Tag: music
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Pimmie – The Late-Night Voice You Didn’t See Coming
There’s something about late-night listening that just hits different. The kind of nights where you’re not even really looking for new music, but somehow it finds you anyway. For me, that moment came randomly scrolling through OVO’s Instagram. I saw her name pop up and didn’t think too much of it at first… but something…
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Viuta: A Soulful Sound from New Jersey
Happy New Year to everyone—and thank you all for continuing to follow along. I wish you nothing but peace, clarity, and success here in 2026. It’s been a little while since my last post, but that’s about to change. I’ve spent most of January deep in discovery mode, digging through new artists and letting the…
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Bad Bunny: The Most Streamed Artist in the World
Today’s post is something special. Something that…. well…. it needs to be talked about, recognized, acknowledged, and embraced. I spent the better part of yesterday thinking about how I was going to write this post today, so here I am. Benito (aka Bad Bunny) was announced yesterday as the most globally streamed artist and had…
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Too Far Close: Discovering the Soul of Chase Shakur
Getting to know Chase Shakur through his music has been a one-of-one Godsend. I remember being deeply consumed in my AirPods during my corporate job — one I strongly disliked. My lunch hour was a 60-minute safe haven filled with noise-cancelled music and whatever cheap lunch my pockets could manage. One afternoon, sitting in my…
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Bas: From Dreamville’s Protégé to Cultural Powerhouse
I first discovered Bas back when J. Cole was starting to put him on the radar. I remember seeing his mixtape Quarter Water Raised Me Vol. 2 floating around online, and it clicked because Cole had just dropped “Cousins” on SoundCloud in 2013 — a track featuring Bas that also doubled as promotion for the…
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T H R O N E: The Native Hip-Hop Duo Redefining Sound and Identity
I stumbled across T H R O N E in the most 2025 way possible — on Threads. Their handle, @somerapcouple, instantly caught my attention. A Native American couple making hip-hop together? I had to check it out. What I found was far deeper than a gimmick. Their music carried soul, history, and purpose, wrapped…
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Leaves & Late Nights: The Fall Playlist You Didn’t Know You Needed
Set the vibe this season 🍂 Leaves & Late Nights blends R&B, neo-soul & rap into the perfect fall playlist for sunsets, drives & cozy nights.
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Majo (sickoftheinternet) – Toronto’s Best-Kept R&B Secret
Daniel Cantu | August 27th, 2025 Back in 2017 when I was hard-core music producing for rappers and singers around the US and mainly the Chicagoland area, I used to network a lot with producers and beatmakers. One name that always stood out to me was Jordon Manswell — one of the dopest producers I’ve…
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MERGES: A Genuine Discovery in the New Wave of R&B
Daniel Cantu | August 25, 2025 I first found MERGES as a mention on Soulection founder Joe Kay’s album as a featured artist on one of the songs. His album had been out for a little while, and I finally got around to listening. She crooned her soft, sweet vocals over the chorus line of…
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Westside Gunn: He’s More Than Rap — He’s Building a Cultural Movement
I first discovered Westside Gunn in the most 2020s way possible — through an Instagram story. A follower of mine had posted one of his songs, and my curiosity got the best of me. The moment I hit play, I was locked in. His vibe instantly gave me flashes of ’90s hip-hop — that grimy,…