{"id":7596,"date":"2026-04-29T11:15:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=7596"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:15:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:15:40","slug":"track-of-the-day-sunset-and-memories-blue-lab-beats-x-kaidi-akinnibi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/track-of-the-day-sunset-and-memories-blue-lab-beats-x-kaidi-akinnibi\/","title":{"rendered":"Track Of The Day: &#8220;Sunset And Memories&#8221; &#8211; Blue Lab Beats X Kaidi Akinnibi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1022\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3783-1022x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3783-1022x1024.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3783-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3783-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3783-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3783-435x435.jpg 435w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3783-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3783.jpg 1062w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/2z0EMKjiVU2xWUh13ddTHk?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<p>First up &#8211; this track is way too catchy &#8211; if you\u2019re not disciplined enough to hold it down and keep it calm in public then I suggest you don\u2019t play this. I\u2019m serious. From the beginning you have a melody that hooks you, that\u2019s sung by Colenso Abafana Benkokhelo and it\u2019s pure fire, add to that NKOK and Mr DM\u2019s natural knack for musicality in the beat provided, and a really understated sax by\u00a0<a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kaidi_akinnibi\/\">@kaidi_akinnibi<\/a> and you have a summer hit for 2026. Those vocals are layered to perfection, and the main melody line made me want to sing along, it&#8217;s like an African chant, throughout all performed by one person &#8211; Blue Lab Beats then chop it up to add to the percussion.<\/p>\n<p>The progression of I VI IV V I really help it along too, as well as the breakdown with the sub bass which you really feel in your chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is easily one of my favourite tracks of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This is from their new album \u201cThe Blue Lab Beats Show\u201d due for release on 7th May 2027.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First up &#8211; this track is way too catchy &#8211; if you\u2019re not disciplined enough to hold it down and keep it calm in public then I suggest you don\u2019t play this. I\u2019m serious. From the beginning you have a melody that hooks you, that\u2019s sung by Colenso Abafana Benkokhelo and it\u2019s pure fire, add &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,191,42,118,229,129,174,256,52,172,139,31,143,132,30,37,180,149,142,187,73,150,175,183,287,162,126,154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afrobeat","category-alternative","category-band","category-bass","category-composer","category-drums","category-electronica","category-funk","category-guitar","category-hip-hop","category-jazz","category-keyboards","category-london","category-lyricist","category-music","category-piano","category-pop","category-pop-music","category-producer","category-saxophone","category-singer-songwriter","category-songwriter","category-soul","category-synthesizers","category-track-of-the-day","category-uk","category-vocals","category-woodwind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7603,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7596\/revisions\/7603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}