Kyle Jarmon, Author at Parle Mag

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Tales from the Land of Milk and Honey – The Foreign Exchange album review

Having been a fan of The Foreign Exchange since their emergence on the scene back in 2004, it was pleasant news hearing that a new album would be released 2…

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Bush – Snoop Dogg album review

Snoop Dogg has been making albums for the past two decades and is a well-known household name. You’d be hard-pressed to find someone that doesn’t know who he is, and…

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Black Messiah – D’Angelo album review

It’s been 14 years since the world has heard from D’Angelo musically. He has of course, been in the background working methodically on what is his third studio album. Black…

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2014 Forest Hills Drive – J Cole album review

On this, the third studio album from J. Cole, the emcee is less muted than on prior projects. The relentless rhyming is marked by tinges of bitterness, introspection and observation.…

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Paperwork – T.I. album review

Following both the somewhat lackluster albums, No Mercy and Trouble Man, T.I. returns with Paperwork, a 15 track project that is essentially the second in a trilogy of albums from…

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Point of No Return – Keyshia Cole album review

Point of No Return is the sixth album from Keyshia Cole and amidst 11 tracks, she lets loose. It is steeped in expressive candor. The Keyshia featured here is frank,…

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Souled Out – Jhené Aiko album review

I was first introduced to Jhené Aiko on Kendrick Lamar’s “Growing Apart.” Her voice is gentle and somewhat tinged with a sultriness that often encroaches on cutting aggression. Aiko understands…

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Blacc Hollywood – Wiz Khalifa album review

Blacc Hollywood is the fifth studio album from Wiz Khalifa – the rapper known for creating chill songs about getting high and living the high life. Being more of a…

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Animal Ambition – 50 Cent album review

Having reviewed Before I Self Destruct back in 2009 and rewarding it with a PARLÉ, I hesitated to do a review of Animal Ambition – primarily because for most of these…

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Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse – Mariah Carey album review

It’s been five years since Mariah Carey’s Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, an album that many music critics panned as one of her most interesting, filled with a synergetic flow…

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