Peven Everett

Peven Everett "I Know When I' Met" // Sincerely Yours... (2008)


I bought two CD's from my favorite "wrekka sto" this past weekend to celebrate my birthday (which is tomorrow). One of which was the newest Peven album Sincerely Yours (the other, 2000Black's A Next Set Of Rockers). And it's strange, I always seem to buy his albums without hearing them first. Yet, I'd never put him in the category of Badu, Bilal, The Roots or any other artist where I'd buy their album without hearing it.

I guess I gamble on Peven because I know he's going to give me something I really like. Like REALLY like. I may not like the whole album, but there's gonna be that ONE song that hits me hard. Like I'll be riding in the car waiting for the green light, and it'll just hit me. And I'll sit there at the light screaming, "THAT'S IT PEVEN! THAT'S THAT JOINT RIGHT THERE!" And I'll bang on the steering wheel complete with furious head knods (yeah, that's what I do when I'm feeling a song. I'm sure my steering wheel hates me).

Oh, dude is a local Chicago artist. I have a special place in my heart for those cats. Also, I love the switch up at the 3:56 mark. Great groove.

Peven Everett "Power Soul"

"Washing"


"This Just In"


I've been wanting to do a post on Peven Everett for a long time, but never got around to it. In my mind, it was going to be a big post with about 8 songs to introduce new people to the Chicago talent. Sort of like a Peven Everett EP. I even had the post typed up and ready to go, but I could never lock down the songs I wanted. The guy has so much music out, every time I locked down a tracklisting, I'd want to add somethign else. Peven really needs a double disc set to cover the best stuff.

That was in December. Between then and now I finally warmed up to his Power Soul album, and just decided to post these two songs. Here's the thing with Peven (try to excuse the name JJ): On every album, for every dud song there's also a home run. And when he hits, he hits big!

No wonder skateboard cats are copying his style.



If you're new to Peven, these are two solid cuts. But please come back soon cause I plan on posting my own personal Peven Everett EP along with a special mix done by my guy disco dj of the Chicago group Windimoto.