Not for Tinashe: Black Water was less than 35 minutes long, cohesive and concise. Her major-label debut, Aquarius, both refined and narrowed her aesthetic - dispensing with, for example, the ’90s hip-hop soul feel of Black Water‘s “Just a Taste.” But Aquarius also stretched and pulled the singer’s sound almost to a breaking point, as the album sprawled over 18 tracks and 55 minutes. Tinashe, ‘Aquarius’: Track-by-Track Review This made sense considering her favored mode - treacly, slow-burning - but it also diluted her impact. The singer’s new mixtape, Amethyst, is a step in the opposite direction: At just seven songs, it’s a highly concentrated dosage of Tinashe’s semi-molten style, further proof that “2 On” was a smart bait-and-switch, a fleet dance track from a singer who preferred deliberate motion. ( Sam Smith effectively used the same ploy, breaking in the States with “Latch” and then releasing ballad after ballad.) Only “Worth It” pushes the tempo - that song is produced by the Bay Area’s Iamsu!, who effectively works from the same playbook as “2 On” producer DJ Mustard. Tinashe is fluent in several decades of R&B and has an easy way of translating that past language into the present. “Looking 4 It” borrows the hook from Jaheim‘s 2001 classic “ Looking for Love” and merges it with Tinashe’s unhurried saunter. In a rare moment of levity, she sings dismissively about a suitor - “you think you’re 2Pac, acting like a poet” - and then responds to herself in an amusingly high-pitched voice, like Prince‘s alter-ego Camille or a member of Alvin & the Chipmunks: “You ain’t 2Pac, bitch!” On “Just the Way I Like You,” Tinashe works in steamy Janet Jackson mode. But this isn’t a plush, sensual number - the instrumentation behind her has a different agenda, as a synth vibrates with sustained, buzz-saw intensity.Last week, we highlighted J. Cole as he’s one of two favorite artists of this generation. This week, we’re highlighting the other one and it’s none other than Kendrick Lamar.
Kendrick Lamar has released four studio albums and the Good Kid, M.A.A.D. Kendrick has also released a countless number of mixtapes, collaborations and features over the years. Kendrick hasn’t released a new album in over two and half years. Damn was the last album he dropped, and it went triple platinum. Black Panther (The Album Music From And Inspired By) Various Artists (2018) 4.99 Lyrical Exercise, Pt.Įither way, he has enough material to hold us over until he decides to release some new music. For this Kendrick Lamar playlist, there are 73 songs and hopefully you all will enjoy them. The track listing is below, and it’s followed by the stream link for my Kendrick Lamar playlist for Mixtape Friday. It does not store any personal data.What do you think about Kendrick Lamar? What do you think about my personal Kendrick Lamar compilation? You will notice that a lot of songs are missing from the Kendrick Lamar compilation, but Spotify doesn’t have them. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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