If you’ve ever tried to catch a seagull mid-flight with a butterfly net, you’ll understand the elusive joy that Funky Blackman's "The Beach" EP serves up. Not that there are any feathered friends involved, directly. But the feeling? Yeah, it’s there, a fleeting, beautiful awkwardness. https://open.spotify.com/album/5Sk7pagwbS02FPhsKKAzOb?si=QYWmoCruQv2lw3xMISpLJQ This isn’t some synthesized shoreline; forget the stock wave sounds. This is a memory, maybe yours, maybe his, re-assembled. He’s...

Having two music heavyweights on your single indicates your song will be top-notch, and you should grab a look at the accompanying visual by all means imaginable. Akash aims to take control of the entire music landscape with this one, enlisting American rapper Fetty Wap and Chicago-raised singer Lisa Mishra on the new single "Balenciaga." It appears to be a fascinating collaboration between Fetty Wap and...