Harding has said she often pursues musical ideas without having any deeper significance in mind, which works out fine: By leaving interpretation to her listeners, her songs can mean whatever anyone wants them to. Somehow, none of this scans as ironic or overtly hokey: When Morby sings lines like Dear God, please forgive me three times with a childrens choir accompanying him on Congratulationsand then caps that off with a searing guitar solo worthy of a Springsteen climaxits hard to believe he is a nonbeliever. And here, on her fifth studio effort Remind Me Tomorrow, those evolutions are apparent in a powerful sonic swerve, and in Van Ettens desire to explore both nostalgia and rebirth, and maybe even how they intertwine. Complex Distractions is a little corner of the universe where music and conversation reign supreme. I first heard it during my last year of high school and knew immediately that it was a cipher, encrypting everything that I would come to love most about music. Harry Todd, New York indie-folk outfit Big Thief have been touring constantly for four years in conjunction with their first two full-lengths2016s Masterpiece and 2017s Capacityand their third album U.F.O.F. The album is all over the place but manages to have a cohesive feel. 22. (LogOut/ I remember hearing Leave the Biker on 106.3, my local alt-rock station in New Jersey, and being totally blown away. It gleamed in so many of the ways we wanted to present AC: mysterious characters from another world who would infect the current trends with our own personalities and something a bit different. One album that always comes to mind when considering the last 25 years is Ongakushitsu by the Japanese musician Aki Tsuyuko. It should be in yours, too. After hearing the 2004 version of SMiLE, I found some bootlegs of the original sessions, as well as digging into Smiley Smile. The noise reduction plug-ins are amazing and reverb as well, though I sadly lost access to the program when my old PC died. The On the Line singles are all illustrious earworms, but the album opener, Heads Gonna Roll, is especially grandiose. But Rogers is no Mason Ramsey: Her story begins not with a Walmart yodel, but with an unbelievably perfect demo, played for Pharrell Williams during a songwriting masterclass at New York University in 2016. At their live shows, they felt more like a rock band as they played computer keyboards on guitar straps, triggering samples in real time. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. This extension has a feature called 'The Human Web' that silently re-downloads all the pages you've recently visited in your browser in the background to collect data, which causes you to be blocked. View all posts by J. Hubner, Complex Distractions Presents : Favorite Albums Of 2020(PartTwo), Check-In 3 : Staying Creative, Staying Engaged, and Tempering TheMelancholy, London Odense Ensemble : Jaiyede Sessions Vol. Its really unique. Ghostface killed it, Q said of Supreme Clientele. But what if letting oneself go looked like something else? Courtesy of the artist Haley does it yet again. The Aussie songwriters ability to process emotion is out-of-this-world sharp, and this album is her best, most piercing work to date. He expands more on the rock band aspect of this crew, even more so than he did with 2010s Initiate. There is unquestionably a centerpiece song on Young Enough, and thats the title track, which clocks in at 5 minutes and 20 seconds longan epic by this bands standards. 5 reviews. How Philippakis began to write was wildly different this time around than at any point in his careerhe largely worked in public, usually at pubs and beer gardens. Its increasingly difficult to remember a time before mobile phones/internet/smart-everything, but this record came out 10 years before that bellwether year of 2007, and yet it sounds just as fresh and relevant today as it did back then. But there's some curse involved, too, in that . (LogOut/ But dreamier still is Websters third solo LP, Atlanta Millionaires Club, a steamy brush with R&B flourished with lots of twang and retro grooves. Screenshot: FKA Twigs/Youtube, Wet Leg/Youtube, Denzel Curry/Youtube, Photo . Instead of writing about his negative memories of the place (I never married but Ohio dont remember me he sang on 2010s Bloodbuzz Ohio), he experienced firsthand how both he and the Midwest had changed, particularly since the election of Donald Trump, launching into a full and abstract stream of consciousness about his journey home. Perhaps the Yeezus to Flower Boys My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, he continues to push the themes of loneliness and his inability to be fully loved found on his previous record, only this time largely twisting the knobs in a louder and darker direction. I always come back to this tape and listen and hear something new! Hawksmoor, aka James McKeown, made an outstanding bit of heady synth soundscapes with Methods of Dreaming. Read on to find out which albums defined Kendrick Lamar's coming of age in hip-hop, and which artist was on such heavy rotation in his childhood home that he can't remember which songs were from which album. Its not what you think. Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images. See below for the 25 best albums of 2019 so far, as voted by the Paste Staff. But theres a special place in my heart for his 2012 collection In Decay. Her success story is one thats exclusive to our times, when the Internet has the power to make moguls out of memes overnight. At the event, Q discussed a Percocet addiction as well. But her music, songs that emphatically encapsulate teenage angst for an existential era, is very much of this period as well. - J.V. Meshell belongs in the pantheon. Their first full-length release, Ctrl, was an unpredictably wild mix of noisy synth jams and manipulated samples. If you look at rock and roll or blues or soul, we have been through so much, and thats being translated into music. You might have a buggy browser extension installed. The cool thing about discovering this albumand there never being anything like it before or after, and still to this day it stands alone[is that] when my daughter came of age, I hand-passed that album down to her (Sanaa, my daughter, who I have given a nickname Derp Cobain lol), and its awesome to watch her ears and mind expand and grow from hearing the awesomeness that is Slipknot. Paul Schorin 84 Followers Follow More from Medium Mark Schaefer Jacklin clearly had to sort through mountains of wreckage to arrive here, but the albums autobiographical nature is what makes it so affecting. The spaciousness of the grooves and the delicacy of the playing have inspired me both musically and spiritually. Jacklin said, in writing it, she realized how not very special she is (evident in Body, as she sings, Its just my body / I guess its just my life). Shabazz Palaces - Black Up. And a lot of what they spoke about then still resonates to this day. But for the first time in quite a while, Berninger went back to his hometown of Cincinnati on Not in Kansas, I Am Easy to Finds keystone track. Even Com Truise odds n sods are next level, and work that any other artist wouldve gladly put on a proper LP. A well-thought-through and relentlessly affecting song co-written by Elvis Costello, and Wyatt's interpretation is the definitive. These last six months have delivered the rare haul of critically-adored albums that straddle pop blockbuster territory and the music nerd nation. Sitting at the point where joy and sorrow meet. She was such a mystery to me; so petite, yet her presence was commanding and the songs she sang were fierce in feeling. If you havent heard this yet, what your waiting for? I said to a friend afterward it was like a big pregnant snake on stage squeezing all the air from the room and doling out oxygen when it hissed. The track Diagonals opens with what at the time seemed impossible, a drumbeat that stayed in time but raised in pitch. Mould is at his best when hes begging, making you wonder who could possibly say no to the promise Ill be your astronaut. Mould is the man we need right now. Songs like Dont Disturb This Groove and I Wonder If I Take You Home and Private Dancer all reveal new emotional depths in Meshells hands (to say nothing of this absolute monster of a bandAbe, Chris, and Jebin. OutKasts album Speaker Boxxx/The Love Below was always one of my favorite albums. While someone like Snail Mail, only 18 months her elder, can put out a record with largely the same themes as WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?, yet still speak to an older audience, Eilishs debut largely doesnt care, well aware that she doesnt need anyone above, say, 25 to make her the biggest pop artist on the planet. Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour. He locks into this analog sound thanks to his exquisite collection of analog synths and drum machines. And West Coast rock combined with piano glam and Lewis lyrics makes for a most celebratory listen, indeed. Damn, is this a killer record. Making music is a gift and should ultimately be fun and joyful, even if its hard sometimes. Some records demand to be heard with headphones. Relying on heavy, ominous low synth tones and complex percussiona combination thats featured prominently throughout the albumthe mainly instrumental song is a bit of a change-up from his past work, essentially combining the best aspects of Cherry Bomb with the emotionality and relative absence of Tylers rapping presence on Flower Boy to create a hangover record of sorts from the flamboyance of his last record. Usually, it means refusing to stagnate, lest you be labeled a one-trick pony. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. I bought the album the next day and everything about it made sense. Logic talked about his love for Kanye West, how the movie Kill Bill introduced him to Wu-Tang, and how heartbreaking it was to find out that Big L had been dead for years. I ruined hyyerr for myself, how are the kids going to Just found this hiding behind every other vinyl at target, Indicud is way better than people say it is. 20 reviews. Catalpa was the first album that really taught me why we write songs. Spotify. What Pinkerton has done with Aakab is to make an electronic album that feels classic, refined, and highly intellectual. But back then, it was a risk. The whole band was so amazing: Kenny Garrett, Kenny Kirkland, Nat Reeves, and Jeff Tain Watts. Photo by Roberto Finizio/NurPhoto/Getty Images. Mostly every jazz musician I talk to love that album. Songs interspersed between distorted, wobbly radio spots, as if youre listening to some alien radio on a late night drive through the city. And of course this is also a means to share what I loved and hopefully it gets someone who happens along these posts an album or two to explore they may not have otherwise. The RIAA counts sales of double albums like Billy Joels Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II or Led Zeppelins Physical Graffiti as two copies, essentially double-counting every sale. Folks who know her debut, 2011s The Outside Room, might be surprised to hear Weyes Blood in 2019, but they shouldnt be shocked. 83. Number Seventeen : The Nels Cline Singers Share The Wealth. Its almost as though her stories cant quite be contained within the limited space of the songs themselves. While the U.S. is by far the biggest market for album sales, several of the LPs achieved their ranking here without a lot of help from American audiences, most notably ABBA, who sold nearly as many copies of Gold: Greatest Hits in the U.K. as they did in the States. Its sonic touchstones include jangly '80s Britpop and punk, essentially rewriting the pop songbook with Damian Abraham's gruff bark musing on love and questioning God. She sashays from one romantic identity (single, heartbroken, in love) to another, but as the record beams on, it becomes clearer theyre all one in the samea trinity. It's mature, it's grown, it's timeless, it's sexy, it's classy, it's unorthodox. As a fan, I consider their entire discography a consolidated masterpiece, but Acre Thrills fully peaked me. The Low End Theory is the second studio album by American hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released on September 24, 1991, by Jive Records.Recording sessions for the album were held mostly at Battery Studios in New York City, from 1990 to 1991.The album was primarily produced by group member Q-Tip, with a minimalist sound that combines bass, drum breaks, and jazz samples, in a departure . No, lets remember 2020 for the fact that its the year of the new Zombi long player. 3 reviews. He was spazzing on there. Richard Youngs has worked with blind-mixing too. To my ears, SASAMIs grasp of exciting songwriting is unparalleled, utilizing her degree in classical composition in equal parts with her time as a member of Cherry Glazerr. Then, influenced by artists like Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell and Bon Iver, he sings sad ballads in a soul style, every note hanging beautifully on the edge of destruction. A vinyl nonetheless. In attempting to illuminate these songs, Meshell actually illuminates herself. Ellen Johnson, Natalie Merings work under the name Weyes Blood feels less like a catalog of music and more like a journey. Drawing on both her Americana roots and the bendy R&B of artists like Aaliyah (one of her cited inspirations), Webster creates a dramaticized retelling of romantic shortcomings that sounds like the sun crying. Little themes from different songs pop up all over the place, and you get an overall cohesive vision without it being concept album-y. Check out Logic's 25 Favorite Albums,listed in chronological order. Blake has studied piano and voice since the age of 6, and taken music classes at Goldsmith University, where he started DJing and creating remixes. I was completely unaware of all the reference points they folded into their sound, and as a result, everything felt completely new and timeless at the same time. Billionaires, be they artists, executives, or politicians, inevitably ask me to swallow their poisonous storytelling, and right now, only clear storytelling helps me. See you then. The Detroit post-punk four-piece continue to floor me with their aggressive-but-poetic music. One could even argue, the two songwritersages 24 and 38 respectivelyare like long-lost musical siblings. Seth Haleys long-running musical project Com Truise continues to evolve and shape into something leaner, tighter, and more direct. You can feel the birds on the line, the people on the street, the time of day, the phone rings, a cough, a dog bark. Outer Peace is the atmospheric mingling of them all. I was more famous than Id ever been due to the recent release of Ridin Dirty. The attention to production is really dialed, and all the more impressive when you learn he used Sound Forge to make it. Steven Edelstone, If she prefers to stay inside, then Webster makes music for her own kind: With all its droopy pedal steel, unhurried funk and a breezy island air that could sub in for your AC, Atlanta Millionaires Club is the perfect summer album for indoors-y types. Nigga was saying his shit, he didnt give a fuck and you believed it. This album has been a constant throughout my life. All of these artists taught me a lot about using really simple means to create something really complex and interesting. I guess that means that it influences me! The charts are starved for something real and down-to-earth, and her songs, while heavily produced in comparison to some of her folksier beginnings, have an earnestness to them that cant be fabricated. On Jonas Munks latest album he seems to boil down his songs to their very essence, giving us ethereal clouds of sound that almost feel like mere thoughts of sound. And while the 27-track sprawl is decidedly innovative, Steven Ellison never wavers from his hallmark: instantly recognizable Flying Lotus harmonics, filled with the fragrance of experimental jazz that only a member of the Coltrane family tree could enact. Standout Tracks: "Cover Me Up," "Stockholm," "Something More Than Free" 22. A list of the top albums of the year from Complex Decade. You can hear it in the church-choir backing vocals, in how Morby shouts Oh! So you must try to record a set of songs that showcase some artistic growth and aesthetic ambition, but at the same time, you dont want to stray too far from what worked so well the first time out. He is like a favorite uncle, occasionally forgotten in the daily grind but always welcomed with a sense of Why am I not listening to this every single day? Mould doesnt waste any time getting right to the title track, and its an aching love song in the vein of Sugars Your Favorite Thing. Moulds guitar pounds like a heart wrapped in barb wire, offering, pleading for the object of his affection to come away on an adventure. Anything on here you going to to check out? Thank you, Mr. Conch. The man can pretty much do anything at this point. RELATED: The Making of Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d cityRELATED: Kendrick Lamar in the Studio (Video)RELATED:Kendrick Lamar: Talkin' 'Bout My Generation (2012 Online Cover Story)RELATED:Kendrick Lamar Breaks Down His Favorite Cartoons and Cereals (Video)RELATED:Kendrick Lamar Covers Complex's "good kid, m.A.A.d city" Week! We were teenagers, of course, and it sent us (more so Cam, Tay, and I) on a metal quest (lol) that actually led them (Cam and Tay) to play in the band Wicked Wisdom with Jada Pinkett Smith (lol). Watching them that night, I could feel that I was gaining an access to myself that wasnt available to me beforehand. That may have to do with when it was releasedin 1998, I moved to New York City as a 19-year-old, wide-eyed college studentor maybe its just because it is a fantastic record. To read about Qs discussion regarding this addiction, click, Cardi B Granted Extension After Failing To Complete Community Service Over 2018 Assault, Tory Lanez's Lawyer Suggests 'Numerous Errors' Were Made During Megan Thee Stallion Trial, Just Blaze Unearths Unreleased Music With JAY-Z, Ghostface Killah, Madlib & More, Tyga Recalls Conflict That Led To His Removal From Pop Smoke Song, FBG Duck Murder: Witness In FBI Documents Claims King Von Put $100K Hit On Chicago Rapper, Real Boston Richey Accused Of Being A Two-Time Snitch In New Paperwork, Lil Yachtys New Album Lets Start Here Is Coming Sooner Than You Think, 6 Things We Learned From ScHoolboy Qs Oxymoron Listening Session. Amazon. Beth stood strong and stark in the midst of this ensemble and rose above it all with her commanding, crystal vocal, and I was lost in the songs from the get-go. The process itself becomes a silent collaborator; almost occult. Aki often flies under the radar because shes not cranking out tons of albums, but she always makes singular and personal music, regardless of trends and styles. I would call it the equal of On Land, tied for best ambient album ever, though supposedly its considered lo-fi house or whatever. For me it works as a straight up follow-up to his debut Galactic Melt. At the time, I was obsessed with Talking Heads, XTC, the Band, and the Beach Boys. On his latest opus Articulation, West links back to 2016s Night Melody, at least sonically. Only one country album made the list, Shania Twains crossover smash, Come on Over. Let Danielle Haim and a choir of children sing you down the aisle on Hold You Now; let the bendy Bambina rock you into a summer stupor. What Does It Mean?", Ice dropped "6 in the Mornin'" in 1986 and set off the whole West Coast gangsta rap movement. The best music, movies, TV, books, comedy and more. Lots of old school rap, soul. 24. Your IP was not blocked by a person; it was blocked by a firewall that uses an automated algorithm. I had never heard anything like it before, and its influence on me was immediate. It taught me how to honor a friend. West plays with time signatures, structure, and shape and how it affects melody. Number Eleven : Justin Pinkertons Aakab. Complex Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Its one of my favorite albums and still sounds as vital today as it did 25 years ago. In performance, they were second to nothing Id ever seen. The weird ambient pieces in-between continue to establish Lopatins production prowess, while his songs show his continued march to pop dominance. Protests? Since then shes spent considerable time photographing various ATL stars like Offset and Lil Yachty. She is one of the great elders in North American music. From the last 25 years, there are a few records that I cherish. It was transportive and alien but also grounded and familiar in the traditions of jazz, rap, and psychedelic music that it adhered to. Luckily, this years soundtrack has lent a great deal of calm and clarity. Ellen Johnson, On IGORS THEME, the opening track on Tylers highly anticipated follow-up to Flower Boy, he shows that even with the heightened expectations, he can still surprise us. So perhaps, when we eventually look back on the music of this era a few years from now, there will likely be no singular album that absolutely nails the sound of 2019 quite like Billie Eilishs debut record, WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?, for better or worse. All rights reserved. Then Acre Thrills came out in 2001, and I was consumed by it. Truly stunning. Its deconstructed computer rock. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. Maple live in San Francisco opening for Pavement. Better Oblivion Community Center is an unsurprisingly tender, affecting excursion. Usually, the band whittles down a pile of song sketches into a single, succinct record, only completing the eventual album tracks, leaving the rest to be forgotten. We still do. Their synthetic nature converts into something tactile; something you feel as well as hear. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs - Merge Records, 2010 Theatrical Montreal rockers contemplate the banality of suburban sprawl, the nostalgia of misspent youth, and the loss that comes with a rapidly changing world. Ben Salmon, Already a prolific force as Helado Negro, Roberto Carlos Lange wrote the best record of his career in This Is How You Smile. Voodoo by DAngelo is the one album that held my hand and helped me shake off the toxically masculine rock music with which I had been inundated in high school and early college, that opened a gateway in my mind to several galaxies of music, that completely turned my head around as a bass player, that still sounds fresh as a fucking daisy, that is at once welcomingly accessible and impossibly deep, that has never left the car-visor Case Logic CD organizer of my mind. Recording an excellent debut album is mostly a blessing, of course. Never wanting to be copycats, we just hoped we could make something as personal and special. February 29, 2020. We said: Huntsmen's 2018 debut album American Scrap is a killer mix of '70s-style hard rock, prog rock, and folk rock with modern-day sludge metal, which, if . Maybe its the album title that puts me in mind of a favorite Genesis album(Abacab), or maybe its just that the music is so warm and all-encompassing. But thats just 2019, a year that often makes no sense at all. If Maggie Rogers can find a way to exist alongside the likes of Billie Eilish (which she has, at least by this lists judgement), shell be the next big thing in pop. Weve also ignored claimed sales from record labels and relied on data coming directly from the Recording Industry Association of America in the U.S. and its counterparts around the world. As a species, we are not well. Spinning the records for the good of mankind. The singer Bilal names it among his 25 favorite albums, explaining: "I think that's just one of the best jazz trio albums ever. A therapeutic listening experience when such things are needed most. Oh My God has a ramshackle energy to it, as well as a distinctly vintage instrumental ambience, thats likely to encourage such comparisons. Share The Wealth satisfies many musical appetites. There is something more to this than just music. Im sure West is probably smarter than me, so Ill just say the album has a constant flow. Sign UpYes, I would like to receive Paste's newsletter, 2023 Paste Media Group. August 30, 2005. The songs are still big and thunderous with touches of Krautrock, Bowie, and their classic space rock sound. Just dont forget to chill the brews. Produced by Pharell and Solange and featuring Playboi Carti in a bouncing, tail-end rap sequence, Almeda is a celebration of steadfast black faith: Black faith still cant be washed away / Not even in that Florida water, Solange sings, citing the unisex cologne she carried to the 2018 Met Gala thats said to have healing effectsbut nothing as potent as black resilience. You might have the Hola VPN extension installed. This cannot be undone. Laetitia Sadiers prescient first lyric from the song Brakhage seems like something you can sing even louder today: We need so damn many thingsTo keep our dazed lives goingMany things to keep our livesLives going, so many things. Not an album, a 12-inch single. This came out almost exactly 25 years ago. That it sounds completely electronic and studio-concocted but in actuality is performed on acoustic instruments (traditional jazz trio of drums, piano, and upright bass) is the icing on the cake. Jaw-dropping). Buffy is one of the people I am relying on to help me understand how to move forward as an artist and as a human being. 25. Recording an excellent debut album is mostly a blessing, of course. Here are the 25 Best Albums of 2019 (So Far). My 25 Favorite Albums of the Summer | by Paul Schorin | The Princeton LP Write Sign up Sign In 500 Apologies, but something went wrong on our end. The resulting album is an imaginative indie-pop chronicle of millennial malaise. Two-and-a-half years into a helter-skelter administration and firmly rooted in the chaos of the internet and the correspondingly relentless news cycle, were all just trying our best. Intellectual discussions and essays written about heady records, both big and small, that despite what you might think can truly change your life. Peel back what some have perceived to be a lyrical disaster, and Vampire Weekends fourth full-length is an album of rewarding moments and juicy samples. Reggaeton. Sunshine Rock is bitter and hopeful, full of rage and promise. After that it'll be my top ten favorite records of 2020. You cant predict the future, you cant forget the past, he sings on Camp Sunshine. So maybe we cant go back there. This shit was hard. Rogers career may have first sparked on the internet, but now its a fire burning IRL. A list of Nas' 25 favorite albums from Complex. Oxymoronis way different from my previous projects, Q says in the article. Neil Hale(he of Correlations/The Relations) dives deep into the retro-futuristic dance grooves while keeping things steely cool. Feist is perhaps the most magical of all artists to me. Now that its here, one things clear: Maggie Rogers is a pure pop star and a deserving one, at that. One of the many things I so admire about Buffy is her relentless positivity, combined with her willingness to look clearly at the past and the present, no matter how brutal the landscape, and name it. 87. Thats my life and it aint got no history. True, her featherweight, susurrant delivery isn't exactly that of the classic jazz divas. 23. To view the, . The way the compression is used adds a kind of breathless feeling. A brilliant album. Ultimate Success Today is another constant spin in my head. hide caption, On "All Cried Out (Redux)," Jill Scott turns a Doug E. Fresh beatbox and a touch of ragtime piano into the bottom of a breezy kissoff song, in which she sounds more free and brazen than she has in years. Steven Edelstone, For all intents and purposes, Matt Berninger is a New Yorker. In the version of the program I loved, one is forced to blind-mix, which makes you concentrate less on the waveforms and listen more closely. Throughout, Donnelly sings in a thick Perth accent, and her vocals are dotted with audible laughter, theatrical flourishes, inspired instances of talk-singing, and other oddities. Ellen Johnson, Autonomy can be damn frightening. Photo by Cory Schwartz/FilmMagic/Getty Images, The summer of 2000 was a high point for AC. Inspired by Philly rapper Schoolly D's 1985 single "P.S.K. Number Twenty-Two : Com Truise In Decay, Too. If you're looking for the best of 2011 in virtually every major musical genre, here's a good starting point. They really showed me the way and therefore changed my life forever. So when he sings You were never much of a New Yorker / It wasnt in your eyes, alongside This Is The Kits Kate Stables on the title track of The Nationals new album, I Am Easy to Find, he knows what hes talking about. Photo by Mariano Regidor/Redferns/GettyImages. It was the sound that I was searching for. Contemporary R&B. And not only am I going back to revisit those albums, but Im giving the moments throughout the year another look. Many post-1996 albums have inspired me, from Aphex Twin to Autechre or Sunn O))) to Jim ORourke. & Rakim - Paid in Full 11 Guitars, drums, synth, and touches of the macabre make for an engaging listening experience. 2. Let it be easy. The video of his reaction (stunned, in the best way) went viral, and Rogers stumbled into sensation. I remember discovering this album with Cameron and Taylor Graves, Ronald, and Kamasi around the same time. Forced to reckon with chance, a chaos element. Ive never run so fast. For our purposes weve ignored that. 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