My Taste in Music

Songs of the day, albums of the month, and why I like them

RnB

  • No Ordinary Love – Sade I remember the first time I heard Sade, with my dad showing me a live concert of theirs that he had on DVD. At the time, I think I was around 9 or 10 years old and wasn’t really into it. As I got older, and really began to fall Read more

  • Can You Do It For Me – Jai’Len Josey I first heard this song in the back of a car with some of my really good friends in college, and I believe we were heading back to Carrollton (where I went to school) from Atlanta via I-20. It was pretty late at night and I Read more

  • Half the City – St. Paul and the Broken Bones Look up “blue-eyed soul” in the dictionary, and hopefully, this album is there. I love soul music in any form, and this is one of the best “true” soul albums I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to. Hailing from Birmingham, Alabama, I can proudly Read more

  • paralyzed – Souly Had I love a good falsetto. I love neosoul music. This is a perfect song for me to enjoy. I’ll admit, I don’t know any others by Souly Had, but I really dig the vibe and sound of this one. It’s one that I listen to a lot of times in the Read more

  • John Redcorn – SiR SiR’s “John Redcorn” is a great R&B/Soul track from his 2019 album Chasing Summer. I believe I found this song by accident while searching for King of The Hill clips on YouTube. The song is named after a character on the aforementioned show which features the character, John Redcorn, who is Read more

  • Me and Your Mama (Let Me Into Your Heart) – Childish Gambino Today’s song is by one of my favorite creators of art of all time, Donald Glover. His body of work is absolutely incredible. Growing up in Stone Mountain, GA, and starting out as a writer for 30 Rock, he then went on to Read more