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The Marías - Back To Me, Review and Rating

The Marías - Back To Me Review and Rating By Chilly Oppa     The Mar ías never fail to set the scene and mood extremely well, and that's exactly what they did with their newest release, Back To Me. The track unveils with a deep, smoky synth and charming vocals from  Mar ía Zardoya. I really liked the small intro verse where she says, "Promise I'm changing, back from the dark. But if I would see you, I'd fall apart.". This  is met with a choppy transition into a graceful beat drop, which moves directly into the rather significant chorus. This definitely feels like the key focus of the song and it definitely stuck with me. The chorus and overall theme of the song is about missing someone, seeing your mistakes with them, and wanting them to come back. The melody here displays hints of a late 90's/early 2000's grunge rock guitar, paired with their signature psychedelic synth sound, which is something I love about this track.  Mar ía goes on to talk about how t...
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Saba (prod. No ID) - From The Private Collection of Saba and No ID, Review and Rating

  Saba (prod. No ID) - From The Private Collection of Saba and No ID Review and Rating By Chilly Oppa     In my mind, Saba is the king of feel good Chicago rap with a sound that often gives me the feeling of a nostalgic spring day in the hood. To be completely honest, I regretfully hadn't been following Saba's career as closely the past few years, so I had no idea that Saba was planning to drop a project, but I was very pleasantly surprised! He's someone that I've listened to in so many different eras of my life, and has proven to be one of the best poetic Chicago rappers alive (in my humble opinion). I haven't been this excited to dive into a project in quite a while, so lets get to it.      Every Painting Has a Price (feat. BJ the Chicago Kid & Eryn Allen Kane) - Saba and No ID start the album off charmingly with a soulful, piano-heavy instrumental, delivering humble yet vulnerable lyrics. Right away, I love how he humanizes the idea of idols, speakin...
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Ethel Cain - Dust Bowl (Demo) Review and Rating

 Ethel Cain - Dust Bowl (Demo) Review & Rating By Chilly Oppa     With a beautiful dirty bassline and dreamy guitar notes, Ethel Cain introduces herself on the instrumental with her gritty melodic style of vocals. She brings us detailed imagery of a past lover as we've heard before but brings an entirely fresh and extremely creative delivery once the heavy baseline drops. Singing the final word of each bar in repetitions of 5-6, occasionally playing around with vibrato on some repetitions. Seeing this type of creativity in music is honestly what keeps me so passionate and excited to explore different genres. On top of the impressive vocals, Ethel Cain delivers heavy hitting lyrics about the complications of a love with someone that is destined to one day end. I know it's not just me when I say that this is one of Ethel Cains most anticipated unreleased tracks. I just hope it drops on streaming platforms eventually because this is easily one of her strongest pieces of ...
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