Just a couple of weeks ago, Spotify launched R&B UK, its first official playlist dedicated to all things UK R&B. It’s testament to the FUEGO the UK R&B scene is continually dropping. Exciting to see the long-deserved recognition this is already bringing to emerging UK R&B acts.
Best New RnB Playlist July 2018
Per usual agenda, UK R&B’s greatness gets its shine on our latest On The Wave playlist update. Big up, Rukhsana Merrise, Mahalia, Lylo Gold, Cosha, RAYE, Rachel Foxx, Nao, IAMDDB, James Vickery and many more. Rachel and IAMDDB both released projects over the past month which y’all need to give a spin.
Our playlist opener is a somewhat surprising collab between Dej Loaf and Leon Bridges, Liberated, a smooth leg-shaker that deliciously brings Leon’s old Soul style with Dej’s trap tendencies for the perfect summer jam. We are absolutely living for the incredible richness of new age Soul right now – from electronic-infused, funk-tinged, vocal-led, hip-hop and trappy vibes, with many artists bringing several of these and everything in-between together. It’s truly a blessing to have so much good music to chose from.
The Producer Edit: All the best moments from the gig like none other
Been just over 2 weeks since we brought absolute vibes to Hackney Showroom 2 weeks ago with our sophomore live music extravaganza, The Producer Edit. Showcasing the best of the London emerging music scene, The Producer Edit featured a line-up exclusively of the London scene’s hottest and best emerging record producers – WIZE, BAMZ, Blue Canarinho & Melle Brown. Joined by some equally incredible singers and rappers on the night – Chelsea Blues, K The Infinite & The Cold Callers.
It was indeed the ultimate end of summer gig we’d promised. Packed with displays of the best musical artistry, an electric atmosphere and eclectic mix of acts and fans. But rather, than wax lyrical about it, we’ll let you get on to watching the highlights in the videos above and below. Photo gallery down below too. See you at the next one.
Mood: Songs of Summer ’18
Summer is fast slipping away from us, so we’re holding on with a refresh of our Songs of Summer playlist in honour of how good music was to us this summer. From a canonical album from The Internet, to meeting newcomers like Kyan to debut album-teasing singles from Ray BLK, Mahalia and Ella Mai.
The RnB summer highlights
Speaking of Ella Mia, Summer 2018 was all hers. We wrote about her EP, Ready, last Aprilbut over a year later, Mai released a music video for Boo’d Up, a single off the EP. The rest is history. Boo’d Up took off stratospherically like no one could’ve imagined. A platinum plaque, a Billboard Hot 100 top 20 feature and headline tour later, that Boo’d Up was the RnB song of the summer is undisputed. Always exciting to see people we see as ‘one of ours’ get mainstream recognition for their talent and hard work.
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