Get excited– today we’ve got two songs. First: “Respect My Crypn” by Blueface, inducing uncomfortable goosebumps since its release in May. Like all Blueface tracks, it features laughably insensitive lyrics, but what’s really bothering people is that Blueface raps slightly offbeat. “WHY,” everyone wants to know. Is this on purpose? Is he just bad at rapping? Well, it’s the former, and some say it’s just west-coast style to the extreme. After all, other people have rapped offbeat before, including E-40, Suga Free, and MF DOOM. What a reminder to learn sit with our discomfort.

Song #2: For contrast, please listen to “Quiet Dawn” by the avant-garde saxophonist Archie Shepp*, sung at the time of recording by his 7-year-old daughter. She spends the full six minutes working to match the pitch of the very tight jazz band underneath her, but never quite gets there. It’s not the Alicia keys no-autotune off-pitch of yore; it’s fully separate parts of the scale. Super uncomfy, but also maybe a good zen exercise.

*You actually should get into Archie Shepp, who was a leader of the free jazz movement in the 60s and 70s. Also, the rest of the album that features Quiet Dawn is regularly-pitched and extremely thoughtful.

Whelp, here’s one positive piece of R.Kelly’s legacy. People have been asking for ways to keep him from popping up on their customized playlists so they aren’t just inadvertently earning him money all the time. (Remember when Chris Brown showed up on my ‘Gender Equalizer’ playlist last year?) In response, Spotify is going to let us mute artists from now on. It’s not total justice, but it’s a step. And one that will also allow you to block out artists who simply sound annoying to you. Win.

This is actually kind of wild: Ikea is partnering with Sonos, and rumor has it they’re planning to put speakers into furniture. Like, there will be no device on your shelf; your couch will just play tunes. Which… makes for a more expensive couch, but more Kondo-friendly shelfspace? We’ll try it.