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Jan 27, 2020The growth and progression here is stunning.
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Jan 27, 2020Big Conspiracy is an album that certifies J Hus as one of the most influential artists in UK music.
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Aug 13, 2020A major step up for J Hus, and the first notable British rap album of the 2020s, Big Conspiracy was a well-deserved success, debuting at number one on the U.K. album chart and spawning several Top 40 hits.
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The WireMar 11, 2020Hus’s second album Big Conspiracy is the refined work of a man who’s emerging calloused and implacable from a tough decade, most recently a 2017 conviction for carrying a knife which cost him eight months and a string of festival appearances. Through it all, his music has swayed joyously escapist more than harrowing or politically charged. [Apr 2020, p.56]
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Q MagazineFeb 11, 2020The tension between invigorating, often exhilarating joyful music and disconcertingly bleak subject matter may be one hardwired into hip-hop tradition, but J Hus's innovative, genre-defying style and evocative, elliptical lyrics prove it can still be an intoxicating combination. [Apr 2020, p.107]
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Feb 6, 2020Big Conspiracy is Hus’s second chance – an album that proves he’s just as essential a part of UK music today as he was three years ago.
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Feb 3, 2020Full of unexpectedly bittersweet horns and electric guitar, his mellow confidence here eschews clutter and bombast.
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Jan 29, 2020His pivot toward interiority gives his songs a new dimension. His bars are simple, straightforward, and can occasionally lean toward fortune-cookie wisdom (“Get the bread, avoid the drama/You can avoid the feds but not the karma,” he raps on “Fight For Your Right”), but throughout the album, he seems to be growing more secure in himself.
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Jan 27, 2020‘Big Conspiracy’ never fully sits in one place, this ever-evolving puzzle with J Hus at the core. He wears many masks, but it’s often when these slip that ‘Big Conspiracy’ is at its most viral, and revealing.
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Jan 27, 2020Big Conspiracy leaves you wanting to hear even more.
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Positive: 31 out of 37
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Mixed: 3 out of 37
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Negative: 3 out of 37
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Jan 30, 2020Outstanding album. Very surprised by this release. Sure to be on my year end list
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Feb 29, 2020
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Mar 13, 2022