VA [2023] - Champion (An Original BBC Soundtrack) [0207 Records / Def Jam] (Partial Album)

At the end of June the first track from the soundtrack for a BBC eight part musical series, "Champion", (which commenced on 1 Jul) was released by  RAY BLK (who is one of the actors in a lead role) with "My Girl".

The full soundtrack of 26 tracks was released on 14 Jul with most of the tracks being rap/grime/hip-hop (or whatever you want to call it but is definitely isn't soul music) but one does stand out like a sore thumb from Shola Ama with "Stolen". There are two version of the song as there is a remix featuring Deja Bowens.

We've cherry picked from the soundtrack the songs more appropriate for this blog to save you the hassle. There's two from RAY BLK, one from Shola Ama and five from Deja Bowens.

Also included is a music video with new acoustic version of RAY BLK's "My Girl" which we think we prefer to the original version. It doesn't appear to have been officially released as a single, as yet.

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Details

Rating:	N/A
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Part Album
Media:	Digital
Label:	0207 Records / Def Jam
Cat No:	None
Date:	14/07/2023
Key/BPM:	N/A
Price:	£! each

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Ray BLK [2023] - My Girl (From The Official BBC 'Champion' Soundtrack) [0207 Records / Def Jam]

Ray BLK (pronounced Black and translates to  Building Living Knowing) is Nigerian born, East Londoner (Catford), Rita Ekwere.

She self-released a debut mini-album "Durt" in Oct 2016 (which included collaborations with Stormzy amongst others) and in 2017 was first unsigned artist to win BBC's Sound of 2017 and was later signed to Island Records in 2018 who released her full album "Access Denied" in Oct 2021.

On 1 Jul she made her acting debut as Honey in a BBC eight part musical series, "Champion", from which her latest single "My Girl" is taken and released on 30 Jun.

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Details

Rating:	8.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	0207 Records / Def Jam
Cat No:	None
Date:	30/06/2023
Key/BPM:	11A/104
Price:	£1

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