Chipmunk: Transition - review

(Jive)CChipmunk has come a long way since his debut radio appearance in 2007, clocking up top-charting UK singles, Mobo awards and public meltdowns along the way. "I've transitioned from a boy to a man," he asserts here, and his second album reveals a reflective and determined lyricist, but it's a narrative that wears thin. Transition trades the uptempo, teeny-bop grime of his 2009 debut I Am Chipmunk for polished, urban pop beats and glossy R&B choruses, courtesy of an exhaustive list of state...

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