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An old music blog becomes a new music blog? We'll see.

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Prince & Kendrick Lamar, what?!

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Sheesh

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Navy Blue too cold

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Peggy Gou + Lenny Kravitz - I Believe in Love Again (2023) Unexpected jams.

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Yussef Dayes put out one of the best albums of 2023 and maybe one of the best jazz records in recent memory with his latest Black Classic Music. It's for sure in the jazz fusion category, integrating the sounds of contemporary music including hip-hop, but like any good jazz drummer led band, it's sonically pleasing both from his arrangements and the production. As a jazz fusion skeptic, I can really endorse this though.

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My November 2023 playlist is probably the shortest of my recent series of playlists. Someone got in my head recently, because I shared a playlist with them after they asked what I listen to -- always a risky question to answer -- and they said it wasn't thematic enough.

My playlists aren't especially thematic, because I don't listen to music that way all of the time. Also, nobody listens to my playlists consistently enough that i feel the need to curate my music for anybody. Hell, I like making playlists so I know what I was into at different times, but I don't often revisit them. But the trend I had towards making whole long playlists and throwing them on shuffle made it harder for me to remember what i liked, so I started segmenting my music again as an organization tool.

This is really the fault of streaming services and their shoddy UIs, because if they were better designed, you'd be able to find stuff more readily. (I'll spare you my rants on platform decay, though.)

This playlist is mostly "fall music" broadly defined. Minimalist, downtempo and not a lot of bass.

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Best Albums of 2023 - 66689 Blvd. - Kipp Stone

I have no idea how it's possible that this fantastic album hasn't gotten nearly enough love, but without a doubt it's a classic and people throw that around too much, but it really is. Mellow, lyrical and not soft, it's just a ridiculously listenable album from start to finish.

Reminds me of two 2016 records that I can't believe are already 7 years old -- Isaiah Rashad's "The Sun's Tirade" and Cousin Stizz's "Monda" though the former is a legit best album of that decade, Stizz's record punches above its weight.

I hope this is the last Kipp Stone that record that's this underrated. Not sure things are that vibrant here, but I don't know where else to write music rantings.

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Los Angeles, CA -- Singapore-born artist Linying will be releasing her new EP House Mouse on November 17 via Nettwerk. Last week, she shared the first single from the record "Take Me To Your House." The dreamy track spans just under 4 minutes long and gives listeners a great introduction to Linying's sound. The lushness of the instrumentation provides a beautiful bed for her soft vocals. The introspective song weaves sonic textures in and out of the song, creating a kaleidoscopic effect that'll have you submerged in Linying's world.

“There was a point in my last relationship where my ex had moved into a new house and I spent weeks being sad that he hadn’t given me a key. It felt like a perfect metaphor: standing outside and wishing so badly to be let in, when really… wrong house,” explains Linying. “This song is about relief and hope as much as it is about yearning and desperation – the anticipation of thinking that maybe this is it, this is what the bad times were worth pushing through for, this is when I finally get to put some furniture down and call this place home."

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Forever a vibe (Breaking It Up alternate version) Lykke Li

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This is a cool story behind DJ Premier talking about working with Limp Bizkit and Method Man on a 1999 record. So random, but Fred brought his spitting A-game and glad it helped Premier's career.

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"Lockjaw" by Mothers

Lockjaw By Mothers From the album When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired (Deluxe Edition) Added to 2016 In Music playlist by Ron Bronson on February 7, 2017 at 09:34AM Listen on Spotify

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"Wrong Crowd" by Tom Odell

Wrong Crowd By Tom Odell From the album Wrong Crowd (Expanded Edition) Added to 2016 In Music playlist by Ron Bronson on February 5, 2017 at 11:35AM Listen on Spotify

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"Edge of Town" by Middle Kids

Edge of Town By Middle Kids From the album Edge of Town Added to 2016 In Music playlist by Ron Bronson on January 31, 2017 at 02:13AM Listen on Spotify

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"The Game" by Gabriel Garzón-Montano

The Game By Gabriel Garzón-Montano From the album The Game Added to 2016 In Music playlist by Ron Bronson on December 31, 2016 at 10:50AM Listen on Spotify