These are the songs that I would use to introduce anyone to new R&B talent. Basically this playlist are my favorite R&B singers that I've discovered here on soundcloud.

Spotlight: R&B/Soul

For everyone who likes an old vibe in their new R&B. There won't be any "trapsoul" or any Hip-Hop on here. Just straight, R&B and Soul. Also a little funk and maybe some disco in there also. Who knows? Old Vibes from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s are ALL included in here.

Young Body with an Old Soul

HOW GLAD I AM Suite is a sonic journey looking at the ins and outs of an overwhelming love affair. How Glad I am Suite is the first offering from Melanie's first solo project "The Girl In The Green Shoes"
*"How Glad I Am" is a jazz standard written by Jimmy Williams and Larry Harrison and was made famous by Nancy Wilson.

Side A
How Glad I Am
Produced by Melanie Charles
*w/ segments of
Manchilds "Especially For You"
Its Routines "Pretend"

Recorded at Zuercher studios and Love Science Studios
Mixed by Josh Guinta
Mastered by Bae Bro

B SIde
Produced by Swarvy and Melanie Charles
Mixed and Mastered by Swarvy

Watch the short film-----> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZgGqlIERTs

How Glad I Am Suite

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Here's something for all of the pretty [black] girls with their hair wrapped. Chill with fresh fruit and good vibes while you're working , chilling or just can't sleep.

NOTE: THIS IS THE SOUNDCLOUD VERSION. THERE IS ALSO A SPOTIFY AND APPLE MUSIC VERSION

Pretty Girl with Her Hair Wrapped

I Wish I Was A Chair-Phony Ppl

music hundred strong
Lyrics and vocal performance Elle Phoenix

Bolt From The Blue Hundred Strong feat Kali Phoenix

http://instagram.com/leonbridgesofficial
https://www.facebook.com/LeonBridgesOfficial
https://twitter.com/leonbridges
http://www.leonbridges.com/tour

Coming Home

Get it at iTunes

Samples "Ahmad Heavy Short" by Tom Misch
tommisch1.bandcamp.com/track/ahmad-heavy-short
TomMish1.Bandcamp.com


OshunNYC.com
SoundCloud.com/OSHUNNYC

OSHUN - Window Pain (Prod. By Tom Misch)

Film Noir is proud to present the first Single from @masegomusic x @officialmedasin 'The Pink Polo EP' Girls That Dance. 

discover Medasin x Masego : @masegomusic x @officialmedasin

follow us on twitter ~ twitter.com/filmnoirsound

Take My Money

Masego x Medasin ~ Girls That Dance

*Written by Daniel Caesar

*Produced by Jordan Evans & Matthew Burnett

*Vocals & Guitar by Daniel Caesar. Guitar by Ian Culley. Piano & Wurlitzer by Matthew Burnett. Drums by Brandon Horniachek

*Mixed by Riley Bell. Recorded at Dream House Studios, Toronto

@danielcaesar
facebook.com/dannyixxi
twitter.com/dannyixxi
instagram.com/dannyixxi

Japanese Denim (Live Acoustic)

PRE-ORDER GAME WINNER EP — joeydosik.bandcamp.com

RUNNING AWAY

Joey Dosik — Everything Else 
Jack Stratton — Drums
Theo Katzman — Congas
Lucky Paul Taylor — Sounds
Tomek Miernowski — Dueling Guitar

Written, Produced, Mixed by Joey Dosik
Engineered by Joey Dosik, Pete Min
Mastered by Devin Kerr


OG VID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiHtzUNAJF0

Game Winner - EP

Running Away (GAME WINNER EP NOW AVAILABLE)

New EP 'Neptune' featuring Brandy, Arin Ray + VanJess drops 03.26.21 🌧
pre-save it here: music.empi.re/neptune

"Weight in Gold" is from my debut album 'Ology'
Stream that on Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/track/1Tk2gYtC1Ik5lqJqnQsViz
Purchase at iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/ology/id1089416488

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First premiered by Zane Lowe "World Exclusive" on Beats Radio 1/ Apple Music

Official Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh7BCluk3wc
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black dust in orbit cascades down like a parachute
bricks on my shoulders, this gravity hurts when you know the truth

I’m pulling my weight in gold
call me anxious, call me broke
but I can’t lift this on my own
pulling my weight in gold
call me anxious, call me broke
but I can’t lift this on my own

we dreamt like martyrs—
I never thought I was bold enough.
you pushed me further
and I take the blame for the both of us

I’m pulling my weight in gold
call me anxious, call me broke
but I can’t lift this on my own
pulling my weight in gold
call me anxious, call me broke
but I can’t lift this on my own

Oh, Universe— hold me up
you tried your best, is it ever enough when it’s already dragging me down?

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prod. by stint

Ology

Weight in Gold

new heat 🖤

With Me

NORA

'Pilgrim's Paradise' is available on iTunes now: smarturl.it/PilgrimsParadise

Written by Daniel Caesar

Produced by Jordan Evans & Matthew Burnett

Music by Jordan Evans, Matthew Burnett, Daniel Caesar, Ian Culley & River Tiber

Mixed by Riley Bell

Follow @danielcaesar
facebook.com/dannyixxi
twitter.com/danielcaesar
instagram.com/dannyixxi

Pilgrim's Paradise

Buy on iTunes

Death & Taxes

Buy: http://allie.lnk.to/moonlust

Lyrics and Vocals: @alliemoves

Produced by: @elaquent 

Mastered by: @2nd-son

Artwork by: Khan Nova

winter solstice 
power down, ice storm 
woke up in your arms 
ya said ya fit good 
like i knew ya would 

eased me up 
worked it out 
wore me down 
killed my doubt 
gave me that good good 
that real shit like i knew ya would 
like i knew ya would 
like i knew ya would 

took off to L.A 
and i lost my way 
riverbed ran dry 
i was comin from the wrong place 
comin from the wrong place 
all my poetry ran away from me 
became a shadow what i'm meant to be 
oh yea, oh yea 

thought i had got everything that i wanted 
head in my hands like 
what have i started, started, started 
west hollywood where the fuck have i gone 
smokin barry white from dusk till dawn 
oh yea, oh yea 

never been so hard to pen a new jawn 
sittin under palms bakin in the sun 
dig my hands in the earth for an answer 
said life is the dance and you are the dancer 
life is the dance and you are the dancer 

it said ya pay the price 
to live your dreams 
you invite the world of the unseen 
into the realm of possibility 
out there under the palms 
all i could think about 
was the night of the ice storm 

all this shit 
don't mean a thing to me 
don't mean a thing to me 
if i don't have we 
oh yea 

all this shit 
don't mean a thing to me 
don't mean a thing to me 
if i don't have we 
oh yea 

i wanna be your ride or die 
your best friend 
wanna love ya 
till the end 
(i wanna love you till the end baby) 
and if ever there's an ice storm 
ima keep you warm 
gonna wake up 
in my arms 
(gonna wake up in my arms yea, mmm) 

i wanna be your ride or die 
your best friend 
wanna love ya 
till the end 
(till the end, oh baby) 
and if ever there's an ice storm 
ima keep you warm 
gonna wake up 
in my arms

Yemi's Song (prod. Elaquent)

mixing help from brian delizza and pat messy

all sounds except bass (trilian) and drums (drums) from Nord Stage.

PATAGONIA

Dedicated to the genius of Kendrick and @callmelike

Kdot - singaboutme (Soft Glas edit)

Gotta Have It (prod. by J Dilla)

SAINT HERON Premiere: http://saintheron.com/music/premiere-courtnie-opens-up-on-hearts-desire/

Produced by Brandon Combs
Cover Art by Morgan Johnson

Thanks so much for listening <3

Single - Heart's Desire

Heart's Desire

Coffee

Elevate Ft. Melik Watts (prod by Mali Boi)

Elevate Ft. Melik Watts & Danger Remy (prod by Mali Boi)

B Side
Produced by Swarvy and Melanie Charles
Mixed and Mastered by Swarvy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZgGqlIERTs

2/20/2017

How Glad I Am (B side)

How Glad I Am
Produced by Melanie Charles

2/20/2016

How Glad I Am

"Hello"

Performed by: Mya Shimizu
Written by: Jay Taj
Produced by: IGNORVNCE

Copyright 2017 Mya Shimizu

Hello

FIN (Uncut)

Treading Water

Although Charles may be new to some, she has held a long spanning relationship with music that goes back to girlhood. She was raised by a Haitian mother in Brooklyn where the sound waves in their home was filled with artists like Johnny Hodges, Frank Sinatra, Chaka Khan, and Nat King Cole. She attended the famed arts high school, LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts where she studied flute and vocals. Her early life was full of stage performances; as a kid she participated in musical theater, pageants, and talent shows in New York City. Eventually, she landed at the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music at The New School for college where she met artists like alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin and others. Perhaps better known as a singer, Charles has earned her title as a bonefide flutist. Her playing adds vibrant swaths of color and emotional texture to her music.

The album opens with a breathtaking rendition of Billie Holiday’s “God Bless the Child.” This song, and the album overall, flexes Charles’ impressive arrangement skills. The song features a powerful group of musicians—Benjamin Julia on electric guitar, Dezron Douglas on upright bass, Anwar Marshall on drums, Shedrick Mitchell on organ, and Tayzaro on cello. On flute and vocals, Charles floats above the soulful current of the band, singing the song over a dramatic blanket of electronic sound. The lyrics ring with equal power as the music. When Charles sings the lines “Yes, the strong get more/While the weak ones fade,” the connection to black women’s struggle is palpable. “My experience moving in the world as a black girl has always been, I have to be strong. I have to keep it together; I have to sort of live up to the standard,” says Charles.

At its core, Y’all Don’t (Really) Care is a clarion call for a more intersectional vision of the world in which black women can live more freely. The interlude “Pay Black Women” offers the most explicit instruction on some of the ways that care can be expressed. It contains a sample from a film project produced by Charles in 2021 entitled Love Letter to Black Jazz Girls.  Through the voices of three black women, the track draws attention to the racial gender wage gap but also to the treatment of black women artistic producers more broadly.

How Glad I Am

Melanie Charles is D'flower