By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Welcome to the first September 2025 edition of Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar’s New Music Reviews! We got a lot of new music to unpack. BIG MONEY by Jon Batiste Jon Batiste is one of the millennial generation’s top R&B/Soul music sensations. The former Late Show with Stephen Colbert bandleader […]
Jake’s Take’s New Music Reviews: Week of August 22, 2025
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Happy New Music Friday, everyone! We got a lot of new music to unpack, so let’s start this party! STAR LINE by Chance the Rapper Chance the Rapper released his second album, STAR LINE. The Chicago native’s latest project draws inspiration from his travels to Ghana and Jamaica, as well […]
Jake’s Take’s Best of 2024: Top 40 Songs
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar’s Best of 2024 series continues! Throughout the year, I gave my take on countless songs. I have narrowed it down to 40 tracks. Here is the playlist: Breathing New Life into Classics: I love it when performers cover songs. They paid homage to the classics but […]
Jake’s Take’s New Music Reviews: Week of November 15, 2024
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Happy New Music Friday! We got a lot of new music to unpack, so let’s start this party! American Spirit by Fancy Hagood In 2015, Fancy Hagood began his career in pop music under the “Who is Fancy?” moniker when he released the hit song “Boys Like You” with Ariana […]





