What’s new, smooth as silk and features two R&B stars? It’s Silk Sonic, the new project from Grammy Award winners Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak. The dynamic duo share their first single “Leave The Door Open” and an intro track featuring R&B veteran Bootsy Collins, all lifted from the forthcoming album “An Evening With Silk Sonic.” “Leave The Door Open” is lounge at its heart; it was produced by Mars and D’Mile, and written by Bruno, Anderson, D’Mile and Brody Brown. Also noteworthy is Mars’ first lifestyle clothing collection. The singer plays ball with Lacoste on the launch of the Ricky Regal Range. Listen to “Leave The Door Open” below.

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After recovering from knee surgery and perfecting his next project, it looks like Drake may be ready to give his fans and music lovers what they want. He took to Instagram to announce his next project entitled “Scary Hours.” Back in January, the 4-time Grammy winner released a 2-song EP of the same name. The EP included Apple Music’s most streamed song of all time “God’s Plan” as well as the bar heavy track “Diplomatic Immunity.” Now he’s back with the sequel. He was spotted shooting a video earlier this week as well. We’ll have to wait and see if “Scary Hours “will include visuals as well. In the meantime, listen to “Wants And Needs” below.

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Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, known professionally as DaBaby, is an American rapper from Charlotte, NC. After releasing several mixtapes between 2014 and 2018, Kirk rose to prominence in 2019. His debut album, “Baby On Baby” (2019), peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, while his second album, “Kirk” (2019), debuted at No. 1. The former album featured the Billboard Hot 100 hit “Suge”, while the latter featured “Intro” and “Bop.” His third studio album, “Blame It On Baby” (2020), became his second consecutive number one album in the U.S. It also includes Kirk’s highest charting single, “Rockstar” featuring Roddy Rich, which spent seven non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Maysa Leak, known professionally as Maysa, is an American jazz singer known for her solo work and her work with the British band Incognito.

Happy Birthday

Remembering singer/songwriter/musician Robert “Bobby” DeBarge (March 5, 1956-August 16, 1995-Switch)

Remembering singer/songwriter/musician Mary Christine Brokert aka Teena Marie (March 5, 1956-December 26, 2010)

Singer Eddy Grant 73

Singer Jerome “Rome” Woods 53

Independent artist Miaya Guggs is bringing the heat with her new single “Situationships”, which is climbing the Billboard charts. The song tells the story of a person trying to manage emotions and expectations in a relationship. Guggs’ forthcoming debut EP “Patterns” is due out later this summer. The project will contain new tracks and tunes from her existing catalog. Through her music Guggs looks to put forth truth, crediting Amy Winehouse, SZA and Jazmine Sullivan with being their authentic selves. Guggs is definitely in the right lane with a full-on-press in “Situationships” and an artist to watch. Listen to “Situationships” below.

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Here’s what’s on my Spotify playlist.

1. Cascade Stokely & The Bonfyre
2. Fight For You H.E.R.
3. He Don’t Know Nothing Bout Jam & Lewis Ft. Babyface
4. Dance Toni Braxton
5. Born To Be A King Lamone
6. Angel Terisa Griffin
7. Reply Bobby V.
8. Lois Lang Acantha Lang
9. Friendship After Love Delious
10. Heaven Must Be Like This Hil St. Soul
11. Soft Words Maysa
12. Radio Deborah Bond
13. Really Love Raul Midon
14. The Best Things Kindred The Family Soul
15. Space Oddity We Are King
16. Love Can Heal The World Jason Peterson
17. Speed Of Love Kelly Rowland
18. Set Me On Fire Sevana
19. Anything For You Ledisi & PJ Morton
20. Be The Change Jarrod Lawson

The Wu Tang Clan is one of the biggest hip hop ensembles in history. Now, the legendary Staten Island group is proving their weight with a limited-edition large format coffee table photo book titled Wu Tang Clan: Legacy, which will wrap more than 300 pages of pictures inside a 400-pound steel and bronze sculpture. There will be only 36 editions of the weighty chamber created by sculptor Gethin Jones, which has been described as the biggest and rarest book in hip hop history. The bronze-encrusted black steel chamber sculpture, which looks like the FIFA World Cup trophy emblazoned with the Wu Tang logo, opens up to reveal the 21″ x 21″ book, which will be signed, dated and numbered and feature a certificate of authenticity alongside rare and unseen photos from famed photographers Danny Hastings, ProTim Photo, Kyle Christie and Andy Cantillon as well as friends and family of the clan. The book will be printed and bound in leather in Italy, with Jones’ sculpture inspired by the ancient past and the bronze ritual bowls of the Zhou Dynasty whose first ruler was King Wu-Tang, with the chambers consisting of Spun Mild Steel bowls while the raised ridges, base and logo are furnished in solid brushed brass. You can order the book at http://www.wutanglegacy.artofpublishing.net.

Happy Birthday

Remembering singer/songwriter/producer/musician Robert “Bobby” Womack (March 4, 1944-June 27, 2014)

Rapper Maxwell “Grand Puba” Dixon (Brand Nubian) 55

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Fred Reeves, known professionally as Doctor Ice, is an American hip hop artist from Brooklyn, New York. He began his career as a member of the hip hop group UTFO (an abbreviation for Untouchable Force Organziation). He went on to release the solo album “The Mic Stalker.”