I admittedly have just not been listening to much - job's been rough, time-wise - but when I've taken the time to look, haven't seen much.

Main new releases for the year for me, so far, were Skyzoo and Oddisee. I liked that collection of old Hi-Tek beats (Glen Orchard Drive). What else did everyone check in January?

A few things on the to-listen list:

Pan Amsterdam & Damu - EAT

Tha God Fahim/NicoJP

Brian Blade - LIFECYCLES honoring Bobby Hutcherson

Reuben Vincent - Love is War

Sunny War - Anarchist Gospel (folk-y? it's got Allison Russell and David Rawlings on a bunch of tracks so I'm in)

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~