Aaliyah and similar artists

I don't care what year it is, or what you're listening to, or what fire instrumental your Twitter followers can't stop retweeting. "Baile Somebody," b...

LA native Gavin Turek is following up her Good Look For You Remix EP with stellar new single "Birdie Bees." As we've come to expect from Turek, "Bird...

During the premiere of Travi$ Scott's Beats 1 show .wav over the weekend, Scott announced not only the release date of his long-awaited debut, Birds I...

Putting a tumultuous start to the year behind her, Kehlani has been on a tear of late with some tremendous releases. "Distractions" is her latest off...

I have been in the mood for soulful disco R&B lately (since April and Mayer Hawthorne's groovy new album I guess), and L.A.-based disco princess G...

Alicia Keys' first release in almost four years finds the New York songstress changing gear with the moody "In Common." Enlisting the production tale...

Jae Franklin has a unique perspective on the world. The Houston native has lived in countries in Africa and Asia, and currently calls the United Arab ...

Los Angeles' TOKiMONSTA is doing her thing again, making old classics into future classics. She took Aaliyah's hit "Rock The Boat" and made it someth...

Bow & Arrow is Sydney-based husband and wife duo Mitchell and Mindy Kwanten. They've been performing live for some time, and have now debuted thei...

London-based singer, songwriter, and producer Lyves made big waves throughout the blogosphere with her breakout single "Shelter" -- so much so that he...

"Shelter" is the brand new track from Lyves, also known as North London resident Francesca Bergami. Uniquely pairing an old-school soul vibe with synt...

Radio 1's Annie Mac uses her Free Music Mondays to shine a light on some of her favorite tracks from underground artists. This week, she chose Indie S...

Aaliyah remixes don't do much for me usually. Nothing wrong with them on the whole, it just feels like they're destined to come and go like the tide. ...

Emerging from a thick cloud of Backwood smoke, Ras_G celebrates his upcoming arrival day (birth day for you earthlings) with the release of Down 2 Ear...

London-based artist Meleka might already be known for her work with Kelis, Gorgon City, and Basement Jaxx, but I'll bet you've never heard her quite l...

New R&B-infused electro pop with a slightly pretentious sci-fi music video? Yeah, we dig. Last time we heard from London-based NZCA LINES was abo...

What's that? You want a slow jam for the weekend? Espa's new track "Your Ghost" is gorgeous. There's something really special about this -- it evokes...

I'm all about The Code right now. I got goosebumps the first time I heard "Gravity" on Soulection's radio show, and this new Aaliyah-infused track is ...

Together, Kelela and Tink scream "soul sisters" to me. And their new single embodies that to a T. "Want It" is soulful and sultry at the same time; I...

Tasty beat with some bouncy electronic bass and soulful lyrics. Yep, it's some 90s revival R&B, and why not?  With plenty of electronic artis...