Album Info Hide Show Artist: J Rocc Album: A Wonderful Letter Released: USA, 2022 Tracklist: A1 Welcome Everyone A2 L.A. Anthem A3 One A4 Love & Dope A5 The Changing World A6 Keep On (Yeah) A7 Flawless (Raw) A8 Flawless (Smoothed Out) B1 All I Wanna Do (Remix) B2 Pajama Party B3 Go! B4 Dancing With The Best B5 The End (N.T.P.) Info About Buying Vinyl From Our Record Store We are a small independent record store located at 211 High St, Preston in Melbourne, Australia (North of Northcote, between Thornbury & Reservoir) We buy and sell new and used vinyl records – if you have a collection you’d like to sell please click here . We ship Australia wide for a flat rate of $10 for standard shipping or $15 for express post. Free Shipping for orders $150 and over. You can also pick up your order in store, just select Local Pickup at the checkout. We also ship internationally – prices vary depending on weight and location. 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If you change your mind you have 30 days to return your record but you must cover the cost of returning it to the store. You can contact our Melbourne record shop at (03) 9939 3807 or at [email protected] Happy Listening! Description Hide Show J Roccs A Wonderful Letter lands like a postcard from a friend who knows every backstreet and barbecue spot in Los Angeles. Its his second solo LP after 2011s Some Cold Rock Stuf, and it arrives with the easy authority youd expect from a Beat Junkies founder and longtime Stones Throw mainstay. Released on 17 June 2022 via Stones Throw, it wears its premise plainly. J Rocc framed it as a love letter to his city, and you can hear that pride in the way each idea is stitched together, not as a museum piece, but as a living mix that keeps moving. J Rocc has always been a DJ first. You hear that in the pacing, the transitions, the way he lets drums breathe before dropping a hook that feels like its spun from the booth at 1.30am. The record moves through LAs musical neighbourhoods with a crate diggers curiosity. One minute youre in electro and boogie territory, all 808 pop and sly synth graffiti. The next, dusty soul chops and funk basslines roll out like warm tarmac, with crisp snares that sit right in the pocket. Hes not trying to dazzle with acrobatics, though the scratches are sharp and tasteful. The real flex is curation. He knows when to loop, when to flip, when to leave space for the groove to sell itself. Cameos are smart and rooted in history rather than hype. The Egyptian Lover turns up and brings that unmistakable West Coast electro flair, a perfect nod to a lineage that runs from Uncle Jamms Army to todays beat scene. The Koreatown Odditys presence adds another LA voice with character and a storytellers grin, cutting through the instrumentals with the kind of cadence that makes you lean in. The features never feel bolted on. They help sketch the map J Roccs drawing, reminding you this is a city of many lanes, and hes driving them all with the windows down. What keeps me coming back is how relaxed it all feels. Plenty of producers chase the feeling of a classic Stones Throw cut. J Rocc already lived it, whether on stage as Madlibs DJ during the Jaylib era or in endless radio mixes and club sets that fed a generation of heads. Here, he folds that experience into something warm and generous. There are moments that echo the grit of SPera drums without getting hung up on nostalgia, and there are sections where he lets a melody shimmer just long enough to be romantic before the next idea steers in. It plays like a night out that hits three different parties but never loses the thread. On wax, the album makes even more sense. Low end has weight without mud, and the highs carry that faint dusty sparkle that samplebased records trade in. If youre chasing J Rocc vinyl, A Wonderful Letter is the one to pull now, the sort of LP that sounds great on a Sunday arvo with coffee or loud on a weeknight when you need a quick shot of LA energy. Plenty of shops stocking vinyl records Australia wide have been carrying the title, and if you prefer to buy J Rocc records online, keep an eye on the Stones Throw store and local independents. J Rocc albums on vinyl tend to stick around, but the good ones also disappear when you blink, so dont sleep on the A Wonderful Letter vinyl pressing if you see it in the wild. Its the kind of staffpick youd expect to find thumbtacked above the counter of a Melbourne record store, scribbled with a note that just says trust me. A Wonderful Letter doesnt shout for attention. It cruises. It feels lived in, like a drive along Sunset where the lights hit just right and the radio keeps tossing up songs you didnt know you needed. Thats the magic here. J Rocc isnt just paying homage to LAs past. Hes showing how those sounds still move through the present, folded into new shapes with the touch of someone whos spent decades listening closely. If youve ever loved the way this city gets under a beat and into your bloodstream, this record will feel like home. Product Reviews Hide Show Write a Review