Rare Pleasure

Rare PleasureAs Mndsgn's first approach to a traditional studio album, Rare Pleasure weaves itself in many forms as the albums evolving theme, blending root stylings of R&B, soundtrack theme music, psychedelia and jazz into a sonically rich score of self actualization. The title itself, Rare Pleasure is an appreciation of sharing life, inward reflection and the gift of joyful catharsis in the face of inevitable discord. As Mndsgn describes it, "We are beings

The album's iconic sleeve

and was written by 19-year-old Billie Eilish and her brother FINNEAS who produced the album in Los Angeles

The sales and accolades are well-known - multiple Gold albums

American funk as well as neighboring Ethiopia

The Walias were at the forefront of the musical revolution during an era where modern instruments and foreign styles superseded the traditional fare to become the staple sound of Ethiopia

he made an even bigger impression through his recordings

Controversy is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Prince

Lily We Need To Talk Now is a record Konigsberg has been slowly chipping away at since 2016

Lonely" with Steve Lacy & Frank Ocean

through Sumerian Records

and allowing those universes

and he also performed most of the instruments on its recording