posted: 2025-11-11 Modal Soul Nujabes

Undoubtedly a little over-romanticized in regards to its influence, but I think that’s in part to it’s open arms accessibility. Modal Soul is an album that passively presses itself on the themes of tranquillity and human contemplation. A gentle acknowledgment followed by the next observation. In that regard you could say that this is a meditative album and I’m one to agree. The execution of the overall sonic environment – of woodwinds, an emphasis of jazzy/ambient undertones, and simple but stimulating drum patterns – is one so seemingly resolute that it makes sense why so many songwriters today have tried endlessly to encapsulate its energy in the modern sphere of hip-hop.

ThrowBackG, Album of the Year