At first glance this looks like a genuinely quiet week -- probably good as I think next week has a few bigger drops. Still, I'm sure there's stuff out there. What's everyone looking for?

Share what you've been listening to, too... I've been taking some time to revisit the last few months and start compiling a twelve-track "best of 2021 so far" type playlist. It's been a great year so far, lots to revisit and continue enjoying.

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

Looking forward to checking out Goldlink's HARAM! - seems he's pivoted to the murky and dense sound of Akai Solo, Mavi, Mike et al. I could be wrong but that was the impression I got from his single drops. I'm curious to see what he does with the sound.

Also looking forward to checking out Piers James, A Dying Breed pt.II
https://open.spotify.com/album/4R7QiRMZ4JyCCeOlSLrq0o?si=YRz-IfttQNq-zn2ImjueHQ&dl_branch=1

I used to make mixes of about 20 songs per quarter, then one final one at the end of the year. Made to fit on CDs. Now I struggle to make a playlist that has less than 100 songs for the year.

I aim for 50 songs but I haven't been able to cut it down so much.

I figured narrowing down to about 2 tracks a month would be tough but fun. Might have to up it to about 3 or 4 tracks a month though, lol.

I tend to throw everything and the kitchen sink into my best of/favorite lists so I figure really working on a more chiseled list is useful.

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

These are all singles except where it says (LP) at the end. Got some more to go through for the week, just haven't had the time.

Dojo Cuts - Return of the Switchblade
Wale ft Chris Brown - Angles
Rebelution - In the Moment (LP)
Cordae ft Common - What's Life
Orgone - Dreamer
Method Man ft Jones Ink - Day One
Conor Albert ft MAc Ayres Moonlight
Diana Ross - Thank You
D-Nice ft Kiana Lede - Rather Be
Jacquees ft Queen Naija - Bed Friend
Dave B - All Falls Down
Sabina Ddumba ft Cherrie - Coast and Damn Good Woman
Sevyn Streeter ft Chris Brown & Asap Ferg - Guilty
Men I Trust - Lucky Sue
The Shindellas - Volcano Love
Majid Jordan - Been Through That / Waves of Blue
H.E.R. ft Cordae - Trauma

Am I the only person who has mixed/undecided feelings about H.E.R.? Like I'm supposed to like her but something hasn't grabbed me yet and almost turns me off -- maybe this new lp will help me make a decision, lol.

I'm not mad at two Cordae appearances though.

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

I tried by adding this album cut to my "fresh for the week" playslist I make every week, but I skipped it when it came out. Not feeling it as much as my first listen.

Went back through the very long album, and wasn't really feeling any of it.

Her singles have been hit or miss for me.

Damage does still go for me, as do all the many remixes I have found on soundcloud.

... I've been taking
>some time to revisit the last few months and start compiling a
>twelve-track "best of 2021 so far" type playlist. It's been a
>great year so far, lots to revisit and continue enjoying.

This is honestly the only reason I keep my last.fm account still going. I use the statistics to measure out my "Best Of" playlists. I don't do just 12 songs though..ha. I've been going at it 11 years strong now. It's kinda fun to go back to 2010 to see what songs I was obsessed with.

https://digife.com

And that's been really nice. I tend to be an album listener though and try to listen to new albums a few times at least (unless I just absolutely don't like them) -- so everything winds up being 3 or 4 plays, at least for the first month or two, and then I'm a bit more likely to dig into specific songs on repeat

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

At the end of every month I run it to create a playlist of my most played tracks for the month.

Spotify has an auto-generated "On Repeat" playlist, but I don't particularly understand the algorithm, since it doesn't take in just the most recent few days/weeks. I've had tracks stick around on that playlist that I had hardly played in a month, but played it a lot the month before, so I feel like it takes that into account.

That script is a great idea -- what'd you write it in?

I'm actually working on an app that will let you compile a playlist from what your friends have recently played. Using React (which is new to me) so it's taking longer than it probably should, lol --- using it mainly for practice but figure it will be fun/useful.

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

There's a good spotify package for python called spotipy. Don't remember if I couldn't find one for last.fm or not, but for last.fm I just found the API endpoints that I needed and went from there.