#priscillarenea

It’s that time of year again!

The time when I give you what you didn’t ask for but also didn’t know you needed. If you’re new to the game, this is the run down. I listen to a shit ton of music, I make a list of my favorite tracks, I post them on social media, as well as this blog. My metrics are: how the song personally affected me, replay value, content, as well as style. I also give myself a time window of going back 2 years, just to be able to catch things I missed, but only if it wasn’t immensely popular.

Last year was all about the bangers, the fun, catchy songs you live life to and work to. 2019 still has some of those, but I turned 30. I’m thinking deeply about life and love and everything in between. So this year might be a little less fun overall, but I still have a little something for everybody if you’re willing to follow me down this road. The challenge is to get through the ENTIRE list...no skipping, just let it rock and allow yourself to feel what you feel in response to the art. 

Also, here are the links to the full playlist by itself:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6RPwgF8faK7q9lSMqgoKHR?si=SAOqK52WRKmiMy_H6b1m-Q

Google/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z52zuwTa6aQ&list=PLYBS6-ZMRwTVu6olYIu4GjA25bscdBB12&index=2&t=0s

#50- Priscilla Renea - Jonjo

I read the liner notes of albums, I google the producers and the songwriters listed on the credits of tracks, so of course I knew about Priscilla Renea way before she dropped an album. She’s written at least one hit for just about every pop or R&B woman in the industry for the last decade, but she’s come into her own as an artist on her 2nd album “Coloured”. The album was inspired by incidents in Priscilla's childhood in rural Florida, relationships, and racial trauma. She classifies this as a country album, but she brings the pop, R&B, and hip-hop influences that she loves into the mix. Make no mistake though, there are traditional country songs on this record, and she pulls them off well, but the record still feels like more of a playlist than a straight country record. I went into this wanting to hear what a country album by a black woman sounds like, and although I kind of wish she stuck the landing a bit more consistently, the final product is something that I’m more likely to play on a regular basis...so I really can’t complain!