Sincerely by Kali Uchis is easily the best album of the year. If an album were capable of seducing a man, this would be it. On her masterpiece, Kali walks a thin line between sexy and sadness, creating a hybrid emotion of the two that carries the whole album. Silky, sulky vibes wrestle with a broken heart that is struggling to find peace as a new family begins.
I have not heard such a cohesive unit of beautiful-emotional songs since Bjork's Vespertine in 2001. But the artist you can hear most on this record- as Kali's apparent inspiration- is the little-known Rosie and the Originals, whose album Maybe I'm Dreamin', all the way from 1960, is the only one she released. And that's what this album sounds like at times- a 60s throwback. The rest of the time it's a more familiar R&B sound, laced with such an intimate charm that I could listen to it all day.
There's a library At the university Where brilliant scholars Ascend marble steps To study in a vaulted room That rises in graduated tiers Over stained-glass windows Into a parabolic ceiling Triumphant with gothic wonder. As they uncover new truths
Their notes are elevated To the lofty chandeliers Illuminating all knowledge, Cementing it in their research. Higher yet the margins converge, Each page of discovery assembled On a scroll unfurled high off the walls, Where immortal philosophers Painted in a fresco parliament, Arrayed like the stories of Genesis, Hold the light for students below.
I've witnessed the greatest game 7 in World Series history. The Dodgers came back to beat the Blue Jays 5-4 in 11 innings. But it was the cinematic 9th inning that will go down in baseball lore. After the Dodgers tied the game in the top half of the ninth, they made two incredible defensive plays in a row to send it to extra innings. Both plays were with the bases loaded. Both plays saw the Blue Jays come inches short of winning the World Series. The first play was a ground ball to second, which ended with a throw out at home plate. That play was so close it looked like a tie. It's at this point that I must mention the precog dream I had about Ernie Clement coming up to the plate and something big about to happen. I woke up before that big thing happened, but it was the exact same situation. Clement launched the ball to left center, where two Dodgers collided at full speed, yet somehow the center fielder held on to the ball. That saved a run from scoring and sent the game to extra innings, where the Dodgers won the World Series on a solo home run. It is easily the best baseball game I have ever seen and it's even more wild that I had a precog dream about it this morning. It was spooky to watch as the ninth inning developed how events were happening that led to the dream coming true. I mean Clement was like the seventh batter that inning and things had to align perfectly for him to get up without them scoring a run. As it was happening, I told my son I saw this happen in a dream. And after it happened, I told him the Dodgers are going to win because my dream would have shown the Blue Jays doing something more dramatic otherwise. Not that my 6-year-old son had a clue what I was talking about, but I think he will remember that game the same way I will. I told him, this is a special moment, you'll never forget this, no matter who wins. That dream though, wow, it was so electric, just like the real stadium, and with the whole world watching. One of the most fascinating experiences of my life.
Ernie Clement up to bat with 2 out, bases loaded, tie game, bottom of the 9th in the World Series. This image was in my dream last night.
Sincerely by Kali Uchis is easily the best album of the year. If an album were capable of seducing a man, this would be it. On her masterpiece, Kali walks a thin line between sexy and sadness, creating a hybrid emotion of the two that carries the whole album. Silky, sulky vibes wrestle with a broken heart that is struggling to find peace as a new family begins. 
