Last Friday, Chance the Rapper dropped his debut album, Big Day, three years after the release of Coloring Book. While the album as a whole is pretty bloated and missed the mark for me, I enjoyed some of the songs on the project very much. One of these songs is “Eternal,” which features elements of neo-soul, funk, and rap…
Summer is often full of outdoor activities, parties, celebrations, lounging, yard sales, hikes, and plenty other activities. In the past week or so I’ve been asking people close to me what comes to their mind are when they think of summer…
“Psycho” …Quite easily the Godfather or even the great buck toothed uncle of all murder-ballads….
“Oh, don’t trust me / That I won’t take all the money and run.” Reading into the lyrical excerpt from Tune-Yards’ “Now as Then,” vocalist Merrill Garbus seems to be referencing thievery. Without any context, one might analyze these lyrics as being pretty basic. That said, “Now as Then,” which appears on the alternative duo’s 2018 album I can feel you creep into my private thoughts, is much more intriguing and complex than the aforementioned lyrics might suggest…
The manifestation of restless emotions is released within the slow stream of melodic tears on wounded skin. Here enters a voice which glides as delicately as a dragonfly along sun soaked water in its waltz with the wind. Much like the sounds of a brewing summer storm, she serenades with a brooding intensity…
‘Floating, weightless, the pressure holding me as though it were a vice. I hung in stasis for what can only have been eternity, somewhere between sleep and death…’
“Something Beautiful” is from Tori Kelly’s album Unbreakable Smile. Something Beautiful is an empowering song about strength and beauty. Tori explained how you are stronger than you think and your strength is beautiful…
La parte bonita de éste playlist es la conexión musical que existe detrás de cada canción, en sí es la forma en que los artistas llegan a nuestras vidas de una manera tan especial, es por ello que decidí que la canción de ésta semana sería “Morning After” de Fine Life, un dúo, un par de chicos de Nueva York, a quienes tuve la oportunidad de conocer y ver una de sus presentaciones en vivo, recuerdan que les conté de aquella noche especial en Noviembre del año pasado?
Mass Appeal records has been putting in a lot of work lately…
What’s a better way to strut your stuff than listening to Lizzo’s “Juice”. That’s right, NOTHING! Lizzo has expressed her advocacy for self-love in this track. It’s filled with inspiring lyrics and a bouncy, funk-pop beat. She immediately gives herself props by saying “Mirror, mirror on the wall / Don’t say it, ’cause I know I’m cute”. This shows that one doesn’t need the approval of anyone else but themselves to be who they are…
This track simply tells you to breathe, relax, and enjoy life the way you would like to. Janelle Monae is known for her unique sound and style, while not letting the criticism of others affect her. She encourages us to do the same. She literally says “I don’t really give a f*** if I was just the only one who likes that”. Like what you like, not just what’s trending. That’s how you find yourself…
Faith.
Oh man – how hard is that?!
I remember losing mine at the age of 9 – sitting in that ancient Cathedral repeating the words to the prayer of humble access and suddenly realizing that it just had to be wrong. ..