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Seck

‘Identity is always important. I’m not saying that you have to look at my work and see me in it, but somehow a part of me belongs on it.'

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Jerney

‘I really tried to come up with something different from most the music we hear today as well as staying true to who I am as an artist’

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$avvy

 'I like to feel like style, music, and everything is all a part of who I am, and I guess in a sense that's where the aesthetic comes from...'

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Dionne Bromfield

‘Until now this style of music has always slipped under the radar but the UK as a whole has so many incredible artists in that vein....’

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Ron Obasi

'There's conviction and confidence in the "laid back" delivery ‘cause I believe the shit I say and it’s real experiences….'

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Nappyhigh

'Even though you know I’m from the West Coast, I make a sound that screams diversity, but it’s not forced. It’s who I am'

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Langston Bristol

‘Whatever your genre is or whatever you niche is, you have to listen to stuff outside of it because that’s how you evolve the sound.’

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The BlackSon

'I’d like to think we’ve all been thinking of what we would say if people were listening... and they are now.'

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J.I.

'I can make the music that people can party to, but I can still stay true to my roots, and I can still talk my shit.'

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K CAMP

 

'Errybody know a K CAMP song when you hear it.'

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Brian Brown

‘If you’ont mind putting yourself in my shoes for a lil over a half an hour, you’d be surprised how much you relate.’

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Malik Elijah

 

'What music offers me personally, is an outlet to express the way that I'm feeling, unjudged and uninterrupted.'

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SECK

 

'Music videos themselves are an art form.'

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Moise

 

'Much of ‘Postcards I Forgot to Send’ are little messages from my perspective out to the world'

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Marques Martin

'I can't tell you what to expect my next song to sound like, but you can always count on me getting better'

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Flwr Chyld

‘It’s my job to create an experience, but it’s on the listener to make it unique and special to their existence.’

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Jorday

 

'I feel that my voice distinguishes me and makes me unique, I feel like it’s my own instrument.'

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Judith Hill

'I consider myself a soul artist.  Everything I do comes from a place of raw emotion and visceral energy.'

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L.A. VanGogh

 

‘I’m as open as I can be to what life has to offer. Everyone is “The Guru” if you’re listening.’

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Esmé

'I used to feel so insecure about not being specific and now I really embrace my genre-dodging sound'

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Kaleem Taylor

 

'Seeing R&B & Soul being heard, felt, accepted and pushed is inspiring to me'

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HXRY

'I just lived life, naturally created and at the end of it all I was able to see my own journey. I think that was dope as hell to see for myself.'

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AdeJosh

'Africa as a whole is full of riches & it always has been. I mean it's more than just gold, diamonds & oil. Our culture, our tradition is rich.'

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ATO

'I think rappers are increasingly capable of exposing more vulnerable sides of their character, free of stigma and social pressures.'

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Reaux Marquez

 

'The South always gon' have something to say.'

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Aaron Taylor

'I would call my style “fluid soul” because the soundscape can take any form and still maintain its integrity.'

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Bobby Earth

'I would call my style “fluid soul” because the soundscape can take any form and still maintain its integrity.'

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Tessellated

 

'The artistry and musicality will be out in full force for the culture.'

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Maxwell Young

 

'I almost define myself by my work in progress.'

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Naji

I've always been comfortable with expressing myself vulnerably. I have more difficulty in restraining what I share.

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Clairmont the 2nd

'In my opinion, every album I’ve made has been ahead of its time. I'm just not doing regular things & if I am, I'm still doing them differently.'

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Alex Parvenu

That, I believe is the beauty of being a creative - pushing one's self to be the best possible version of one's self.

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LHFMOB

We sit down with the Boulder, Colorado hip-hop trio to discuss influence, inspiration, and what's to come ahead of their new album, Way Up

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Yatez

'That definitely reflects in my music – the influences from a lot of different cultures – so that’s something great about Birmingham'

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HUSH/Hudson

'That's the whole concept  of our new album. If there is one, it's that everything is up for interpretation'

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Baby FuzZ

'I wanted to create a clean slate for my new music to allow for greater freedom of expression and to not have any pretense hanging over it'

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Moise

'Honestly, making music in my bedroom & waking up the next day to hear someone from Brazil has listened to it is more than fulfilling.'

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Oliver Asadi

'I feel like words are dated. Beautiful imagery is universal while words only work in the languages you know'

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D Stellar

'Every human believes in something, and art is storytelling and a gatekeeper of tradition and history.'

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Gabe Gill

'I’m definitely into the feeling that a song is just the most distilled or specific crop of a much larger feeling, moment or emotion.'

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Derek Sumpmann

'Whether performing or organizing events, I will be a happy human as long as I am constantly inundated with Music.'

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teddybear

'I always want to have that freedom of creativity, and luckily, I have supporters who like my music for the risks I take.'

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Kid Fiction

'You don't play to rooms you play to people. I'd be happy in a shoe box as long as people were vibing.'

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Aaron Taylor

'I think people will always be drawn to soul - it's never really died. There's something deeper about it. A bit like gospel.'

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