Djesse Vol. 4 -- Jacob Collier
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1) 100,000 Voices
There's a Bono/Chris Martin quality to his voice. The production is busy, and the ending kinda comes out of nowhere without being earned.
2) She Put Sunshine
The writing feels basic.
3) Little Blue ft/ Brandi Carlisle
This feature is a nice change of pace.
4) Wellll
This has an alt-rock vibe with some solid writing behind it, "I'm bleeding, I think I'm reading you well".
5) Cinnamon Crush ft/ Lindsey Lomis
This is a nice feature, but it brings back some of the production stylings that didn't work for me in the 1st couple of tracks.
6) Wherever I Go ft/ Lawrence & Michael McDonald
This is catchy but again there's more simplistic writing.
7) Summer Rain ft/ Madison Cunningham & Chris While
A very nice feature, "I don't masquerade inside the flame".
8) A Rock Somewhere ft/ Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal
The sitar brings a different vibe.
9) Mi Corazon ft/ Camilo
The Latin pop vibe doesn't mesh with Jacob's production.
10) Witness Me ft/ Shawn Mendes, Stormzy & Kirk Franklin
Stormzy brings a nice change.
11) Never Gonna Be Alone ft/ Lizzy McAlpine & John Mayer
The vocals are nice but the song doesn't really go anywhere.
12) Bridge Over Troubled Water ft/ John Legend & Tori Kelly
Jacob's style drags this classic cover down.
13) Over You ft/ Aespa & Chris Martin
The production is self indulgent.
14) Box Of Stars PT 1 ft/ Kirk Franklin, Chika, D Smoke, Sho Madjozi, Yelle & Kanyi Mavi
This is layered well.
15) Box Of Stars PT 2 ft/ Metropole Orkest, Suzie Collier, Steve Vai & Voces8
Unlike part 1, this all feels disjointed.
16) World O World
A dragging and self indulgent ending.
Overall I found this album self indulgent and artsy just for the sake of it. He's going in so many different directions at once without really committing to anything. While there are a few tracks and features that work, overall this just feels kind of disjointed. (69.6)
85.9 "Short n' Sweet" Sabrina Carpenter
69.6 "Djesse Vol 4" Jacob Collier
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