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Chantae Cann: Journey to Golden (2016)
Chantae Cann has been featured on the records of Grammy
winners Snarky Puppy and sung background vocals for another Grammy winner India
Irie. She is loved and well-known among industry professionals. Now she seeks
to extend that love and renown to the general public – with a new CD, Journey
to Golden (Atlanta Records, 2016).
Journey to Golden continues Chantae Cann’s brand of soulful
music accompanied by the instrument of her voice with jazz phrasings and
improvisations. That style is on display on the songs Beauty Speaks (which she
released early as a teaser to fans), Waterfalls (which has a Brazilian flavor
with some exotic percussions), and iChange (a duet with Jamie Portee).
Her collaborations with Snarky Puppy (Da Da’n Da and Free
Your Dreams) are included here; her current fans would be thrilled to have
those two songs among new Chantae Cann offerings and it would be a discovery
for new fans.
Anderson .Paak: Malibu (2016)
Anderson .Paak’s Malibu (OBE/Steel Wool/Art Club/Empire) is slick,
modern, soulful, always with a hint of 70’s Curtis Mayfield-style music in
back.
The first song, The Bird, lyrically evokes the imagery of
Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds and, of course, has the flavor of 70’s soul
music. A jazzy trumpet and piano is interspersed throughout the song.
Heart Don’t Stand a Chance is hip and California cool –
Anderson .Paak being from Southern California; an intermediate pace song,
something you play while grilling and drinking beer outdoors with your friends.
The Season/Carry Me is every bit as funky as the others and
appears to be semi-autobiographical recalling the legal troubles of his
parents.
Room in Here might be the quintessential West Coast hip hop
song. If someone were to ask, what is hip hop? Play the song Room in Here.
Malibu is just hit after hit; it is the kind of album you
can play from beginning to end without skipping any song.
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