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Azealia Banks, ManchesterSomething of a rough diamond when she first appeared, Azealia Banks is an artist in the process of being buffed to a high sheen. Writer of a head-turning C-bomb-dropping single, 212, Banks immediately found herself a magnet for style mavens and moguls such as Karl Lagerfeld. The music is still an appealing blend of Missy Elliott and dance-pop, but the presentation has moved uptown: from T-shirts to swishy designer gear; from a video shot against a wall to a high-concept ...

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