In an age in which every dish must be ready to be disposed of at any moment, Sanga Toto comes across as a much needed breath of fresh, soulful air with his latest single ‘Too Late.’ Here, this rising French artist has made a stunning showcase of his ability to throw classic R&B smoothness and contemporary pop savvy into the mix with gritty, honest emotion.The grooves of the opening “Too Late” grab you in a sumptuous, glowing soundscape perfect for darkened dance floors and top of the line headphone ears. Sanga Toto‘s impeccable vocals easily shine over laidback funk tinged rhythms and shimmering synth textures. The deep pocket rhythm section pushes and pulls against those soaring, Jacksonian melodies.
The real plus behind this performance of “Too Late” is the amount of emotional resonance behind it. The lyrics are poignantly confronting the angst of a broken romance, the heartbreak of getting over it. Sanga Toto nevertheless manages to take this weighty subject with a maturity and self awareness that cuts far deeper than R&B melodrama is usually wont to. “Too Late” is so captivating because it’s palpable vulnerability and hard earned wisdom bleeding through every pleading harmony, every impassioned ad lib. It’s REALNESS. In the age of overblown artifice, Sanga Toto’s multinational outlook infuses his work with human essence that is global and universal in a noncajoling, empty posturing sort of way. It’s substantive music, it connects… soul to soul.
“Too Late” is incredibly impressive, from the production with all its intricately layered production, to Sanga’s impossibly tight performances. You really have to pay attention. Sanga Toto is a dense sonic tapestry which blooms with every radical immersion, with this powerful declaration cementing the Sanga’s place amongst one of the most vital voices emerging within contemporary R&B and pop. This is an artist that can engage us in deeper, more emotional experiences and talk to the common soul music that unites us all. For the desperately unimpressed, “Too Late” is transcendent, vital listening.
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