doomisshady

This album is like an amalgamation of the words "joy", "funky", and "cool". Maybe the greatest debut album ever, SEYCHELLES is Masayoshi Takanaka's jazz fusion masterpiece, a genre that he pioneered in the Japanese scene and then went on to perfect. Takanaka is an artist I admire greatly; his ability to make every album feel exactly like he wants it to is second-to-none. SEYCHELLES, for example, feels exactly like a vacation in the Seychelles. It feels like ... read more

I try to actually take the music into account when I rate albums, but this one provoked a far more emotional response in me than I expected. Maybe because I'm in or close to the stage of life that Mac Miller was when he wrote this album, but it just brought me back to simpler days and made me look forward to the future simultaneously. This album is that moment in time when you and the boys go out in a field or a park with a singular tiny bottle of Absolut between the three of you and ... read more

Another grand slam from JVB. Great fucking musicians, dunno how I got around to hearing this just now. I was having a great time and then "how does it feel to be young" damn near made me cry. These fucking GUYS, man. Their last 2 outings were spectacular, but HYPERYOUTH and now its outtake album have done it even better, adding an element of introspection and melancholy within their glitzy, party personas. These two I think will be the artists that go on to define Gen Z (as a member ... read more

Jimmy popped off with this one