Loyle Carner: Yesterday’s Gone review – a startling debut

(AMF)
Croydon rapper Ben Loyle-Carner is candid and driven on a beguiling album that features a guest turn by his mum…Hip-hop has a sentimental streak a mile wide. Few rappers miss the chance to build up a bittersweet creation myth, establishing hard-knock lives as well as street cred. And there’s no shortage of rappers who love their mums. But newcomer Loyle Carner (Ben Coyle-Larner, to the Student Loans Company) takes these old tendencies to a startling new place.He not only loves