Sabrina Claudio – About Time Label: SC Entertainmentįrom uploading covers to YouTube to releasing her first full length project, Sabrina has truly outdone herself with this collection of songs. War & Leisure is a laid-back groovy psychedelic album that moderately alters Miguel’s usual style while balancing and keeping in with some of the romantic passion we know and love from his music. And the “Leisure” section of the record is very apparent in the chill funky tunes that formulate it. The album definitely has a bit of a political side to it, thus the “War” part of the title, but it covers politics in a subtle way that’s not as dark as many other albums we’ve heard this year. War & Leisure is faintly different from the intense sensual R&B that Miguel is widely known for, it’s more summer-y and light-hearted with infusions of pop that are an enjoyable change from his earlier work. Miguel – War & Leisure Label: RCA / ByStorm Entertainment Voyager comes off as therapeutic and calming, calling on mellow romantic tunes to fuel it. Lead singer, Amber Navran, sings beautifully with an added style of soul to blend in with the jazzy and R&B instrumentation that surrounds her built by Max Byrk and Andris Mattson who switch off between keyboards, flutes, trumpet, and saxophone. It’s more light-hearted, but light-hearted in a way that has aged, putting down infatuation and exhibiting true love. Jazzy R&B trio, Moonchild, return with a more subtle, mature, dreamy effort about the innocent and lustful intimacies of a relationship that go beyond a romantic one. He pulls from his thorough OVO team and catalogue to bring us a variety of different songs that cover R&B, trap, dancehall, and pop, which all settle down to a nice blend through Drake’s versatile pop-rap and his collaborators who don’t outshine him. More Life follows Drake who is curious in different sounds and a different direction. As a follow up to views, More Life is a refresher, arriving with a warm welcome and applaud. Drake – More Life Label: Republic / OVO Sound / Young Moneyĭrake’s More Life is a collection of songs that were disguised as an album but were really apart of a playlist. From what Toro y Moi has released in the past, Boo Boo is his most cohesive and personal album yet, resting as a great album for the chill wave movement and hypnagogic pop scene. He contemplates in retrospect, relationships, self-discovery, and mediocrity on stellar funk & groove production that shines with synths and definitive 80’s production giving off an ambient and dreamy yet nostalgic atmosphere. We believe it’s safe to say that 2017 was an excellent year for music.īoo Boo is an emotional roller coaster into Toro y Moi’s personal life and his process with dealing with newfound success. Hip-hop and Rap really proved to be a force in music while we saw a big rise in the indie scene, having an interesting set of strings pushed on it. This year, so many innovative changes were made by artists that lots of listeners definitely weren’t expecting. Themes of self-appreciation and empowerment became more apparent in music, along with more personal and intimate themes. 2017 saw musicians make music about life intertwined with politics, capturing ideas in a changing nation. 2017 started off a bit slow for music lovers, it didn’t really start picking up until the later months but once it did, we were gifted with tons of grand and surprising releases from everyone from Kendrick Lamar to King Krule.
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