In addition to the new Skyzoo, there's also a new Blu EP ("For Sale") with beats by SirPlus.

That expanded edition of Jessie Ware's What's Your Pleasure is out, too, a lot more new tracks than I expected. If you didn't check it last year, you should definitely give it a listen now -- easily one of my top handful of records last year.

What's everyone looking for this week? If you're just catching up on recent stuff, what are you listening to?

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

...so I could have fun for Record Store Day.
Now of course I broke that rule because, ya know, reasons.
But when the pre-orders for Skyzoo went out I called myself holding out.

So today I'm kinda upset about that I missed out on the vinyl.

BUT Record Store Day is tomorrow!
I haven't stepped foot in a brick and motor record store in over a year.
And while I have thoughts about what Record Store Day has become,
I miss record shopping a lot.
It's something my guy Troy and I get up for every year.
Planning on copping the Fantastic Vol. 2 reissue and Peace Beyond Passion tomorrow.

Haven't heard the whole thing yet but the track produced by Edan with DOOM is amazing. Sounds like classic DOOM!

1. Time Intro (prod by Mono En Stereo)
2. The Magic Watch (prod by Awhlee)
3. Please Listen To My Jew Tape (prod by Argov)
4. Dropout Boogie (feat. MF DOOM) (prod by Edan)
5. So High (prod by Argov)
6. Lost Time (prod by Budgie)
7. You're So Sick (prod by Argov)
8. Quiet Time (prod by Mono En Stereo)
9. Field Of Dreams (feat. Aesop Rock and Elzhi) (prod by Roper Williams)
10. One Move (feat. Blu and Mick Jenkins) (prod by Quelle Chris)
11. The Other Way (prod by Argov)
12. A Hip Hop Lullaby (prod by Argov)
13. Madson Ave (prod by 88 Keys)
14. No Time (feat. Wiki) (prod by Mono En Stereo)
15. Outro

https://svenwunder.bandcamp.com/album/natura-morta

but on first listen, that Skyzoo is something else -- a lot of live instrumentation, particularly horns. Lot of nice touches and his rapping hasn't slowed down, obviously.

Blu was really good, too. Actually a really nice companion to the Skyzoo (though it stands on its own just fine). Guessing YOD will round that out really nice, especially given the feature list (Elzhi, Aesop, Blu --- crazy).

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

it sounds like he found the mark mothersbaugh rugrats theme sound bank and decided to make an album using only those sounds. he's kind of always traded in vague nostaglia — i think he writes catchy melodies reminiscent of NES/SNES/sega genesis game scores — but it's a little too on the nose with the sounds he's using on /TLOP5/. the tracks just don't hit has hard as his best stuff with carti and nudy, or even /TLOP4/. i could deal with his awful rapping and singing on /TLOP4/ because the instrumentals were so good. on /TLOP5/ his rapping and singing have improved but the beats declined quite a bit. he tweeted out that the deluxe edition would have samples (whatever that means) so maybe there will be some better songs on that version

https://kennysegal.bandcamp.com/album/indoors

Funny they dropped same day as both are super consistent and always nail exactly what I want and expect from their albums.
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I don't like the beat anymore because its just a loop. ALC didn't FLIP IT ENOUGH!

Flip it enough? Flip these. Flip off. Go flip some f*cking burgers.(c)Kno

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