Altanta’s Rome Fortune embarks on a new adventure this week with the announcement of yet another another album. The record plays host to Gucci Mane, Toro Y Moi, Glass Animals and more, and at the centre is the undeniable presence of Fortune perpetuating his self-styling ‘hood funk’ genre’. Introducing this evolved sound, the rapper and songwriter says: “I believe we've reached peak trap and the vibrations are shifting towards groove. How many times can we see the same festival set of "3..2..1...Jump!!" followed by water bottles being emptied into the crowd until we want something different.” The first album single ‘Ethan Hawke’ is groove to the core, and as Fortune states it’s “just something I feel is needed in this landscape of music. I know it's what I need at least.” The Sean Kelly directed video was filmed in Atlanta and celebrates seventies fashion, larger-than-life caricatures, black beauty, and flavour of the neighbourhood. ‘Ethan Hawke’ a bold, playful and unarguably cheeky tune that connects original and modern funk in an arc of chunky beats and disco moves. - Hannah Thacker