New Music: JoJo- Agápē

Finally! Although the Agápē isn't set to come out until Thursday of this week, but JoJo has blessed us with the stream of her new project. JoJo has truly grown into an artist and the growth has def paid off. The tape opens with a track that explains and explores how she feels about her musical journey. This tape is def worth the listen. Stream Below:

Spins of the Week

I have been listening to some great music lately! Check out some of the select tracks below! Enjoy!

Elijah Blake: Bijoux 22 Ep Stream

Newcomer, Elijah Blake, drops his ep "Bijoux 22" and I must say its dope. The ep features production from my FAVE, No I.D. You may remember him from the feature on Rick Ross's Presidential track. Elijah is already an established songwriter; he may have wrote for your fave lol. Check out his ep below!

Luke James: Whispers in The Dark Stream

Luke James finally drops some more music to hold us over until  his first album is set to drop. 

Whispers In The dark is R&B to the core! Luke James is def making his mark on music!

Check out the Stream below:

Covers.... Singles.... and More

Raheem DeVaughn covers Chris Brown's Don't Judge me



Tamar Braxton releases her first single: Love and War
I have to say she bodied this track both lyrically and vocally! Listen below


Siergio: Looking For Love
Newcomer to the underground R&B scene and I have to say his sound and approach to R&B is really promising. Take a listen to this Atlanta native's single below.

Get In Tune...

Two of my faves lyrically, Emeli Sandé and Jhene Aiko, both dropped new singles accompanied with videos. Both videos and songs are lyrically tough and take you on an emotional journey.

Emeli Sandé- Clown: "It's about how I felt when I was trying to get signed, I was going for all these meetings and people were looking at me like 'What do we do with you'? It's about not allowing yourself to be judged by others or to be taken for an idiot. I feel the video reflects that" Emeli Sande 2012.





Jhene Aiko- Mirrors: i wrote a song to sing to myself ... on days like these ... when i look in the mirror and it disagrees .... #Mirrors

Dancing in MY hallway

As this year comes to a close, I had a moment to truly reflect on what I have learned this year. Before, I dive into that let me start by saying I am a planner. I like to know whats coming next to a certain degree and when my plan is altered I tend to completely lose focus and doubt sets in. Well this year ALL my “plans” were completely turned upside down and flipped over. I could go into details on different tales of unfortunate events that I experienced, but that’s not the moral of this lesson.

What I was able to take away from this year and the hand I was given was the importance of dancing in my hallway. Sounds crazy... right? By dancing in my hallway, I am referring to giving thanks and enjoying my hallway full of doors that were set up for me to walk through when I’m READY for it. I wasn’t ready this year. I still had my foot stuck in doors that should have BEEN closed. 

The hardest part of this lesson to digest was that when the time has expired on some doors; whether it be career, personal, financial, or even location related, the doors that were prepared for you to walk in easily won’t always be there. I was trying to FORCE doors that were expired and set to close to stay open. Little did I know they were gonna shut whether I liked it or not. 

I was put in a position where I had to be thankful for my hallway... I had to mature and rise to the occasion for what was in stored in my new doors of opportunity. This chapter of my life I’m calling the hallway.... The next chapter will be knocking down doors... I’m ready for that chapter. 

Soundtrack of the week....

As a music lover sometimes I have certain songs on repeat during different phases of the week. This week I decided to make a setlist of some of the songs that are in my iTunes rotation. This setlist is mix of R&B(mostly) and Rap! Check it out below! 

From Summer to Winter

The biggest pet peeve is having a bunch of cute summer clothes that seem unwearable in winter, but with a few tricks and modifications you can pull it off. Check the pics below:

Add stockings & a blazer(not pictured here)

 
Take this Summer Dress add stockings and an oversized sweater!

Finally, take any shorts pair with a sweater, blazer, or cardigan and add stockings!

JoJo- Andre.... New Single... Stream Here

 JoJo is back again with another single from her upcoming mixtape, Agápē. The track titled, Andre, was written by her and produced by Mr. Frank. In the song, she compares her lover to the incomparable André 3000. The songwriting skills that JoJo displays on this track shows her growth as an artist. Check it out below.