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Latest Mix: Prototype of Nu-Soul, Season 2: Episode 22

The lastest in independent soul featuring 7TEN, Sophie Marks, Bad Snacks, Iniko, JGrrey, and more... TRACKLIST Intro Doja Cat - Attention Sophie Marks - Made Up Halfpastseven - Tipsy 7TEN – In Due Time Kemi Ade - Promise Bad Snacks - Technicolor Gas Lab - Better Half Cyanca - Idk Savannah Ré - About U GINGE - Dog Chasing Bone JGrrey - Drream Iniko - Caught a Body 1000 Beasts - Cherry Delight Gotts Street Park x ENNY - Mountains Edgar Homeros - Volatile Paul Grant - U Amindi - green house Marques Murrey - Vibe 59 Little Simz - Who Even Cares Stay Calm - Miri

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You Should Be Listening To Vel Nine

Hailing from Baldwin Hills, California, Vel Nine is a graffiti writer turned rapper who has underground hip-hop coursing through her veins. She cites L.A. group Dilated Peoples and Philly wordsmith Bahamadia as influences, and her mixtape from last year, Freakjet, is a dusty rap clinic. — Pitchfork.com  

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Listening to “IDK” by Cyanca

A smooth and cheerful aura combined with unique style and therapeutic vocals, North Carolina- based RB artist Cyanca is gaining momentum with some of music's best critics such as Revolt, Lyrical Lemonade, RB Radar, and Okayplayer. Her personality and eccentric style capture your attention, but her voice commands it. The honesty in her music stems from personal experiences and Cyanca believes packaging and delivering her heart to listeners will provide them comfort, energy, and a heightened love of self.  

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Song of The Moment: “Made Up” by Sophie Marks

Sophie Marks is an indie pop/R&B artist based out of New York City. With a combined inspiration of greats like Prince, Amy Winehouse, Aaliyah, Nelly Furtado and her rich Portuguese and Indian heritage, Sophie delivers soulful and sensual vocals over a fresh blend of pop infused R&B. Born in New Jersey but raised in Florida, Sophie seeks an intimacy within her work. Sophie connects with her inner self and with her audience through the vulnerability in her music. Her lyrics often discuss complicated emotions and confusing phases of life within her ethereal brand of pop and R&B. Themes of validation,…

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“NINA” by Vel Nine x NugLife Is One of My Surprise Albums of The Year

Even though I've heard of Vel Nine and NugLife, I've never really 'heard' of them. So when "FAVORITE PIECE", the latest single from their 2023 release NINA showed up in my Spotify "Latest Releases" playlist, I had to do data mining. Turns out Vel Nine's flow and NugLife's production are just what I've been looking for these days. Throw in some features from The Musalini and AKTHESAVIOR and you got yourself and goddamn party!

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Listening To Apollo Brown feat. Planet Asia: “Sardines”

Simplicity is genius. Great artists can make the ostensibly impossible seem effortless. In this rarefied air, you'll find Detroit's Apollo Brown, constantly conjuring fresh innovations out of a tried-and-true formula. For the last decade, the Mello Music Group artist has singularly re-defined and expanded the foundation of what boom bap production can sound like. Just consider the revered legends that have collaborated on full-length albums with him: Raheem DeVaughn ("Lovesick"), Guilty Simpson ("Dice Game,") Skyzoo ("Easy Truth Sessions"), Stalley ("Blacklight"), Joell Ortiz ("Mona Lisa"), Ghostface Killah ("The Brown Tape"), and O.C. ("Trophies.") No less than DJ Premier declared the latter…

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Listening To Alina Barak

Alina Baraz is an American singer from Cleveland, Ohio. In 2015, Baraz and electronic producer Galimatias released a collaborative EP together titled Urban Flora through Ultra Music after discovering each other's work online. The EP was met with positive reception and streaming success.

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Listening To Some Funky Breaks from Frank Zappa

Composer, guitarist, singer, and bandleader Frank Zappa was a singular musical figure during a performing and recording career that lasted from the 1960s to the '90s. His disparate influences included doo wop music and avant-garde classical music; although he led groups that could be called rock & roll bands for much of his career, he used them to create a hybrid style that bordered on jazz and complicated, modern serious music, sometimes inducing orchestras to play along. As if his music were not challenging enough, he overlay it with highly satirical and sometimes abstractly humorous lyrics and song titles that…

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