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There Is Only Now
Hip-Hop · 2014 · 38 tracks · 1h 20m

There Is Only Now

Souls of Mischief

A cinematic concept album recorded entirely to analog tape. Live instrumentation meets 90s vocal chemistry in a noir-inspired Oakland crime saga.

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It's like a 90s Oakland crime movie you can only see with your ears.

A tense, cinematic noir narrative wrapped in warm, dusty analog soul.

There Is Only Now · vs · Souls of Mischief
Harmonized+1.4σ

The vocals lean notably further into harmonized than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 38 Tracks · 1h 20m
01
K-Now Intro
0:20
01
K-Now Intro (instrumental)
0:20
02
Time Stopped
2:20
02
Time Stopped (instrumental)
2:20
03
Womack’s Lament
1:52
03
Womack’s Lament (instrumental)
1:52
04
Panic Struck
3:11
04
Panic Struck (instrumental)
3:11
05
K-Now Interlude 1 (instrumental)
0:37
05
K-Now Interlude 1
0:37
06
Another Part of You (instrumental)
3:20
06
Another Part of You
3:20
07
All You Got Is Your Word (instrumental)
3:36
07
All You Got Is Your Word
3:36
08
There Is Only Now
3:30
08
There Is Only Now (instrumental)
3:30
09
Meeting of the Minds (instrumental)
2:55
09
Meeting of the Minds
2:55
10
K-Now Interlude 2
0:55
10
K-Now Interlude 2 (instrumental)
0:55
11
Miriam Got a Mickey
2:10
11
Miriam Got a Mickey (instrumental)
2:10
12
Stone Cold (instrumental)
1:24
12
Stone Cold
1:24
13
The Synopsis
2:09
13
The Synopsis (instrumental)
2:09
14
Ghetto Superhero
2:44
14
Ghetto Superhero (instrumental)
2:39
15
K-Now Reprise (instrumental)
0:22
15
K-Now Reprise
0:22
16
Narrow Escape
3:07
16
Narrow Escape (instrumental)
3:07
17
Finally Back
2:37
17
Finally Back (instrumental)
2:37
18
The Last Act (instrumental)
2:22
18
The Last Act
2:22
19
K-Now Outro (instrumental)
0:36
19
K-Now Outro
0:36
Moments Worth Waiting For
The seamless transition from the K-Now radio intro into the thick, live-sounding bassline of Time Stopped.
Snoop Dogg's smooth, narrating presence on the title track providing a bridge between eras.
The way the instrumental versions immediately follow the vocal tracks, highlighting Adrian Younge's meticulous analog textures.
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