Victoria Monét [2021] - Coastin' [Tribe Records] NEW VIDEO

As if by magic after posting a video for Leela James' new single, Victoria Monét, the artist who knocked her off the Global Soul chart top spot,  has also released a video for "Coastin'" the same day (2 Sep 2021), so here it is in all it's 70s glory! 

I have a feeling that she won't be at #1 later today. I think it's likely to be Carmichael Musiclover, let's see!

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Rating:	8.2
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Tribe Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	02/09/2021
Key/BPM:	1A/91
Value:	£1

Leela James Feat. Mumu Fresh [2021] - Break My Soul [BMG] NEW VIDEO

After being knocked off the top spot on the Global Soul chart last week after three weeks at #1, Leela James returns with a new single from the "See Me" album (released 30 Jul). 

It's the opening track "Break My Soul" featuring Mumu Fresh on rap duties, which I'm sure we're all familiar with but she's released a promo video for the track on Thursday (2 Sep 2021).

It's the fourth single, so far, to be released as a single from the album the others being "Complicated" (12 Feb), "Put It On Me" (11 Jun) and "You’re The One" (16 Jul) all pre-released before the album on 30 Jul.

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Rating:	8.6
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	02/09/2021
Key/BPM:	6B/86
Value:	£1

Jungle [2021] - Loving In Stereo [Caiola Records] (Full Album)

The Priya Ragu post reminded me of an album from Jungle released on 13 Aug 2021 (on which she featured).

"Loving In Stereo" is their third album which is available in all formats i.e. digital, CD, vinyl and even cassette (which oddly is cheaper to buy than digital but I've never really liked cassettes for pre-recorded music as they get 'chewed up' too easily!).

Jungle first appeared on the blog with their single "Keep Moving" in March who, despite the cast of thousands in the "Keep Moving" video, are a producer duo Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland from London founded in 2013.

I'm not quite sure how to describe/label the music, it's basically dance music so I've just categorised it as Nu Disco for want of a term.

The best tracks are probably the ones with videos below ("Keep Moving", "All Of The Time", "Lifting You", "Talk About It") along with "Can't Stop The Stars", "What D'You Know About Me" and "Goodbye My Love".

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Rating:	8.2
Genre/Style:	Nu Disco
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital/CD/LP/Cassette
Label:	Caiola Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	13/08/2021
Value:	£9.99 / £10.24 / £19.99 / £7.99

Priya Ragu [2021] - damnshestamil [Warner Records UK] (Full Album)

Priya Ragu (Ragupathylingam) from Zurich (of Sri Lankan heritage) released, what she terms as, her debut mixtape titled "damnshestamil" yesterday (3 Sep 2021). The standout track is one she released as her debut single last year "Good Love 2.0", which has been released several times with different mixes applied. Having said that, I found a track from her called "My Love" on BandCamp dated 2013.

The album is a bit of a mixed bag with some Asian vibes mixed in. The better tracks, along with "Good Love 2.0", are "Lighthouse" (but it goes a bit Asian/Bangra from 3 mins to the end) and "Forget About" (and possibly "Anything").

I'd actually 'forgotten about' featuring "Forget About" when it was released as a single in May.

She has also featured on Jungle's new album "Loving In Stereo" released on 13 Aug on the track "Goodbye My Love" which she co-wrote with one of the Jungle producers Joshua Lloyd-Watson.

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Rating:	7.6
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul / R&B
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital / LP
Label:	Warner Records UK
Cat No:	None
Date:	03/09/2021
Value:	£8.99 / 19.72