J Dilla – Music’s Prodigal Son
Sometimes we find ourselves at the point between inspiration and concept where the music that we come across just defies everything we know about modern sound. One such prophet of soundscape is J Dilla.
Sometimes we find ourselves at the point between inspiration and concept where the music that we come across just defies everything we know about modern sound. One such prophet of soundscape is J Dilla.
On January 20, 2011, Etta James — the Matriarch of R&B, the Empress of the blues — passed away at the age of 73, and with her she took one of the remaining strings to the grit and grime of true music.
The prince of Electro Soul gave us a sensory overload with his début, International Affairs. This is Duplaix at probably at his most naturally sensual, as sounds and landscapes drip from each track.
Raphael Saadiq comes back to resurrect the music industry with tracks that are as sexy as they are insightful. He’s always managed to bring the best out of his music. His fourth studio release, Stone Rollin’, is no exception.
Weather is the perfect return for Meshell in a musical environment whose atmosphere has become as turbulent as the jungle due to the Greenhouse Effect.
It was one heck of a year in Swedish music. Be it mainstream or indie, there was really something to jam out to this year in the cold and dark Swedish lands.
When I sat down to pin down my highlights of this year. I was pretty sure it was going to be Asian all over the board.
Swedish r&b duo Ansiktet are back with their new single Äckligt – it is a soft an mellow track that is meant to be funny seeing as they talk about naughty s*x.