the album where jackson peaked, still spin it lots
Love that album! I need to explore the rest of her discography.
Control and The Velvet Rope are probably the only other two "better than decent" albums from her unfortunately. Her discography is really inconsistent and she uses way too many interludes.
For about a year I've been trying to better balance exploring new music with appreciating what I've already heard - by not permitting myself to listen to two new albums in a row. This has been really helpful, and as of partway through this week I've started going a step further: only every third listen can be new music.
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Here's my listening during week 3 (February 15-21). Albums I've heard in full before = *
Amazing
Broke With Expensive Taste - Azealia Banks*
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus*
Confusion - Fela Kuti & Africa 70*
Expensive Shit - Fela Kuti & Africa 70*
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye*
Mm.. Food - MF DOOM*
Illmatic - Nas*
Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul - Otis Redding*
Aquemini - OutKast*
Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica - The Ronettes*
Undun - The Roots*
Quite Good
Terror Management - Billy Woods
Survival - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Jaime - Brittany Howard
All My Heroes Are Cornballs - JPEGMAFIA
Miles Smiles - Miles Davis Quintet
Dah Shinin' - Smif-N-Wessun
Red Burns - Standing On The Corner
CrazySexyCool - TLC
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It was a really bizarre week for listening, in that every album I heard struck me as either amazing (4.5) or quite good (3.5). As far as I know, this is the first week ever in which I haven't heard any albums that I believe are great (4.0). Furthermore, all the new listens fell into the quite good category, which means no medalists this week because those are only for discoveries I love. Weird. _________________ Add me on RYM
Just discovered this today. It's a really great neo-soul EP from Obongjayar, who had a couple guest spots on Danny Brown's last album. Great vocals, and even better instrumentation. Might be the best 2020 release I've heard.
Still's first major orchestral composition, Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American", was performed in 1931 by the Rochester Philharmonic, conducted by Howard Hanson.[2] It was the first time the complete score of a work by an African American was performed by a major orchestra.[2] By the end of World War II the piece had been performed in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Berlin, Paris, and London.[2] Until 1950 the symphony was the most popular of any composed by an American.[11]
Well, February is over. Thanks everyone who joined in! Although the sun has set on this project until next year, I will get to more of your recs in the months ahead.
Week 4 (February 22-29). Albums I've heard in full before = *
Amazing
Pieces Of A Man - Gil Scott-Heron*
The College Dropout - Kanye West*
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West*
Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest*
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan*
Great
Bad Brains - Bad Brains*
Below The Heavens - Blu & Exile
Ravissante Baby (Negro Phrasing) - Francis The Great
Wake Up Everybody - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Juju Music - King Sunny Adé And His African Beats*
The Two Sides Of Sam Cooke - Sam Cooke
Ask The Ages - Sonny Sharrock
Me Against The World - 2Pac*
Quite Good
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! - The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Do Cóccix Até O Pescoço - Elza Soares
Freshmen Adjustment - Kanye West
Freshmen Adjustment 3 - Kanye West
No Discrimination - Tony Allen And The Afro Messengers*
Pretty Good
Freshmen Adjustment 2 - Kanye West
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Verdict: the three best albums I discovered this week were...
Wow, thanks for the rec babyBlueSedan! This is definitely the best album ever by a 7-year-old. Of course, the amazing and incredibly funky band that makes this album so groovy is composed of adults, at least one of whom is related to Francis. But it also wouldn't be the same without his charming vocals.
An album that's been on my to-do list for ages. Exile's beats are strong, albeit very 2007. The more soulful ones are the best. Blu kills it on most tracks. Both parts of the title track are highlights, but this is all at least good. Apparently Miguel made his first ever appearance on an album here.
Great album! It really hits the sweet spot of my jazz taste, as I love avant-garde jazz and fusion. All the tracks are strong performances, although they don't cross over too often into revelatory territory, and I could do without the most abrasive section of the opening track. Feels like a potential grower.
Dropping back in to co-sign this recommendation, which I just got to. Vibrant, very funky listen if you want a musical pick-me-up with Afrocentric lyrics. _________________ Add me on RYM
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