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Just this past month of March, the number one vinyl hitting the charts wasn’t Cardi B, bless her heart (she owns the charts right now). But it wasn’t our beloved Bronx Beauty, it was Steven Universe Vol 1. Yup, the best vinyl out there can’t be beat. This album is more than music—it is a series of revelations and teaching tools for love, life, loss and relationships. For those who don’t know, Rebecca Sugar loves music herself and, like any bright mind, finds ways to bring her full life to the light. And thank the stars she has. This album is a masterpiece, if you can’t cop the vinyl to further propel its success, the soundtrack is available on Spotify—download it and put it on repeat. I’m gonna break down why this soundtrack deserves to be more than the No.1 Vinyl in the country. You may be thinking “Why don’t I just re-watch the show?” Oh, you should definitely do that. I have watched the entirety of Steven Universe twice now and would start again in a heartbeat. Matter of fact, I might do it tomorrow. The album is like watching the show as though you’ve never heard it before. Each song takes you down the gem light pad to different dimensions of the show you knew you had been to, but never really explored. We start at the beginning. “We Are The Crystal Gems,” short, sweet and that jam you remember—then it’s that song you could never forget, “Cookie Cat.” Listening to this song makes you want to truly know more about Cookie Cat. There’s that line, “He left his family behind!”…
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Aisha Jordan
Aisha Jordan is an Actor, Writer, and Producer in new media with a B.A. from The New School and M.A. in Arts and Politics from NYU. She’s a Podcast Producer on I Love a Lifetime…
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