Scorpio season ignites with magnetic new releases from Tyla, Leon Thomas, Miguel, Halle, Trevor Jackson, Ari Lennox and more! Pressed Picks: The Vault (a compilation of previous picks coming soon). Now streaming on: Spotify Apple Music

Miles into honing his craft and paying his dues, Josh Levi’s full-length debut Hydraulic  is a star-making vehicle for the Houstonian. When he opens the album over cybernated synths, testifying, “This ain’t my first rodeo,” the metaphor extends beyond romance. You can almost glimpse the roads he’s traveled to arrive at this moment in his flexible tenor. By the time cultural tastemaker and everyone’s favorite awkward Black girl, Issa Rae, signed Levi to Raedio (with distributi

In a 1995 review of Daydream , Vibe magazine wrote , “[Mariah Carey's] songs aren’t ones you’d make love to, give birth to, or more important, barbecue to. Hers are songs you’d take a shower to.”  First, I’d like to ask, what are “Emotions”, “Dreamlover”, and “Fantasy”, if not summery cookout jams? And secondly, Here For It All ( and her catalogue throughout the years) are full of anthems and hits you’d fall in love to, breakup to, praise God to, and more importantly, outlast

Kehlani’s long-deserved flowers are in full bloom. Twelve years deep into their career, the R&B visionary has inspired industry veterans and a new generation of stars alike to sing their praises —- and her hit single “Folded,” through their own covers and remixes . While “Folded” ascends the Hot 100 — currently sitting at #18 — and holds strong within the top 10 across multiple Billboard charts, Kehlani is already teasing what’s next.  The morning of October 13, Kehlani share

“I’m not in charge of submissions and I wish “Folded” could’ve gotten submitted for the main categories, but such is life. I’m grateful.”...

Toronto has given us the embattled but undeniable hitmaker Drake, the controversial Daniel Caesar, and perhaps its most underrated gem,...