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 To misquote Alan Partridge with regard to the title, this sounds disconcertingly vague. But fear not, all will be explained. Ten years ago, I was just turning 16; world at my feet, suddenly able to buy scratchcards and lottery tickets. My GCSEs were nearing completion, and A-Levels were set to begin. Stevenage had secured an unlikely route to League One football via a memorable day at Old Trafford. Life was pretty sweet. But how do you revisit a year musically? There's just so much to get through. So many albums listened to, so many tracks added to varying playlists. In comes the convenient end of year list. It would be remiss of me to go anywhere else but NME  for this, given my obsession with the magazine from 2007 to around 2014, though in truth the magazine had died something of a death long before I'd purchased my final copy. But this is not a paen to dead magazine that used to be okay. This is simply a return to a list of ten years ago. How have these albums aged over t...

At the time of listening to DAMN , I rather abruptly decided that it was my favourite Kendrick album. With that in mind, it seems the perfect time to revisit Kendrick's underappreciated gem from 2017. Okay, so  To Pimp a Butterfly is majestic from start to finish, with cuts like 'Alright' hitting even harder than before in light of recent events over the last year.  Good Kid, M.A.A.D City  very much remains a masterpiece of modern hip-hop, just as relevant today as it was in 2012. Debut,  Section 80 ,   also has its moments like 'ADHD' and 'The Spiteful Chant'. But is  DAMN  a dud or an overlooked masterpiece? Or is it somewhere in between? DAMN  remains the last album released by Kendrick back in April 2017, meaning that Kendrick has left us in the lurch for at least four years. Given the painstaking creative process Kendrick undergoes, however, the wait is somewhat understandable.  I remember first listening to DAMN on a train up to Gl...