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Orlando, Florida’s Giles has shared a new single called “Alive”, which captures his focused, inspiring sound. A multi-talented artist, the musician born Alvin Giles is a skilled producer, composer, and audio engineer. After a 10 year hiatus from music, he has returned to deliver a powerful, sharply-crafted new offering that keeps the listener glued to the speakers throughout.

“Alive” opens with soulful keys underscoring Giles’ energizing, dynamic vocals, before fast-paced, engaging percussion drop in beneath to create an infectious groove. This song continues to build until it erupts into a climactic chorus featuring layered instrumentation, as expansive guitars ring out beneath the steady drum pattern. A versatile offering that blends influences from a variety of genres into a heartfelt, memorable track, “Alive” showcases Giles focused skills as a songwriter and arranger.

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By Todd Anderson

New York songstress Rae Radick has shared a new single called “When It Goes Down”, featuring fellow NY musician Vin Scialla. Set to an incredibly climatic tone, “When It Goes Down,” is a reflective, engaging single that finds Rae putting a few of her many talents on display. Utilizing her songwriting abilities, she pens a relatable record comparing the end of a relationship to that feeling you may get when you reach the end of the road in general. Featuring Vin Scialla on the guitar, the duo do a great job of meshing with one another, as Rae’s deeper vocal tone perfectly compliments the infectious melodic runs provided by Scialla. In all, the single provides a great insight into Rae for newer fans, while also serving as a great release for already established listeners. 

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Phoenix artist BIJOU has linked with Griselda‘s Benny the Butcher for a new single titled “The Players Anthem”. An invigorating g-house track, this offering showcases the best the rising sub-genre has to offer with heavy, electrifying production and inspiring monologues detailing Benny’s meteoric ascent. “The Players Anthem” is centred around a driving, bass-heavy instrumental featuring powerful percussion that underscores his spoken word vocals. An electrifying new release from the Arizona EDM producer and Buffalo’s Benny the Butcher overall, this is a song that’s guaranteed to get the listener out of their seat.

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Hailing from sunny Los Angeles, underground mainstays Cashus King and Jeff Johnson have shared a new single called “SIT CALM”. With a storied history in the Los Angeles hip-hop scene, the two have developed evocative styles hinged around vibrant, cerebral wordplay, and deft flows. Their latest single “SIT CALM” is an infectious offering that pairs gritty, textural horns and vibraphones with head-nodding percussion to create a jazzy, immersive soundscape. Atop the rich instrumentation, the two rappers showcase a natural chemistry as they trade addictive, imagery-filled bars with effortless charisma. The latest from the two Los Angeles mainstays, “SIT CALM” furthers their prolific recent run and provides a fun-loving, heavily replay-able offering.

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Madison, New Jersey’s Dzh is a double threat, boasting skills as both a rapper and producer that he developed through years of experimentation. Beginning with engaging early projects like his 2019 debut Under This Hoodie and 2020’s The Durag Tape, the artist carved a niche for himself as a rising voice from the East Coast to watch. Now, he has returned with a brand new full length album called Dante’s Inferno, an appropriately blazing album that showcases his versatile skills as a vocalist, producer, and songwriter.

From the get-go, this album displays remarkably quick-witted wordplay and a powerful, sharp flow that demands the listener’s attention. Opener “Inferno” sets the tone and showcases what makes Dzh such a captivating emcee, as he weaves together dynamic rhyme patterns atop the exhilarating instrumentation. Then, tracks like “1999” and “Relying On Me” slow down the pace and take on a more introspective mood, exhibiting his skills as an overall songwriter. Across this album, Dzh offers an engagingly versatile, sonically gripping set of songs that imprint themselves upon the listener’s memory for days.

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Vancouver, Canada-based artist J.Rez has shared a new single called “WOAH”. A focused writer who began crafting lyrics at the young age of seven, the artist has developed a sharp-witted, memorable rap style. His latest offering “WOAH” is a fiery single that gets the adrenaline pumping with fierce vocals, spacey synths, and grooving bass. As crisp, head-banging drums drop in, J.Rez makes a powerful entrance and showcases his command of the microphone, weaving elastic flows at a rapid pace. Then, he throws in a subtly melodic chorus that sticks in the listener’s mind, while adding dynamics to the track and capping it off in an engaging fashion. A driving, exciting track overall, “WOAH” is the latest from Canadian artist J.Rez, exhibiting his sharp lyrical abilities and blistering flow atop muscular production.

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Stockholm-based musician Daniel Javan has shared a new single called “TOXIC LUV”, featuring Nazaki. Infectious and energizing, this single finds them delivering a series of memorable melodies atop engaging production. The instrumentation here draws the listener in immediately and makes it challenging to focus on anything else with gripping, heavy 808s, crisp percussion, and dream-like guitars. These instruments create a wistful backdrop for this single’s evocative vocals, making for an exciting overall listening experience that provides much replay value. The latest from fast-rising artists Daniel Javan and Nazaki, “TOXIC LUV” follows up Javan’s well-received recent offerings “where you are” and “I Was Wrong”, with a memorable, immersive release.

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Surrey, Canada artists PEAK, Shally Rehal, and KULTARGOTBOUNCE have connected for “OUTLAW”, a memorable, atmospheric single that follows up their previous joint effort “NO HOOK”. While this is just their second collaboration as a trio, one would never know it, as they three share an undeniably natural chemistry that translates itself to an immersive, engaging experience for the listener.

On “OUTLAW”, they lean upon their individual strengths to create an enticingly cohesive package, with infectious production from KULTARGOTBOUNCE, and vibrant, sharply-crafted vocals from PEAK and Rehal. This is a track that uniquely combines influences from international music cultures, as two sides of Indian-Canadian music are blended together with an ear-worm English R&B hook by PEAK and smooth Punjabi vocals on the verses from Rehal. A resonant, versatile track from PEAK, Shally Rehal, and KULTARGOTBOUNCE, “OUTLAW” further proves that they are rising artists to keep a close eye on coming out of Canada.

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Texas rapper Bbm Deion has shared a new single titled “Frozen Heart”. The up-and-coming artist, who has already been making an impressive impact on underground music at the age of 17, showcases his energizing, infectious sound on this latest offering. Here, an appropriately icy instrumental enters featuring ethereal guitars and epic backing vocals that drift atop heavy, engaging percussion. As rich, driving 808s drop in, Deion’s powerful yet smooth vocals captivate as he delivers catchy melodies atop the graceful instrumentation. The latest from the young Texas artist, “Frozen Heart” finds him continue to show promise, especially as a songwriter.

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Nigerian-Canadian artist Francesca Wexler has shared a fresh new single called “Princess Diana”. Following up her previous single, the electrifying “Cherry Fields Forever”, this track takes on a more somber, subdued mood with slower, smooth production. A mysterious, dark offering centred around a pensive, slightly psychedelic instrumental and eerily calm vocals from Wexler, this is an offering that is both layered and highly re-playable. Her vocals here are smoothly hazy and include some melodic influence, while for the most part sticking to dense, cleverly written rap bars. The latest from Canada’s Wexler, this track has us even more excited for a longer project from the rising artist, who has shown much promise in her songwriting of late.

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