The revered and often controversial rage rap pioneer returned on March 14 with his first album in four years – but it didn’t take long for accusations of using AI vocals to gather momentum.

One of the most exciting musical figures in American pop culture at the moment has finally delivered his mission statement in album form, I AM MUSIC. Indeed, after years of edging fans, both with scrapped tour plans and (more recently) a shrewdly tradition-bucking release strategy for a string of well-received loosies ,