Pretty Lights - Full Album Preview - A Color Map of the Sun
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19:33: @DominoEffect: wow...tears
20:10: @godisfrisky: You're a genius
22:30: @jordanstone12 If you saw this at Cochella or Bonnaroo it changed your life
These are a couple of comments that I related to when hearing this song for the first time, this morning. By the time I've written this post, I've heard the entire album about 3.5 times. Basically, it doesn't take much to fall into admiration with this album.
Derek Wilson Smith kills it at the 9:06 mark. I know I've read that this song literally makes a listener "want to cry" I can't help but relate. The melody in the song is beautiful and elicits this powerful emotion of yearning something - weather it be a forgiveness, a man, a new career, a new beginning, this song leaves you wanting more of a good thing. It's by far one of my favorite songs out in 2013. And the best part, this is one of the many songs on this album! Giant Step, thank you for introducing!!
It's crazy that two of my closest friends in NY are leaving this weekend. !9:05 - 23:07 is dedicated to them. We will always have Chelsea Manor, 40/40 club and all the shady side streets we experienced tonight.
xoxo A&N
6.26.2013
Soundtrack | 6.26.13 | Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson - Mo' Meta Blues
Nerdy - Check
Stylish - Check
Charming - Check
Lover of SoulTrain - Check
The list of positive traits that Ahmir "Questlove" Khalib Thompson (he passed me at an event in NY where he DJed so naturally I'm on a government name basis with the man) posses is endless. The man is an entrepreneur, a professor, a musical genius and historian, and now an author of the much anticipated book Mo' Meta Blues.
I have yet to get my hands on the book, I refuse to buy this on iTunes but as soon as I'm done reading "Daring Greatly" for my book club you better believe I won't be taking my hands off of it.
For those unfamiliar to the referenced title of the book, think Spike Lee's 1990 film titled Mo' Better Blues. The song performed in the movie is actually written and composed by Branford Marsalis, of the same title - one of my favorite jazz songs.
Below is clip from Ahmir "Questlove's" interview with The Daily Show.
6.25.2013
Soundtrack | 6.25.13 | Forbidden Fruit - J. Cole ft. Kendrick Lamar [Born Sinner]
I can't help but be biased with this album. I've been listening to J.Cole since my {Jerk Store} friends started buzzing about his second mix-tape The Warm Album. The entire album from start to finish kept me intrigued - pausing and rewinding and replaying a song over and over again until I could get some of the words right or pick up on some new melodious twist.
The same sensation came over me when I heard Forbidden Fruit for the first time. From the minute the beat dropped, I was captivated. The Biblical references of Adam & Eve, to the sample of Electric Relaxation, to his confidence in being the next greatest lyricist and producer re-ignited my love for this man-kid.
How many record do a nigga gotta sell/
Just to get the cover of the double X L/
Or fader, fuck ya magazine hater/
When I say that I'm the greatest I ain't talking about later/
I'mma drop the album the same day as Kanye/
....
And I don't mean no disrespect, I praise legends/
But this what next the boy sick, can't disinfect/
If you haven't heard this album, I highly recommend purchasing it IMMEDIATELY. It's an instant classic and a great sophomore album.
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