City of God or Cidade De Deus, is an amazing film in so many respects. It perfectly captures life in Brazil and the toughness of growing up. Even better, it manages to achieve this under the umbrella of a well-fitting, relevant soundtrack, which recapitulates the film’s themes, through music. Brazil is a diverse country, City… [Read more…]
Wooooaaaahhhhh this dude is fucking smooth. Delve in kids!
Let's see if all that hype paid off...
Quality, quality, quality. True German brilliance. Easily one of the top hip-hop records of the year. Really.
One of the highlights from the upcoming album, Bionic
From the first track, Too Many Questions, it’s clear that Sam Sparro is funky, cool, soulful, and has a bunch of stellar chord sequences and key changes up sleeve. It doesn’t stop there though – Black and Gold quickly follows it up, elevating the album to even greater heights, with its swooning vocals and catchy… [Read more…]
Ahhh, some meaty R&B, good times! Love what Rapha does, and this album is probably the best thing he’s done, eclipsing even the short-lived venture with Lucy Pearl. Melody lines whirl in a breathtaking arrays of sweeping string arrangements and intense landscapes, this really is a joy. The opener is an instant grabber with jizzworthy orchestration and… [Read more…]
October 17, 2010
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