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Fresh – Sly and the Family Stone
The funk shall become you. Sly and the Family Stone are an off the wall funk collective from the 70s. Sly leads the way with an immaculate delivery, raspy and all, going from smooth vocals to full on screams on songs like If You Want Me To Stay, the song that got me into this Continue reading
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The Universe Smiles Upon You – Khruangbin
The ultimate nice, relaxing, groovy instrumental music. Smooth guitar riffs, great basslines, and when the vocals are there, they only add to this amazing vibe. Not much to say about this one, other than if you don’t know Khruangbin, also check out Texas Sun and Texas Moon. First, throw this on and enjoy. Favorites songs: Continue reading
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Lianne La Havas – Self-titled
Like the Destin Conrad album, another rec for an under the radar contemporary r&b album. Unlike the Destin Conrad album, this one was very enjoyable. Lianne La Havas has some great songwriting throughout this album, reminiscent of some of my favorite Arlo Parks songs instrumentally, and some Haitus Kaiyote vocally with the rasp and pitches. Continue reading
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Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder
Stevie, I love you man. But god damn dude, this is LONG. An hour 45! Good god almighty (drake dad voice). Disc 1 has some absolute classics – Sir Duke, I wish, Isn’t She Lovely, and then some of the most underrated Stevie songs – Knocks Me Off My Feet, Have a Talk With God, Continue reading
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The Beatles – Rubber Soul
As noted before, Rubber Soul is the hipster’s favorite Beatles album. While I cannot agree with that (thus far, Abbey Road is 1), i can begin to understand. Rubber Soul doesn’t really hit a low point throughout – which may sound like a very tame statement in regards to one of the most famous bands Continue reading
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Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
Beatles week continues with Sgt. Peppers, one of the most well known Beatles albums, and honestly probably one of the most well known albums period. I have to say, this one is definitely not their best. We start off with a very famous three song run of title track, Get By with a Little Help Continue reading
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Self-Titled – KAYTRAMINE
KAYTRANADA and Amine’s collaborative album comes nearly 8 years after their 2015 collaboration on Amine’s debut mixtape Calling Brio. Religious blog readers of mine know I love KAYTRANADA, his album Bubba, and pretty much everything he touches. They may not know I also love Amine – his album Good For You (the one with Caroline) Continue reading
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In Rainbows – Radiohead
Thom Yorke has found his way back on here. The pretentious man he is, god dammit, Karma Police has grown on me a lot. I don’t think, and never had thought, that Radiohead was bad BUT I still think OK Computer is overrated. However that song is better than I thought it was. I apologize Continue reading
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Abbey Road – The Beatles
It is Beatles week! It has been so long since I’ve listened to Beatles albums front to back, so I’m going to listen to 7 this week, in absolutely no order, and interspersed with other albums! A methodic process. Abbey Road is up first. This album is known for two of the most famous and Continue reading
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Faces – Mac Miller
To preface this review – a few Mac Miller albums could have occupied this spot – and some things that I write about this album can certainly apply to other Mac Miller projects. I recently wrote a Thriller review detailing how it was simply impossible to fully understand the importance of Michael Jackson to people Continue reading
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