Summary: How long you want it? Uh, foreverrrr duh.
About Artist: Big Sean is one of my favorites of my generation. He is from Detroit and has been featured on this blog many times. Originally signed with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. music Big Sean has long since parted ways with Ye. I’m happy that Big Sean is still doing his thing.
About Song: This song is a bonus track off of Big Sean’s sixth album “Better Me Than You”.
Favorite Part: I love the soulful track. This song fills me with nostalgia for a time long past, but I time that will on forever.
About Artist: Kali Uchis is a Colombian-American singer who hit is big with her debit album “Isolation” (2018). Her genre blending latin ne0-soul sound is hers alone and has gained her a loyal following.
About Song: This song “Not Too Late” is off of Kali’s third album “Red Moon in Venus” (2023). This album is sooooo good and deserves a full listen. I chose to put this song up but other tracks like “Endlessly”, “Moonlight”, and “Blue” are equally good.
Favorite Part: This song is just an interlude so it’s more about the vibes. I really like the little harmonies in the vocals and of course the little verse in spanish.
About Artist: Aminé is an American Ethiopian Eritrean rapper from Portland Oregon. Aminé was a member of XXL Freshman Class 2017 and had a lot of success with his first album “Good for You” (2017) specifically the single “Caroline”.
About Song: This song is the first track off of Aminé’s second album “Limbo” (2020). I like to boom bap feel with the laid back bars. Make me feel like a cruisin with the top down on a Sunday afternoon.
Favorite Part: “And to top it off, my best friend had a baby
We twenty-five, I told that nigga, “Boy, you fuckin’ crazy”
Maybe I’m the one who really need the Lord to save me
The last time I went to church was in the fckin’ 80s” (2:02)
About Artist: B.o.B has been one of my favorites since 2008. Despite the fact that he is a well documented “free thinking” conspiracy theorist he is a great songwriter, musician, rapper and he definitely has blazed his own trail.
About Song: This song is off of B.o.B’s 7th album “Better than Drugs” (2022). I got to see him at a small venue in Tucson in late 2022 and got a shout out from B.o.B when he saw my “B.o.b. vs Bobby Ray” t-shirt.
Favorite Part: “It’s a thousand of the same faces I can’t differentiate, apеs, I disintegrate. You be playing bеstie with her, I do chest to chest-ie with her” (0:28)
“My whole clique, outside of the norm.
Ain’t no uniform, we do not conform” (0:43)
“Gotta be able to gas yourself, it’s called self esteem.
Don’t let these n****s sell your ass a dream” (1:29)
About Artist:Nas and Lauryn Hill are two of the greatest to ever do it.
About Song: Nas’s 14th album Kings Disease II dropped last week and this song “Nobody” is just one of many smooth classics on the album. Lauryn Hill has a great verse and it’s got those illmatic vibes.
Favorite Part:
“My awareness like Keanu in The Matrix
I’m savin’ souls and y’all complainin’ ’bout my lateness
Now it’s illegal for someone to walk in greatness” (3:15)
“I’m in the secret place, I keep a sacred space
They keep showin’ their hands, but keep hidin’ their face
If I’m a messenger, you block me then you block the message
So aggressive, the world you made is what you’re left with
Pride and ego over love and truth is fucking reckless
Y’all … got a death wish, the stupid leaves me breathless” (3:50)
Summary: Sometime it’s hard to tell if you are in heaven or in hell.
About Artist: Vic Mensa is from Chicago and is someone I started listening to around 2014 when he was feated on Chance the Rapper’s Cocoa Butter Kisses. Ty Dolla $ign helps sing the hook.
About Song: This song is the outro track to Vic Mensa’s debut album “The Autobiography” (2017)
Favorite Part: The chorus is really powerful. I love how this song touches on topics of sorrow, blessings, brutality, and desperation.
About Artist: Mac Miller has been one of my favorites for many many years. His death in 2018 has been one of the few celebrity deaths that has really left me shook. I still wonder what new Mac Miller albums would be like. I feel lucky to have seen hm perform a few times. His album “The Divine Feminine” is still an album a listen to frequently.
About Song: This song came out on Mac’s last album “Circles” which came out in 2020 after his death.
Favorite Part: I like the sad vibe and the way Mac’s voice cuts through the track.
Download Summary: The CD runs 77 minutes in 50 tracks featuring over 60 artists. I hope you find your new favorite song. I know we can all use a little more music in our lives rights now.
About: I wanted to create a mixtape that had a little something for everybody. The tracks are edited to be short but offer a glimpses into pop hits and odd audial obscurities and alike. A project of the quarantine.
Other: Enjoy some easy listening or get out Shazam and find your new favorite song!
DOWNLOAD MP3 YBNCordae-FamilyMattersftArinRay.mp3 Summary: A little soul from the next generation. About Artist: I don’t know much about YBN Cordae but I really loved his debut album “Lost Boy” this year. YBN Cordae was listed on the XXL Freshmen list of 2019 and I’m excited to see where he goes. Definitely worth checking out. About Song: This song samples Kendrick Lamar’s “Faith”. Favorite Part: I really love the sample and the soulfulness. Other: YBN Cordae Wikipedia
DOWNLOAD MP3 Sade-FloweroftheUniverseNoIDRemix.mp3 Summary: Sade is baaack. About Artist: Sade is member of R&B and Soul royalty. After a many many year hiatus she is back with a few new songs for the new Wrinkle in Time movie. . No I.D. is a prolific producer who has worked a lot with Kanye West and Jay-Z About Song: This song is so beautiful and intense. It was made to be on the soundtrack for A Wrinkle in Time. This version of the song is a No I.D. remix. Favorite Part: I love the way the song builds. All of the ooohs in the background.
“When you smile the stars align” -1:13 Other: Sade Wikipedia No I.D. Wikipedia
DOWNLOAD MP3 Jidenna-Bambi.mp3 Summary: The Chief drops tomorrow! About Artist: Jidenna is a member of Wondaland Records which is Janelle Monae’s crew. About Song: This song is a track of off Jidenna’s long awaited, and many times postponed, debut album “The Chief” which is out tomorrow February 17th 2017. I’m giving it a first listen right now I and I gotta say it’s freshhhh. Favorite Part: I love the mellow vibes. This song really typifies Jidenna’s style, though he goes in hard on some other beats. I also really love the lyrics of this one. Other: Jidenna Wikipedia Wondaland Wikipedia
DOWNLOAD MP3 ErykahBadu-HelloftAndre3000.mp3 Summary: Throwback to November 2015. About Artist: Erykah Badu is a the queen of Neo Soul. Andre 3000 is one half of Outkast. About Song: This song is one of the track off of Badu’s cell phone themed album “But You Caint Use My Phone”. This was one of my favorite project of 2015 and I highly recommend listening to the whole thing all the way through. Other great songs on the album include track 3 which is a remake of Drake’s Hotline Bling. Favorite Part: I love the whole album “But You Caint Use My Phone”. Other: Erykah Badu Wikipedia André 3000 Wikipedia
DOWNLOAD MP3 KendrickLamar-untitled06.mp3 THIS SONG HAS BEEN REMOVED DUE TO A COMPLAINT BY THE RIAA. Summary: CeeLo & K Dot About Artist: Kendrick Lamar one of most influential hip hop artists today. CeeLo has been in the hip hop game for more than two decades now and a real one of a kind voice.
About Song: This song is one of the tracks that didn’t make the cut to get onto Kendrick’s 2015 masterpiece To Pimp A Butterfly and is instead on an album called “untitled unmastered”. This song also features singer CeeLo Green. Favorite Part:
