Pip Millett [2021] - Hard Life (Motion Sick EP) [Self Released]

"Hard Life" is the second single to be pre-released from a forthcoming EP Motion Sick which is due for release on 13 Aug.

It escaped on 7 Jul 2021. The EP will contain "Running" released earlier this year on 12 May along with three new tracks.

Pip Millett, whose real name is Georgia Willacy, she uses her childhood nickname along with her mother's maiden name as her stage name,  is from Stockport (near Manchester) and debuted in 2018 and has released around a dozen singles and a couple of EPs.

If you are doubting her 'soul credentials' from these two tracks, then check out her rendition of  Otis Redding's 1966 classic "Try A Little Tenderness" which she covered in 2019.

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Rating:	7.8
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Year:	07/07/2021
Key/BPM:	9A/86
Value:	£1

Pure Colors & iamalex [2021] - A Good Time [Spectrum Records] (Full EP)

How do I describe this?  Basically it's a mashup of beats and samples. The most familiar being "Baby, It's Over" which samples "Don't Tell Me Tell Her" done by both Phyllis Hyman (1979) and Odyssey (1980).  

"Just Like This, Pt 1" uses Keith Barrow's "You Know You Want To Be Loved" from 1978.

I don't know what's sampled on Friends Zone but consensus seems to be Spaceship Earth "Be Your Own Best Friend" from 1985?

I recognise one of the samples in the last track "Never Let You Go" but can't put a name to it ... anyone?

Pure Colors is Joey T. (Tuholski) a producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist from Atlanta now living in Chicago. iamalex is a producer from Denmark (Copenhagen).

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Details

Rating:	8.5
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul / Samples
Format:	EP
Media:	Digital
Label:	Spectrum Records
Cat No:	None
Year:	02/07/2021
Value:	£5.49

Nava Adé [2021] - Phoenix [QM Records] (Full EP)

A new six track EP "Phoenix" from a new artist Nava Adé was released yesterday (9 Jul 2021). She has released four singles since last year (2020), all appearing on the EP along with two new tracks "To Proud To Beg" and "The Feeling".

Nava Adé (who uses the name Nava Johns on her social media whose real name I believe is Carina Nava Johnson) is from South London and states that she is half Ugandan and half Nigerian. 

She also runs a travel blog on YouTube and has been featured on several sites e.g. cigarfashionlifestyle and bellanaijastyle

Whilst researching her I also discovered that Nava Adé is a Tewa Indian phrase meaning “belonging to the land". whether or not she picked up the name on her travels or not I don't know.

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Rating:	8
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	EP
Media:	Digital
Label:	QM Records
Cat No:	None
Year:	09/07/2021
Value:	£5.94

Patricia Knight-Scott [2021] - Glitters (Kapmusiq Revival Remix) [Self Released]

Patricia Knight-Scott is a gospel singer (she won Best British Female Gospel Singer award in 1985) and member of The London Community Gospel Choir who appeared recently on a single by Mark Knight & Beverley Knight. Her career goes back further than that as she was a member of Nu Colors who released three albums between 1989-96.

She's just released a new single "Glitters (Kapmusiq Revival Remix)" on 9 Jul 2021. It is a remix of a track originally released on 11 May for Mental Health Awareness Week. The rap kicks in at 2:20 but only for 20 seconds - low budget rap!

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Details

Rating:	7.2
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Year:	09/07/2021
Key/BPM:	9A/87
Value:	£1

Rosemarie [2021] - Henny Talk [Interscope Records]

Rosemary is a relatively new artist from L.A. who emerged in 2018. To date she's released a full length album "TBD: To Be Determined" in 2019 and around four singles.

The latest single "Henny Talk" released 2 Jul 2021, is a departure from her previous, typically R&B, sound and has a more traditional, almost bluesy/southern soul feel and, to these ears, is easily her best yet.

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Interscope Records
Cat No:	None
Year:	02/07/2021
Key/BPM:	10A/69
Value:	£1