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Noname – Rainforest

Warm and soulful on the surface but packed with a political directness in its lyrics which are, as ever, flawlessly delivered by Noname, Rainforest packs in an outrageous amount into its relatively short running time. There are so many lyrical earworms here, but “A rainforest cries / Everybody dies a little / And I just wanna dance tonight” is the one that’s stuck with me. On paper perhaps this comes across as a little cliche, but the understated delivery makes dancing seems like the most understandable – and perhaps only – reaction to one of the many approaching global calamities we’re faced with on a daily basis.

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Anderson .Paak – Lockdown Remix feat. JID, Noname & Jay Rock

At time of writing it’s a steamy one billion degrees and London is slowly losing its mind, suffocating: pedestrians melting into pinkish-red puddles on searing hot tarmac or quietly expiring in dimly-lit rooms with the shades pulled low, fans on full blast doing precisely nothing to mitigate the searing heat. So thank fuck for Anderson .Paak who rolls through with an all-star lineup and a fresh take on last month’s Lockdown. It’s literally all I can handle listening to today, and even writing this is taking up way too much energy. Enough is enough.

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