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Mick Jenkins – The Water[s]
Water’s more important than the gold. If you have not yet heard Mick Jenkins, here is your glass. His second release since last year’s Trees and Truths mixtape caught me. I let this one marinate for over a week and there are still too many words that come to mind for me to comfortably summarize its importance. I will express that Mick Jenkins has managed to draw the attention of many while seeming to appear out of space with a theme of what we need more of. That is the beauty of his latest labor of love, The Waters! It is smart and so necessary while being full of blissful…
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Meeting Jhené & Souled Out
Jhené Aiko might be a new artist to many of the people I stood in line with yesterday, but for me, she’s as influential as any other older artist who debuted in the early 2000’s. I didn’t plan on doing a post for Souled Out because you can hear about it just about all over. I then heard the album and decided that regardless of it already being exposed for the people to grab and find on their own, it is an important project to me as an individual and to all music, current r&b, and consciousness. And so, this belongs on the frolic. While I’m at it, I’ll also…
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Low Leaf – Set Me Free & Rise Up
Today the fairy is here to deliver something so special in the form of a Filipino beauty called Low Leaf. The first I heard of Low Leaf is from her Giga Gaia ep, which attracts me with just the title itself. Then I felt excited about the discovery because of her writing protrudes beside everything that I was listening to around that time, and presently. There is an authentic, old mysticism about her. If you take a look at her website DIY.com, you’ll get an idea of what I mean. I’m hoping she can manage to stay pure, because music needs this! She also plays her own harp on stage…
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Danny Watts – Poetic Effusions
Take a gander through the ripples of my mind. Messenger Series Vol. 1 – Danny Watts This song is brilliant. I haven’t known much of anything about Danny Watts before now, besides his voice and intricate patterns of rhymes the delivers with it. I have been listening to this Messenger Series Vol. 1 for months because I feel it is so p e r f e c t and relatable as a human being. After watching this new visual for his song Poetic Effusions, it is simply my duty to pass it on to you.
