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Maybe in Nirvana
Hip-Hop · 2024 · 10 tracks · 28m

Maybe in Nirvana

Smino

Ten tracks of submerged, liquid-gold soul recorded before the world changed. A hazy, introspective time capsule of elastic vocals and basement-warm production.

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It's like a warm, hazy hug from the version of Smino that lived in 2020.

A hazy, introspective search for peace delivered through submerged soul and liquid melodies.

Maybe in Nirvana · vs · Smino
Wistful+1.9σ

Wistful saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 28m
01
Intro
0:35
02
Dear Fren
3:02
03
Ready Set Goku
2:35
04
Maybe In Nirvana
2:57
05
Lee
2:14
06
Tequan
4:45
07
NSYNC
2:26
08
Ms. Joyce
4:38
09
Hoe-nouns
2:55
10
Glo-Fi
2:43
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition into the title track where the bass becomes a physical weight beneath a cloud of falsetto.
Thundercat's unmistakable fretless bass wandering through the hazy textures of Tequan.
The stripped-back, vulnerable vocal delivery on Ms. Joyce that feels like a private voice memo.
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