Shedding Skin

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AlbumMar 02 / 201510 songs, 43m 24s
Art Pop UK Hip Hop
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Building bold hooks into atmospheric textures, Obaro Ejimiwe has ditched electronica for guitars on a third album that sighs with intoxicating melancholy. With empathy and sharp detail, his lyrics build vivid snapshots of domestic violence (“Yes, I Helped You Pack”), homelessness (“Shedding Skin”) and awkward mornings after (“I’m Sorry My Love, It’s You Not Me”). Alt-rock may be a new venture for Ghostpoet, but it’s charged by his usual commitment to excellence.

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London word and beatsmith Ghostpoet takes a new tack with his live band, plumbing similar themes, but to a depth so great it starts to get warm down there.

Surely nothing in the world can stop him.

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London-based rapper Obara Ejimiwe’s third album is a more direct, day-lit account of urban anxieties than his previous efforts.

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Music Review: Ghostpoet - Shedding Skin.

After his troubled second album, the downbeat rapper sounds more at ease on its melancholy follow-up

Obaro Ejimiwe takes himself in a different musical direction, by way of developing into a more compelling artist

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When Britain’s Obaro Ejimiwe released “Cash and Carry Me Home” as Ghostpoet, all the pieces seemed to fit.

The Mercury-nominated MC's mature and atmospheric third album is a hopeful response to dark days, says Helen Brown

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