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WEEK STARTING 26 May

Genre pick of the week Cover of Animals by Kassa Overall.

Kassa Overall

Animals

    Kassa Overall is a Grammy-nominated musician, emcee, singer, producer and drummer who melds avant-garde experimentation with hip-hop production techniques to tilt the nexus of jazz and rap in unmapped directions.

    On ANIMALS, his kaleidoscopic Warp Records debut, Kassa engages with themes of race and mental illness and pushes his subversive vision further with an allstar roster of collaborators including Danny Brown, Wiki, Lil B, Shabazz Palaces, Nick Hakim, Laura Mvula, Theo Croker and more.

    STAFF COMMENTS

    Barry says: Kassa's debut for Warp Records draws a rare path between modern jazz and classic R&B, moving deftly from sleazy nu-lounge grooves to clattering percussive breaks and wonky minimalistic pop.

    TRACK LISTING

    1. No Camera
    2. Anxious Anthony (feat. Anthony Ware)
    3. Ready To Ball
    4. Clock Ticking (feat. Danny Brown & Wiki)
    5. Still Ain’t Find Me (feat. Tomoki Sanders, BendjiAllonce, Mike King & Ian Fink)
    6. Make My Way Back Home (feat. Nick Hakim &Theo Croker)
    7. The Lava Is Calm (feat. Theo Croker)
    8. No It Ain’t (feat. Andrae Murchison)
    9. So Happy (feat. LauraMvula & Francis And The Lights)
    10. It’s Animals
    11. Maybe We Can Stay (feat. J. Hoard)
    12. The Score Was Made (feat. Vijay Iyer)
    13. Going Up (feat. Lil B, Shabazz Palaces & Francis And The Lights)

    Baby Rose

    Through And Through

      Baby Rose is undeniably a once-in-a-lifetime artist. She burst onto the scene with her 2019 debut project To Myself, which has amassed over 25 million global streams to date and landed her early co-signs by SZA, J. Cole, James Blake, Kehlani, and LeBron James. Later the singer received a Grammy nomination for her contribution to Dreamville’s Revenge of the Dreamers III album and was also featured on albums from Big Krit and Matt Martians.

      Through and Through will show Baby Rose like we have never seen or heard her before. Sonically, the album see’s Rose carving out a lane for herself that is unrestricted by genres and showcases her extraordinary range as a skilled singer, songwriter and executive producer. Paired with her once-in-a-lifetime voice, Through and Through will exist like nothing else in music right now. 


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