R&B/Soul
[Album Stream] Teyana Taylor – K.T.S.E.
Just griped about this on Twitter: so after making Nas come to heel as part of this whole so-called 7 track album series campaign, Teyana Taylor got to put out an album with eight tracks right at the very end??! WTAF?!
What’s your favorite track from the album though which we are kind of digging?
[MP3] L’artiste & Luka Milo – Broke Myself
We try to show case new talent when we can and this is about as fresh as we can get. This kid is the friend of the son of a good friend of ours from time: only 15 years old! Now admittedly there’s a lot of this moody ‘Toronto sound’ type stuff out there right now, but the execution and songwriting here, while raw in parts, is more than solid. Agree??
Add “Broke Myself” to your favorite playlists HERE.
[MP3] Jorja Smith – Goodbyes (GOVI Remix)
Following his remix of Jorja’s Smith‘s “On My Mind” from last year, here’s another Smith remix by Ajax, ON’s Govi of a track from her excellent debut album, Lost & Found.
[MP3] yellow shoots – desert rose
Kind of digging the funky, throwback/Prince vibe on this one….
Official PR blur with more info:
Today, Philadelphia-born and Brooklyn-based alternative maestro Yellow Shoots released “desert rose,” his debut single off his forthcoming LP everything. Propelled by handclaps, vintage Oberheim synths, and smooth falsetto, its sizzling strut scorches on impact.
Yellow Shoots founder, vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, Greg Matthews uncovers a catchy and cosmic crossroads between progressive rock instrumentation and soulful R&B crooning. “It’s essentially about being obsessed with someone and building a whole distorted world around that person,” Matthews explains. “You realize it’s all make-believe when you come back down to reality. The object of your affection won’t give you the time of day, but you create a fictitious vision.”
Devoting countless hours to the guitar as well as devouring the catalogs of Jimi Hendrix, Prince, Jill Scott, Bilal, Zapp and Roger, and Bill Withers, he attended University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Post-graduation, he cut his teeth performing with GoGo Morrow at high-profile gigs like Jay-Z’s Made In America Festival in addition to collaborating with City High’s Ryan Toby. Upon relocating to Brooklyn, Greg formally launched Yellow Shoots with the More Alive EP in 2015 and the 2017 follow-up Stormy Weather. Not only did the artist personally sing and perform guitar, drums, bass, saxophone, and keyboards, but he also wrote and produced.
[MP3] Sara Diamond – Fool (Prod. by Brody Gillman)
I first got up on this artist because she made the Top 10 Final of the CBC Searchlight contest, a project I oversaw the A&R of for CBC Music. She didn’t win but it’s pretty clear she’s got a lot of talent and star quality. Agree?