New 2025 RnB, Funk, Dub & Electronica Albums

Hi,

(With one apology ... I'm on SS and can not afford to buy everything I listen to, I do not mean, ever, to take advantage of the work, as I like to review it, if possible, but I'm worried about reviewing just one song, instead of the album itself. Thx)

Ambrose Akinmusire

Muffled Screams from "Honey From a Winter Stone"

Only heard this long piece, and I have to admit, it was neat. I am not a rap person per se, coming from theater and film, where diction is very important, and all too often I find that rap, is ignoring that side of things for one style of expression. Maybe some folks hear and speak that fast, but in general, that's asking folks not to pay attention except one sentence with a longer pause.

The music itself? Very nice and quite enjoyable, and would love to hear more of it.

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Damon Locks

Click from "List of Demands"

Only heard this piece on Bandcamp. (The others locked). I might think that the lyrics are too much for this, but the music is nice, and it does not fall into "rap" and more shows itself as poetry, which is kinda nice. I wish I could say more about the music, but one small cut is not enough to make a good word on it.

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Naughty Professor 

Live (2021)

Scrollin' (from their website)

Nice to see a tight band that knows their stuff and stand out for its quality ... though I would think the presentation needs a bit of work, but I'm a "director" of theater and film in my heart, and music that is so enjoyable needs the personality with it. Not sure this fits as jazz, but it would fit somewhere between jazz and rock ... with some rap and lots of featured vocalists, this is a sort of reminder of some music of a few years back, with some light rap included. Nice funky stuff.

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Kali Trio

Organelle from "The Playful Abstract"

Nice stuff, and would love to hear more. Simple and ambient like kinda moving around with electronics, to create an interesting vision ... though for some it might be considered too busy. Would like to hear more, but on Bandcamp it is locked.

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Moses Yoofee Trio

Ridgewalk from "MYT"

Green Light from "MYT"

Whip from "MYT"

A nice set of pieces, that flow to some jazz, and sul music, and what might be considered hip-hop ... instrumental, and probably experimental ... but interesting. For me, for a jazz influence the material is too short, and probably leaning towards the commercial side of things, as the second piece shows, but it has some very nice touches, much more sensitive to the soul of the whole thing that the lyrics, as far as I can tell. Would like to see if these folks can extend things, as I have a feeling that some of this material will fly well in a longer setting. On the 3rd piece, you can get a much stronger jazz feel that really begs for a lot more ... a heck of a lot more!

Hi,

Very nice and interesting .... would love to hear more of it than just this one piece on bandcamp.