Sareem Poems & Newselph - The Art of Living (2020)

 

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I've been feeling this album especially hard this week. The beats are clean and crisp with subtle jazz undertones, courtesy of Newselph, while Poems delivers smooth-as-silk positive vibes over 11 tracks that seem to fly by. I can't just do a single track, each listen is a full record spin. Our dynamic duo managed to craft some superbly chilled-out tunes that are a must have for the beginning of yet another strange year. Get it, spin it, lean in and learn.

The Art of Living

clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned (2020)

 

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I'm having a difficult time trying to review this group. I will say that they really do live up to their name with those noisy ass harsh beats always pushing the red. The 'beats' are definitely interesting and Diggs delivers perfectly over what some have described as the sounds of glass in a blender. I like it. It's possible some of their tracks could be released as a single, and possibly even see radio play, but the rest are way the fuck out there space jams. I don't want to make comparisons to anyone, because this shit is really that fresh and different. Grab it, spin it, blow you mind.

Visions of Bodies Being Burned

Run the Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)

 

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Run the Jewels are the shit. Period. They've produced 3 epic bangers previously, and now ending out the 20teens with another devastating 39 minute collection. Layered beneath the ghetto ass street shit, there's a lot of conscious, political messages if you listen for them. Their beats are dope as that hard white you stuff in a crack pipe  You need this in your life. 

RTJ4