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Lil B’Shorty dared to deliver an extended atmospheric prelude of reverb-heavy pensive piano notes in the age of the instant hook with his debut single, Favorite Girl, a synthesis of

Few rappers do more than Defiant Darius when reinventing old-school hip-hop for the modern era. There isn’t a vibe check his seminal single, Came Down, accompanied by a viral official

The John Lister Project exemplified the importance of the human soul in sound with the latest single, Highwayman. At the centre of the project is composer, musician and producer John

When a breakthrough country singer-songwriter can leave you as invested in her heartbreak vignettes as you are when your best friend breaks away from the guy you always bit your

https://soundcloud.com/marcus-todd-brooks/get-haters-back-mastered?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=1&si=CE26B5F206C64C20A0284156067C3E3A&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Marcus Christ delivered high-octane hip-hop salvation with his fiercest release to date, Get the Haters Back. The Los Angeles-based rapper

Through his sermonic cadence, which exhibits vulnerability as a strength, Joe 410 wears his heartstrings in his bars in the standout melodic hip-hop release, Echoes of the Fade. Born in

Desire for a fully sated soul consumes Salah Dion’s third RnB release, All I Really Want Is. From the opening stretch of this slow-burning, trap-tempered retro-modernist rendition of RnB, Dion

FERAL CAROL nailed slacker hip-pop 90s nostalgia in their seminal single, APPLE PIE!. Hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and working with the kind of self-made scruff that suits them down

In an industry where attention spans are short, inboxes are overflowing, and first impressions almost always decide whether somebody presses play, replies to an email, or moves on without a

Walter Hansen’s latest single, Summertime, is for everyone who has felt nostalgia for a perfect moment as it was still unravelling. Sonically visualising the scintillation of sun-kissed serendipity, Hansen’s experimental