A’ron Easton – Foreign Dreams (Album Review)

It's been a long time coming for this artist in putting out a full body of work. A'ron Easton is a Midwest mega talent who has released sporadic pieces of art to his fans showing them the potential that lies within his sound. In 2019, we got his FIRST body of musical art titled "Foreign Dreams" that contains 7 tracks of mood music to set it off right. It's refreshing to listen to his music as he combines much of today's rhyme patterns with the soul of the 60s in his music. As I listened to this project my first thought was "only 7 songs?". After listening to the project you definitely want more but understand that this is the magic of his movement. Giving fans just enough of A'ron Easton to want more. I was impressed with the multitude of sounds and feelings throughout the project and definitely wanted to get with my wife and get Saki and Sushi afterwards. You can hear the polish in the songwriting and the overall touch that he has in his craft.



The first song 4-0 took me back to the 90s and early 2000s and the crooning that we heard from updated acts such as Jeremih and Weeknd. This song has a dope track as do most of the songs on the project. That's one thing that stands out immediately is all of the tracks are QUALITY. I love the bounce and silky smooth delivery on this song. The next song "Asian" is EASILY the stand out track of the album. This song I have re winded over 100 times since hearing the pre copy. The hook is nearly flawless and gives you the feeling it's meant to convey. Love. Happiness. A'ron asks "Is You Mine, Is You Right, Asian Right, Asian Life, Saki Vibes". My only problem with the song is it's TOO SHORT. I would've loved to hear a 2nd verse and draw the song out over 3mins. It's that good. The title track "Foreign Dreams" has an old school R Kelly TP2 feel. (No R Kelly lol) It has the updated drum patterns and "Migo whistles" that this generation goes crazy for. The song is put together well and also is a mood setter in the bedroom. "In A Minute" produced by M4ck is also a very dope track. This song has a feel of Chris Brown, Mike Jackson, and Weeknd put together (Yeah I said it.) This song has a lot of commercial appeal because of the flow and upbeat tempo. It also changes the tone of the album from bedroom bangers to a mainstream feel. Moving into the next track effortlessly "Peons" comes in with a strong message on the hooks about who is getting to it and who isn't. A'ron flexes his muscle some on this song but the aggressive tones changes the album yet again. The beat complements his flow very well on this song. Bringing up the end of the album is arguably the 2nd best song on the entire album "Sake Vibes". This is another masterpiece of a song. The hook his again almost perfect in tone and mood setting. "You got the Drip baby, you got the drip drip baby" he sings over a dope synth and drum pattern. You can tell this song is written about someone as the realness conveys through it. It also makes me want to take my shoes off, get some bomb shrimp fried rice with my wife and discuss life. One word I notice in his songs a lot is "vibes". And when he tells her it "tastes like Apple Juice" one can definitely relate to the feeling put in those words! LOL

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Overall, I really REALLY liked this project. You can tell by the way he puts his songs together and the subject matter, that A'ron Easton's growth is limitless. The one thing that sticks with you is how different each song is and how well the hooks are put together. I anticipate a large response to 2 possibly 3 tracks from this project single wise. The quality of the mixing is really good and it does all of the songs justice. I thought "Pressure" was one of the songs that could have been replaced but it's still a solid effort.

I give this album 4 out of 5 bands.