In 2021, instrumental duo 40 Winks released Field Recordings. One of my most played albums of the year, it's one I was late to check out but grateful to have arrived. Blending samples with ambient and hip-hop and every genre in between, this feels like a tranquil version of The Avalanches or a more stoned version of Blockhead. It's beautiful, relaxing, surprising, jazzy, and dense.
Every year, it’s always so difficult to narrow it to 50.
Too much good music to truly narrow it down to 50. I tried.
Not only an anthology but Nicodxmvs’ first Spotify release.
A headphone-friendly new mix of hip-hop, phonk, bass, trap, and more.
Too much music! Never enough music!
bass-knocking cinematic instrumentals
An instrumental journey for your eardrums.
Vulnerable melancholy at its finest.
an EP and an LP from one of the greats
A new rap mix with an excessive amount of bass.
So much music this year. I barely scratched the surface.
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A freewrite while listening to an audible film.
Two albums by an instrumental bass guru.
A global journey every time you press play.
A rundown of West Coast rapper Seafood Sam.
A bionic bomb in hip-hop’s underbelly.
A rapper + producer album you need.
Two LPs from one of North Carolina’s finest MCs.
Highlighting one of my favorite current artists.
Discussing a movie and a soundtrack.
Two new projects from producer eery.
Two EPs from Mr. Joe Nora.
