SoulStrutter selections of the best releases this week
(Sep 2022 Wk 36)
In no particular order other than tempo.
A bit of a disappointing week after last week's 'flood' after the 'drought'. I thought perhaps we'd turned the corner after the summer months' slump in the number of good quality releases.
After having great difficult limiting the playlists to a dozen last week, and ending up doing a part 1 & 2, this week I'm struggling to find twelve good 'uns for each category. The day has been saved by a couple of good albums being released from which more than one track has been selected.
When Lindsey Webster's latest album "Reasons" came through earlier in the week I thought it was going to be a no brainer for this week's SoulStrutter Selection of the Week. However, the more I have listened to the new Ari Lennox album age/sex/location the more it has grown on me with at least six good new songs in addition to the three already released as singles. It may not be for traditionalists, but as far as neo soul/R&B goes it pretty good. So, given that Lindsey Webster is being heavily promoted in the UK and will therefore get plenty of airplay, I've decided to go with Ari Lennox.
The new H'Atina EP contains her recent hit "Be Mine", and there are another two great tracks on it. There are three great tracks on Zyah Bella's new album, two in this playlist and one in this week's Neo Soul Dirty Dozen.
Snoop Dogg released a new album last week which I didn't come across until Friday. It's a bit of a head scratcher as one of the tracks "Paid My Dues" is retitled from his 2011 album "Doggumentary" where it was called "Cold Game" so perhaps the other one selected ("Hotline") is also a retitled 'oldie' but not being an avid follower of Snoop Dogg I wouldn't really know. But as it's a lean week I've included them. As a matter of interest "Cold Game" / "Paid My Dues" samples Mandrill's "Gilly Hines" from their 1977 album "We Are One".
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Playlist:
Lindsey Webster - Reasons (Reasons LP) [9 Sep]
Shannon Lauren Callihan - got you [19 Aug]
H'Atina - Elements of a Real Man (Elements of a Real Man EP) [9 Sep]
Zyah Belle - Love Me Now (Yam Grier LP) [9 Sep]
Zyah Belle - Ready Or Not (Yam Grier LP) [9 Sep]
H'Atina - Impossible (Elements of a Real Man EP) [9 Sep]
Snoop Dogg Feat. October London - Hotline (Metaverse: The NFT Drop, Vol. 2 LP) [3 Sep]
Kitt & Big Muff - My Funny Valentine (NerdStar Remix) [9 Sep]
Lindsey Webster - I'm OK (Reasons LP) [9 Sep]
Snoop Dogg - Paid My Dues (Metaverse: The NFT Drop, Vol. 2 LP) [3 Sep]
Fun Lovin' Criminals - Unfinished Business (The Roosevelt Sessions EP) [9 Sep]
Princess Freesia - Stop (Soulpersona 'Red Light' Remix) [9 Sep]
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