NYC duo Refs author one of the year’s first big songs with the 2015 pop of “Pain Goes Away”.
REFS 
(Soundcloud)
NYC duo Refs author one of the year’s first big songs with the 2015 pop of “Pain Goes Away”.
REFS (Soundcloud)
The great D’Angelo gets a fresh new mix from another favorite of the site 14KT for D’s cover of the Prince track “She’s Always In My Hair”.
Earlly Mac 
Soundcloud
Gosh Pith’s latest is the dub-y cosmos-tinged (the band describes their music as “cosmic trap”) “Window”. The track is yet another stylistic swerve for the young duo as elements of head-y reggae and R&B seep and exude from “Window”.
Gosh Pith (Soundcloud)
Finally Famous affiliate Earlly Mac gets a vocal assist from fellow Detroit native JMSN on the velvety smooth two step of “Naturally”.
Earlly Mac (Facebook)
MK Grands‘ “Visionary IX” traffics in trendy R&B-laced dark pop that you’d likely hear on rotation inside your local Topman iteration. “Visionary IX” is very very good at that particular stylistic niche excelling in particular in the ease in which it communicates itself melodically. “Visionary IX” is out soon on Morpheme Records.
MK Grands 
(Facebook)
Ephemerals, out of London UK, channels the fidelity and sound palette of golden era soul tinged with the more modern timbre and musicality of Aloe Blacc.
Ephemerals 
(Soundcloud)
The immensely talented R&B producer/singer duo abhi//dijon wax poetic on their voluptuously magnetic beat poppin’ new jam “ECS” which features dijon’s gorgeous soothing vocals. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
abhi//dijon 
(Soundscloud)
Rating 8.4
Flow-Fi affiliate Kuma turns in a lush re-imagining of Kim Vallido’s cover of Arctic Monkeys’ big hit track “Do I Wanna Know?”.
Kuma 
(Soundcloud)
Miguel released late on Friday a surprise EP of three gritty visceral new tracks. Our favorite of the set is the infinitely rhythmic Kurupt collaboration “NWA”.
Miguel (Facebook)
Rating 8.5
Aquilo mark the release of new “Human” EP with cinematic and hip hop-infused new mix from the ever excellent Marian Hill. Aquilo’s “Human” EP is available now.
Aquilo (Facebook) (Order “Human”)
Marian Hill
: (Facebook) (Order “Got It”)
Belgian-Mancunian Oliver Cean a/k/a Oceaán announces today both a new Ozzie Pullin-directed video and new Young & Sick-helmed “Mixed Feelings” remix for single “Veritas”. Oceaán’s “Grip” EP is available now from our B3SCI Records (US) and Chess Club Records (UK).
Oceaán 
: (Soundcloud) (Order “Grip” EP)
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“Sugah Daddy” marks the return to recorded music, after a fourteen year (!) hiatus, of the enormously talented D’Angelo. The clattering and very funky “Sugah Daddy” exists in the more pop eschewing “Chicken Grease” side of D’s sound but contains all the feel and harmonic innovation (and more!) that made D’Angelo a singular talent and artist. “Sugah Daddy” is really really good. D’Angelo’s third LP Black Messiah is out this week.
D’Angelo 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
