Archive for the ‘R&B’ Category

Syd aka “Syd Tha Kyd” (not to be confused with Sid the Kid) is previously known for being a member of the band The Internet who’s genre is classified as neo soul. Syd’s music had previously gone unnoticed to me because of her genre but this new single’s synth sounds and drum kicks brings it into our wheelhouse of music taste. Her debut solo album, Fin, is out today February 3.

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Toronto native The Weeknd is back with another big featured artist – Daft Punk. It’s the first single off his upcoming third album by the same name “Starboy” out November 25th. Last year he released his most popular single to date with The Hills (which is closing in on a billion views now on Youtube) and he built on it’s success even more scoring The Hills remixes featuring Eminem and Nicki Minaj. This time he’s got a pink neon cross and looking to get some anger out, we’ll see if his new Album will do as well.

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We wanted to send a little love across the pond to the UK for Shakka’s new single Say Nada. Shakka hails from London, England and broke out onto the music scene in 2013 when he did the vocals for Wretch 32’s hit Blackout. He’s known for having a dub reggae/hip hop/pop sound. This new single is off his upcoming EP titled The Lost Boys which drops October 16. This one sounds good turned up in those headphones.

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Listen: SoundCloud | Spotify

The Weeknd’s first official music video in almost a full year. The Weeknd first came on the scene with High for This in 2011. He’s since then gained some serious traction with help from a couple collaboration tracks with fellow Toronto artist Drake in The Zone and Live For. More recently his previous single, a remix of Beyonce’s Drunk in love beat has racked over 18M listens on SoundCloud.

Download: Soundcloud, iTunes