At first glance not a ton out there. What's everyone looking for this week? If nothing's calling you, what are you catching up on or still working through from recent drops?

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

Four songs from last year's ICARUS given the remix treatment by someone named Skinshape. No great revelation but I enjoyed them and a good reminder to keep going back to the lp, which I really liked a lot.

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

also Evidence - Squirrel Tape Instrumentals, Vol. 2

Those are the two I will be checking out over the next few days.

which is a good thing, I’m a big fan of him.

It seems that his features on Gunn’s album last summer raised his profile and got his name out there quite a bit more, this should continue to help him.

>which is a good thing, I’m a big fan of him.
>
>It seems that his features on Gunn’s album last summer
>raised his profile and got his name out there quite a bit
>more, this should continue to help him.

Yes. He's such a fun rapper. He usually says something that works on me every time out...even when he does his sing a hook thing.

I really wonder what Roc is doing nowadays too. Maybe he feels like a bonus boss type rapper who shouldn't be all up on other people's records all the time? I don't know.

>I really wonder what Roc is doing nowadays too. Maybe he feels
>like a bonus boss type rapper who shouldn't be all up on other
>people's records all the time? I don't know.


https://www.brooklynvegan.com/flee-lord-roc-marciano-announce-delgado-share-new-song-ft-stove-god-cooks/

Did not see that evidence release -- thanks!!

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

it’s the first release from his own label, is what he said.

This is one of his better albums IMO.

boom boom boom boooom boom.

and I assume because the first one is what kindve put him on the map, he stuck with it as a series.

Album out November 19 on Blue Note. Single sounds really good.

https://www.bluenote.com/makaya-mccraven-deciphering-the-message/

Can't wait to check out the single and that roster is awesome. Been on a Jeff Parker kick lately and love whenever they come together.

Some other stuff jazz stuff today:
Web Web/Max Herre - with Brandee Younger, Yusef Lateef, and others -- listened this morning, first listen was great, eager to dive in deeper

Kenny Garrett - Sounds from the Ancestors - a few tracks were a little too smoothed out but most of this was super solid. Took me a minute to find anything about the lineup so sharing here for anyone interested, from Glide magazine:
"The core ensemble for the recording are the same musicians who accompanied him at Newport augmented by guests. The core group is pianist Vernell Brown, Jr., bassist Corcoran Holt, drummer Ronald Bruner, and percussionist Rudy Bird. Guests include drummer Lenny White, pianist and organist Johnny Mercier, trumpeter Maurice Brown, conquero Peditro Martinez, bata percussionist Dreiser Durruthy, and singers Dwight Trible, Jean Baylor, Linny Smith, Chris Ashley Anthony and Sheherazade Holman. Garrett sings on two tracks, plays electric piano on four, and does a piano intro and outro on the title track."

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

I Died For This?! - https://open.spotify.com/album/7c7CTwIQhbdfe9MdjhEiwJ?si=UU7npOonQn6cKm5IVI2pAA&dl_branch=1

Might’ve even been you. He’s nice. Will check this out.

he references May 5th a few times which was the release date for All the Beauty in This Whole Life, so some, most or all of these are from that time period.

As a side-note, I kinda dig these little EPs of short songs as vehicles for artists to get some new ideas out there and keep their music on people's radars/wet their fans' beaks until their next official project drops. Kota's dropped one of these each of the last few years and I wouldn't mind it becoming a trend.

I don't know if I listened to it at just the right moment but I was clued in to the speakers from start to finish. One of those rappers that legit gets better at his craft over time and becomes more and more engaging because of it.

This already has me planning to pull out Ali albums that I haven't listened to in a minute, but first I'm going to play this on repeat for a while...


-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

BAD DREAM (single)
BeMyFiasco
(Phonte & Zo! can't miss lately)

JAIME
Brittany Howard
(I'm trying to get into this and...I don't know)

ICE CREAM CLONES
ROMderful

DAYMAKER
Flamingosis

RARE PLEASURE
Mndsgn

KINGS & QUEENS
Eddie Moore & The Outer Circle

>BAD DREAM (single)
>BeMyFiasco
>(Phonte & Zo! can't miss lately)

Nice!

>RARE PLEASURE
>Mndsgn

This is so good, has crept to one of my top spots of the year, I think.

I need to check out that ROMderful for sure.

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

>>RARE PLEASURE
>>Mndsgn
>
>This is so good, has crept to one of my top spots of the year,
>I think.

Hope You're Doin' Better is my joint.

>I need to check out that ROMderful for sure.

It immediately made me think of Carrtoons Saturday Morning LP.
It also reminds me a lot of The Internet. Grooves on grooves.

The first one still gets regular play, so looking forward to digging into this one.

That Fleet Foxes/Anais Mitchell single got stuck in my head for like a week solid, lol --- one of those Taylor Swift tunes was hard to shake, too. I'm thinking this might be a case where the singles were truly the best of the album but hope I'm wrong.

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

Album is called The Whole Truth. It's pretty nice and mellow.