There’s almost an aside in “Island Girl”, which has a woman with an accent very heavy in its African essence, decrying men saying they’re this and that. Is song title in reference to skin pigment, therefore race? Black pride? This ending also rings out, but maybe with more finality than the previous. The raps are packed tight, spoken with fiery determination. “The kind of love that give a ship and me to Mars” an apt line, men are Martians, from the sung vocals dedicated to a significant other. It rings out slow, sedate yet ringing.Īfter that, “Melanin” has similar shimmering keyboard, though aided by some unexpected, yet satisfying, wailing lead on the guitar. “Don’t trust no police” a line particular to the monologue of, this time, a man in the song’s closing moments. Bass is deep, rich and unprocessed aided by jazzy drum.īy this time the vocals proper have set in, suitably moody amidst the kicked back instrumental. The subsequent line of “they was cotton pick” is thick and pronounced very African in essence. He starts “Dreaming”, which opens with shimmering keyboard and the sensual laugh of a woman a woman who opens the track with a monologue. Cole, Chance The Rapper, Little Simz, Jhene Aiko, Erykah Badu, Nina Simone, Lauryn Hill and The Roots amongst his influences. He lists the likes of Soulection, PYRMDPLAZA, SANGO, IAMNOBODI, Kendrick Lamar, J. Midpoint track, “Island Girl”, features Odunsi and King Zamir. Production is handled by the artist himself, Sute Iwar, Le Mav and DOZ. ![]() People first heard of AYLØ when he released “Fusion”, an Afro-Fusion track, and it caught the ears of many. The 22 year old Soul-Fusionist says the project is an “alt-soul-synthesis”. Hatfield, Hertfordshire based Nigerian, AYLØ, released his first project, the Honest Conversations EP, Friday, December 23.
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