Soulful Hip Hop songs | Indie Shuffle

Sounds like: Melodiesinfonie, Stan Forebee, Taku

Caffeine has the power to make everything more enjoyable, and "Nomatter" is a song that works in either of the two known human states; those being caf...

Dreamville

Sacrifices (Ft. EARTHGANG, J. Cole, Smino & Saba)

Sounds like: Sudan Archives, Chance the Rapper

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Who the hell got the Dreamville SoundCloud url before Dreamville did?! I was trying to figure out if big hip hop acts still use the once favored music...

FKJ

Leave My Home

Sounds like: Ta-ku, Jordan Rakei, Tom Misch

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A gorgeous single from FKJ (French Kiwi Juice) dropped online a few days ago entitled "Leave My Home." It's a sincere song from the French producer a...

Biig Piig

Perdida

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Ms.Lauryn Hill & Nina Simone

Doo Wop (That Thing) (Amerigo Gazaway Mashup)

Sounds like: Erykah Badu, Jill Scott

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Lauryn Hill’s 1998 hit single “Doo Wop (That Thing)” was good at the time, and now gets expertly remixed with a variety samples from the late great Ni...

Sampa the Great

Energy (Ft. Nadeem Din-Gabisi)

Sounds like: Lauryn Hill, Noname, Eryka Badu

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One of the shining lights in the Australian hip-hop scene, Sampa The Great, ends 2018 with stellar new single "Energy." Having recently won at the A...

Anderson .Paak

Saviers Road

Sounds like: Mick Jenkins, SiR

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What a bare month it's been for me in terms of new music. Even Anderson .Paak let me down a bit with his latest album, Oxnard; one too many blowjob sk...

Anderson .Paak

Tints (Ft. Kendrick Lamar)

Sounds like: Nxworries, The Internet, Kaytranada

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The last time we heard from .Paak was earlier this year when he released "Bubblin", another amazing track that gave me hopes for a possible new album ...

Mos Def

My Umi

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Love At First Sound

Everything

Sounds like: Frank Ocean, Daniel Caesar

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Laid back rapper Love At First Sound just debuted his first single, "Everything." It's primarily a confessional sing-talk track, but it's got some bea...

Tank and The Bangas

Smoke.Netflix.Chill

Sounds like: Jill Scott, The Suffers, Lizzo, Lake Street Dive, Jamila Woods, Nai Palm, Hiatus Kaiyote

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Tank was one of the unfortunate inhabitants of New Orleans that was affected by Hurricane Katrina back in 2005, when she was just a teenager. Her fami...

VEDA BLACK

Thru The Mirror

Sounds like: Hiatus Kaiyote, SZA

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The South East London singer-songwriter turned producer VEDA BLACK has put out "Thru The Mirror," an R&B track chock full of springy synths and si...

Zaia

White Lines

Sounds like: Chance The Rapper, Smino, OutKast

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Seven minutes long, and Zaia's "White Lines" held my attention from beginning to end. Take everything you love about the first half -- the bouncy prod...

Georgia Anne Muldrow

Great Blacks

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MELODOWNZ

The Anthem (intro) (Ft. Bailey Wiley)

Sounds like: Noah Slee, Bailey Wiley, Saba, J Cole, Denzel Curry

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When it comes to hip-hop I am picky as allll hell. After hearing Noah Slee's track "Lips", which featured fellow Kiwi Melodownz, I had did a little s...

Ray B.

Waves (Ride My Wave) (Ft. Shaina Rae)

Sounds like: Gianni, Skizzy Mars, Drake, Jhene Aiko, Tinashe

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Vibe. I can't keep telling you how important that is to me when I'm doing anything. I mean, I won't even go into a restaurant unless I feel the vibe...

DUCKWRTH

BOY (Prod. by Alexander Spit)

Sounds like: Mick Jenkins, KYLE, Rejjie Snow

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First things first, I just have to note that I really love this whole experimental hip-hop wave that's been rinsing the music industry for the last tw...

S4U

TWICE

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Leven Kali

Joy

Sounds like: Anderson .Paak, Bruno Mars, Zack Sekoff

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Ten points to my buddy Andrew Ivan for sharing the only Leven Kali vibes to-date on this site. Ten points to BearToons, one of my favorite blogs, for ...

Exmag

Touch (Ft. Jubee)

Sounds like: They., Big Sean, Suff Daddy, MIKKNA

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There will never ever be a day that soulful hip-hop does not brighten, heighten, or lighten the mood. Exmag's "Touch" will bring you to that sweet s...