#MusicMonday - Slow To Mid-Tempo Songs By Super Chilled Out Dudes

I know I've been gone a long time. Being in an office from 8:30 am - 6 pm every day will put your blog on hiatus every time. But I still consistently get tweets & DMs about playlists really regularly. Soooooooooo because I love y'all, the playlists are coming back. I was going to do one big playlist the last week of each month but when I asked y'all, this is what you voted for:

Once a week it is.

So without further ado.... this week's playlist theme is:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2865984/Man-jailed-punching-HOLE-8million-Monet-painting-despite-claiming-fist-fell-heart-condition.html

 

-Wat's Wrong by Isaiah Rashad featuring Zacari & Kendrick Lamar - This song is dope and, as you could probably imagine, Kendrick's verse is fire emoji good. I'm a HUGE fan of a classic hip hop slow jamz beat. Roll the windows down when you're driving at night and turn this one way up and just flyyyyyyyy.

-Location by Khalid - This is the song I play at a party or in the car when I want to blow basically anyone's mind. I've yet to find someone who dislikes it. (Bonus - dude is from Texas so I automatically like it more)
-The Shortchange by Thomston - I can put this jam on repeat and leave it for an entire workday. It's so mellow but still has such a good beat, it's wild. This British kid's voice is androgynous and perfect and he clearly loves Hans Zimmer scores because he uses those electric horns liberally and boy am I here for it.
-From The Ground by Danny Brown - I can never wrap my mind around how much I vibe to Danny Brown tracks. I also can never wrap my mind that someone with his speaking voice can lay down something this good. No idea who the woman on the chorus is but she's great. This song has such a good vibe. I really really like it.
-Bubblegum by TOTEM - Y'all might find this wild but this track is the absolute best song I've heard in 2016. I don't understand how it's not all over Top 40 radio. It's literally the perfect Alt-Pop (aka Oxymoron Genre) song. I read an article that described it as "unapologetically upbeat in spite of characteristically downtrodden lyrics" and I don't know if I've ever related to anything more. I neeeeeeeed to see TOTEM perform this in his hometown of Atlanta. Like, tomorrow.
-Wave(s) - Demo Taped Remix by Lewis Del Mar - Not only is this one of the more upbeat songs on this list (wild because it's not very upbeat) but it's legit the perfect driving song. The lyrics don't matter. It's about the medley and the beat. It's just such a tuneeeeeee.
-Somebody Else - Alt Edit by The 1975 - The original version of this song is easily one of the stand out track of the best band in the history of the world's sophomore album. This "Alt Edit" is different in a great way but I really can't describe to you the differences (other than it's a minute shorter).... does that make me a bad fan?

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I guess they cut some of the fat and condensed it to a killer song for radio. I think this is a FANTASTIC commercial follow up to The Sound's success.
-Prblms by 6BLACK - I've been trying to figure out who this Atlanta singer/rapper/viber sounds like for days. He definitely has a Bryson Tiller/Tory Lanez vibe but it's still so different. DVSN is probably as close as I can find to this sound but, again, it's just different. Prblms has a distinctly 90s feel while feeling completely modern and influenced by technology. It's a simple song that is a complete conundrum. (PS - no idea why it's the edited version. Ugh.)
-Concrete by Melle Jutte - I have no idea who the actual vocalist is on this one, I've looked. But if the kid from the Netherlands that produced it (Melle Jutte) is who actually recorded the vocals, I'll die from shock. He looks like he's 14 years old and the dude singing sounds like he's the 30 year old choir leader for a church in Atlanta. Regardless, though, this one is a TUNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEE y'all.  T U N E E E.
-Black Mambo by Glass Animals - This song is YEARS old but fits this playlist perfectly. One of my all time favorites. Another one where the dude could be not saying actual words and it wouldn't matter. The vibe is incredible. The fact that a song that sounds like this came from four British kids from Oxford will never cease to amaze me.
*Bonus: No Reason by Manatee Commune - I kind of view this playlist as a productivity/at work/getting ready/cleaning/studying playlist and this one is a perfect way to wrap it up.

So I hope you're as excited for the playlists to be back as I am. If you have any theme requests, let me know over on the Twitter machine at @RulesForBelles.

Enjoy!

-C. xx.