Yazz Ahmed A Paradise In The Hold
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Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 8th 2025


115655 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

Whole album has that kinda vibe and I love it.

Manatea
Emeritus
March 8th 2025


2255 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

“first song is giving intro song to every Sahara Desert scene to ever exist in cinema”



But it does it so well

JohnnyoftheWell
March 8th 2025


64287 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

American trying to point to Arab country on world map -type beat



think I agree with dedex that the Arabian vibes on here mostly kill it and the more commonplace jazz fusion vibes are more take or leave, but it definitely comes through more often than not. will need more time

Demon of the Fall
March 8th 2025


39020 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

yeah muricans (2)… also maybe the Arabian vibes thing (where is dedex? / oh ppl still chk sound offs!)



The opening gambit is so striking and it does feel as tho much of this is trying to wrestle back some of the momentum lost in the middle somewhere, it slowly ebbs away the deeper you go



it’s still v nice especially in choice moments and does require further inspection

Purpl3Spartan
March 8th 2025


9523 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

That’s a bit of a silly thing to say Johnny. It’s more a joke about film tropes than the actual music itself haha :]



Arabs are a culturally diverse group that span a prominent area of the Middle East but also share a lot of similarities for a reason. This album does a good job of bringing those eclectic influences together along with other genres

Demon of the Fall
March 8th 2025


39020 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Hawks also compared this to Mabool, which honestly is also a pretty weird comparison



I lack the expertise to know whether the origins are similar yet Israel / Bahrain and my own ears (at least in their respective forms) would say, probably not

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 8th 2025


115655 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

Its just the desert(ish) sounding vibes that sound similar. Both albums have smooth and warm feeling that remind me of each other. Has nothing to do with the countries of origin.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 8th 2025


115655 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

I'm sure Johnny will march in here with his khakis choking his ballsack and disagree though. All good.

JohnnyoftheWell
March 8th 2025


64287 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

lol get your culture-blind bad attitude out of here and learn to take an L for once in your life

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 8th 2025


115655 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

Yes sorry I'm not up on Arab (or whatever) culture lmao. Also I've taken plenty of Ls in life. None from JohhnyoftheWell on Sputnikmusic.com.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 8th 2025


115655 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

Bad attitude? This album is amazing. I'd say I've had a pretty damn good attitude lmao.

JohnnyoftheWell
March 8th 2025


64287 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

famously hard to take an L from someone when you can't keep their name out of your resentful lil mouth



fuck right off with that 'good attitude' bs - you're the one who brought personal baggage into the thread, and we've all seen how thin your skin is when that treatment gets thrown back to you. either apologise for being a cowardly lying jackass, or do the rest of us a favour by swallowing those sour grapes and moving on. i'm more than ready to do just that

CottonSalad
March 8th 2025


3275 Comments


my bingo card is full

pls stop

JohnnyoftheWell
March 8th 2025


64287 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

*holds breath*

DadKungFu
Emeritus
March 9th 2025


6144 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

Woah this is like if John Coltrane played the first song from Aladdin wow

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 9th 2025


115655 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

Anyways this album is amazing and I agree very much with what Dad said.

JohnnyoftheWell
March 9th 2025


64287 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

*exhales patiently*

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 9th 2025


115655 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

Truce Johnny like seriously lets just keep it about music. No more insults on either side. Its honestly getting exhausting. I just wanna enjoy music and not argue with people. I made a snide comment and I apologize. Time to move on.

JohnnyoftheWell
March 9th 2025


64287 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

handshake on that, clean hands and good jams only plz

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 9th 2025


115655 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

Hell yeah.



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