“Relations (An Ode To You & Me)”, the latest single off the highly anticipated next chapter of Kenna’s Land 2 Air Chronicles EP series sounds exactly like the description on the Soundcloud page: David Byrne meets Rick James! It’s a low-key little funk blast that sees Kenna doing his best Talking Heads/Byrne impression and succeeding. If this is an indication of the direction the next EP is going in then expect more ’80’s-inspired jams like this instead of the sonic […]
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New Release Report 8/13/13
August is moving right along and the biggest thing this week is singles! One of the Blerd favorites, Kenna, releases a new one entitled “Relations” which we’re all dying to hear but that’s not all! The biggest release this week is actually from two people who weren’t supposed to have releases this week. Due to some leaks both Katy Perry and Lady Gaga went ahead and released their upcoming singles early. Do you like to “Roar” or give “Applause” more? Team […]
Kenna, “Gloria”: The Singles Bar Review
Kenna has this place in my heart where he can do no wrong. Everything he does is, quite simply, beautiful. The only downside of Kenna is that he isn’t more well known than he obviously should be and that his lapses between releases leaves fans wanting, no needing, more. But when it comes to Kenna releasing new music you just need to remember: Absence makes the heart grow fonder! If you treat each new Kenna release like a celebration then […]
The Singles Bar: Kenna & RJD2, “Politics”
RJD2. Kenna. Two great tastes that taste great together. Check out “Politics.”
The Singles Bar: Kenna, “Long Gone”
Kenna. New song. That’s all that should drive you to Popblerd for The Singles Bar review of “Long Gone”.
The Viewfinder: “Chains” by Kenna
When you’ve covered someone as much as we’ve covered Kenna, the trick then becomes “what the hell else can we say about this guy?”. Hella underrated, incredibly dope, and feeding us with new music this year for the first time in four years. His work has brought out the best in the Neptunes’ production, and his latest EP, Land 2 Air Chronicles 1 , is the hotness (and it’s only three bucks on iTunes-you have NO excuse). The first video from the project has surfaced, […]
Kenna Has Arrived…again.
Any announcement of new music from Kenna is a cause for celebration. End of story. Land 2 Air Chronicles I was originally slated to come out in March but I’ll take late Kenna over no Kenna any day. He’s a musical genius plain and simple. Listening to Kenna puts a smile on my face. Land 2 Air Chronicles I came out this week and it’s the first of 3 EP’s which will serve as a prelude for his 3rd full-length […]
Hear Here!: Kenna’s “Chains”
Kenna’s one of those artists that makes me wonder if the American music-buying public is completely dumb. If I ruled the world, this guy would have sold millions of copies of his first two albums, New Sacred Cow and Make Sure They See My Face. Of course, he also doesn’t fall into the music-buying public’s fairly narrow definition of what a black artist should sound like, a fate that has also recently prevented commercial breakthroughs by the likes of Kele/Bloc […]