Ever closer, we’re counting on down …
- Jeff Hanson – Madam Owl
- John Legend – Evolver
- TV On The Radio – Dear Science,
- Erykah Badu – New Amerykah, Part One (4th World War)
- Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It
Jeff Hanson is even more of a likely successor for Elliott Smith’s beautifully morose mantle than the aforementioned Copeland. But what will strike you most about Hanson is his description-defying voice.
Nobody can take a simple pop song and make it dead sexy quite like John Legend.
#08. TV On The Radio – Dear Science,
It took a second album, but now I am convinced that TVOTR is the future of rock.
#07. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah, Part One (4th World War)
The only bad thing about Part One is that Badu failed to deliver on Part Two, reportedly scheduled for this past July. Good thing Part One has so much replayability …
#06. Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It
Since the arrival of Great Winehouse Emergence of 2006, everybody wants to go back in time to recapture the glory of early (Northern) soul, but only Saadiq has found an honest-to-God time machine.
(Did you catch 20 through 16? 15 through 11?)
