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Song of the Day #5,290: ‘Gone Girl’ – SZA

Guest blogger Daniel continues his countdown of the year’s top albums…

Best Albums of 2022 – #3
SOS – SZA

I felt about this album a lot how I felt about Kendrick’s project. They both have such an inimitable style and output where everyone’s expectations are so high that even when they’re performing at such an elevated level you still want more!

However, much like Kendrick’s album I loved how SZA broadened her range in what she was willing to tackle. While Kendrick’s journey was mostly emotional, SZA’s was far more sonic. With “Ctrl”, SZA’s debut studio album she essentially cemented herself as the new defining voice of R&B.

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Song of the Day #5,289: ‘3AM on Glenwood’ – Drake & 21 Savage

Guest blogger Daniel continues his countdown of the year’s top albums…

Best Albums of 2022 – #4
Her Loss – Drake & 21 Savage

To put it in the simplest, most rudimentary terms of my generation: this album slaps.

More than any of the other album on this list, my personal feelings on this record are most certainly influenced by the social components associated with it. This is par for the course with Drake who indisputably is one of the biggest hitmakers of our generation. If you’ve gone to any club, bar, or restaurant in the past 10 years odds are you’ve heard a Drake song. He enters the rare territory shared by Taylor Swift where love him or hate him you know him at least casually and have some opinion on his music.

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Song of the Day #5,288: ‘Count Me Out’ – Kendrick Lamar

Guest blogger Daniel continues his countdown of the year’s top albums…

Best Albums of 2022 – #5
Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar

I vividly remember when this album dropped because it was the same day my family was going on a cruise. I thought to myself: “How will I be able to download this album on Apple Music in the middle of the ocean?” How could something I love so much cause me such an inconvenience?

All was good as luckily my parents had splurged in paying for some minutes of wi-fi in the interest of not ruining their respective Wordle streaks. Luckily, in this sacred time I was able to download the album and prepared myself emotionally for the journey I was about to go on both nautically and musically.

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Song of the Day #5,286: ‘Hollywood Bass Player’ – Josh Rouse

I thought the Random iTunes Fairy might serve up a little holiday spirit on Christmas Eve, but she went with this charming little number by Josh Rouse instead.

It’s the tale of a young man who plays bass in New York, France, and eventually Los Angeles. More of a sketch than a tale, really.

At any rate, I hope it’s festive enough to put those of you who celebrate Christmas in a nice mood heading into the big day.

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