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American singer, songwriter and producer Charlie Burg's latest collection of songs, "Tha Breeze, Tha Steeze, Palm Trees" sounds like a playlist trying to reach an R&B summit that might have to pass through a dancehall convention first, catching a contact "island escapism," mixing and making cocktails out of problems. And the best drink concocted is "Tha Steeze."
Courtesy of "Tha Breeze, Tha Steeze, Palm Trees's" radio host, he includes the shining moment of this project in his mix. The J. Robb-featured song "Tha Steeze" is hors d'oeurve-sized glints of early to mid 2000's R&B. A finger-plucked acoustic riff bridges the entry of cool-headed love that is all tender melody and attention with crew energy behind it, even the "ayy" adlib that makes an appearance in the track, with pouncing drums and bursting bass drops that leans back the serenade onto a hip hop border. Charlie's careening melody, Chevrolet reference, squeezing shirt background runs and falsetto do the most in the most specific mirror to that time of music.
"Tha Steeze's" pre-hook has that stacking melody seemingly familiar to Usher's "You Make Me Wanna ..." The melodically present talking section before the "ayy" part takes me back to Nelly's "Country Grammar" and other moments evoke that one Baby Bash run in 2003 and even Justin Timberlake's "Justified" rears its former ramen noodle head as influences in the music. Charlie Burg poured an era's style into one track and connected the Spring Break vibe full circle in context of the full project. This is homage done right. And a gnarly song came out of it. Who can really be mad at that?
Listen to "Tha Steeze" & the full EP below.
Lead Photo Cred: soundcloud.com
American singer, songwriter and producer Charlie Burg's latest collection of songs, "Tha Breeze, Tha Steeze, Palm Trees" sounds like a playlist trying to reach an R&B summit that might have to pass through a dancehall convention first, catching a contact "island escapism," mixing and making cocktails out of problems. And the best drink concocted is "Tha Steeze."
Courtesy of "Tha Breeze, Tha Steeze, Palm Trees's" radio host, he includes the shining moment of this project in his mix. The J. Robb-featured song "Tha Steeze" is hors d'oeurve-sized glints of early to mid 2000's R&B. A finger-plucked acoustic riff bridges the entry of cool-headed love that is all tender melody and attention with crew energy behind it, even the "ayy" adlib that makes an appearance in the track, with pouncing drums and bursting bass drops that leans back the serenade onto a hip hop border. Charlie's careening melody, Chevrolet reference, squeezing shirt background runs and falsetto do the most in the most specific mirror to that time of music.
"Tha Steeze's" pre-hook has that stacking melody seemingly familiar to Usher's "You Make Me Wanna ..." The melodically present talking section before the "ayy" part takes me back to Nelly's "Country Grammar" and other moments evoke that one Baby Bash run in 2003 and even Justin Timberlake's "Justified" rears its former ramen noodle head as influences in the music. Charlie Burg poured an era's style into one track and connected the Spring Break vibe full circle in context of the full project. This is homage done right. And a gnarly song came out of it. Who can really be mad at that?
Listen to "Tha Steeze" & the full EP below.
Lead Photo Cred: soundcloud.com
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