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Nicolas Tyrell Scott

  • Music and Culture Journalist, Freelance
  • None, BBC, BRITISH GQ, PITCHFORK, THE FACE MAGAZINE
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Politics, love and fearlessness: the legacy of the late D’Angelo

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By Nicolas-Tyrell Scott, Nicolas Tyrell Scott
| The Canary Verified
During his 1979 New York Times interview with prolific writer John Romano, James Baldwin asserts his view of a writer’s purpose. “You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can’t, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world,” he begins: In some way, your aspirations and concern for a single man in fact do begin to change the world.
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Missy Elliott's Influence: In Conversation With BIA & FLO

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By Nicolas-Tyrell Scott, Nicolas Tyrell Scott
| Complex Verified
Candice Ward / Getty Images The modern musical landscape is canvassed by on-the-nose, referential samples, with newer songs endorsing records that came before them. One only has to look at Smino’s “No L’s” (sampling the Missy Elliot-produced “Knock Knock”, and the Brent Faiyaz-led “Last One Left” (sampling her Beyonce-assisted “Crazy Feelings”) to see the abundance of samples laden for contemporary listeners.
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Toro y Moi Isn’t Afraid to Fail

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By Nicolas Tyrell Scott
| Bandcamp Daily
FEATURES Toro y Moi Isn’t Afraid to Fail By Bandcamp Daily Staff · June 14, 2022 Toro y Moi, one of Chaz Bear’s assorted pseudonyms, is crystal clear about his latest album Mahal. “I feel like I’m bold here, I’m in a place where I’m confident in what I have to say and how I’m going to say it,” he says. His first album as Toro y Moi, Causers of This, was firmly chillwave with deep cuts like “Imprint After” and “Fax Shadow.” Despite the album’s success, Bear refused to be pigeonholed.
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