R&Cs: No Limit
Hewa Yasin
In the closing video, a trio of Parisian childhood friends and students of music propose a medley of their summer favorites. With nothing but a cello, sparse percussions and their…
Rick Ross
R&Cs: I Got the Keys
Product placement in music videos isn’t a new idea. In fact, the practice is so pervasive and embedded within the video treatment that the casual person barely notices. It’s a…
Smoke x Mirrors ’18|12: I
It's Just Sen
I skipped one but I’m back at ya in a major way! Much in the same way as the artists/groups that make up this playlist. Let me explain. Along with…
R&Cs: Champion
I would like to believe that I made the best of circumstance, took these nice lemons (songs) to make tasty lemonade (playlist), and nailed down the champion vibe. It’s all…
T-Pain: Tallahassee Reign
Wraith Yoshi
Faheem Rashad Najm has been a game changer for R&B. Derided at first, T-Pain’s genius method of “misusing” a pitch correction tool (Auto-Tune) has become a go-to technique for so…
R&Cs: Apeshit
“Apeshit” was the first single from The Carters’ (Beyoncé and Jay-Z) inevitable yet much anticipated debut album. However good you might feel about the song, it was overshadowed by its…
R&Cs: Frozen
I’ve been gushing a lot lately about the young talents stepping up to the plate this year and the many 2017 projects that caught my ear. Over the next few…
Teintée Africaine L/O/O/O-TA-18-1S
It gives me great joy and pride to share this new edition of “Teintée Africaine“. As I hinted in the previous run, I went about this differently: I didn’t go…
Thank You Mr. West
Considered the modern day Mozart by many, Kanye West blew up before our eyes, from the wired mouth kid to this musical genius with a larger-than-life personality.I used to dislike…
DJ Khaled: Keychain
Probably the closest thing world music has to a National Football Coach. Khaled puts the best together, forms rosters and strikes on wax. Album after album, he has shown an…