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LGEP2: Day & Night

Each song on producer Luna God’s six-track Lgep2: Day & Night pairs his beats with a different Seattle vocalist, creating a whos-who of the latest and greatest that Seattle hip-hop has on offer. You will jump up and down to the sonic maximalism/eardrum massage of “Booty Bounce,” featuring ZELLi, and that’s reason enough to check this one out. But it’s the small moments that are the most sublime: The closing bridge of “Managing,” featuring Taylar Elizza Beth catches me by surprise each time as it deconstructs, or the ringing phone at the end of the first track, featuring Campana, that always has me pulling my phone out of my pocket thinking it’s ringing. The closing track “Don’t You Search For Nobody Else” could be a lost bonus track off Beyoncé’s Lemonade. It’s no surprise that KEXP recently included this one in their best-of-the-year list.

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1990 x LUNA GOD

It seems like Luna God was everywhere this year, creating hella fun musical playgrounds and producing many of my favorite local hip-hop projects. That’s true here in this six-track collaboration with 1990. From the opening track, where a lush piano turns dark, to the marching anthem in “Take Control” that turns defiantly weird about two minutes in… The electro-funk of “Uncle Sam” falls away into a dreamy ocean of reverb, and the record ends with the deeply danceable “D4L,” there’s a lot of transformation going on. 1990. keeps pace throughout with inventive verses and wordplay, reminding us of the importance of belief, regardless of the haters and the government. This is one entertaining EP.

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