Example: Playing in the Shadows – review

This uplifting rave music is competent enough, but Example's self-proclaimed 'dark side' makes Alexis Petridis cast his eyes skywardA couple of months ago, just as his single Changed the Way You Kiss Me reached the top of the charts, Elliot "Example" Gleave gave the Guardian an interview. Earlier in his career, such an interview might have focused on his background: "You can't rap my friend, you're white and you're from Fulham," as he sang on an early single. Or on the shift in his lyrics, whic...

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