SZA and Isaiah, Alicia and Kendrick

First from SZA — whom I will continue to try and Make Happen on this here website because SZA is great and weird (a sample lyric from this track, with TDE label mate Isaiah Rashad: “We were all 13 once/ Long live tramp stamps, and Pepper Ann”) — the video for her track “Warm Winds”:

And after the jump, the latest from Alicia Keys since “Girl On Fire” took her slightly out of her range. There is a weird breakdown toward the end of this Pharrell-produced track, which features Kendrick Lamar and will appear on the soundtrack for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, that sounds a lot like the breakdown in “The Thong Song,” I think? Maybe I’ve just had too much coffee.

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