R&B
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Electric Dusk – Leon Thomas
Leon Thomas, who some may know from Victorious, comes through here with a contemporary R&B album that is filled with lots of ballads and “classic” modern R&B sound throughout a lot of this. While I think that Leon has a really nice voice and he is certainly a multi-talented artist, this album was just kinda Continue reading
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The Electric Lady – Janelle Monae
Fusing together elements of R&B, Alternative and Psychedelic Rock, Soul, Funk and Dance music, all while presenting it in with themes of the dystopian future (some of which are hilarious, e.g., The Chrome Shoppe), The Electric Lady (a play off of the Jimi album, of course!) by Janelle Monae is an incredibly ambitious album that Continue reading
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A Seat At The Table – Solange
Solange’s 2016 release A Seat At The Table is all things empowerment and individualism, especially for black women, and it is done through incredibly crafted concepts executed with amazing lyrics, melodies and performances. From the spacious “Rise” into the smooth, electronic “Weary”, Solange touches on themes of universal humanity and being true to oneself. This Continue reading
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Who is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 – Jill Scott
One of the few staples of the 90’s neo-soul/R&B (a genre that I love) that I had yet to fully check out was Jill Scott – and she did come through with this album albeit with a few issues along the way. The core of this album is exactly what you would expect from this Continue reading
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Channel Orange – Frank Ocean
One of the best soundtracks for a reflective walk of all time, Channel Orange took Frank Ocean from an Odd Future R&B guy with buzz directly to the mainstream of popular music, where he has remained, enigmatically, for about a decade. Who knows if he will ever put out another album again. If he does, Continue reading
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Blonde – Frank Ocean
A follow-up to Channel Orange on my blog and in real life – or maybe not my blog. I have no idea how you all read this shit. If you are reading this on an email, come on over and comment that you read this on an email. Or just text me that you read Continue reading
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Go For Your Guns – Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers are one of the more underrated groups of all time simply due to the amount of Isley Brothers songs that we’ve all heard and did not know they were Isley Brothers songs or songs by the Isley Brothers or samples from Isley Brothers songs. Right? Seriously though, the amount of renditions/samples/covers of Continue reading
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I Want You – Marvin Gaye
Don’t tell anyone but I think this is better than What’s Going On. At least damn close to it, the only thing that this album is lacking is the powerful songwriting. Which, upon writing, does feel like quite an important factor. This album kicks off with the now (re)popularized I Want You, the foundation of Continue reading
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Enigmatic Society – Dinner Party
The newest release from Dinner Party is the second album from the trio of Robert Glasper, Terrance Martin and Kamasi Washington that my blog has been graced with. The first album was tight, groovy and super catchy – and I think this may have been because that album had production from one of the best Continue reading
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Malibu – Anderson .Paak
If you’re a subscriber to my blog via emails – do not be alarmed- of course this isn’t a new listen. However, let’s set the scene for that first listen. It’s 2016. I’m a chubby 17 year old currently visiting my family in Chicago. Evanston, to be specific for all the Chicago purists (more specifically, Continue reading
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