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Top 10 Albums

1. FKA twigs

Magdalene

istorically, Mary Magdalene is a conflicted character: vilified, sanctified, reduced to the contours of her femininity. On British artist   seeks to complicate that vision of womanhood with her own, broadening and intensifying her story and creatively blending ideas from hip-hop, R&B, industrial and choral music. Some moments are hauntingly tender, as on the delicate chorus of “Home With You”; that’s quickly offset by brutally distorted drums and FKA twigs’ intimate expressions of

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