Somewhere in the In-between by Streetlight Manifesto

I've been slowly digging into their discography recently and holy crap Ska is so funny because it'll be a bopping tune but then you catch the lyrics and find it's a song about war, death, collapse, etc.

This music video definitely embodies that same disconnect. Cute animal animation with bopping music except wait what are those people doing? What are those animals doing? Oh my is that how this ends?!

Since you are trying to expand your horizons here's a bunch of weird stuff I like:

• Paper Kites - Woodland
• Hawaii Part II
• Jack Stauber - HiLo
• Marxist Love Disco Ensemble - MLDE
• Twin Resurrection - Volume 1
• Windows 96 - Reflections (tbh any album by Win96 is great)
• Chikoi The Maid - Leaving Reality
• Ginger Root - Shinbangumi
• PilotRedSun - Achievement
• Date of Birth - Planet Dob
• Akiko Yano - Tadaima

WITHERED or Paid Programming by BONES

Terraja Peyote asesino.

A Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes, & Life

I might have missed it but I don’t see the Under Pressure album for Logic. Might to get your listens up on that one

Literally anything by Nappy Roots.

The Game is underrated IMO.

Chiddy Bang — Opposite of Adults

I really like Mark Battles. “Real Ones, “Numbers2” and “How” are solid tracks.

“Nina” by Rhapsody is a great track.

Suite for Ma Dukes by Miguel Atwood Ferguson. Live recording of a Dilla tribute concert with a 60 piece orchestra. Stakes Is High with Posdnuos and Talib Kweli is a standout. Album is on Bandcamp and the full concert video is on YouTube.

In the World: From Natchez to New York by Olu Dara. He's the father of Nas (who guests on the album) and an accomplished jazz musician in his own right, but this isn't a jazz album. Okra is in my top three songs about food.

Fela Soul by Amerigo Gazaway. A mashup of De La Soul and Fela Kuti. "Music is the weapon. Music is the future. Music is the weapon of the future."

Clube da Esquina 2

Preschtale by C-jeff

Generation Why by Zhu. I don't really care for most of Zhu's music, but this album I really enjoy. It's similar in style to 808s and heartbreak.

Based on your most listened, maybe try Little Simz, clipping, Fantasic Negrito (Album: Last Days of Oakland)

For something maybe a little outside the box I recommend The Books, Gramatik, Pretty Lights, Cosmo Sheldrake