He eventually pursued a solo career, and released three solo albums, G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2 in 1998, Music & Me in 2001, and Nate Dogg as a bootlegged album in 2003 and on CD in 2014. He was known for his deep, low-pitched singing voice, and for performing hooks, ...
Loraine James’ “Gentle Confrontation” can be considered a compelling meander through her youth, deftly intermingling yesteryears with the contemporary milieu, enlisting a motley crew of artistic co-conspirators. On her new album, Loraine explores the music that shaped her as a teenager, skillfully ...
Genres (Music):Soul music, Funk, Psychedelic soul Buy at 13 Truly for You The Temptations 37votes Release Date:1984 Tracks:I'll Keep My Light in My Window, Memories, Running Genres (Music):Rhythm and blues, Contemporary R&B Buy at ...
released almost a decade ago. The album champions the sound of contemporary jazz, hip hop, and alt r&b and is a gift to any true music fan out there, not only because of its variety and depth but because it illustrates the evolution of Robert in the past years as both producer and l...
Funk, soul, and rock influences and a massive amount of quality record production with amazing studio performances make the jazz albums of those years a cultural treasure. SomehowJazz features the best tracks of these albums and the best contemporary jazz cuts that carry their influences. Our ...
Three years later, the 20-song double album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You brings all their breathless styles together, and then some: Consider it contemporary Brooklyn indie rock’s answer to the Beatles’ White Album or Prince’s Sign o’ the Times. Stretching into cracked trip...
contemporary sounds. His chemistry with producers Statik Selektah and Chuck Strangers rivals the synergy between Nas and Hit-Boy. But, as you’d expect, Joey’s real strength is his effortless wordplay – his pen is as sharp as ever. There are lots of albums on this list that may not ...
We at Pitchfork close out the year with our annual review of the year's 50 best albums. A few notes: Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago -- issued in 2008 on Jagjaguwar to well-deserved acclaim-- would have likely placed high on our list, but the self-released version of the ...
”— Gambino’s third LP — took us on the trippiest journey imaginable. From the psychedelic funk of “Boogieman,” the kooky jazziness of “California” and the beautifully haunting (thanks toGet Out) soul-pop of breakout hit “Redbone,” the record began Gambino’s rep as one of the...
The artistic multihyphenate — singer, producer, instrumentalist — born Stephen Bruner has spent the past decade dotting liner credits of acclaimed projects from Kendrick Lamar, Erykah Badu and Flying Lotus. As a solo artist, now three albums deep with this year’s funk-splatteredDrunk, the fal...