To-listen albums

  1. ANDY MINEO WITH THA FREE RANGE TOP TIER ILOVEITILOVEIT RED ROOM SAMPLING WOOOOO

  2. This one has the Stakes is High sample on it. Generally sounds dope. Not what you'd expect from Ahmad Jamal.

  3. Les Citoyens du Royaume

    Congolese sebene. Je me leve on it was gassss. A new one to the playlsit. YO THE SELF TITLED TRACK IS SO TUFF WTF. LISTENT TO THE INTRO DAWG.

  4. Jamie Foxx

    You can guess the vibe from the cover. There was a certified "OO! I LIKE THAT!" moment when I peeped.

  5. Cibo Matto

    Very very very strange vibe. Listen to track 3 though. Sounds VERY familiar. I'm very curious about the rest. Very varied stuff.

  6. Jor'dan Armstrong

    Decent gospel rnb. It's actually a male singer. Some nostalgia vibes on this.

  7. Some bangers on here. Last one is a certified bop.

  8. Drake

    This the old drake. Solid stuff on here. Give it a shot.

  9. Ruby Yacht

    A collection of REALLY underground raps. I think he got sm to say tho. Not sure how I found out about this.

  10. Jered Sanders with a more modern and varied approach. (gospel rap)

  11. Aha Gazelle, Starringo

    I can't tell if this is christian or not. Just come for the vibes ig. Crazy how he's like the only melodic rapper I like tho.

  12. Some really interesting east coast gospel rap vibes. Just listen up to track 7 tho.

  13. indie tribe

    3rd track will make you piss yourself. Another gospel posse album.

  14. DJ Mykael V, 1995

    Posse gospel album with some interesting east coast production. Jim Carey? Lotto seems dope.

  15. Some good beatles vibes

  16. Amerie

    Amerie evolved the vibes on this one. Trust, you'll like it too.

  17. Peep this after The World is a Ghetto.

  18. BRO I JUST PLAYED A SONG AND WENT WIDE EYED AND GOT GOOSEBUMPS AND ITS SO CRISP AND NICE AND BRO PLEASE. Youtube recommendation. War is a soul band btw.

  19. Very african influenced. "I like dat!"

  20. Joomanji

    Jazz, hip-hop, rnb fusion. We ss-s-s-sstruggled haaaard.

  21. Moise Mbiye

    Some nice christian congolese rumba

  22. The first three tracks on here are gas. I just peeped one that made me stank face so it's good for sure.

  23. Thundercat recommendation. R&B boy band with some solid ass vocals.

  24. TEEEZOOOOOOO. Also I GOT HOUSES INSIDE OF HOUSES, I GOT CARS INSIDA CARS. PORT ATHURRRRRRRR.

  25. tricot

    J-Rock recommendation from KANNON. Sounds cool.

  26. September

    Foreign funk/soul record with some cool ideas. Ostravi Trag is a legendary higlight.

  27. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders

    Wait this is a cool concept album. Kendrick repetition type thing. Orchestral/electronic type thing.

  28. Oscar Peterson Quartet

    You already know there's 2 BANGERS on this. Get the rest understood.

  29. Mejiwahn

    Hard to describe. Like modernized DOOM beats. With singers on it.

  30. Maybe watch the anime first. This seems tuff tho.

  31. Roy Hargrove

    Your trumpet collection is lacking. Start here.

  32. Goodie Mob

    Just listen to the first track BRO LIKE DAMMMMMMMMMNNNN

  33. Kodak Black

    OOOO HOLLON

  34. Jean Deaux

    Weird bassy stuff and also stuff that will make you melt. Like disgusting vocal and guitar combo.

  35. Flying Lotus

    This will scratch your experimental itch

  36. Road of the Lonely Ones but more. This is genuinely a vibe. Trust Madlib.

  37. Richard Smallwood

    Similar vibe to his crazy orchestral one

  38. Patrick Gallois, Leif Segerstam, Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Starts with some crazy cushy classical

  39. Goldie

    Play the first track and tell me you don't get TRANSPORTED. WHOOSH NIGGA WE RUNNING.

  40. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, Lawrence Rock

    Solid classical storytelling

  41. Average White Band

    Heart wrenching harmonies contrasted by nice funk. ❗Jaden Recommendation❗

  42. Wait he's kinda crazy live.

  43. Little Simz

    A lot of rhythmic experimentation here. Not what I expected.

  44. Various Artists

    Some of the most top notch lofi by different underground artists

  45. Lil B

    Wait this is actually kinda tuff

  46. Jamiroquai

    This one has I WANT IT I WANT IT on it. Also you should just listen to more Jamiroquai.

  47. Lil B, The BasedGod

    This is difficult to listen to. Very. I personally take that as a challenge...

  48. Bro eveything on this album is a completely different genre. Like I'm actually astonished this was made. But in a good way cause I want to listen to it 😭

  49. Hella weird percussion and production. Nvm there's some SMOOOOVE ass production on this. It's the Saba you like.

  50. Floating Points

    Really weird experimental tech/classical music. But it's kinda mesmerizing.

  51. ORCHESTRAL BOSSA/CLASSICAL LETS GOOOOO

  52. The Jimmy Castor Bunch

    Nice funk album with one of the greatest endings of all time.

  53. Jay Stone

    NEW JAY STONE. Weird neo trippy vibes for sure. I'm def here for his lyrics tho cause he gon say some crazy stuff.

  54. Dawg this is gas. Some Pink Floyd vibes but with that good spicy mayo vibe you like. A dash of lyin eyes too. This album is a good time. Lowkey got me stank facing too. ❗Jaden Recommendation❗

  55. Hop on the Sade train. Get your fancy wine glass vibes on. Some NICE orchestral elements too. Just got goosebumps peeping.

  56. There's one massive hit off this record and the rest seem to be forgotten. But for like no reason tho. These harmonies are hitting. ❗Jaden Recommendation❗

  57. Lamont Dozier

    Same dude who made the album where he's laying under a lamp. That was a GOOD ONE. This one probably good too.

  58. There are solid old school vibes here that you don't hear from many other bands. Fire up the rhoades. The bass has a cool tone on most of the songs too.

  59. 17
    XXXTENTACION

    This might be the most emotional album you've heard yet. There's a reason why this album is so popular and you still don't know it.

  60. Lil B

    I'm intrigued. What he got to say?

  61. Lyrical Lemonade

    Heeeella rappers and variety on this. A good taste test.

  62. Uyama Hiroto

    Very much Nujabes vibes with more live elements.

  63. Wait there's actually hella bangers on this.

  64. Lives up to the title. Weird stuff.

  65. Arthur Verocai

    Completely with the standard he set with his self titled album. Plenty of gas.

  66. Son
    Rosie Lowe, Duval Timothy

    Crazy ass vocal harmonies over duval piano. Whatever you're expecting will be blown.

  67. Roy Ayers Ubiquity

    Mysterious vibes. It has we live in Brooklyn, Baby on it.

  68. Ok so I thought I knew what kind of vibes we were getting into but I was completely wrong. Whoah bro.

  69. The Jones Girls

    BRO BRO THIS IS GAS. GAS SAMPLES. GAS HARMONIES.

  70. Donny Hathaway

    This is the self title so you know he took it fr. I heard some choirs on there so I think this one gon be fire.

  71. Condensed version of his 3 hour long album. Seems cool.

  72. Héctor Lavoe

    Deceptively luscious latin grooves on here. Like full orchestra popping out of nowhere. It works so well. One of your favourite latin songs in on here. WHOAH BRO GET ON THIS I JUST PEPPED ONE MORE SONG AND WOW.

  73. You already know some bangers on this. There's more to be discovered.

  74. Straight Mowtown with some originals by James Jamerson

  75. Really nice relaxing guitar. End of a movie type beat. Love it.

  76. Sean C. Johnson

    CRAZY beats on this. One of the beat switches gave me goosebumps. West coast goosebumps.

  77. Jorge Ben Jor

    His voice is CRAZY. Peep some guitar bossa.

  78. Curtis Mayfield

    Hella stank face funk with some surprise samples here too.

  79. Quincy Jones

    Very nice rendition of Black Orpheus. You will recognize the melody instantly if you don't know it by title. Also the album is literally called big band bossa nova. How cool is that?

  80. The Alchemist

    Goosebump inducing. OCEAN PRIME BABY. Lucious beats fasho.

  81. Marvin Gaye

    He tapping into his MJ vibe here. Or the other way around. Not sure. Hella electronic elements tho, which is super cool.

  82. Casiopea

    You will be hooked after the first song. Recommended by a youtuber as a hidden gem.

  83. Sampha

    There's a completely unexpected gas african beat on this and you need to peep this album to hear it.

  84. Some dope beats on this one.

  85. Chingiz Sadykhov

    The classical Azernaijani piano with hand drum pairing goes so hard. I can't explain it. Nothing like you've heard.

  86. Mac Miller

    BROOO

  87. Earl Sweatshirt

    Wait this is tuff. Good variety.

  88. Listen to the trippy ass beat from Goin' Down and tell me you don't want to hear the rest.

  89. Miles Davis, Robert Glasper

    Miles and Robert on the same album???

  90. Vanilla

    A nice collection of soul-sample beats. Almost nujabes.

  91. redveil

    I just kept adding songs to the discz playlist and I realized the whole joint is fire.

  92. Real nice east-coast jazz samples. Tribe called quest but more clubby.

  93. A$AP Rocky

    Bro there's BANGERS on this. Taylor Swiff vibes + that one song with the trippy camera video.

  94. John Roney

    Remi-Jean's albums are off streaming 😢. He on this one tho and it sounds interesting.

  95. Count Bass D

    Wait Count Bass D is actually kinda tuff. Very satisfrying east coast beats + an MF DOOM feature which sounds gas.

  96. Bill Evans

    ❗Jaden Recommendation❗ Rare mix of piano and guitar. Sounds cool. Check it out.

  97. Some nice winter Bill Evans tunes. Chill out.

  98. Ghost-Note

    Cool mix of Jazz-fest vibes and some dance/bounce elements. ❗Recommended by Remi-Jean❗

  99. Brian Hodgson, Delia Derbyshire, Don Harper

    Purely sample finding BUT OH MY GOODNESS THERE'S SO MANY USABLE SOUNDS HERE WTF. GOLDMINE. Lowkey would be good for studying too. Space Odessey type vibes.

  100. GoldLink

    Some dope afrobeats shuffled in here

  101. Monster Rally

    Nice chill Monster Rally vibes

  102. Slum Village

    Good stuff I haven't heard yet.

  103. Kirk Franklin

    Just play that first song and you won't be able to put this down until it ends.

  104. Kendrick Lamar

    Kendrick's first album. Finish that discography run bro.

  105. Deltron 3030

    Cool ass cover. Weird ass music. Nuff said.

  106. Bill Evans Trio

    Nice piano jazz. It has the sample to accordion, and the sample is sooo gas.

  107. Shekinah Glory Ministry

    CMON NOW PRAISE IS WHAT I DOOOOOOO. Sunday service was inspired fasho.

  108. Weather Report

    Some gas weather report. Some unexpected stuff too.

  109. De La Soul

    Yes yes yes. Get that De la bag. East coast and fonky.

  110. Idk what it is about Bossa Nova like this but it immediately made me smile and in a good mood. You don't need to know anything more.

  111. Sondae

    Gospel R&B with that dope bouncy kinda sound you like. Very nice sounding production.

  112. John Coltrane

    If you ever want to try free jazz... Ima just leave this here 👀

  113. Destroy Lonely

    There's some crazy GET ACTIVE bops on here.

  114. Les Héritiers Céleste, Nk Divine

    The type of Christian congolese music you'd like. Gas sebene. Also good variety tho to get you listening to the other adjacent styles.

  115. Baby Keem

    This will get you tf on your feet. While you waiting for a new baby keem to drop.

  116. Ben Reilly

    I peeped like 2 songs. The first one gave me goosebumps. The second one had me bumping bumping. Kinda like IDK. Please peep this.

  117. Various Artists

    Strange mix of Jazz, funk, and latin. Definitely some nice samples in here.

  118. This HITS bro. So much variety. Clearly new stuff.

  119. Action Bronson

    Beautiful ass Action Bronson doing his WORK.

  120. Isaiah Rashad

    It's Isiah Rashad bro. Say less. Last song is gas.

  121. I heard one song on this and it sounds like peak flower boy. I really don't know what's in here but I'm mad curious to find out.

  122. Liv.e

    Really interesting mix of crunchy experimental R&B with jazz elements. Like hiatus mixed with Ravynn Lenae.

  123. Cmon now you need some Aretha in rotation. This album has the sample to Selfish by SV&K

  124. Slum Village

    The most raw and gritty Slum Village I've ever heard. There's some gems in here.

  125. Skull Snaps

    Nice sounding soul album. It has the drum break from the matrix, which goes HARD ASF.

  126. I thought this was a pretty standard piano-centered jazz album and then I peeped the last song and it gave me goosebumps. Listen to the whole thing so you can experience that moment.

  127. I think this would get you onto prince. Just enough weird, just enough FONKAY.

  128. 8Ball & MJG

    Memphis rap with dope samples and surprisingly smooth songs in there.

  129. Various Artists

    Gas Ice cube and Dr Dre. Also DING DING DONG. DING DIDI DING DING DONG.

  130. Tha Dogg Pound

    This group has some of the most bouncing disgustingly groovy west coast vibes I've ever heard. Snoop dogg with superchargers.

  131. João Gilberto

    Laid back bossa nova mixed with that cushy orchestral stuff you like.

  132. I want to get into more Al Green. This seems like the one to start with.

  133. Marian McPartland

    It's called Bossa Nova + soul. Idk what else to tell you.

  134. BigXthaPlug

    Whip it was gas. Good sample.

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