This song is very lush. It radiates dusky vocals. It drips with rich strings. No guitar hook is spared. It’s great. There’s plenty of fantastic…
Tag: Soulful
14/10/2018: “Yellow Moon” by The Neville Brothers
The Neville Brothers were, quite unsurprisingly, a band made up of 4 brothers from the Neville family. Unfortunately one of the brothers (Charles) died this…
13/10/2018: “Climax” by Slum Village
J Dilla was easily one of Hip Hop’s greatest producers. It’s hard to say what he’d be making now if he hadn’t died of a…
26/09/2018: “I’m In Love” by Evelyn “Champagne” King
Evelyn King’s 1981 hit, “I’m In Love”, was number 1 on the Soul chart and the Dance chart, which is about right. There’s a distinct…
07/09/2018: “These Walls” By Kendrick Lamar
It’s no overstatement to say that Kendrick Lamar’s album To Pimp A Butterfly, released in 2015, is one of the most significant releases of the 21st century…
26/06/2018: “Tears” by Hijak
The sampling is pretty heavy here… the song is basically the intro to “No More Tears” by Teedra Moses, with a heavy bassline and more…
28/05/2018: “I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (4hero Remix) by Nuyorican Soul
In 1997, 4hero took the Nuyorican Soul (Masters At Work) version of the classic 1971 track by The Rotary Connection, with some standardly cracking vocals…
01/05/2018: “Ready Or Not” by The Fugees
The intro alone marks this song as one of the best. Lauryn Hill’s “Ready or not, here I come” refrain rings out over the sample….