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This stretching out—what MacLean calls “a leap forwards and to the side”—can be heard clearly in lead single “Blue Over Blue

“It’s music about losing your mind but not wanting to

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Ballads Of The Broken (Red Vinyl) BNPL Excluded Challenge familyOn his only major release of 2021, Nashville based rapper and singer songwriter Jelly Roll offered up the short and surprising project Ballads of the Broken. The brief album took a different stylistic approach than his usual countrified rap on almost every track, going from country adjacent hooks ("Son of a Sinner") to eerie, remorse filled pop tunes ("Over You"). His soulful vocals and the twangy backing are the main points of interest here, which