What does someone’s album really say to you?

is it just sound or something deeper,
something that speaks to you personally?
i recently got caught up in a challenge with cousin hybrid called “cymatics”.
the idea is to listen to just one artist for 30 days,
tuning your mind and soul into their frequencies.
i picked lady gaga; he’s all in on lenny kravitz.
we’re both diving deep into the vibes and seeing what we find.
so here’s how i’m taking gaga’s new album,
“mayhem“,
into my life…

Well,
I didn’t say it.
This time.

so lil nas x has finally released his first track of this new era.
its called “dreamboy” and…

when i was young fox,
going through depression,
i saw this video pop on BET and it gave me instant peace:

“Ain’t No Rain In This Cloud”

i love good songs that are current but composed like past generations.
i begged my mother to buy me her debut album,
“black diamond“,
after i heard her second single:

I LOVED the vibe of “Alright”.

after i got the album,
i proceeded to listen to it every day.
i loved her second album,
“mahogany soul”,
even though that album also brings back not so great memories.
safe to font that even though i stopped keeping up with her,
i have always fucked wit angie stone.
sadly,
today…

I don’t think I’ve ever admitted how much of a lowkey Aretha Franklin stan I am.
I love her music and it has def gotten me through hard times.

when did music stop being a movement too?
back in the day,
black artists didn’t just entertain:

They educated
They protested
They pushed culture forward.

sure,
we needed to dance and escape,
but we also needed to feel seen and to be uplifted.
artists like…

The boogeyman of hip-hop strikes again.

kendrick lamar dropped a surprise album yesterday,
gnx,
and the message is still loud and clear:

Whoever wants to be dragged to hell can step up.
He’s ready.

in “wacced out murals“,

kendrick took a swipe at lil wayne,
calling out his teary-eyed rant about not getting picked for the super bowl.

as you know,
or didn’t,
but the super bowl in his hometown of nawlins this year.

this morning,
wayne logged onto elon’s swamp and chose…

We (desperately) want that ol’ thing back.

muni long’s “made for me” hit different,
didn’t it?

it’s like a love letter to the golden days of R&B,
it fed our nostalgia-starved many of our millennial hearts.
it gave heavy midnight love:

let’s get into FLO,
the UK trio who teamed up with missy for “fly girl“:

…and delivered a sound so 90s/2000s it feels like a time machine.
of course,
many are out here calling their music “dated”.
funny tho…