I swear there was a ton of shit dropping today but right now I can't think of or find much of it, lol. But a few things I'm checking for sure:
Tall Black Guy & Ozay Moore - Of Process and Progression * Listening to this now, just a few tracks in but already feeling like this might be the pick of the week. Just a lot of fun so far. This is TBG's year for sure.
Quantic and Nidia Gongora - Almas Conectadas * This should be super tight -- singles have all been great. Good reminder to revisit their earlier collab, Curao, from 2017.
Bedouine - Waysides * Kind of a throwback to sparse but lush late 60s/70s folk a la Nick Drake without ever feeling purely imitation. I liked her last album, Bird Songs of a Killjoy, a lot -- great songwriting and a very patient approach to each song's arrangement. Good fall music waking up/winding down music if it's your thing.
Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita - Suba Sosa's piano + Keita's kora + their combined rhythmic genius should make for a really engaging listen -- really excited for this one.
1. "Stokley - Clouds feat Shakespeare!" In response to Reply # 0 Fri Oct-22-21 12:46 PM by thebigfunk
Released last month but this just came on my shuffle and holy shit, it's good. Haven't listened to the album in full yet, moved it back up the list a bit for sure! Link below
6. "Cesar Comanche/Poe Mack - A Promise Not to Sting" In response to Reply # 0 Mon Oct-25-21 03:33 PM by DJR
Dope project. Comanche always gets beats that I like. Lots of Khrysis on here, a few from 9th, DJ Flash. Love to see a lot of JL still working together.
7. "Gangster Music Vol. 2 (compilation)" In response to Reply # 0
I think this is basically a compilation. Surprising number of known names here: Ovrkast, Black Milk, Iman Omari, DaM-Funk, Zeroh, MED, Wun Two, Open Mike Eagle to name a few. Lot of new folks too.
Just listening now so can't really weigh in on quality too much but I *think* these are new tracks? Interesting mix so far though (but I've skipped a few tracks right away, too, lol).