CLIV. Sampha | Lahai

This week Démar and Adriel discuss Sampha's second studio album 'Lahai', its ability to defy genre, Sampha's poetic songwriting and whether it's already the album of the year.Démar’s rating: 9.5 / 10Adriel’s rating: 6.5 / 10, then 7.5/10 and finally 8/10P.S. I saved Adriel's entire career on this one. He was gonna give this album a 6.5 outta 10. 6.5!!!! This is probably gonna be the album of the year! ~DThe Love List: Suspended, What If You Hypnotise Me?, Dancing in Circles, Satelite Business, Spirit 2.0, Stereo Colour CloudTIME CODES:3:10 - Sampha, an electronic artist5:30 - Sampha’s best features8:43 - Similar to Mustafa?10:16 - What genre of music is this / don’t know what’s happening15:00 - Getting a beat drop but not what you think16:15 - The crackle effect18:46 - Demar praises a slow song 20:19 - Trap drums making it American / keeping its pace (the tick)24:54 - Final Fantasy keys 28:20 - Get rid of all the regular shit 28:50 - Suspended35:15 - Stereo-coloured cloud lyrics41:35 - Demar was there43:30 - He doesn’t need features47:00 - The cover50:44 - The score1:05:10 - Demar is here delivering the wordFollow us:YOUTUBE:https://www.youtube.com/@AlbumModeTikTok:Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcom Démar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemi Instagram:Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/ Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/ Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/ Twitter:Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepod Adriel: https://twitter.com/AdrielSmiley_ Démar: https://twitter.com/DemarJGrantSampha - Lahai / 2023 / electronic, soul, alternative R&B? This doesn't really have a genre