New Music Spotlight with Run The Jewels, Mickey Guyton, Trey Songz, Kane Brown, Meek Mill
New Music from Run The Jewels (ft. Pharrell Williams & Zach de la Rocha), Mickey Guyton, Trey Songz, Kane Brown, and Meek Mill
In this week’s New Music Spotlight I’ve looked for songs that came to us as music fans in a time of hurt, in a time of standing up, in a time of fighting for change, in a time of hoping for a better future in the face of unbelievable images in front of us every single day.
We’ve got songs from rap, country, R&B all telling stories, sharing feelings, and doing what music does so well – hitting real issues at a time when they need to be hit.
Listen to the songs. Listen to the stories. Share the ones that connect with you the most.
Note: In the Notes section, where we usually leave our thoughts on the songs we’ve picked for the New Music Spotlight, I’m not going to leave my thoughts. I’ll drop in some lyrics from the songs, and you can give them all a listen.
Artist: Run The Jewels (ft. Pharrell Williams & Zach de la Rocha)
Hometown: NYC, NY / Atlanta, GA
Genre: Rap
Related Artists: Big Grams, Danny Brown, JPEGMAFIA
Song: JU$T
Notes:
Mastered economics ’cause you took yourself from squalor (Slave)
Mastered academics ’cause your grades say you a scholar (Slave)
Mastered Instagram ’cause you can instigate a follow (Shit)
Look at all these slave masters posin’ on yo’ dollar (Get it, yeah)
Links: Web / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Spotify / Apple
Artist: Mickey Guyton
Hometown: Arlington, TX
Genre: Country
Related Artists: Maggie Rose, Tenille Townes, Sacha
Song: Black Like Me
Notes:
It’s a hard life on easy street
Just white painted picket fences far as you can see
If you think we live in the land of the free
You should try to be black like me
Links: Web / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Spotify / Apple
Artist: Trey Songz
Hometown: Petersburg, VA
Genre: R&B
Related Artists: Pretty Ricky, Sammie, Ginuwine
Song: 2020 Riots: How Many Times
Notes:
How many mothers have to cry?
How many brothers gotta die?
How many more times?
How many more times?
How many more marches?
How many more signs?
How many more lives?
How many more times?
Links: Web / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Spotify / Apple
Artist: Kane Brown
Hometown: Chattanooga, TN
Genre: Country
Related: Dan + Shay, Ryan Hurd, Michael Ray
Song: Worldwide Beautiful
Notes:
You’re missing every color
If you’re only seeing black and white
Tell me how you’re gonna change your mind
If your heart’s unmovable
We ain’t that different from each other
From one to another, I look around
And see worldwide beautiful
Links: Web / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Spotify / Apple
Artist: Meek Mill
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Genre: Rap
Related Artists: Wale, Nipsey Hussle, 2 Chainz
Song: Otherside Of America
Notes:
Reportin’ live from the other side (Yeah)
Same corner where my brothers died (Yeah)
Livin’ life, we ain’t got a care
Told my mama I ain’t dyin’ here (No)
Links: Web / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Spotify / Apple
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