You NEED This Album: Jaspects - The Polkadotted Stripe

This album review is overdue. Only due to the fact that I've had to take the copy of the album out of the cd player in my car. It hasn't left since I bought it at their show the night before my birthday. That was April 24th...


The "You NEED This Album" title is an understatement. As soon as you finish reading this review, you need to go to cdbaby or iTunes, and get The Polkadotted Stripe in your life IMMEDIATELY. I've been rockin' with Jaspects since my Spelman days (as I previously mentioned when I featured "Unifunk" awhile back) and I've had the pleasure of seeing them live more than once so I knew that this album was gonna be good, but even as a fan, I didn't expect it to be THIS great.

Their motto has always been "redefining all aspects of Jazz", and through each album they've released, they make that motto ring true, but The Polkadotted Stripe takes that motto to a completely different level and gives us an aural manifestation of what true futuristic music is like without completly deviating from their classical jazz roots. From the seamless transitions to the harmonic blending of genres, Jaspects effortlessly create music that you will make you fall in love with the sound of real music all over again.

My 3 favorite tracks are...

Track 3 - "Polkadotted Stripes" - FAVORITE! This track blends futuristic, hip hop, jazzy sounds into multiple movements. Clearly it's hard for me to describe, but it's just that dope.

Track 5 - "Unifunk" - Again. Dopeness. The End.

Track 8 - "Find My Way To Love (ft. Chantae Cann)" - Ok, so you have to listen to the previous track on the album ("Be Your Man"), but the seamless transition from a futuristic sound to a traditional jazz track is absolutely mind-blowing. Plus Chantae's voice gives the song such a chill vibe.

Really. Go Get This Album...NOW!!!