r&b
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New Orleans R&B and funk legend Dr. John has a new LP out this week titled Locked Down. It’s out on Nonesuch, and the track above, “Kingdom of Izzness,” is from it. The track features John’s aged vocal, a groove that lurks in the shadows, and
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MP3 Singers Stasia Irons and Catherine Harris-White make up THEESatisfaction, which is an underground R&B and soul project dropping an album in March on Sub Pop. The title: awE naturaLE. You probably caught the project’s two members on the Shabazz Palaces album, Black Up, that dropped last
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A new video from R&B underdog BJ the Chicago Kid, teasing toward his forthcoming release, Pineapple Now-Laters. The Davy Greenberg-directed video matches BJ’s down-to-earth sensibilities. The music, on the other hand, is where the real ambition lies. Between a smooth beat and killer vocals, I can’t
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Here’s a new video from After the Smoke for the track “OIAM,” which comes from the project’s debut EP, White Girls & Red Velvet Cake. Download the EP here. Directed by Andrew Fairbank, this video features a lotta suggestive footage of scantily clad women shot in slow motion.
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Download: DropxLife- Furthur Weeknd producer DropxLife drops a mixtape of dreamy, lucid instrumentals that’ll chill out any situation. If you dig Clams Casino’s beats, I think you’ll enjoy this as well.
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Erykah Badu and Robert Glasper take on the Mongo Santamaría classic “Afro Blue” in this cover. This modern arrangement is absolutely gorgeous. The beat is real punchy, keyboard is really warm and calming, and the flutes are a really classy touch. Of course the classiest thing on the track is
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The latest installment of tracks from Ontario’s the Weeknd builds on the best characteristics the previous releases from this experimental R&B project had to offer. WATCH THE REVIEW
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A full stream of a mid-December release from Ghostly International. Though this album’s release date will probably keep it from appearing on many year-end lists, Aeroc’s R+B=? is surely a must-visit for those into the more glitch’d side of IDM. Some of the percussive sounds here
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Elements of hip hop, soul, and pop come together on the new After the Smoke EP, White Girls & Red Velvet Cake. It’s totally downloadable on After the Smoke’s Tumblr, too. Word is there’s going to be a video for ever song, but how many times have
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On this debut mini-LP from the Log.Os, this new project creates a spacey, futuristic link between soul, dowtempo, R&B, beat music, and electronica. WATCH THE REVIEW
