Brighton's Elli Ingram kicked off 2020 with her stomping single 'Bad Behaviour'. She now returns with her latest track 'Flowers'. No less packed with attitude and a whole heap of fierceness, the song is a brilliant combination of soul and beat-knocking Hip-Hop sprinkled with a gracious dose of jazz in top. Ingram's powerhouse voice is packed with poise and confidence, making 'Flowers' incredibly dynamic and exciting.
Sweden's Nápoles follows-up her single 'Slowzy' with her latest release titled 'Circulate'. Produced by Chapee and Wihib Sulaiman, the song is a glorious blend of soul and jazzy Hip-Hop, with Nápoles herself delivering vocals that are as golden as honey.
Hanni El Khatib is gearing up for the release of his new album 'FLIGHT', out May 15th on Innovative Leisure. From what we can tell so far, the record is a reflection of all the multiple styles of music that Hanni grew up with in San Francisco, ranging from garage rock and punk to Hip-Hop and soul. Tapping producer Leon Michels to work on the LP, this is listed as Hanni El Khatib's most well-rounded work.
Whenever Killer Mike and El-P aka Run The Jewels drop anything it's always a good day. Having previously shared the track 'Ooh LA LA' featuring Nice & Smooth's Greg Nice and Hip-Hop production king DJ Premiere, RTJ have now dropped the official video. The visuals are legendary in themselves considering that not only is this one big street party what appears to be a celebration of the ending of capitalism, but you can also catch a cameo by the one and only Zack De La Rocha. Factor in Greg Nice and Preemo also appearing in the video as well as a whole heap of people dancing, this is possibly what it may look like when the coronavirus lock down is finally over! 'Ooh LA LA' is directed by Brian and Vanessa Beletic, with El-P being the co-creative.
Last year Hip-Hop Queen Missy Elliott dropped her 'Iconology' EP, which marked a pleasant return for the Virginia-raised artist. She now makes her return with the video treatment for the song 'Cool Off', which was also featured on the record. Now if anyone remotely knows anything about Missy, you know that the visuals are always on a high level. For 'Cool Off', there is also no exception. Directed by Daniel Russell, the video features vibrant dancers in a museum busting out their moves while Missy is rotating in a weeble costume. Musically the song draws inspiration from the Miami bass era, spearheaded by Luther Campbell aka Uncle Luke fka Luke Skywalker.
Paris-based producer Allure continues his onslaught of shimmering soul and Hip-Hop with a new song titled 'Moon and Sun'. Taken from his forthcoming LP which is scheduled to drop sometime this summer, the tune itself is a sparkling handing which incorporates stabbing keys, head-nodding drums and smokey vocal work.
Philly producer Marshmello and Atlanta's trap king Southside come together for the song and video 'Been Thru This Before'. If the collab wasn't enough, they also enlisted the landlord himself, London rapper Giggs and Brooklyn's SAINt JHN to add their vocal touches to the bass-shaking tune. The video is directed by Myles Whittingham and features SAINt JHN and Giggs outside a cabin in the woods whilst surrounded by beautiful women. There is a scene where some of the women are stirring some weird green concoction, perhaps some elixir of sorts. Never the less you can peep the vid down at the bottom.
In the midst of basically a world shutdown, Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino has been ever so kind to shed a little ray of light by sharing a new album simply titled '3.15.20'. The LP features Ariana Grande and 21 Savage. Whilst previously teasing fans with a countdown via his website, the new album contains titles that are nothing more than time markers. There are however two actual track names, 'Algorhythm' and 'Time' which do appear in the list.
Over the past few months Brooklyn rapper and singer SAINt JHN has been releasing what he calls 'one take' videos for tracks taken from his 2019 LP 'Ghetto Lenny's Love Songs'. Basically, the team literally film each vid in one take and release them. With that being said, the visuals aren't shabby at all. In fact, they're quite good. For his latest one take, SAINt JHN has dropped a video for the Imanbek remix of his song 'Roses'. You can find the artist driving around in a truck full of girls dancing to the track, even though technically they're actually in front of a green screen. Never the less, the tune is a banger and the graphics for the flashing lyrics are really amazing. Have a look.
Swedish singer Luana Kiara jumped into the mainstream psyche with her feature on Tungevaag & Raaban's 'Bad Boy'. Making her solo debut with 2019's 'Trigger', she now returns with her latest hard-hitting offering 'Reminder'. A slow, crushing mix of dub and Hip-Hop, Luana Kiara delivers a feisty and fiery performance atop a thundering bass line and pounding drum knocks. The track is a glimpse of what the promising artist has in store for the near future.
