"Both of my eyelids weigh like a thousand pounds."
This year has been heavy and rough and kerri's music has been keeping me company, a friendly melancholy by my side. After dropping his seven song EP, glow, at the end of 2022, kerri followed it up with two EPs and a full-length album. BUNNYHUG opens with "fourdoors" which might be my most streamed song of the year. I can't get enough of it.
The Montreal artist followed that up with his HURTING EP, six songs featuring imagiro and Afternoon Bike Ride. As if that wasn't enough (along with plenty of scattered singles throughout, like the unstoppable “IOU” or the acoustic performance of “Hands”), kerri closed out this year with a full-length Finish What You Started. It's a nineteen song project deep diving into the psyche and sonics of kerri. The more time spent within this world, the better. It’s emotional, it’s vulnerable, it’s overwhelming, and it’s catchy as hell. It feels like coping and grieving at the same time. If my phone wasn't in silent mode until the end of time, "alvin's theme" would be my new ringtone.
"Roll up the window, don't let out the fumes. Four door coupe, and it's all for you."
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.
