Music Monday: Insecure Recap (S2. Ep. 8) Hella Perspective -*Season Finale
They released the Insecure soundtrack last week. Every song played throughout the entire season, season one as well, is on a Spotify playlist and if you happen to be the one in every billion who doesn’t use Spotify, like me, the soundtrack is also on Amazon, Google Play, iTunes etc. But fuck it, writing these recaps are fun af get it AF, ok, I’m sorry, anyway, here we go.
This week Insecure put me on to Pyramid Ron and DejaNay who is featured on “Down”, the track playing while Aparna and Lawrence are in the car -Yo I hate missing the previews too! Just another way I personally relate to these beautiful characters. I digress, you can find pHeiroglyphics, the EP from which the song “Down” originates, on iTunes. I was also put on to Childish Major, a producer whose song “Supply Luh” was produced by J.Cole. Childish Major has also worked with SZA one my favorite Alt&B artist who released “Quicksand” exclusively for the Insecure soundtrack. Another contemporary favorite Daniel Caesar got a moment in with his song “Blessed”, but I recommend going further back and checking out Death & Taxes, one of my moody times go to tracks for well over a year. The song you probably can’t get out of your head based on how much it was repeated in last nights episode is “Boredom” by Tyler The Creator. Jorja Smith is back on the scene with Fine Line and its always good to hear from Dawn Richard who keeps finding ways to keep her feet firmly planted on the music scene, her song “Sands” played when Issa was heading to the Dunes for the final apartment inspection.
The collection of songs from the super sad yet hard eye rolling and simultaneously headshake inducing season finale I have to say make up my favorite playlist for a single episode. For an R&B girl it’s a seamless contemporary Alt&B blend.
For real though Molly is going to make me shake her, I know Frank Oceans song Biking was playing but I swear she was listening to SZA’s Quicksand while she was trying on lingerie, I love SZA but her music can be the hype man for all Molly’s bad decisions and Issa, I only have sad head shakes for her -GIRL?!?
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Tyler The Creator –Boredom
Vince Staples feat. Juicy J –Big Fish
Pyramid Ron feat DejaNay –Down
Childish Major –Supply Luh
SZA –Quicksand
Daniel Caesar -Blessed
Jorja Smith –Fine Line
Dawn Richard –Sands
Frank Ocean -Biking
TOBi -Hidden Fences