Solange - A Seat At The Table 

I watched Beyonce Coachella last night for a brain cleanse and when Solange came out, I was inspired to spin this again. Then in the middle of playing it I remembered why I don't spin this often. My copy is pressed across two LPs and constantly stopping and turning it over interrupts the flow. It's very irritating. I didn't realise it was a double LP when I bought it. One of the few times I'd say listen on CD or stream. 

Anyway, whinge over. This album is exquisite. R&B and neo soul is having a huge revival at the moment but this was released in 2016. It still sounds timeless and I hear something different each time.

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Patrice Rushen - Straight from the Heart.

My friend who normally plays folk and electronics sounds /noise made an R&B playlist few years back. It was so unexpected I still remember it. On it was Forgot Me Nots which despite being Rushen's most popular commercial hit, I had kinda forgotten about it. The film Men in Black ruined this track for me.

Forget Me Nots has that 90s R&B sound a decade earlier. Apparently when she delivered this album to the record label, they didn't like it. With a uni degree and 7 albums behind her, she was only 28 when she made this in 1982 and nominated for a grammy. Incredible really when you think about it.

The ballads on this are hard work but the rest is solid.

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