If Mozart Had a Jheri Curl
Kendrick to Carl Off! Cleo Sol to Caroline Shaw! Hope you like strings!
This Week In Jams (TWIJ) is a sequenced weekly playlist featuring songs I think my friends (and future friends like you 😇) may want to hear.
🔭🚨NEW TWIJ UNIVERSE JUST DROPPED 🛰🚀👀
As the President of the SAULT Fan Club, y'all had to know I was going to build a playlist around their newest album 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
What I didn't know was how to fill the other 75% of the playlist 🤔💭 don't worry tho, my crazy-a brain has been yelling "strings! synths! we're underground! But also in space! HUMANS ARE THE ALIENS! Rap to R&B to Black classical!" for the past week 😭😭
The outcome is a 3+ hour cosmic journey through a dozen genres spanning 60 years! Where else can you find a playlist with new Kendrick, SAULT, Frank Ocean, Alice Coltrane, Caroline Shaw, Donny Hathaway, Father John Misty, Julianna Barwick and Nicolas Jaar??
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Update: If you’re seeing this post now, This Week In Jams has been refreshed. No need to fear, you can find this particular playlist here:
TWIJ PLAYLIST HIGHLIGHTS
“Drifting Out (ft. Jakob Koranyi and Yo-Yo Ma)” - Little Dragon
Imagine making such a great song that Yo-Yo Ma wants to jump on the remix?! This scenario literally couldn’t be me, but it is Little Dragon and I am so thankful to be alive at the same time as this wonderful band. We don’t deserve you BUT PLEASE STAY
“Time Is Precious” - SAULT
“What if we combined soaring classical music with an eery Black spiritual close?” - SAULT, probably.
If you love this song, then I highly recommend you listen to “Scary Times.”
“Partita for 8 Voices: No. 4, Passacaglia” - Roomful of Teeth
I discovered Caroline Shaw through Kanye West back in the early 2010s and it’s safe to say it was a life-changing moment. I’ve watched this video a dozen times and I still don’t get how they pull this off! Begrudgingly files in my “I guess humans are worth saving 😤” bucket.
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This Week In Jams (TWIJ) Cinematic Universe
This Week In Jams
If you only want to follow one playlist, the primary This Week In Jams playlist is it. This playlist changes every week, so just check back in every week for new jams.
TWIJ Archived Playlists
If you really like a particular week’s playlist but see the TWIJ track list change, no worries! I archive every individual This Week In Jams playlist 😇 so follow me on Spotify to get access! Each one will be titled “TWIJ - Vol. [insert number]”
All The Jams (TWIJ Full Library 2018-2022)
If I drop dead before the next TWIJ drops, you can follow this playlist to find every song I've shared in the last 4+ years. There’s over 4,000 songs in there, so I think you’ll find a few you like.