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Essentials: “Lovesick” – BANKS

Continuing right where she left off from her dark, intricate alt-R&B heavy Goddess, certified modern siren and “bad motherfucker“, Banks emanates self-confidence and female empowerment on The Altar through a mix of vulnerability and unapologetically being a strong, self-reliant woman. Both albums share similar themes, but many new thoughts and feelings were expressed, explaining that she wanted “open up more [continued]
Essentials: Alaska – Maggie Rogers

Up-and-comer, Maggie Rogers, who left Pharrell visibly lost in a wave mixed emotions and stumbling for words to critique her music during the IAMOTHER masterclass at New York University has finally mastered the song many have been patiently watching for. The now viral video, sitting close to 1.8 million views on Youtube, has charmed a sizeable audience and [continued]
Stay Strong, Kehlani

Lots of love and concern for Kehlani and her well-being poured in throughout Twitter even in the earliest hours this morning after reportedly being hospitalized last night/early morning. @kehlani we love you & we praying for you babygirl. You'll be ok.. #trust #lovealways pic.twitter.com/JQ2wJPZlFc — BJ THE CHICAGO KID (@BJTHECHICAGOKID) March 29, 2016 Blessings to [continued]
Essentials: “Be Alright” – Ariana Grande

High off the success of the impression-filled hosting job at Saturday Night Live, Ariana Grande is slowly regaining the hearts of America with her quirkiness and bubbly personality displayed all through her time on the show. The same characteristics can frequently be seen in her music. Just around this time last year, producer/feline-enthusiast friend, Cashmere Cat, teamed up [continued]
Essentials: waves – Miguel (Tame Impala Remix)

Not skimping on the Joshua Tree version, which displays a warm, stripped-down version of “waves” with Miguel‘s vocals soaring through the preview, but the upcoming Rogue Waves remixes due out tomorrow features some of the best in their collective genres today. Travis $cott, Hip-hop’s hot new artist-producer and supposed Rihanna-suitor; Kacey Musgraves, country music’s Grammy-winning queen of controversy; and RAC, [continued]
EP Review: Christmas and Chill – Ariana Grande

“Arianators” were treated by a barrage of lyric tweets and song preview Instagram posts yesterday hinting new music dropping today. Ariana Grande’s Christmas & Chill EP was a pleasant surprise, but isn’t anything too new with Grande releasing annual music with Christmas Kisses and “Santa Tell Me” that past two Christmases. If you were expecting a long EP, Christmas & Chill does have [continued]
ESSENTIALS: Feathers EP – esta

San Diego native esta dropped the Feathers EP, a free/name-your-price EP on his birthday yesterday. Esta belongs to the LA-based record label Soulection, which houses some electronic music’s under-the-radar stars Mr. Carmack, Sango, and Ta-ku. The same can be said about esta and his work; he racks up several hundred thousands of listens for his self-proclaimed “dancable, but sexy” orginals and remixes that [continued]
NEWS: Majestic Casual Back on Youtube

After a very short hiatus, Majestic Casual‘s Youtube channel returns from suspension along with what looks to be all of their music library intact in just 4 days. Being one the more prominent music channels on YouTube with a following of 2.6 million subscribers, it’s not too much of a surprise that we would see [continued]
ESSENTIALS: WTF (Where They From) – Missy Elliott

Missy Elliott never took a break from music, bouncing around features like Jack Ü‘s “Take Ü There remix” and Janet Jackson‘s “BURNITUP” just this year. But now, Elliott is officially back with in classic “Misdemeanor” fashion, shaking her stuff in eccentric outfits in her newest dance anthem and music video, “WTF (Where They From)”. 7 years after a couple [continued]
ESSENTIALS: “Better” – BANKS

Just as Banks begins touring with The Weeknd and Travi$ Scott, the goddess graced us with “Better,” a single that give hope for more new music in the near future. The video accompanied with the release displays the siren gold-plastered and all-baring. Goddess, a dark, electronic/R&B-heavy LP brimmed with an array of emotions, echoed the same motif [continued]