Style: Instrumental hip hop with jazz influences
Primary Emotions/Themes: Happy little songs in the microcosm of life
Thoughts: Calling this hip hop is a bit of a stretch. This has so many genres in it it's a bit of a mish mash. Of course there are hip hop inspired beats, jazz infused selections, there's even some prog rock towards the end of the album. They all have one thing in common though: each of the songs have a slice of life feel to them.
Each one of the songs feels like looking through the window of a home walking down the street. Getting a glimpse of what is going on in other people's lives and then moving on to the next. One song will have an air of mystery, the next a cozy resemblance of drinking hot cocoa on a cold winters night. Another may resemble someone frantically searching for a lost trinket of great import.
Regardless of what the feel of the song is the end result is nothing sort of a brilliant little album. Now that I think about it, the cover is quite indicative of the music on here. A microcosm of life, contained in a small little package. A glimpse of life's gifts before they are forgotten to the annals of time.
As much as I want to write down every little detail of what is happening in these songs, I think that goes against the point of the album. This album feels like it's something that is meant to be forgotten and perhaps remembered as a passing fancy upon later reflection. It encourages the listener to take another listen, to revisit the lives of those the album captures one more time.
Written February 20th 2024
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