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Apr 2022
28m 41s

Toussaint Douglass & The Life Of Pablo

BBC Sounds
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The ever-polarising Kanye West can be controversial at times but James can't help but like the music. After all, his 2016 album The Life of Pablo has a vein of weirdness running through it that is right up James' street. However, is it a path Toussaint Douglass is willing to tread?

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