Soul Strutter: 02/16/24

Friday, 16 February 2024

Rae Khalil [2024] - IS IT WORTH IT [APE SHIT]

Now here's a name we weren't familiar with until she cropped up on Pip Millet's "Eating Out" single recently and included on her four track EP "Tell Jimmy" released on 15 Feb. However, we have subsequently realised that she also featured on CARRTOONS "Grace" single last year and also featured on "Lights" on CARRTOONS "Homegrown" album in 2022.

It's Rae Khalil (aka Ill Tha Don) who has her own single out called "IS IT WORTH IT". She's from Torrance, CA, and was a contestant on the Netflix music competition "Rhythm + Flow" in 2019.

We note that the music video for the new single was directed by Anderson .Paak (who also plays drums on the recording) as she has just signed to his APE SHIT label, a part of Def Jam, and this is her debut for the label.

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Details

Rating:	8.8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	APE SHIT
Cat No:	None
Date:	16/02/2024
Key/BPM:	3B/88
Price:	£1

Shaé Universe [2024] - Love's Letter [Self Released] (Full Album)

Londoner Shaé Universe released her sophomore album "Love's Letter" on Valentines Day. It follows her debut "Unorthodox" seven tracks (EP/Album?) from Apr '22.

The new album contains three of her last four singles "What's Luv", "LOML" and "Passenger Princess" and one that catches our attention is "More Than Enough" feat. Lalah Hathaway.

With a pastor father and choir leading mother, Shaé inevitably sang in church, however her background is in grime and drill music and she labelled her early material R&Drill.

Shaé was born in Nigeria moving to the U.K. aged four and started making music in 2015.

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Details

Rating:	8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Key/BPM:	1A/100
Price:	£7.99

Taylor Pace feat. Amber Navran [2024] - More Than Chemistry [Self Released]

We last heard from Milton Taylor Pace last March ('23) with his three track EP of covers "Under The Covers Vol. 1" and prior to that featuring on GLOW's EP "Two Of Diamonds" in 2022.

He's back with a new single "More Than Chemistry" in collaboration with the Moonchild's omnipresent Amber Navran.

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Details

Rating:	8.2
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	16/02/2024
Key/BPM:	8A/116
Price:	£1

Jack Freeman [2024] - Nina [Venice Music] (Full Album)

Houston's Jack Freeman has a new album "Nina" out today. It features two recent singles "U N D R E S S" and "Shine".

Freeman emerged in 2014 and was tipped as one to watch by Houston radio listeners. In 2016 he was selected by John Legend to join The AXE Collective. During his career he has opened for artists such as Legend, Anthony Hamilton, Maze, Brian McKnight, PJ Morton and Bilal.

"Nina" is now his fifth full length album with his last in 2018, "Define Love", reissued with remixes.

We'd highlight "U", "MVP", "U N D R E S S" and "Red Light" as our picks.

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Details

Rating:	8.3
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Venice Music
Cat No:	None
Date:	16/02/2024
Price:	£7.89

Lamar [2024] Take You There [Self Released]

Another new artist, Lamar who is makeup artist Dashawn Russell from Bridgeport, CT, released her second singe "Take You There" after her first "Daylight" in Nov '23.

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Details

Rating:	7.8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	16/02/2024
Key/BPM:	3A/90
Price:	£1

The Staples [2024] - Take This Love Of Mine / Precious Precious [Soul4Real #S4R034]

The Staple Singers where mainstays at Stax in the 60s and early 70s. When Stax was forced to close it's doors in 1975 they signed to Curtis Mayfield's Curtom label and achieved their second Billboard Hot 100 (and third R&B) #1 hit with "Let's Do It Again", the title track from the soundtrack album.

The success of both single and album attracted Warner Bros where they would release their next three albums as The Staples: "Pass It On" (1976), "Family Tree" (1977), "Unlock Your Mind" (1978).

Soul4Real has selected two tracks, "Take This Love Of Mine" and "Precious, Precious", from the first, Mayfield written and produced, Warner's album "Pass It On", for 7" vinyl release as neither has been previously released as a single.

Available to pre-order now from Soul4Real for release on 1st March 2024.

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Details

Rating:	8.6
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Southern Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	7" Vinyl / Reissue
Label:	Soul4Real
Cat No:	S4R34
Date:	01/03/2024
Key/BPM:	11A/95 / 7B/106
Price:	€15