Soul Strutter: 08/13/22

Saturday, 13 August 2022

Jenevieve [2022] - Love Quotes [Joyface Records]

Jenevieve is from Miama, now living in L.A., and burst onto the scene in Feb 2020 with the release of her debut single "Medallion" which was posted along with a couple of tracks ("Baby Powder", "Eternal" and "Résumé") a year ago.

I noticed this time around that Hubert Laws is amongst the writers credits for "Medallion", so it must be using a sample from one of his songs, could it be the bassline from "Family" perhaps?

She released her debut album "Division" in Sep 2021 and has subsequently released a Deluxe version in Jan 2022 with four additional tracks, three of them remixes of other tracks i.e. "Nxwhere", "Baby Powder" and "Medallion" along with a cover of Phil Collins' "Against All Odds".

Jenevieve has a new EP "Rendezvous" in the pipeline.

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Rating:	8.2
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Joyface Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	12/08/2022
Key/BPM:	11A/75
Price:	£1

Nakina [2022] - U Don't Understand [Timeless Music] (Full EP)

Nakina Teartt from L.A. emerged in 2018 and yesterday released her third EP/album "U Don't Understand". For me it's a bit of a one-trick pony, that being the last track "I Mean It" which may suffer loss of radio airplay owing to the explicit language.

The album includes her last single "WYO (What You On)" (Dec 2021) for which a video was posted on her YouTube channel last week, presumably to promote the new album.

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Rating:	7.6
Explicit:	Y ALL tracks except 3 & 6
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul/R&B
Format:	EP
Media:	Digital
Label:	Timeless Music
Cat No:	None
Date:	12/08/2022
Price:	£6.49

MF Robots [2022] - Make The Call (Two Soul Fusion and Atjazz Remixes) [BBE]

MF Robots as you will recall are former Brand New Heavies members Dawn Joseph and Jan Kincaid and they released their 3rd album "Break The Wall" last October.

A song form it called "Make The Call" made waves at the time and many will be delighted that it is being released as their next single, due on 23 Sep 2022. The release includes the extended album version along with House and Boogie remixes from the Two Soul Fusion duo of Louie Vega (Masters At Work) and Josh Milan who bring something new with each creating a subtly different mood.

In turn, Atjazz (aka Martin Iveson) applies a remix to another album track "The Love It Takes".

It is available to pre-order from Bandcamp either digitally or on 2 x 12" vinyl.

01 - Make the Call (Two Soul Fusion Boogie remix) (Radio Version)

02 - Make the Call - (Two Soul Fusion House Remix) (Extended Version)

03 - Make The Call - (Two Soul Fusion House Remix) (Instrumental)

04 - Make the Call - (Two Soul Fusion Boogie Remix) (Extended Version)

05 - Make The Call - (Two Soul Fusion Boogie Remix) (Instrumental)

06 - The Love It Takes (Atjazz Remix)

07 - The Love it Takes (Atjazz Remix Instrumental)

08 - Make The Call

09 - Make the Call (Extended Version) 06:01

10 - The Love It Takes 04:58

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Single / Remixes
Media:	Digital / 12" Vinyl
Label:	BBE
Cat No:	None
Date:	23/09/2022
Key/BPM:	N/A
Price:	£10 / £20

Imani Maria [2022] - No Titles Just Vibes [Self Released] (Full Album)

An album by Imani Maria Poasa "No Titles Just Vibes" is due for release on 12 Sep 2022. It contains ten tracks of which seven have been previously released as singles since 2019 i.e. "100 Proof" (May 2022), "That Feeling" (Oct 2020), "Wanna Know" (Jul 2020), "I'm Good" (May 2020), "Problem$" (Dec 2019), "Gentle (Dec 2019), "Hold It Down" (Dec 2019).

That leaves just three new songs: "My Diamond", "Let's Get It" and "Mama".

It's currently available on Bandcamp, but I would imagine that the previously released singles will be available on the main DSPs.

Imani Maria is Chamorro/Samoan from the US territory of Guam.

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Rating:	8.3
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	12/09/2022
Price:	$15

Akemi Fox [2022] - You're My Favourite Day [NQ Records] (Full EP)

Manchester's Akemi Fox released a five track EP "You're My Favourite Day" on Thursday (11 Aug 2022), it is her second to date. She topped the Global Soul chart earlier this year with "See You Soon" and followed it up with "I Want It" last month which hasn't fared as well. They are both included on her new EP.

A video has been released today for the opening track "So Fine" (which is the best track on the EP) so I would guess that it will be the next single and, if the success of "See You Soon" is anything to by, along with the fact that it's from an EP, then expect to see this topping Global Soul chart in the coming weeks!

Akemi describes her music as alternative R&B and I think this one is more for the urban/R&B crowd. The EP is currently priced at only £2.09 for five tracks.

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Rating:	8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul / R&B
Format:	EP
Media:	Digital
Label:	NQ Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	11/08/2022
Price:	£2.09