I was talking to @mrmerle two days ago about soul music (specifically Philly soul in which I've been binging for a bit), and I gave him a list of records that I listened to, also the Silk Sonic record just to ease himself into the type of music I was talking about. He said I should check out this record since I liked soul.

Honestly, it's a good for a contemporary R&B record. I haven't really been around contemporary RnB lately because of the shortcomings of it feeling rather stale. But ... read more

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CCarney

Big thanks to @mrmerle for the album swap proposition! I've never done it before (even though I'm on AOTY since 2019) and it's such a fun idea. I hope that's not the last time!

So at the very start I must admit that I'm not that much into Soul music. Not that I hate it or anything like that, it's often very enjoyable and great to listen to. I just didn't find any soul record that blew my mind or just stayed in my head for longer yet. Thais Lona's debut LP - Cube also didn't manage to do it ... read more