GENA
The Pleasure Is Yours
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AllMusic 80点相当
ダイナミックなボーカルマスター兼プロデューサーのLiv.eと、
伝説のドラマー兼プロデューサーのKarriem Rigginsからなる
デュオ。
Karriem Riggins is one of those recency-bias-busting musicians with a mightily deep discography. Like supremo rap producer The Alchemist, you might think of the drummer and producer as currently being in his golden era, but a quick glance at his back catalog reveals that he’s always been in a golden era. Riggins has been working with the likes of Common and The Roots since the late ’90s, and also served as a contributor and co-producer on seminal works by the man whose shadow looms large over Riggins’ latest project, The Pleasure Is Yours—and just about all of modern rap, jazz, and neo-soul—J Dilla.
While his musical partner in GENA is only half his age, LA-based vocalist Liv.e is building a similarly stacked body of work via appearances on tracks by Earl Sweatshirt and Mount Kimbie, in addition to solo works including 2024’s genuinely strange synth-pop/punk effort PAST FUTUR.e. Their debut as a duo beautifully plays to both of their strengths, resulting in a colorful and delightfully laid-back collection. Neo-soul and jazz-rap are by now well-worn genres, staples of playlists designed to create background ambiance for coffee shops and co-working spaces. The Pleasure Is Yours offers no such throwaway vibes: These 16 tracks harness your attention with such command of their elegant craft that you feel like tiny fireworks are being set off across your mellowed cerebellum. The musical parameters of the record might be familiar, but in a moment when the rise of AI-generated “music” has sent shockwaves through the lo-fi beats scene, the craft on display here is of the most refined and delectable quality.
The record’s small touches would feel practically transcendent if the mood
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