Tag Archives: R&B

AUDIO: LOVEPeso – “Way Back When”

LOVEPeso, known for being a member of genre-fluid collective Spider Creek, just dropped a new single. This one’s about a past relationship and reminiscing on what you used to have, but now you can’t even call yourselves friends. The feelings are still there but you’ve gone your separate ways, and LOVEPeso grapples with the reckoning through an emotive, keyboard-laden hip

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AUDIO: Leroy Booker – “Sign Of The Times”

Milwaukee’s music scene is rife with great rock and roll, and its full of talented rappers. But the middle child, so to speak, between these two genres sits a just-as-promising lineup of R&B artists. The newest single from Milwaukee native Leroy Booker proves that there’s soul in the 414.  A thick curtain of R&B instrumentals lay heavily on this track. The

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AUDIO: Zolton – “The Z-Files”

Zolton caps off the year with his sophomore full-length album. Marrying hip hop with alternative R&B, Zolton skillfully balances struggle and tension with confidence and prosperity. Moments like “First Times”, “December” and “Tough Nights” find him navigating personal and interpersonal conflicts, but he levels it out with the flex on tracks like “RUNNIN” and “CLV” where he’s chasing dreams with

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AUDIO: Grey Genius – “Hold This 4 A Min: The First Part”

R&B songstress Grey Genius dropped a new EP recently. It’s four tracks where Genius passionately affirms her love for someone, but they’ve got some stuff to work out. “My” is a song about having something genuine with someone and having their back through thick and thin, “Willing” touches on when love gets difficult, “Old You” confronts things not being the

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AUDIO: PLYTME – “Late Bloomer”

Hip hop artist PLYTME dropped a record a few months back. With clever wordplay and precise flow, PLYTME enters a deeply introspective zone over ten tracks. There’s no features; it’s just him and his wisdom here, processing topics such as laying low while staying relevant, the complexities of relationships, staying humble, facing fears and being in charge of your own

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AUDIO: ThatGuyEli – “Whatever’s Next”

Eclectic alternative artist ThatGuyEli released his sophomore album recently. Constantly looking to innovate himself outside the box, Eli incorporates hip hop, R&B and electronic elements in conjunction with variably textural guitars to drive themes of getting his mind right, running from demons and finding peace. The lone feature here is $hiro on “Automata,” who drops bars that seek similar sentiments

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