Flying lotus:: Yasuke [Warp]

In addition to working as a consultant and executive producer on Lesean Thomas’ LaKeith Stanfield on the Netflix anime series Yasuke, Flying Lotus also provided the show’s original soundtrack. It contains the songs “Black Gold” with Thundercat and “Between Memories” with Niki Randa.

Listen to Apple Music
Listen to Spotify
Listen to TIDAL
Listen to Amazon Music
Listen / Buy at Bandcamp
Buy from Rough Trade

Shelley FKA DRAM:: Shelley FKA DRAM [EMPIRE/Atlantic]

DRAM is now known as Shelley FKA DRAM and his first album under that name has been released. Shelley FKA DRAM includes contributions from Erykah Badu, Summer Walker, HER, and Watt. Born artist Shelley Massenburg-Smith dedicated the album to his late mother, who passed away in November.

Listen to Apple Music
Listen to Spotify
Listen to TIDAL
Listen to Amazon Music

Girl in red:: if I could do it calmly [World in Red/AWAL]

The Norwegian indie pop artist Marie Ulven followed the success of her single “I want to be your girlfriend” with her debut album. The album was announced with “Serotonin”, which was jointly produced by FINNEAS and Matias Tellez.

Listen to Apple Music
Listen to Spotify
Listen to TIDAL
Listen to Amazon Music
Buy from Rough Trade

The alchemist:: This thing from us EP [ALC]

Earl Sweatshirt appears twice on Alchemist’s EP This Thing of Ours and appears on the tracks “Nobles” (also with Navy Blue) and “Loose Change”. The EP also features verses by Boldy James, Sideshow, Pink Siifu and Los Angeles rapper Maxo. This Thing of Ours follows the alchemist’s series of 2020 releases including The Food Villain, the LULU EP with Conway the Machine, The Price of Tea in China with Boldy James, and the Grammy-nominated Freddie Gibbs collaboration Alfredo.

Listen to Apple Music
Listen to Spotify
Listen to TIDAL
Listen to Amazon Music