Tag: ALBUM
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My Favorite R&B Song From Every Year (2003 – 1974)
Recently, I thought about what people meant in YouTube comment sections when they say “this is REAL R&B” (this is usually under a Leon Bridges or Coco Jones visualizer/video), because it just sounds stupid. R&B is multi-faceted.
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‘Be’ at 20
20 years ago, after facing scrutiny for his previous record titled ‘Electric Circus’, Common released Be. Unlike the album before it, Be went back to Common’s roots of Soulquarian production with help from an up-and-coming producer from Roc-A-Fella records, Kanye West. At this time, Kanye had just come off of one of the best albums…
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The Transformation of Method Man’s “All I Need”
The album version of “All I Need” is very grimy, with a dark synth line that interpolates Marvin Gaye’s “You’re All I Need to Get By” (keep that song in mind for later) and 36 Chambers-type drums. Not really single material.
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‘Ready to Die’ at 30
Brooklyn is home to some of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time. JAY-Z, Jeru the Damaja, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Lil Kim, Fabulous, Your Old Droog, Papoose, Joey Bada$$, and Pop Smoke. But, before all of them, there was one kid out of Bedford Stuyvesant with a deep voice and a lot of talent.…
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4Batz and D’Angelo: The Same?
For the past few years, the R&B world has been looking for a new male heir to the throne for when The Weeknd retires (who took the crown from Frank Ocean). And, there have been many artists that are up to the challenge: Bryson Tiller, Brent Fiyaz, Don Toliver, etc. Then, in late 2023, a…
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Let Me Funk The Style
This is the first installment in my TOP 7 RAP ALBUMS series. The series will feature the albums in chronological order by release date. The Low End Theory, A Tribe Called Quest. (1991). Backstory: A Tribe Called quest were formed in the late 80s by Kamal Fareed (Stage name: Q-Tip), Malik Taylor (Stage name, Phife…
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Looking for a style like mine, you can’t find it
The best rap album of the 80s in my opinion is “Criminal Minded” by Boogie Down Productions (1987). To be clear, this is not the best album of the 80s in music, that honor goes to “Thriller”, by Michael Jackson. Now, on with the review.
The Music In My Mind 