The elusive presence and quiet demeanor of Baltimore’s sensuality-soaked R&B lovechild, Brent Faiyaz feels at constant odds with his music’s vulnerability and subject matter. That dichotomy creates mystère and intrigue, so though his music is of rare release, it – like the few and far between offerings from a handful of other modern creatives who largely avoid the limelight, like Kendrick Lamar, SZA, and Frank Ocean – is always worth the wait. Uniquely dark, spellbinding, emotionally evocative, and thought provoking, Faiyaz’s particular brand of R&B is like nothing to come before it, instead feeling like it comes from a future where his influence has changed R&B music for the moodier and more experimental.

From that experimental space, and with another of our time’s most experimentally driven creative powerhouses, Tyler, the Creator, comes Gravity. The single is worth the weight in its title. Born from the oft overlooked Songs From Scratch series that has provided the world with a mosaic of dynamic collaborations in the past, Faiyaz, Tyler, and DJ Dahi come together on a psychedelically founded blendalline hip-hop and Neo-Soul tale of lustful bravado. And as expected, it’s a hit, no matter which of its starry protagonists draw a given listener Gravity’s way.