Right Now – Westside Gunn

~ The drums in this song are very bouncy and easy to bop your head too. The flow the artist brings is what makes the groove of the song change. During the verses the beat will occasionally dropout to let it breath then bring it back. These small things are very effective in a hip-hop song like this.

Sevish – Midnight Cascade

In Midnight Cascade, Sevish employs just intonation in tuning their instruments.

A just intonation tuning system is any tuning system that attempts to tune musical intervals as whole-number ratios. Such whole number ratios appear naturally in almost all sounds as the harmonic series, and when sounded, no beating is heard. That being said, attempting to create rigid tuning systems using the rules of the harmonic series doesn’t work as one would first expect, as music commonly requires more notes than just one harmonic series can provide. As such, just intonation tuning systems frequently sound just as, if not more, out of tune than standard twelve-tone equal temperament. However, if one is using a scale-free instrument like a trombone, voice, or any instrument of the violin family, they would naturally be inclined to play in what is called adaptive just intonation, which is basically what all just intonation tuning systems attempt to emulate.

– Nick Andreev

Rose in Harlem – Teyana Taylor

~ at 1:45 she changes her cadence in the verse, this change really catches your ear and builds a lot of energy. The energy that is built here perfectly sets up for the hook that comes very shortly after.

I Love You – East of Underground

~ At 32 seconds background vocals come in and it builds the energy of the song. My favourite part is at 1:04 when the chords change, the vocals get more intense, then the drum break hits at the top of the tension and tension is released. 

Time With Me – Pinkpantheress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQyrXIyZM0g&list=PLl0lBgbhKo3uoB0It9e57y6lxtVx6h3zM&index=1

I’ve been listening to Pinkpantheress for a couple months, starting with her small discography on SoundCloud. Time With Me is one of her songs that I discovered more recently, and it’s quickly become one of my favourites of hers. Pinkpantheress’ sound has influences of DnB & electronica and uses funk samples in a couple of her tracks. I love this track specifically because of its funny lyrics, its dirty jazzy chords, and the quick but laid back drums.