Tuesday, January 01, 2019

"...got me in my feelings." : the albums, 2018.


01/robyn/honey

how do you mend a broken heart? on honey, robyn finds release in the music. and on this stunning, immaculately sequenced collection of nine ready for the floor tracks, she sparkles like stardust. vowing to never be brokenhearted again, robyn makes diamonds, confessing on the dancefloor, and letting songs stretch out like good massages. honey is a shimmering forty minute set that could also double as an impeccable set in the club, or the after party, in the heat of the night. it is a sonically invigorating groove session that doesn't let a broken heart stop the funk from coming through. in the end it succeeds in giving you what you want by providing what you need.

KEY TRACKS:

missing u



baby forgive me



between the lines



02/ariana grande/sweetener

03/mgmt/little dark age

04/teyana taylor/k.t.s.e.

05/tierra whack/whack world

06/sophie/oil of every pearls' un-insides

07/kids see ghosts/kids see ghosts

08/smerz/have fun

09/janelle monae/dirty computer

10/dirty projectors/lamp lit prose

11/of montreal/white is relic/irrealis mood

12/drinks/hippo lite

13/kanye west/ye

14/blood orange/negro swan

15/rosalĂ­a/el mal querer

16/mountain man/magic ship

17/anderson .paak/oxnard

18/jack white/boarding house reach

19/sons of kemet/your queen is a reptile

20/the carters/everything is love

21/christine and the queens/chris

22/young fathers/cocoa sugar

23/pusha t/daytona

24/kurt vile/bottle it in

25/serpentwithfeet/soil







"...got me in my feelings." : the songs, 2018.


01/janelle monae/make me feel



the best jams throughout time get you in the first ten seconds. as soon as they start it's on and it's party time: "POISON". "WHEN DOVES CRY". "BILLIE JEAN". and now, janelle's "MAKE ME FEEL". dirty computer grooves with that swagger and confidence of those instant classics listed above. it's janelle with you right there in her jean pocket, caught up in her synth funk, and emotional, sexual bender. the heart of dirty computer, "make me feel" is a bright slice of funk heaven that will encourage the starting of parties from here on out.



02/kanye west, kid cudi, 070 shake, & partynextdoor/ghost town

03/nine inch nails/ahead of ourselves

04/teyana taylor feat. mykki blanco/wtp

05/ariana grande/get well soon

06/meek mill, rick ross, and jay-z/what's free

07/the carters/nice

08/mgmt/little dark age

09/sophie/it's okay to cry

10/blood orange/jewelry

11/mariah carey/gtfo

12/childish gambino/this is america

13/kanye west, ty dolla sign, & ant clemons/all mine

14/lizzo/boys

15/dirty projectors/break-thru

16/of montreal/paranoiac intervals/body dysmorphia

17/st. vincent/savior (piano version)

18/nicki minaj/barbie tingz

19/robyn/honey

20/jack white/corporation

21/mountain man/rang tang ring toon

22/drake/nice for what

23/the voidz/pyramid of bones

24/azealia banks/anna wintour

25/pusha t/if you know you know