Theesatisfaction / Earthee
Album: Earthee   Collection:General
Artist:Theesatisfaction   Added:Apr 2015
Label:Sub Pop Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2015-04-03 Pull Date: 2015-06-05
Week Ending: Jun 7 May 31 May 24 May 17 May 10 May 3 Apr 26 Apr 19
Airplays: 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 3

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 13, 2021: Rebroadcast: Music Casserrole
Fetch/Catch
4. Mar 18, 2017: Reckless Burning
Recognition
2. Oct 31, 2018: Being as an ocean
Universal Perspective
5. Jun 02, 2016: Ode to Year One
Nature's Candy
3. Oct 25, 2018: Being as an ocean
Nature's Candy
6. Apr 19, 2016: Life Aquatic
Nature's Candy

Album Review
DJ Muscat
Reviewed 2015-04-03
Genre: space soul, jazz rap, afrofuturism

Cosmic wordplay and wobbly production from this Seattle-based duo. This effort sees them stretch into more expansive ground than their first album. Most of these songs throw away typical soul/hip-hop song structures, sometimes repeating the same mantra-like phrase for the duration of the track. A sister album to Shabazz Palace’s “Lese Majesty” (one of my favorites from last year). Play this for late nights floating through the Milky Way.

Others: Shabazz Palaces, Flying Lotus, Thundercat, Janelle Monae, Hiatus Kaiyote

Favorites: 12, 3, 5, 1, 2, 7, 11…pick any really. FCC: 4, 7

1. (1:41) *** Really cool drum groove with gauzy backdrop. Sultry vocals.
2. (1:57) *** Bright synths. Nice little rap verse before flipping into another soul exploration.
3. (3:21) *** Locked in percussion groove. Really gorgeous vocals and jazzy synth chords.
4. (2:36) FCC :( MMMM this is some nice stuff. Smooth, simple flow and lyrics about others coopting genres. GUEST VERSE FROM ISHMAEL BUTLER awwya.
5. (4:02) *** Muffled deep vocal sample and stilted beat. Cosmic vibes. “My pizzazz”….
6. (4:10) ** Drum machine pastiche…squelchy bass line. Mystical
7. (3:48) FCC. Gorgeous ascending synth. Love the beat on this one. Guest male rapper. Ishmael Butler gets another turn at the wheel.
8. (3:29) ** Odd off-kilter feel. Dark energy and smoky saxophone in the background. A pretty strange track but it grows on me more and more.
9. (3:35) *** Space station synthesizers. Theesatisfaction wax philosophical.
10. (3:38) ** Shaker percussion and more awesome soul vox. Redeem the word “work” (well, WerQ is the track title actually) from Britney Spears.
11. (3:05) **** Creative drumbeat and more of the excellent same. Time to ascend into new galactic planes…
12. (2:39) ****** Oh yes…some awesome mbira and trippy group vocals. More Shabazz Palaces fun. Fluid, exploratory…absolutely brilliant
13. (4:13) *** Nighttime space journey. Great closing track.

Track Listing
1. Prophetic Perfection   7. Earthee
2. No Gmo   8. Post Black, Anyway
3. Planet For Sale   9. Universal Perspective
4. Blandland   10. Werq
5. Fetch/Catch   11. Sir Come Navigate
6. Nature's Candy   12. Recognition
  13. I Read You