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My dad really knows ball guys, it’s fuckin nuts. He’s been playing Asa my entire life and I never knew it was all on the same album until a couple years ago. What a sick fuckin album. Guitar solos left and right, harmonies no matter where you look, and gorgeous woodwind sections across damn near every track. Aja fuckin rocks.

But where are youu, tomorrooooow?

Doesn’t Chinese music set all of us free?

They got a name for the winners in the world, I want a name when I ... read more

Sankofa: to learn from the past.

Wow what a beautiful step forward from Redveil here. Learn 2 Swim was awesome but he is coming DIFFERENT here. Sankofa is a rap jazzsterpiece that sounds like if you threw Melt My Eyez, Flower Boy, Care for Me, and Redveil in a blender. The production is stunning, the horns float beautifully on top of nearly every song, and what beautiful vulnerability. As someone who works in the psych field, I truly appreciate is creation of awareness for people who ... read more

Death and drugs!

I really don’t know how to describe an album like Balloonerism, it’s so whacky and all over the place, yet extremely grounded. Mac really dives into his own mortality here, but seems to be very unconcerned with the concept of death. His nonchalance’s about the consequences of anything while under the cosmic scope really drive home just how much he’s been thinking about the idea of death and an afterlife. He talks almost as if he knows something we ... read more

What a fucking shout from beyond the grave dude. Thanks Mac! We still all love ya down here bud.

I had the pleasure of doing this review back home at my parents place in Pittsburgh (North Side), which was intentional because I obviously feel very connected to him when I’m back here, so what better timing, am I right?

Circles is such a fun way for Mac to build off of what he accomplished in Swimming. It’s got those same atmospheric synths, but his focus shifts towards the usage of ... read more