Scottie Barnett releases a hypnotic smooth jazz single with accompanying music video representation. Ambient chords and keys float around the track while a tight drum beat and bass line groove keep ‘It Didn’t Have To End This Way’ grounded. A continuous saxophone solo moves the story along and visually the music video follows a distance couple’s departure with no dialogue, a great artistic representation of a very soothing yet emotional instrumental release. Watch Below:
Chris2Four releases new single ‘Flow’.
Chris2Four releases his latest single “Flow” a catchy upbeat song about rolling with the punches. Chris2Four’s blunt realism rides the beat with lines like “counting all my blessings but the Heavens got me guessing, whats the lesson? I’m obsessing trying to escape this great depression”, though delivered on an exciting beat this track embodies existential self examination. The juxtaposition of the the 90s influenced bass line and uptempo boom bap drums leaves the viewer as optimistic as Chris2Four is despite going with the harsh flow of the reality of an independent artist. The track’s instrumental is a mixture between a modern version of Digital Underground’s “Humpty Dance” and a Beastie Boys’ Check Your Head unreleased instrumental. Equally thought provoking and funky “Flow” is a great introduction to the artistry of Chris2Four. Listen Below:
Inusa Dawuda “Return Of The Black Pharaoh” Album. @InusaDawuda
Inusa Dawuda, The Black Pharaoh, is back with the “Return Of The Black Pharaoh” a combination of Afro Beat, Tribal and Progressive House Music all layered over Electronic Dance-Pop and World Music. A brilliant Saxophonist with intoxicating vocal chants and melodies on tracks like “Carnival Savannah” that engulf the listener in a transcendent dance heavy groove. “Something Special” has the raw vocal grit necessary for a primal love song juxtaposed with another dance heavy unforgettable groove. Hypnotic rhythms and chants weave in and out of “Voodoo Lady” a trance-like sonic experience. “Return Of The Black Pharaoh” is truly the return of excellence and dominance in music, right and fitting for a real Pharaoh. Listen Below:
Ashton Rich ‘Sober Enough EP’ (@realAshtonRich)
Hip-Hop, R&B Artist, Producer from Middle Tennessee Ashton Rich releases his Sober Enough EP an inventive take on Trap, Hip-Hop, and R&B. “Pretend” has Ashton speaking on his grievances with modern rappers and fabricated personas over a hard hitting 808 bass heavy beat and alternating snares. “Ride Wit It” juxtaposes this with a lyrical heavy swagger over a Boom-Bap piano loop groove, not only showing range but an overall encompassing understanding of the genre. Ashton Rich takes another sharp turn immediately after further flexing his versatility on “How You Get”, the closer on the EP is a mellow R&B track steeped with emotion and feeling intertwined with an equally emotionally deep soundscape, a half filtered and half muted ominous beat. In 6 tracks Ashton Rich proves he’s a valid contender in at least 3 different genres and if we count production he is easily a quadruple threat. Listen Below:
Schardinee releases ‘Papa’ single.
Schardinee’s latest single ‘Papa’ is a heartfelt track seeped with raw and honest emotion juxtaposed over top a jazzy optimistic soundscape. Swaying back and forth every few measures from mellow keys to upbeat horns ‘Papa’ lyrically seesaws from past and ‘old news’ to ‘walking down a new path’. Bridged together by vocal Scat singing improvised in rhythm with the percussion ‘Papa’ is a unique combination of varying styles and emotions: happy and sad, upbeat and mellow, minimal and loose. A great track and an exciting single from a talented artist. Listen below: