Mysterious internet musician Youan comes through with his/her/its best track to date with the relaxed indie R&B of “Must Be Love”. Look out for a new seven-track mixtape from Youan by the end of the month. (KKS)
Youan 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Mysterious internet musician Youan comes through with his/her/its best track to date with the relaxed indie R&B of “Must Be Love”. Look out for a new seven-track mixtape from Youan by the end of the month. (KKS)
Youan (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Seattle soul-popstress Tess Henley’s “Daydreaming” grabbed us immediately with it’s insanely good Stevie-Wonder-school-of-songwriting brand of melody. The production on the track is little too A/C for our tastes but those melodies and Henley’s excellent vocal performance are enough for us to look past it. Great song.
Tess Henley – DaydreamingTess Henley 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.0
LA’s very own Capital Cities put a sweet summertime shine on the Prince-penned Sinead classic. Opting for a wall of lounging-by-the-pool synths, an easy feeling backbeat, and some neat leftfield Latin-styled horns, CC deliver another adeptly constructed cover version with “Nothing Compares 2 U”
Capital Cities 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Tensnake celebrates 40k twitter followers with an islands-y bumper from the vault.
Tensnake 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.0
A beautiful entry on offer here from Doc Daneeka (producer) & Abigail Wyles (vocals). Both parties earn their headline billing as Daneeka’s skilled production puts the perfectly precise frame around Wyles striking powerful vocal performance. Do not miss.
Doc Daneeka & Abigail Wyles – TobyjugDoc Daneeka & Abigail Wyles (Facebook)
Rating 8.5
Soulstress Latoiya Williams (Jay-Z, Snoop, Dr. Dre) returns after a 10 year hiatus with a super strong track in “This Love Is Sweet”. Produced by Nottz, “TLIS” has a syrupy smooth 70’s feel (reminded us a bit of The Staple Singers 70’s pop material) that fits nicely into b3sci’s late summertime groove.
LaToiya Williams (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Our girl Mariah is back and she’s got MMG on her back. “Triumphant”, Mariah’s comeback single, features oft-collaborator Jermaine Dupri (you can hear him “yeah”ing in the background) on the production tip. Mariah’s more hip hop lane is decorated with hype joint after hype joint (“Heartbreaker” “Honey” “Lil’ Love” “So Lonely”, etc). Can “Triumphant” measure up?
Mariah Carey 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Halifax-based (somebody hook this guy up with Hemsworth) R&B man Ango hooks up here with fellow Canadian and b3sci fav producer Jacques Greene for “True Blue”, taken from the singer’s just released Serpentine record. On “True Blue”, Ango’s buttery smooth melodic stylings are leather-glove-fit Greene’s rhythm & garage production style.
Ango – True Blue (Prod. Jacques Greene)Ango 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
Marie Dahlstrom’s emergence follows on those of jazz-influenced UK R&B soulstresses like Jessie Ware, Lianne La Havas & Delilah. On “Search”, Marie takes that emerging sound and spaces it out a bit, spreading it wide and slowing it. Faraway delay-driven Rhodes, deep-off-in-the-mix vocals, and easy all-mellow horns support Dahlstrom’s most sultry track. Check her out below.
Marie Dahlstrom (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Our man Miguel lets loose the skyward-bound “Use Me”, previewed from his forthcoming three part LP Kaleidoscope Dream. On par with anything quality-wise Mr. Jontel has released post-All I Want Is You the driving track, see the R&B man continuing to explore similar themes and textures as he did on his recent “Art Dealer Chic” EPs
Miguel (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Our dude Ryan Hemsworth has a new EP at the ready called Last Words that will no doubt be wall to wall fire flames. Previewed from the EP below is Hemsworth’s bootleg of the cut-above Frank Ocean slow heater “Thinkin Bout You” which we are certifying a b3sci candlelight jam.
Frank Ocean – Thinkin Bout You (Ryan Hemsworth Bootleg)Ryan Hemsworth (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
