Ep 29 | Ab-Soul | Herbert

Our first AOTM episode in 2023 finds us exploring Ab Soul's
'Herbert' in Part 1 and we focus on New Music for 'Spin It or Bin
It' in Part 2.

Part 1 | Album of the Month | Ab Soul |
Herbert

It's Nolan's choice this month and he's taking us to his
spiritual home - Hip Hop with Ab Soul's late 2022 release,
'Herbert'. For once, we're all coming to this artist pretty fresh
. Nolan's been banging on about the singles from this album for
like 6 months so giving the album some extended love seems a
natural choice.

If you've not heard it, we think it's well worth a listen
...



Go listen to the album - Here

Go watch some videos - Here

Go buy some merch - Here 



Our discussion focuses on how we'd describe the album, mental
health, suicide and how these topics impact the album, the length
of the album, the bangers and of course we touch on a few of the
clangers too.

We mention a few things that we'd highly recommend checking out,
so here are the links;



YouTube interview with Charlamagne Tha God -
Here

GQ interview - Here

Joey's alternative, 10 track playlist that focuses on the
bangers - Here

Guy's alternative, 11 track playlist that focuses on the
narrative - Here



Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | 'New Music' (Nov '22
onwards)
We all pick a tack based on a theme and present
to the rest of us to ask the simple question, Spin it or Bin it?
The theme this month is a simple one 'New Music'. The only rule
is that the track has to be released after November 2022. We
chose albums from as far a field as Doncaster and Russia.

David chose - 'Nothing Left to Loose' by Everything
But the Girl Nolan chose - 'Like a Heart
Won't Beat' by Skinny Pelembe  Joey chose -
'Let's Hold Our Hands Together' by Kito
JempereDavid chose - 'Gorilla' by Little
Simz

Next Month
David is in the hot seat for AOTM and he's
bringing Rozi Plain's new album 'Prize' to the table. We're all
getting stuck in and seeing how we live with the album for a
month or so. In Part 2, 'Spin It or Bin It?' will be a good one
too ... the theme next month is Protest Music.



We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look -
https://thisisnothappening.net/



We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look -
https://thisisnothappening.net/