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“3:16 a.m.” isn’t the time Stone Cold Steve Austin wakes up to take his pills, but another track that is perfect for playing at that time of night. We’ve all been there, and it’s a nice change from sex-talk (because lie-ins always take precedence in the real world). “Bed Peace” is classier than the theme it follows – getting wasted on marijuana and struggling to get out of bed. It’s not often a lady expresses her infatuation with marijuana on a song, but Jhene doesn’t shy away from her habit throughout “Sail Out” and her production suits the sleepy, hallucinogenic quality of a good joint. The magnum opus of “Sail Out” is easily “Stay Ready (What a Life)”, an epic collaboration with Kendrick Lamar that moves from a sensuous, predictable tale of seduction in to a moody, minimalist remix that feels like a head-spinning trip.
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The crossover with hip hop is evident in that much of this record sounds like Drake’s “Nothing Was The Same”, but Jhene herself is reminiscent of Aaliyah’s sultry, effortless brand of R&B. is fairly compared to Aaliyah’s latter work. It’s fantastic for falling asleep to in bed with your headphones on, and the thick bass and hypnotic production from Fisticuffs and No I.D. “Sail Out” lives up to its name, taking the listener on a floaty, dream-like journey through Jhene’s life of sex, getting high and standard relationship issues.
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It’s an 8-track collection of collaborations with current hip hop heavyweights and a bunch of solo tracks aimed to hype the listener for the full length debut “Souled Out”, which was released recently. Marsha Ambrosius, Daley and Tinashe dropped some cracking albums in the past 12 months, but this EP from Jhene Aiko was one that I have had in rotation constantly since it dropped in late 2013. I’m a sucker for a female R&B artist – probably the only white male in the world with the full Faith Evans discography, and there’s no denying that Jhene Aiko is a key figure in the revival of R&B after having shaken its body to EDM for the past five years. Although Jhene Aiko has been around for a while now (debuting back in 2002), her name sprung up on my radar when she started doing songs with Kendrick Lamar and Childish Gambino.