"Streams" unfolds in this quietly engrossing way. Big O, Cashus King, Blu, Frannie EL, and Shari unite to craft a song both close to home and grand. With a West Coast hip-hop feel and a laid-back beat, the song quotes. It draws you gently into a realm where your thoughts move like water.
The song is built around the idea of unfiltered expression and employs a style that allows each artist to speak from a place of honesty and instinct. The African influence that flows through the record imbues it with depth and cultural richness, courtesy of the rivers perennial to it, the Congo and the Nile. Blu's verse hits differently in this flow, though, because it contains a deeply human consideration of fatherhood that lingers long.
Frannie EL and Shari give the record a bit of soul that softens its edges, and the performances coalesce into a sound that is both familiar and new. "Streams," the first single from the "Water to Wine" album, is an inspiring reminder that the best music sometimes comes from letting inspiration flow freely and trusting where everything leads as it unfolds.
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