{"product_id":"durand-bernarr-bloom-2lp","title":"Durand Bernarr - BLOOM [2LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eBLOOM is the album that took Durand Bernarr from cult favourite to Grammy winner, and it stretches out across two LPs here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Cleveland-born singer grew up around music, with a vocal coach for a mother and a sound engineer for a father, and spent years as a background vocalist in Erykah Badu's band before stepping fully into the spotlight. Released in 2025 on DSING Records, BLOOM won Best Progressive R\u0026amp;B Album at the Grammys and finally put his acrobatic voice in front of a much bigger crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album centres on platonic friendship and self-acceptance, and it is generous in every sense. Bernarr pointed to the Waiting To Exhale soundtrack as a reference, and you can hear that lush, grown-up nineties R\u0026amp;B polish all over it, along with nods to heroes like Phyllis Hyman, Luther Vandross and Maxwell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenerous opens the album with a warm, unhurried glow, and Overqualified, which earned its own Grammy nomination for Best R\u0026amp;B Song, struts with sly confidence. Here We Are, nominated for Best Traditional R\u0026amp;B Performance, leans into classic soul, while That! brings T-Pain along for a playful detour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBig-voiced, funny and full of feeling, it is a modern R\u0026amp;B record with old-school craft in its bones.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57349237866801,"sku":"4062548145946","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Durand_Bernarr-BLOOM_2LP.jpg?v=1793955869","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/durand-bernarr-bloom-2lp","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}