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Favourite song again. 

Lord, let me buy a mic to do a cover of this beautiful song and don’t let me ruin it. 

Allen Stone has been on my radar for a while and I was just reminded of this. His instrumentals,lyrics & vocals are truly brilliant. All of his songs are A1. Check him out. 

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Stunning. 

Check out this lyrically beautiful masterpiece. I heard it this Christmas driving from Tampa to Miami and it was such a surreal feeling hearing this and nothing else.  Definitely added to my playlist.

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Are you dumb? Are you duuuuuuuumb?

A Head Full of Dreams is the seventh studio album by British rock band Coldplay. I’m dead. I can honestly say I’m not the ‘band’ type of guy, but Coldplay has me. I’m trying to widen my horizons and listen to as many new genres as I can so I took a listen of this album and...can I just say that it is AmAZIng. I URGE YOU TO LISTEN. If you care, my personal favourite is ‘Hymn for the Weekend’ feat. my girl Bey. It’s not just another poppy song, it has a message.

Take a look: 

Oh, angels sent from up above You know you make my world light up When I was down, when I was hurt You came to lift me up Life is a drink, and love's a drug Oh now I think I must be miles up When I was hurt, withered, dried up You came to rain a flood

I’ll add the actual song to the blog when it’s released on spotify or YT. 

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You know what….

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This lit 🔥

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BITCH

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play this at my funeral

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this is art

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Jojo is back. 

nuff’ said.

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Blessing your timeline with some Chill Trap. 

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Shakka? JME? More please.

So I discovered this banger a few weeks ago, and I have not looked back. I’m not an actual fan of JME yet, but I am becoming. I am also here for Shakka. Yes. Please listen to this. 

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All Hail the Digital Queen

Early this year: Rihanna surpassed more than 100 million Gold & Platinum song certifications, making her the first and only artist to surpass RIAA’s 100 million cumulative singles award threshold.

Today?

Samsung has shown her tons of support for her upcoming album, $25 million to be exact. Totally unprecedented. Can we just talk about how this album is already slaying? I just hope that it continues when the album actually drops. I would hate to see Rih being less than successful than JB, Ariana & Adele, who all have albums coming out soon. 

“The Rihanna deal follows seven months of talks and is the biggest music-marketing tie-up in recent memory. Hammering out the details took longer than expected in part because Rihanna made some last-minute tweaks to the album”.

Samsung wants to use Rihanna to help promote its Galaxy line of products and wants exclusive use of Rihanna-related video content to release via its music radio service. 

Continue slaying, queen. 13 #1 songs are not enough. 

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Ariana just dropped her lead single for her upcoming album. Focus. 

Does anyone else find this reminiscent of Beyoncé? Destiny’s Child? Of course I’m not talking about the chorus, which I hated with a burning passion when I first heard the song, but it’s somewhat grown on me. Take a listen. 

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Alessia Cara has Blown UP. 

I mean, ‘Here’ or the introvert’s anthem( I say) is the most popular post on my blog and I’ve been hearing it everywherrreeeeeeeeee lately, like, I’m so happy for her but I’m also like, damn, other people get to enjoy her now. Anyway, since she’s on her path to success now, I thought I’d share one of her old, yet-should-be-as-popular-as-‘here’ songs. 

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So, my bae is back. So am I. 

If I’m 100% honest, my hiatus was because of one simple reason: music had gotten fucking boring. But it’s obviously gone full circle, because this incredible woman has created a full album. I used to play her, what, 4 songs? on replay for hours and hours. Her voice just had me and she has finally blessed my soul with more of it. Please have a listen to her album, I know I’m going to be replaying it all day tomorrow. If you don’t want to listen to the whole thing, just listen to this taster. 

If you appreciate good house beats, a miraculous lower register streamlining into falsetto, coupled with some deep lyrics she is the one for you. She is my black, more modern Adele. 

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Erykah Badu - Hotline Bling (Remix)

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FRESH FRIDAYS

Now... if Rihanna’s album is being delayed like Tamar’s to deliver slayage like this, I’m here for it. Her album ‘Calling all lovers’ has been delayed to October 2nd. 

Speaking of Rihanna, this new track ‘Angels & Demons’ is something that I would expect from her, not the ‘Love and War’ songstress, but, unexpectedly it’s one of her best songs. Everything from the reggae beat, the vocals, the vibe to LOOKS. Watch the damn video! I’ve always said that Tamar never really found herself, she was always swinging between sultry and all kinds of ratchet. I guess since she fired her old stylist and makeup artist she’s really seeing herself blossom. 

This video & new sound is just a sneak-peek of what’s to come. If you haven’t already, take a look at this, what I would call “BIG DISNEY PRINCESS BALLAD” that she performed on The Real. She’s not consistent with her live vocals, but she delivered this time. Will she finally have her ‘Unbreak my Heart’ moment? 

I see Grammys. Grammys in her future. 

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FRESH FRIDAYS

Zayn Malik must have thought he killed Naughty Boy’s career but he came back swinging with BEYONcé & Arrow Benjamin. 

NB is such a fantastic producer and it’s great to see him working with more people. Any song Beyoncé credits herself to is amazing and, to be frank, it could be shit and it would still be amazing, because...it’s Bey? 

Arrow and B’s voice blend to smoothly together and it’s overall just a very uplifting vocal. Although, one thing that I would have added is a climax, I’m hearing a lot of songs today where there isn’t really much build up. Nonetheless, amazing work. 

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Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz

I’m not really going to try to promote this, because I haven’t really listened to all of it. I’ve listened to a few and to name some that I somewhat enjoy: Lighter, Space Boots, Evil is but a shadow & ****1 Sun*****. This album is seriously trippy. 

I also really like the fact that she released it on Soundcloud, it’s not really a part of her brand, it’s more part of her artistry and songs like Pablow the Blowfish show us another side of her....especially after releasing a video of her ‘playing’ with various liquids in her mouth.

Nah but seriously, I’ll be jamming to some of these. Take a listen and let me know what you think!

****I really like. 

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HARLELUUUUU, She got her JoJo back

JoJo been killin’ the game with her voice since she was what? 10? I need her back. Sometimes I like to wonder what she would’ve become if her record label didn’t stop her from making music.. Her voice, zayummmm. Her runs are perfectionés and she gives me BrandyxJazmine on a daily. Anyway, back to this song. She’s releasing new music and ‘Save my Soul’ is one of her singles; it’s pop done right. 

Take a listen.