29. A Creative Muse. Tumblr was my blog’s home for years, now that I’ve moved on to my own domain, this is a place for my personal thoughts to run rampant.
Happy Wednesday Lovelies! It's been a while since I made and published a Mixx but with everything going on I felt like I needed to share what I've recently been listening to!
Happy Wednesday Lovelies, I know things are feeling and looking real scary right now. Believe me I totally understand. I’m having to face the reality of seeing other businesses close their doors, people die, people not trying to listen to healthcare professionals on what they should do to keep this from spreading, and the reality that my job could very well hang in the wind because they won’t be closing during the pandemic and expose us all to the potential to be infected.
I definitely know I’m not the only one who is scared of the potential to be exposed and I intend on trying to put a list together of the resources I can find that can help those worrying about this. In the meantime, I please ask that you take this seriously and do whatever you can to stay safe and protect yourself along with those around you from the virus spreading.
To help cleanse the mind and because I haven’t put a mixx together in a while, I wanted to drop by a midweek mixx to help you guys feel a little musical release.
Here’s our tracklist:
1. “12345 (Get Real)” by Leven Kali
2. “Twilight” by Anderson .Paak
3. “The Need to Know” by Wale featuring SZA
4. “SUGAR” by BROCKHAMPTON
5. “Chosen One” by Anderson .Paak featuring Sonyae Elise
6. “Breathe Deeper” by Tame Impala
7. “Dragonball Durag” by Thundercat
8. “After Hours” by The Weeknd
9. “One Way” by Jhene Aiko featuring Ab-Soul
10. “Streets” by Doja Cat
11. “INDUSTRY GAMES” by CHIKA
12. “Fade Away” by Lucky Daye
13. “All Over You” by Majid Jordan
14. “I Gotta Get To You” by Christina Milan
15. “B.S.” by Jhene Aiko featuring H.E.R.
16. “Superstar” by Majid Jordan
The Rundown:
There isn’t too much of a theme here other than just songs I’ve been listening to recently, recent re-discoveries, recent drops and loves; things like that. But before I wrap this up, I need to give a shoutout to the home team. CHIKA is from Alabama. and we support the home team around here as you know. I am proud of her and if you haven’t yet, check out her latest project INDUSTY GAMES. Let’s stream it and get it up the charts!
New Year, New Mixx! The Wondamixx name is getting an upgrade! But until I decide on a name it's the Music Monday Mixx!
Good Afternoon Lovelies! Happy Music Monday! I’m working on reworking the weekly playlist name to reflect my brand name change and everything. So for now it’s called the Music Monday Mixx!
This is my first new Mixx of the year and so without further ado, here’s the tracklist:
1. “allaboutyou” by Musiq Soulchild
2. “Pretty Brown Skin” by Diamond White
3. “Vex Oh” by KAYTRANADA featuring Goldlink, Ari PenSmith and Eight9fly
4. “Don’t Waste My Time” by Usher featuring Ella Mai
5. “Life is Good” by Drake & Future
6. “Time” by Free Nationals featuring Kali Uchis and Mac Miller
7. “Lost In Yesterday” by Tame Impala
8. “Ready to Die” by EARTHGANG
9. “Stay the Night” by Kyle Dion
10. “Midsection” by KAYTRANADA featuring Pharrell Williams
11. “All Me” by Kehlani featuring Keyshia Cole
12. “Count Contessa” by Azealia Banks featuring Lone
13. “Gidget” by Free Nationals featuring Anderson .Paak and T.Nava
14. “Good News” by Mac Miller
15. “Diamonds” by Megan Thee Stallion and Normani
16. “The Box” by Roddyy Ricch
17. “Solita” by Kali Uchis
18. “Hell Bound - Ad 01″ by Vince Staples
Ya’ll know how we do things around here. Let me know your favorite song from this week’s mixx and let me know I need to check out. Shoutout to the folks on the gram for putting me on Roddy Ricch!
Happy New Year Lovelies! I know I usually give you guys a huge wrap-up post and a welcome to the new year post and you will definitely get those, however this is some news I can’t sit on anymore because I am so excited to share with you!
Taken inside the Christmas Tree in Downtown Mobile. 📸: my boyfriend
Before I share the news however, a little back story.
As a now 24-year-old, I can sit here and tell you about the fact that I was bullied as a kid. My elementary and middle school years were plagued with the harsh words and doings of others. If it wasn’t being done to me, I was seeing others that I care about being the subject of bullying as well. As kids, we always wondered how to stop it.
Now sitting here older and wiser, I always bring awareness to the long-lasting effects of bullying in anyway I can. Whether it was being a listening ear to those younger than me when I was in high school to being a camp facilitator after high school and talking it out with my high school juniors and seniors about how to speak up and say something when you hear or see something. Never be a bystander. Only a person of action.
All of this being said, I’m so happy and proud to announce the 2nd Annual International Influence Fashion Show. The show will take place on April 25th at the beautiful Bella Sera Gardens.
📸: 2nd Annual International Influence Fashion Show Eventbrite Page
So what does this show have to do with bullying?
The Influence Fashion Experience was created and founded by Bella White, a then 15-year-old fashion designer and ambassador for the Live Out Loud Charity. She wanted to put together an experience that would bring awareness to bullying and suicide and it’s effects on not just those who directly experience it but for those close to those that do as well.
Being someone who has gone through and been around it, I found this to be a cause extremely close to my heart and something I definitely wanted to be apart of. I missed the first show which was held in Mobile, Alabama at the History Museum of Mobile on May 4th. During last year’s event, the event raised a whopping $1,966 for the Live Out Loud Charity.
The Live Out Loud Charity is an international charity bringing awareness to bullying and suicide.
So as you can see, there is a lot of good that is going to come from this event and I can’t wait to be reunited with my blogging and photography friends at this amazing event in April!
Tamarah (My Own Sense of Fashion,) me, and Brittney (Centsible Blonde) at Coastal Fashion Week The Movement in July 2019. 📸: Sarah Demuth Photography
Below please take time to check out the Influence Fashion Show Facebook Page, the site to buy tickets if you’re down to go, and the sites for my content creating friends!
Can’t wait for this journey and fun times in April!
With, Love
Links:
Buy Tickets for the Influence Fashion Experience here!
Influence Fashion Experience on Facebook
Influence Fashion Experience on Instagram
Tamarah’s Blog: My Own Sense of Fashion
My Own Sense of Fashion on Instagram
Brittany’s Blog: Centsible Blonde
Centsible Blonde on Instagram
Sarah’s Blog: The Southern Atelier
The Southern Atelier on Instagram
Henri’s Photography Facebook: Henri Takes Pictures
#WithLoveVlogmas is here and with it's own soundtrack!
Happy Music Monday Lovelies and Merry Vlogmas!💋
It’s officially December and Vlogmas season, although I’ve gotten started late; I’m still going to be bringing you some Vlogmas content over on my YouTube Channel and we are of course going to have fun with it. You can check out my first vlogmas video for the year here.
But here is our Christmas themed tracklist for the week:
1. “It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” by Andy Williams
2. “Sleigh Ride” by TLC
3. “My Favorite Things” by Luther Vandross
4. “All I Want For Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey
5. “Everyday Will Be Like Holiday” by William Bell
6. “Gee Whiz, It’s Christmas” by Carla Thomas
7. “Step Into Christmas” by Elton John
8. “Underneath the Tree” by Kelly Clarkson
9. “Merry Christmas, Baby” by Otis Redding
10. “Christmas in Hollis” by RUN-D.M.C.
11. “Is Zat You Santa Claus?” by Big Bad VooDoo Daddy
12. “Let It Snow” by Boys II Men featuring Brian McKnight
13. “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me” by The Supremes
14. “I Am Grinch” by Tyler, the Creator
15. “Presents for Christmas” by Solomon Burke
16. “This Christmas” by Donny Hathaway
17. “Last Christmas” by Wham!
18. “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)” by Nat King Cole
19. “Winter Wonderland” by Aretha Franklin
20. “Santa Baby” by Eartha Kitt
21. “Someday At Christmas” by Stevie Wonder featuring Andra Day
22. “Wonderful Christmastime” by Paul McCartney
Now here’s the breakdown:
Alrighty so you guys know it’s December which means for YouTubers, Vlogmas is here. I did Vlogmas for the first time last year and I really enjoyed it, I thought it was a lot of fun although I didn’t completely finish it. However even with my late start this year, I plan to see it through with fun content and such to also make up for the fact that I haven’t uploaded on YouTube since September 9th (so exactly three months ago!)
Now the hiatus was not intentional but felt slightly needed. However, we’re getting back on our ish now here and I’m planning for more Vlogmas fun and more fun in 2020 too.
This week’s Mixx is more of a soundtrack to Vlogmas with some of my favorite Christmas songs. I mean it’s definitely time now right?
Good Music Monday Morning Lovelies! I know things have been crazy and sorta uncertain (more on that later) but here I am with a new Wondamixx!
I’ve honestly missed putting time in and balancing stuff in a way in which things plays out where I can sit down and get my content done but we are doing better about that now and not waiting ‘til the new year.
This week has a mixx in vibes as you guys will be able to see, some vibes and some are more turn up and then we also have the return of The Weeknd, bringing us our first listen and what we can look forward to in this era of his music.
Here’s our tracklist this week:
1. “Sign” by Jeremy Renner featuring Eric Zayne
2. “Hey Lupe” by Lupe Fiasco
3. “Lies” by R.LUM.R
4. “Something Real” by Summer Walker featuring Chris Brown and London On Da Track
5. “Up All Night” by Khalid
6. “MAMACITA” by Tyga featuring YG and Santana
7. “Tia Tamera” by Doja Cat featuring Rico Nasty
8. “Forevermore” by Yuna
9. “Dead” by Kyle Dion
10. “Say It” by Xavier Omar and Sango
11. “Then There Were Two” by Mark Ronson featuring Anderson .Paak
12. “Your Way” by Rexx Life Raj featuring Kehlani
13. “Just Get Here” by Xavier Omar and Sango featuring Wale and VanJess
14. “Queen & Slim” by Coast Contra featuring BJ the Chicago Kid
15. “None of Your Concern” by Jhene Aiko featuring Big Sean
16. “Watermelon Sugar” by Harry Styles
17. “Soul Sista - Remix” by Bilal featuring Raphael Saadiq
18. “The Girl with the Tattoo - Miguel Cover” by JAEL
19. “all of your love” by Luke James
20. “Heartless” by The Weeknd
21. “Slow Down” by Skip Marley featuring H.E.R.
22. “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd
Alright so the breakdown:
So with this Mixx it kind of also signifies how all of the place my mind has been as a whole. There’s no clear cut theme here, just a brunch of songs I’ve been loving lately.
Starting with Jeremy Renner, I had no idea he did any singing in his spare time when he wasn’t being an Avenger but seeing his Jeep commercial this summer and then randomly hearing it at work, reminded me of how I liked the song.
Chill promised earlier in the year that there was going to be some previously unreleased music from 1st & 15th artists and of course this includes Lupe. Hey Lupe is just the latest installment.
In R.LUM.R’s newest single, he seems to be exploring the reason why someone won’t cut it out with the lies and honestly I’m just completely digging his vocals.
Regardless of what social media has been saying what you’re personally feelings about Summer Walker are; you can’t deny the girl has an amazing voice. Her latest single with Chris Brown and London On the Track is no exception. Also, I don’t think we can deny her bluntness of the beginning of her first verse on the song.
Rumor is Khalid is working on another new project to follow his sophomore album, Free Spirit, and this is the second single. It sounds like Khalid but at the same time there seems to be a hint of a different element.
Now social media ripped a new one into the person (and rightfully so) who tried to say that Tyga was putting Santana on. Imagine thinking the legendary Carlos Santana had to be put on in this day in age. The audacity. But his guitar in general seems to complete Tyga’s new single.
I oddly feel late to the hype behind Doja Cat and Rico Nasty’s collaboration. Like I really feel late but it’s okay because I’ve literally been strutting up and down aisle’s at work to this song while I’m closing. Don’t. Judge. Me. However, the collab is fun and I can’t wait for another Doja/Rico collab.
I remember the first time I had heard of Yuna was at the BET Awards years ago when she was on the breakout stage and then when I heard her song Forevermore at work, I shazamed it and was pleasantly surprised that it was her. However, as was the first time I heard her, I’m completely in love with her mesmerizing vocals all over again.
Kyle Dion popping up into my Release Radar on Spotify is always a welcome surprise and his latest single, Dead, doesn’t disappoint. Come to think of it, I was hooked from the moment he said “Dead! We so dead, we so dead, we so deadddd.” However, sad to hear the love is “dead.”
Recently, Xavier Omar and Sango put out a highly anticipated collaboration project, Moments Spent Loving You, and has been EVERYTHING. Why you think they are on here twice? Xavier Omar’s almost haunting like vocals have always gone perfectly with Sango’s both soul, at times ominous beats.
Seems to me that Anderson .Paak has been doing the damn thing this year and he continues when he links up with Mark Ronson for a fun and jazzy track for the upcoming animated movie, Spies in Disguise starring Will Smith and Tom Holland.
I’ve been loving Kehlani’s features this year as much as I’ve been loving her solo work (hello, While We Wait) and this time she links up with new to me artist, Rexx Life Raj. This song is all about the feeling of love and the feeling of seeing love and lessons in love through the eyes of your partner and how you can learn to love them in a different way.
The new movie, Queen & Slim may be garnering mixed reviews amongst Black Twitter but the soundtrack from what I’ve been hearing has been pretty solid, which is why two tracks land here on this mixx this week. I haven’t even seen the movie yet from the trailers, these songs are capturing the essence well.
Jhene Aiko recently revealed she will be touring across the country next year to lead meditation sessions and such; this comes after she drops her latest single None of Your Concern with her on-again boo Big Sean. Does this mean Twenty88 is going to get a full-length album?
Harry Styles decided he was going to bring us some new music before the year ends and has dropped his latest single, Watermelon Sugar and I think I like it as much as Kiwi. Or am I just digging songs with fruits? Kidding. But honestly, I’m loving this sound from him.
When JAEL’s version of Girl with the Tattoo, I really thought it was Miguel. If this is an example of the vocals he’s providing then I’m ready for more.
Luke James just dropped his latest single all of your love, and I’m already for all of his album. This is the first single from his upcoming project if you feel love/d which is scheduled to drop January 31, 2020. Seems to me he is wanting feel all of the love and has no problems telling just how much he needs it.
When I tell ya’ll I’ve been waiting FOREVER for Skip Marley and H.E.R.’s collaboration to drop on Spotify since I heard it on Sirius radio weeks ago. I’ve been waiting because their collab is literally perfection.
Lastly but not least, we have The King of the Fall himself, The Weeknd. He made it very clear in a series of tweets that we were entering a different musical era and of course you know I’m all kinds of here for it. He drops off what seems to be the first two singles from his upcoming, Chapter VI album. He wrote on Instagram the night before Heartless dropped “the fall starts tomorrow night” after tweeting about when is the fall technically over. Well, we know Abel plays by his own rules. Soon after that, as in like a day, he dropped his second single Blinding Lights. The two singles have tones that vary like night and day but still in it’s own way cohesive. Whatever he has cooking up I wish he’d put me out of my misery. I was ready when My Dear, Melancholy released.
There’s our Wondamixx for the week! Let me know what your favorite track is and what I can add for next week! Happy December lovelies!
Now it’s been way too long since I’ve had the mental clarity (and the balance and time) to sit here and write a blog post. And man, does it feel good.
Drinking water + mentally healing does wonders for the skin!
Now it’s definitely not for lack of trying, but when life gets in the way (aka job and family taking all of your time) and then you not feeling necessarily up to it, it can happen even to the most dedicated of creators. Thus, here I am coming off another hiatus
Now during my hiatus; I’ve secured a new job, helped handle some family stuff, and have been dealing with the everyday life of just being Deni. Now while that may not sound like anything to strenuous, it’s definitely been a trip and a half.
It seems like my mood, motivation and just everything period has been fluctuating like crazy lately. I’ve pulled myself back or away from people I care about, not always on purpose but something that I noticed I tend to do when I’m going through one of these seasons. I don’t know, sometimes I just start feeling overwhelmed by my own feelings and don’t want anyone else to have to be subject to that. Sometimes it feels hard enough going through it by myself then to add others to the mix. This in itself is hard, because I end up doing a lot of apologizing.
In a nutshell, I haven’t been feeling like myself but I’m finally starting to feel “back.” I spoke about this on Instagram stories yesterday and it felt, in a way, liberating to be able to feel that much at peace with the situation and with myself to be able to share with others. As always, I share in hopes of being able to help someone else who’s going through the same thing.
If there is any insight I can give ya’ll without being too long-winded, is that you should never get so lost to the point where you lose sight of yourself. It can be easy to do in such a busy world and with a busy life, but you have to make time for you. Take time for yourself, by yourself. Like don’t be afraid of that, it’s necessary. You have to recharge your internal batteries and believe it or not your power supply gets low and sometimes it can only be recharged by solace and personal reflection. Try to remind yourself not to get to a place where you feel overwhelmed and worldly outnumbered by the amount of obligations you may or may not have stretched yourself thin with.
This all being said, consider this my grand reappearance, I’ve missed you all. Be on the look out for some catch-up content coming soon.
A playlist featuring Zedd, Robin Thicke, Brent Faiyaz, and others
Happy Music Monday Lovelies, I know it’s been a while since I assembled a Wondamixx and got it pushed out to ya’ll but here we are with a new Wondamixx!
Life definitely gets crazy once you get a new job and such, it can throw you off your game and everything but I’m trying to get it all balanced back again. So what better way than to hit ya’ll with a 24 track, grab bag like Wondamixx? There’s a little bit of everything on this mixx.
Here’s our tracklist:
1. “Fallin” by Bazzi featuring 6lack
2. “HIGHEST IN THE ROOM” by Travis Scott
3. “I Wanna Rock” by G-Eazy featuring Gunna
4. “Superstar” by Majid Jordan
5. “Right Back” by Khalid featuring A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
6. “What Can We Do?” by Anderson .Paak featuring Nate Dogg
7. “Enemies” by Post Malone featuring DaBaby
8. “Come Thru” by Summer Walker featuring Usher
9. “Good Thing” by Zedd with Kehlani
10. “Eternal Light” by Free Nationals featuring Chronixx
11. “Golden” by Berhana
12. “Why Not?” by Boys Noize featuring Francis and the Lights
13. “Goodbyes” by Post Malone featuring Young Thug
14. “What Do We Do?” by Xavier Omar and Sango featuring Parisalexa
15. “Hollywood’s Bleeding” by Post Malone
16. “Rehab (Winter in Paris)” by Brent Faiyaz
17. “Slide” by H.E.R. featuring YG
18. “Way Back Home” by YBN Cordae featuring Ty Dolla $ign
19. “When You Love Somebody” by Robin Thicke
20. “Writing on the Wall” by French Montana featuring Post Malone & Cardi B
A playlist featuring Duckwrth, Panic! At The Disco, Imagine Dragons, and others
As I said earlier in the week on the Music Monday Rundown, I made two Wondamixxes for this week and this is the second one and it’s all about football!
I am here to bring you some football hype anthems and this Mixx is a Spotify exclusive and ready to have you up for football. With it being in the middle of the week, it’s almost like you can smell the football on the horizon.
It’s that time on Music Monday where I share some recommendations and I’m going to recommend an album, an EP, and a couple of my favorite singles.
Picture courtesy of Bing Images/Singer’s Room
Album:
“Hollywood’s Bleeding” by Post Malone
If you’ve started or even finished the Wondamixx for this week then you know that Posty appears three times and that’s because my dad reminded me that the album dropped after he heard him and Young Thug’s song Goodbyes. This prompted me to listen to the whole album yesterday and I can tell you that I love it. It has already earned a spot on my list of albums of the year. No skips for me.
EP:
“BARE WITH ME” by Justine Skye
This is not the actual EP artwork but I don’t want to be flagged.
Justine Skye not only was Goldlink’s muse for his album artwork, she has put out her own EP and each song is a certified bop. My favorite track is MAYBE as I’ve been bumping it ever since it dropped. She definitely deserves to be in the conversation for fresh faces in R&B.
Now here are some singles I’ve been listening to and loving lately:
Singles:
· “”Go Loko” by YG featuring Tyga and Jon z
· “Learn How to Watch” by Carnage featuring Mac Miller and MadeinTYO
· “Anytime” by Jean Deaux featuring Kehlani and ROMderful
· “Change” by Arin Ray featuring Kehlani
· “Compromise” by Gallant featuring Sabrina Claudio
· “Coming Home” by Cassanova featuring Chris Brown
Single artwork for Arin Ray & Kehlani’s collab, “Change”
Let me know you’re thoughts and if you check out anything and what you think!
While it’s Music Monday Lovelies, it’s also Makeup Monday! I’ve got a new YouTube video for you and in this one I’m trying out some recent drugstore makeup launches! You can check it out (and subscribe/like) here!💋
Good Monday Morning Lovelies! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Down here it was full of football so if ya’ll were wondering why I was MIA on here, that is exactly why.
Anyways, we have a full slate for Music Monday today and I have it all ran down for you here.
· Not one but TWO Wondamixxes this week!
So I ended up making TWO playlists for you guys this week: a regular one as scheduled full of new bops (and some I’ just late on) and then one full of football anthems to celebrate that we are now head deep in football season (NFL kicked off this past Thursday and College Football kicked off two weeks ago.) But two good mixxes! You can catch the Football Mixx coming at you Wednesday.
· Album + EP Recommendations
Not going to spoil it but I want to get back into recommending albums and such to you guys so I’m going to recommend an album I’m loving right now and an EP I’m loving right now and of course I want to know your take.
· Music Videos to Check Out
Two buzzworthy music videos to share. You know if I see it, I’m going to post it.
Like I said, a lot of music content coming your way today but also today, I have a new YouTube video coming your way for Makeup Monday and I’m taking some new products for a test drive and you won’t want to miss that either. So be on the lookout for it.
A playlist featuring Post Malone, Alessia Cara, Doja Cat, and others
What’s up Lovelies! So I mentioned earlier that you have two Mixxes this week, well this is all about the main mixx, Wondamixx Volume 25.
This week’s Wondamixx is all about new bops that I’ve been hearing and loving – well for the most part, there are a couple of songs that aren’t necessarily new bit I’ve been bumping them though.
So let’s take a look at the tracklist:
1. “Die for Me” by Post Malone featuring Future and Halsey
2. “Ready” by Alessia Cara
3. “Superpower” by Adam Lambert
4. “Fashion Week” by Rico Nasty
5. “Trippin” by EARTHGANG featuring Kehlani
6. “Juicy” by Doja Cat
7. “Staring At the Sun” by Post Malone featuring SZA
8. “Forever Your Love” by Common featuring BJ the Chicago Kid
9. “Hair Down” by SiR featuring Kendrick Lamar
10. “Ladders” by Mac Miller
11. “BGM” by Wale
12. “Bezerk” by Big Sean featuring A$AP Ferg and Hit-Boy
13. “Too Much” by Justine Skye
14. “Money Ball” by Dame D.O.L.L.A featuring Jeremih, Derrick Milano, and Danny from Sobrante
15. “Crush” by Duckwrth
16. “Fool for You” by Snoh Aalegra
17. “Take What You Want” by Post Malone featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott
18. “Health Food” by Berhana
19. “85 to Africa” by Jidenna
20. “Cash Shit” by Megan Thee Stallion featuring DaBaby
Alright let’s break this down real quick:
· Our Wondamixx Rookies this week are: Rico Nasty, Megan Thee Stallion, Snoh Aalegra, Adam Lambert, and Duckwrth.
· Our Wondamixx MVP this week is clearly Post Malone with three tracks on the mixx.
· Rico Nasty landed her on the Wondamixx with her new single Fashion Week in honor of New York Fashion Week just wrapping up. Rico brings the heat and drops a whole lot of designer names.
· Megan Thee Stallion is just now making it to a Wondamixx but I’ve been following her rise here lately and I’m happy for her. I think she has a lot of talent and I love the fact that she is being 100% herself. Also, her and collaborator DaBaby will be making their way to Montgomery for Alabama State’s Homecoming Concert in November.
· Snoh Aalegra is a fairly new artist to my musical radar so I don’t have too much to say yet but I am in love with her voice. She has such a beautiful and soulful voice. She also has a new album, - Ugh, those feels again, that I plan to listen to in its entirety.
· I’ve been listening to Adam Lambert since his debut album For Your Entertainment dropped years ago. Now he’s gearing up to release a new album, Velvet, and his latest single Superpower is serving pop funk vibes with this to end your summer off right.
· I’ve been listening to Duckwrth a lot here lately – well, mainly his song on the Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse soundtrack but I digress – ever since though, I’ve been exposed to how talented of an artist he is and his new single Crush is just it on so many wave lengths.
· Post Malone just dropped his new album Hollywood’s Bleeding, and I forgot that it did. My dad reminded me of its release when he was talking about how good his song with Young Thug (Goodbyes) is. Although I don’t have that song, Posty has three tracks which are collabs featuring Future, Halsey, SZA, Ozzy Osbourne, and Travis Scott. Can I say, I’ve never sat down and listened to a full album and now I’ve sat here and listened to all of Hollywood’s Bleeding and I don’t regret it. In fact, I’ve added his album to my list of favorite albums of 2019.
· Alessia Cara just dropped a new EP called This Summer and her first single from it, Ready for some reason gives me a dose of nostalgia. Her voice and the easy going vibe of the song in general makes me think of just taking a mind-clearing walk.
· Everyone to me slept on Doja Cat, then she blew up with her parody song Moo! Now people are paying attention. Now she dropped the music video for Juicy but with the remix with Tyga, but here I’m adding her solo version from her album Amala.
· I was introduced to EARTHBANG through J. Cole (they are label mates on Dreamville and of course they were on ROTD3.) Their track featured here with Kehlani comes from their new album Mirrorland. They are here to serve you soul and bars.
· Now I know so many people were ready to hear SiR’s sophomore album and now Chasing Summer is here. One of the standout songs (and a single I believe,) a collaboration with Kendrick Lamar. I can’t think of a better way to kick off an album.
· I don’t know where everybody has been but Justine Skye has been here consistently pushing out some music. I believe she needs to be in the discussion for new faces of R&B. Her latest EP, BARE WITH ME, is available now and if you want to check it out, this song Too Much and MAYBE are two of my favorites.
· This past Saturday marked a year since Mac Miller pasted and it still doesn’t feel real to be honest. I’ve honestly listened to him since high school but his last album, Swimming, holds a special place in my heart. It’s still hard to listen to knowing he’s gone but we keep the music going.
· Common dropping a new album slipped my radar until I checked my Release Radar on Spotify and this track Forever Your Love with BJ the Chicago Kid is such a loving bop.
· Big Sean continues to drop single after single although he hasn’t said anything yet about a release date for the album we know is coming. On this track he connects with A$AP Ferg and Hit-Boy.
· Dame D.O.L.L.A. aka NBA Superstar Damian Lilliard as you know makes music in the off-season. He has dropped off his latest single with Jeremih and company. I often wonder if we’ll ever get a full studio album from Dame.
· Wale surprised the masses with a Black Girl Magic anthem for us to celebrate our melanin with as the summer closes out. As usual, I’m digging it.
· It seemed like he fell off the face off the earth for a minute but now Jidenna is back on the scene living his best life, dancing with pretty girls in the club during album release parties, celebrating his gorgeous hair during music festivals and making appearances on The Breakfast Club promoting his latest release 85 to Africa, which is why the title track is here.
· Rounding out this Wondamixx is an artist I’ve been rocking with since the very first Wondamixx (I featured his song Grey Luh.) So since I love Berhana’s new single, of course it finds its way to the mixx.
There’s our mixx for the week! I hope you enjoy the mixx, as always let me know your favorite track in the comments.
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