First off, happy belated birthday to Saturn, Alexander. She celebrated it yesterday and I hope that it was awesome. Because of that birthday, we’ve been blessed by new music. A two-track EP, I’m is braggy at points, lyrical always, and also speaks on religion, love, and being yourself. It does a lot for a two-track project. […]
Read moreSOTBMusic: Let’s Talk Nicole Learner’s Summer Girl
The other half of the Cole and Soul Podcast, Nicole Learner, also dropped a project recently. Summer Girl is a whole bop, to put it short and sweetly. I could leave it at that, but that’d be like a one-listen review. According to Nisho, the duo’s energy while working on this and their other endeavors pushed […]
Read moreSOTBMusic: Freshi’ya Sings About Love on “Amazing”
DMV artist Freshi’ya (pronounced “fresh-ee-yah,” per her IG) hit my line with the visuals to her recently-released track “Amazing.” All I can say is that if you’re looking for R&B where people sing, the track is definitely going to be your jam. It’s got an early 2000s feel, like a deep cut on an Ashanti […]
Read moreSOTBMusic: King Nashi_ Delivers the Unexpected on "I Cri Evryteim"
Expect the unexpected. This is the wave King Nashi_ is on throughout the track “I Cri Evrytiem” with fellow artists Waadie and Hyde The Jewel Bandit. The song, which features on Nashi_’s I Exist project, features tongue-twisting bars mixed in with a healthy heap of melodic hip-hop to deliver a track that is quite unique in […]
Read moreSOTBMusic: Jay Wonder Says "Don’t Fall In Love"
Jay Wonder dropped some sad-ass music. That’s not an insult, though. The song is just legitimately sad and pulls you back to “the one who got away because you were too slow/too stupid to do anything” or “the one who you broke up with and you thought would get back together with you but didn’t.” […]
Read moreSOTBMusic: NishoSoul Delivers Soon Enough Not a Moment Too Soon
NishoSoul has been a very busy man over the last few years. Between working on his music, being a successful podcaster, and just living as a Black man in the DMV, he’s done the damn thing. This weekend, after two years of working on it, he dropped Soon Enough, a project that shows Nisho’s love, […]
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