Returning with the third installment of his Rebirth sequence, Eric Bellinger‘s The Rebirth 3: The Social gathering & The Bed room units the temper for each social and extra intimate settings, delivering intense, passionate songwriting over a formidable assortment of beats that he’s been saving for so long as 10 years.
The album begins off in a formidable vogue. “All For Me” seems like a throwback tune with its classic drum machine model manufacturing, but Bellinger breathes new life into it in a method that sounds contemporary and trendy. The top end result seems like a cinematic expertise in tune kind. “Gang Slide” that includes Mozzy instantly follows and fully switches up the move with a bouncy West Coast-style backdrop (courtesy of Hitmaka) that induces prompt head bobbing with a catchy hook from Bellinger and a standout verse from Mozzy.
The album’s options serve one of many largest strengths of the venture as Bellinger chooses to collaborate with artists he has genuine connections with that make for a extra natural, unforced really feel. “The Social gathering” concludes with the Ty Dolla $ign-assisted “Author’s Block” and it’s probably the greatest songs on the 24-track double album.
Serving as the proper transition level into the second half, it slows issues down thematically as Bellinger serenades his lover for being a relentless supply of inspiration: “If I’m writing ‘bout you, I by no means get author’s block/ Too many phrases on this planet, there’s simply too many phrases on this planet/ If I’m writing about you, you’re the good muse.”
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The “Bed room” half of The Rebirth 3 continues alongside the identical slow-paced and intimate path. Bellinger doesn’t shrink back from bearing his coronary heart and soul, and it pays off. Whereas it does have a prolonged run-time to attempt to sit by a single listening session, the 2 sides of the album each complement one another effectively with one half offering extra social tunes that may be performed within the background of LA summer time cookouts, and the opposite serves higher for intimate listening periods alone or with a particular somebody.
If one ever has any doubts in regards to the present standing of standard R&B leaning extra into “poisonous” tropes as a substitute of the immense romance of old fashioned R&B, one hearken to Eric Bellinger’s The Rebirth 3: The Social gathering & The Bed room simply is likely to be sufficient to revive that traditional feeling.
RELEASE DATE: March 1, 2024
RECORD LABEL: All Wins Ent./Compound Curiosity
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