Slept On: Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi's Rome

If you are new to the Slept On series, this is where I highlight music that I believe fell under the mainstream radar and Rome is definitely one of those cds. As a concept album by my favorite producer Danger Mouse and Italian composer, Daniele Luppi,  Rome enlists the vocals of Norah Jones and Jack White to score a ficionalized spaghetti western and succeeds brilliantly in every way.

Slept On: Make Sure They See My Face

Kenna

Kenna's second album produced by Chad Hugo of The Neptunes was a brilliant masterpiece that fell way under the radar. Check it out and tell me what you think.

Standout tracks: All of Them

Slept On: The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions

Seu Jorge

Ever wondered how David Bowie songs would sound in Portuguese? Well, Wes Anderson did when he commissioned Seu Jorge to provide the soundtrack for his epic movie "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou," and it turned out fantastic. Bowie songs are paired down to a lonely acoustic guitar and Jorge's raspy voice, that will whisk you away to a place surrounded with sand and water with every listen. Enjoy!

Standout Track: All of them.

Slept On: Finding Forever

Common's Finding Forever

Although "Be" was his masterpiece, Common's Finding Forever was a worthy follow up. The production is classic Kanye West, with the heavy sampled "soulful motif", while the rapping is as smooth and steady as its gets these days.

My daughter found Nemo, I found the new Premo

Ye you know how we do, we do it for the people

 -The People

Stand Out Tracks: All of them.