success of his first two EPs, Six Paths (2016) and Game Over (2017).
The concept album follows the narrative of a therapy session, detailing Dave's struggles with mental health, particularly depression, strained relationships, and issues such as domestic abuse and racial inequality.
Psychodrama debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and received widespread acclaim from critics.
User Album Review
A moving, quasi-concept album, this debut from the 20-year-old rapper is bold and thought-provoking, the kind of record that comes along only rarely.
Boasting industry veterans Fraser T Smith, 169, Nana Rogues and others on production, ‘Psychodrama’ is a slickly made effort, with robust beats offering a backdrop for Dave’s affecting lyrics. When Dave takes us on a tour of a lifetime of learnings and pressures and difficulties on stand out track ‘Black’, every piano key serves to emphasise the defiant and dexterous wordplay.
Boasting industry veterans Fraser T Smith, 169, Nana Rogues and others on production, ‘Psychodrama’ is a slickly made effort, with robust beats offering a backdrop for Dave’s affecting lyrics. When Dave takes us on a tour of a lifetime of learnings and pressures and difficulties on stand out track ‘Black’, every piano key serves to emphasise the defiant and dexterous wordplay. When Radio One listeners complained about the racially charged lyrics (“The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice / A kid dies, the blacker the killer, the sweeter the news”) on ‘Black’, Annie Mac came to the song’s defence. Dave raps not to shock, but to investigate and interrogate.
Possessing a boldness you only encounter in a handful of albums a year, the record’s greatest strength is his ability to garner quiet moments of pondering in among the loud and rage of the world. Ninth track ‘Lesley’ is the grand work of ‘Psychodrama’, focusing on a chance encounter on a train between Dave and a pregnant woman who is trapped in an abusive relationship. Eleven minutes long, ‘Lesley’ could have easily crossed over to crass or exploitative, but such is Dave’s careful musing, when he raps “It’s a message to a woman with a toxic man/ I’m begging you to get support if you’re lost or trapped”, you truly feel it.
In exploring himself on ‘Psychodrama’, Dave has produced a masterpiece. This 20-year-old has lost in some ways and won in others, and asks us to listen as he tries to find some answers. The lessons you learn with Dave are sure to live long in the memory.
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