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Subconsciously, I prolly tried not to review Kehlani's mesmerizing & mellow-smoothed pre Summer R & B masterpiece, "It Was Good Until It Was n't". To say that there's a lot going on, as it was released, is an understatement. A pandemic (that is supposedly resurgent), a worldwide protest (that's sorta, long overdue), and an upcoming election with drama more exciting than any on the tube, I care to look at for too long (except for perhaps 'Riverdale') adjoined it. All this, teeters my 'what I have time fors’ toward "the anxiety free, less traveled road". Which somehow keeps leading me back to this album.

Imagine you're a born romantic, but you're living in a world that warps that. Ya feel artists like Drake, Doja, The Weeknd, PND, Jorja, Jhene, & any that fit into my genre of choice, Trap Soul. Ya sorta, late night 'drop' to hide away from the losses, and yet ya sit alone thinkin' about em anyway. Those are the feels frolickin' back and forth along Kehlani's second studio album, and it fixates such in 🔥 fashion. So much so, that ya kinda wonder why everybody's not posting about it. (I lowkey feel like the album is tailored to show us all, why so many girls are venturing out of 'the norms' of typical dating.) Anyway, the ff production by Boi1da, G.Ry, Beazy, Jake One, Pop, Go, Some Randoms, MARS, & more top off Kehlani's savagely seasoned songstress stylings in an astronomically winning way throughout the LP.

Stand out tracks (to me) are "Serial Lover", "Can I" (feat. Tory Lanez), “Toxic", "Can You Blame Me" (feat. Lucky Daye), and my fav, "Open (Passionate)", while "Grieving" (featuring James Blake), and the skits, deserve to be mentioned. Hopefully, you've been following Kehlani's social media lately. Yes, she does most of the work for the album "COVID-savvy" style (from her home), yet she's still been way active during the wave of protests, oscillating the globe in the wake of the death of George Floyd and others. It's one thing to see someone talk about change, but it's another to see them active within it. I met Kehlani in Houston while on tour, and the coolest thing about it was her humility. No, she does n't do too many interviews (like most of my favorite artists), but that's prolly what keeps her work so pure. Pure does n't always mean 'pretty', but in the case of being open, real, and skilled, "It Was Good Until It Was n't" is pretty damn lit, as well the most complete R&B album of 2020 so far.

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On first listen of Amelia's 'Never Last', you sense the dark auras of her aesthetic decor, illuminating an aural dance, between what's hoped for, versus what truly is. It's magical to take in, especially when you're aware that you can't craft these kinds of sonic enchantments, without bein' a trill artist. She designs her mic-works with an old soul strength & southern grace, that's truly breathtaking, and it was an honor to connect her with about her latest Alternative Trap-Soul Single Release, "Maybe I Will/Maybe I Won't". There's an essence of Trap traversed in it's progressed production, and about midway through it's "Maybe I Will, Maybe I Won't...Stop blowing' up my line, get off my phone..." and my favorite line, "Tryna to protect my energy, friends disguised as enemies", her depth on the track has indeed done its deed. Artists of Amelia's caliber, typically control their own destiny. I'm strong enough to continue to let her do own thing creatively; hopefully her team, along with her fans both now, and new to come, will also. 

Fire🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@ameliaonthebeat

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It's unfair for any Ye albums to be reviewed at this point, as since My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, the tabloids’ decent of him has seemingly slanted the popular relevance of his releases. My staff and I, did a song by song listen to all of his albums after Yeezus, and we realized something. He's mused some really brilliant music, but perhaps his approach toward media, seems to bolder him any formative shot, at too much of a Pop flavored sonic redemption. Ye's latest release, Jesus Is King, raises some questions, but not the ones ya might think. Follow God, Closed On Sunday, and Everything We Need are 🔥, while Selah, Hands On, & Use This Gospel, raise the bar in the regards of the imposed echelons of Gospel Rap. Still, it's hard to say if all of even that, gives Kanye what he should get critically from this LP. It does n't matter if we like bits, pieces, or this entire effort. The stigma of the who's, what's, & why's of West, are what a plethora of the culture, both craves yet crevices his art with. I choose to muse in the now, but you'll still read this, well after it was written. That's my interpretation of Pop, Ye, & his latest aural innovation.

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