Arin Ray has been on a mission in 2019 to deliver one of the most complete and wide-ranging collections of single from any R&B artist cut of the modern cloth. Where Roses started the year on a note of modernist melancholy, and where Change highlighted his ability to pull together a collaborative romantic ballad, his latest, A Seat is a true and timeless R&B classic. 

 

Unendingly sexualized across its identity in penmanship and general texture, A Seat shines Arin Ray under a light as one of the modern spectrum’s most versatile and perfectionist R&B stars on the rise. Effortlessly emotive vocals put on exhibition just how talented his writing skills are, and just how well he manages to coalesce with old-school piano and funk bass-driven instrumentation.

 

Through it all, A Seat is one of the best standalone singles that the 2019 R&B spectrum has to offer.