I played the hell out of this in my last year of high school. More than anything else, actually. I sang and empathised with Dijon's crooning long before I even knew love and its untimely shutting. A few years removed and some experience later, I've been playing this a lot this week. I get it now. Much better than I did then. The pleading and screaming. It sounded like passion.
Absolutely is an album of punched walls and mountain-top confessions. He's so overwhelmed by his ... read more
I love how she kisses her teeth at 0:40 on He Can Only Hold Her. That's my favourite song by her
I DM’ed Bongeziwe a few months ago to ask whether what he spoke about on this album was true.
“🙏🏿”
That was his response.
His sincerity isn’t in question here, but his honesty is. I still can’t understand how a person can be so utterly naked about their love, and so precise about grieving its end. Honesty requires a kind of self-exposure that I’m not sure I’m capable of. Especially when it comes to love. Listening to iimini now I feel a profound ... read more
I heard Love's Light for the first time around 10 years ago on the way back from church. The lights around the N3 are so beautiful at night. Those drives with my dad were cool. We didn't say much so I appreciated the music a little better. As I get older the meditation this album guides me through has been something I cherish greatly.