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Victoria Monét Drops The Beautiful “Don’t Sleep” featuring Thundercat

Multi-hyphenate superstar Victoria Monét has been stealthily- and steadily- trailblazing her own gilded path in music for over a decade. Monét began her career as a performing artist who expanded her repertoire into producer and songwriter by collaborating on several chart-topping projects alongside acclaimed artists such as Ariana Grande, Fifth Harmony, Chloe x Halle, BLACKPINK, Brandy, Selena Gomez, and more. Her 2020 critically acclaimed solo project JAGUAR cemented her as a superstar in her own right, as with the project landing the #1 spot on iTunes RoB album charts in 66 countries and #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, and garnering…

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You Should Be Listening To Schoolboy Q

One of the most dynamic and revealing voices in contemporary hip-hop, ScHoolboy Q chronicles a turbulent life marked by street life and vices, with subjects such as fame, fatherhood, and sobriety also related with his ever-changing flows. He came up with fellow South Central L.A. native Kendrick Lamar and the Black Hippy collective, and charted with Setbacks (2011) and Habits & Contradictions (2012), his first two albums for Top Dawg Entertainment. ScHoolboy Q soon broke through to become one of the most prominent artists of the mid- to late 2010s. He placed Oxymoron (2014), Blank Face LP (2016), and CrasH…

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You Should Be Listening To The Yaht Pop of Greg Shilling

Greg Shilling is a Singer, Songwriter, Pianist, and Vocal Producer signed to BMG Publishing. His music has amassed millions of streams as both an artist and a writer. He has found himself on top of coveted playlists like “Fresh Finds” [712k Followers] on Spotify, Apple Music’s “Virtual Hugs,” and even Spotify’s “Viral Hits: Philippines.” He landed a write-up in American Songwriter Magazine; enjoyed international success as the featured singer for Japanese DJ group “AmPm” on their song “Pink Lemonade”; collaborated with K-POP star “WOOSUNG” from The Rose,” all while having quite a few viral moments on social media. Shilling has formed…

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Kendrick Lamar Sneaks In “Watch The Party Die” on 9/11

Kendrick Lamar's compelling lyricism, virtuosic microphone command, and sharp conceptual vision have translated to a rare combination of continuous chart feats and critical acclaim, plus respect and support from the artists who paved the way for the rapper's advancement. The Compton MC started as a teen in the early 2000s and hit his creative and commercial stride the next decade. The proper albums Lamar released by the end of the 2010s, namely the breakthrough good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012), Grammy-winning To Pimp a Butterfly (2015), and Grammy- and Pulitzer Prize-winning DAMN. (2017), displayed an unmatched mix of inventive wordplay and…

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The Alchemist Drops “Ferraris in The Rain” with Schoolboy Q

One of the most revered and prolific rap producers of his generation, the Alchemist crafts sample-heavy, tough, yet detailed beats suffused with soul. His extensive discography, dating back to the early 1990s, includes tracks by the likes of Dilated Peoples, Mobb Deep, Nas, Ghostface Killah, Lil Wayne, and Kendrick Lamar, and he's so valued as a collaborator that he has been behind joint albums co-billed with the likes of Prodigy (Return of the Mac, 2007), Oh No (including Gutter Water, the duo's first album as Gangrene, 2010), Curren$y (Covert Coup, 2011 and again in 2022 with critical favorite Continuance), Freddie…

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Joint of The Moment: “Blur” by The Marias

The Marías are the psychedelic-soul lovechild of Puerto Rican-bred, Atlanta-raised María Zardoya and Los Angeles native Josh Conway. The two are joined by their closest friends, Jesse Perlman on guitar and Edward James on keys. Their undeniably intuitive musical chemistry can be heard in the band's smooth rendezvous of jazz percussion, hypnotic guitar riffs, smoke-velvet vocals and nostalgic horn solos. There's something undeniably sensual in their dreamlike fusion of jazz, psychedelia, funk and lounge.

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