Play With The Changes. It marks her first full-length album since 2014’s
1021.
Mixing elements of graceful soul and UK street-scene dance culture, the 12-track project goes from themes of fast love (“Situation”) to relinquishing profound feelings (“Nothing Left”). With the safety of Black men at an all-time high, Jordan sings about knowing he’s protected in her arms on “Lay.”
Jordan shared early tracks such as “Next 2 You” and “Got Em’.” The former, produced by Machinedrum and KLSH, is all about the urge to have a close connection with a romantic interest. The latter is an upbeat selection delving into affirmation, as she said in a press release.
Rochelle Jordan’s latest single, “Already,” is about the moment when one decides to leave a toxic relationship. It’s a moment, however difficult, that she navigates with grace and finesse. A highlight from her new album
Play With the Changes (out now on Tokimonsta’s Young Art label), “Already” features Jordan’s vocals gliding over smooth deep house production she’s cool and breezy in her delivery, as if finally emotionally detached when she tells her subject that if they were going to change for the better, it would have already happened. When she trades in her airy R&B croons for husky rap, her boss transformation feels complete.
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Rochelle Jordan’s hyperkinetic “Got ‘Em” was one of the first sonically arresting tracks to drop at the top of 2021. With lyrics like, “We could go back to the 405/401 to the city lights” over 2-step garage beats, the track not only encapsulates the diasporic journey Jordan’s music is negotiating, but also the navigational path her own life has taken. Not only is she lyrically referencing major highways in Los Angeles and Toronto, the musical bed on which her vocals rest evokes the sounds of ’90s UK garage. In doing so, Jordan synthesizes the geographical strands with seemingly effortless aplomb, asserting her current musical agenda.
The Eh! List.
There s even a little classic country from Orville Peck, who covered Jackson along with drag queen Trixie Mattel.
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The Eh! List, which is presented by Mary Brown s Chicken & Taters all Canadian and proud of it!