Every Friday, EW’s music team performs all five songs of the week. In today’s edition, Victoria Monét attracts listeners of “Jaguar”, 2 Chainz digs up Lil Wayne, Kelly Lee Owens is grouped with John Cale, Griselda is still in the lead and Bon Iver denounces capitalism.
On the track of the name of her new EP, singer-songwriter Victoria Monét demonstrates a point of musicality similar to the icons Janet Jackson and Diana Ross. The 3 women have a spoken voice backed through the Calm app, but sing with a melodious mermaid song that appeals to listeners. Cracking drums that serve more as a revival of 1970s funk/soul music. —Marcus Jones
Rapper 2 Chainz might not have won the popular vote in his Verzuz war opposed to Rick Ross, however, this new bachelor shows why he deserved a spot there in first position. The College Park, Georgia, venue uses a rhythm based on the history of HBCU’s iconic and successful R-B band arrangements. In this case, it’s Guy’s edition of “Piece of My Love” through Human Jukebox of Southern University and A-M College. Partnering with Lil Wayne, Chainz offers a punch that will make other people run to the court like a porter team. —MJ
Justin Vernon opts for semi-helium voices over this gospel-influenced bachelor on the evils of capitalism. This technique is fanciful in paper, but corresponds to temperament: a trembling and trembling voice lost in a sea of anxiety and inequality. “They ate all their cake / And they drank their own wine,” he sings, directing his anger at “the rich, the elite and predatory societies,” as Bon Iver’s singer put it in an accompaniment to the song’s release. He also came here with reinforcements: Bruce Springsteen, Jenny Lewis, Jenn Wasner and Elsa Jensen look like guest singers. —Alex Suskind
The last 18 months of Greylda Buffalo’s team departures have looked like a passing freight train: sturdy, solid and probably endless. Conway the Machine has already released two albums this year, however, this week announced a third and anticipated it with another trusted label called “Lemon”. With this in his hand, the 38-year-old tells an anecdote that invites reflection on the life he left behind. Behind. Think of a friend who may not be able to see his children grow up because he is serving manslaughter condemnation (“His mother doesn’t shed a tear, she knows it comes with this life”) and identifies him as his explanation. why squeak so much in the rap game. It joins you through Method Man, which offers a full verse of exciting puns that refers to “this old Meth”. “Eli Enis
London manufacturer Kelly Lee Owens’ upcoming album is an impressive mix of exciting techno, harsh atmosphere and even a reimagined version of Radiohead. His newest bachelor is a lovely collaboration with Velvet Underground co-founder John Cale, who sounds a bit like Nick Cave channeled through Tim Hecker’s heavily textured environment. Cale speaks-sings a poem about rain in a gently purring synth melody that gradually grows like a person’s breathing rhythm when a familiar face enters the room. Owens’ production is transparent and crisp, and has an herbal chemistry that makes you wonder if the song was built around Cale’s voice or vice versa. —EE
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