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Hip-Hop & Soul N°385 – 2010s Music Videos

Rap Quotes • Shake, shake, Jump, jump, jump, jump (Tinie Tempah) • I’m a trendsetter, everything I do, they do (Nicki Minaj) • Cry me a river, but I hope you don't drown (Stefflon Don) • Kick it with your bitch who come from Parisian (Azealia Banks) • It’s my birthday, I’ll get high if I want to (Drake) • Is it the complex of the saint That’s keepin’ you so, so, so still still? (Travis Scott)

Musicwise : Hip Hop, rap, trap, dancehall, electronic, grime, pop, R&B

With a little help from George Benson and Snoop Dog, ‘The Now Now’ by Gorillaz is the pop album we need now. Right now!

Gorillaz' 'The Now Now' is their sixth album produced by Damon Albarn and James Ford, featuring George Benson and Snoop Dog and released on June 29, 2018 by Warner Bros / Parlophone

Gorillaz

NME


The follow-up to 2017’s bloated ‘Humanz’ is a trim and spritely listen
prides itself on making 11 pop tracks that zip with energy, passion and an abundance of ideas

Rolling Stone


Gorillaz' 'The Now Now' Is a Focused Call for Unity In Hard Times
opening with a vintage chilled-out summer jam certified with sugary licks by soul jazz touchstone George Benson The Sun
Gorillaz’s main man Damon Albarn talks new about his ‘fresh’ new album The Now Now – from politics to melancholic tunes
artist Jamie Hewlett, who was present at the sessions to create new narratives for…

Three years after ‘The Epic,’ Kamasi Washington delivers a second masterpiece : ‘Heaven & Earth.’ What else did you expect?

Kamasi Washington' s 'Heaven & Earth' is his second (and self-produced) album, recorded with bassists Miles Mosley & Thundercat, pianist Cameron Graves, trombonist Ryan Porter, etc. and released on June 22, 2018 by Young Turks

Kamasi Washington

Rolling Stone


Kamasi Washington's New 'Heaven and Earth' is Another Sprawling, Style-Hopping Epic
The so-called spiritual jazz of Pharoah Sanders and other late-Sixties and early-Seventies seekers remains ....

The Guardian



You can hear portentous anger in everything from its track titles to its astonishing opening cover of the theme from 1972 kung fu movie... Consequence of Sound
Kamasi Washington Earns Every Minute of Heaven and Earth
Occasionally, the energy flags on the more contemplative (but no less…

Strokes singer, Albert Hammond Jr.’s new opus ‘Francis Trouble’ is about his unborn twin (that’s Francis) and the search of identity

Albert Hammond Jr.' s 'Francis Trouble' is his fourth (36 minutes long) studio album released on March 9, 2018 by Red Bull Records

Albert Hammond Jr.

The Line Of Best Fit



The energy is frantic, with a youthful exuberance that refuses to listen to anyone until it’s found.

DORK



opener ‘DvsL’ screams echoes of The Beatles’ experimental opus ‘Sgt Peppers’ by immediately grabbing you with... NARC

Hammond’s voice is awash with Bowie affectations, never more so than on the trashy Muted Beatings. Elsewhere, Stop & Go recalls Simon & Garfunkel

Albert Hammond Jr. - Francis Trouble

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Donny McCaslin’s ‘Beyond Now’

Donny McCaslin's 'Beyond Now' is his twelfth studio album as a band leader, released on October 14, 2016 and featuring two songs by David Bowie with whom McCaslin collaborated on 'Black Star'

Track Listing :

1.Shake Loose (Donny Mccaslin) - 07:14 . 2.A Small Plot Of Land (David Bowie) - 06:24 . 3.Beyond Now (Donny Mccaslin) - 07:52 . 4.Coelacanth 1 (Donny Mccaslin) - 04:52 . 5.Bright Abyss (Donny Mccaslin) - 08:51 . 6.Faceplant (Donny Mccaslin) - 04:04 . 7.Warszawa (David Bowie) - 08:40 . 8.Glory(Donny Mccaslin) - 08:11 . 9.Remain Mutemath) - 06:48

Musicians :

Donny Mccaslin - Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone . David Binney - Synthesizer, Vocals (Background) . Mark Guiliana - Drums . Tim Lefevbre - Bass . Jason Lindner - Keyboards . Nate Wood - Guitar

Production :

Produced By David Binney .…

A Matter of Choirs

Featuring Latvian Song Festival . Aunu . Aunu Balti Kajas . St. Thomas Choir Thomanerchor . Matthäuspassion . Milton Friedman Choir . The Corporation . Soweto Gospel Choir . As It Happens Complaints Choir . Complaints Choir Of Birmingham . Stand By Me . Beautiful Girls . The Choir . Russian Red Army Choir . Little Bell Kolokoltschik . Leningrad Cowboys . Red Army Choir . Sweet Home Alabama . Vienna Boychoir . Canon . Angel Voices I Have A Dream . Celtic Woman . A New Journey . Orinoco Flow . The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir . I´M Amazed . This Is What My Car Feels Like