23 julho 2010

"Queen of Neo-Soul"

New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) - 2010
Erykah Badu, Grammy Award-winning American R&B/Soul singer, songwriter and actress born in Dallas.
She is known as the "First Lady of Neo-Soul" or the "Queen of Neo Soul".
Contrasting its sonically complex and socially-themed predecessor, New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008), the new album contains a prominently groove-based, analog sound with personal and love-related lyrical themes.Upon its release, New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) received general acclaim from most music critics.
Most of the lyrics here dwell on relationships, which Badu handles with a confidence and informality that most of square-ass, tax-filing society just hasn't caught up to and probably never will.

From Russia with love

in frame - 2010
This is a great album by the two Russian natives Monokle & Galun (producer Vladislav Kudryavtsev and musician Sergey Galunenko). This album contains the type of sound that would make you classify the music with something as generic as “electronic” because of how complex it is in structure. Galun’s vocals blended with Monokle’s production is absolutely awesome.

Fusão perfeita

Distant Relatives - 2010
Distant Relatives is a collaborative studio album by American rapper Nas and Jamaican reggae artist Damian Marley, fusing musical elements of hip hop and reggae.