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Daley Until the Pain is Gone | Track Review 🎵

British R&B singer Daley, assisted by Jill Scott, make a formidable team on “Until the Pain is Gone,” from his sophomore LP, The Spectrum.

Rapper and singer Russ delivers a promising debut album with ‘There’s Really a Wolf.’ Russ writes, produces, and engineers the album himself.

Ubiquitous southern rapper Future taps Chris Brown for an enjoyable, if incredibly shallow, sexually-charged new single, “PIE.”

Scottish DJ and producer Calvin Harris releases the best album of his career with his star-studded ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1.’

R&B singer/songwriter The-Dream returns with the sexy, summer-ready single, “Summer Body,” featuring Fabolous.

Ever-ubiquitous, Canadian rapper and singer Drake returns with more new music in 2017, this time in the form of single, “Signs.”

DJ Khaled returns with the most star-studded album of his career with ‘Grateful.’ At nearly 90 minutes, it’s jam-packed with hits.

Alternative R&B artist SZA returns with an intriguing, major label debut, ‘Ctrl.’

‘The Transition of Mali,’ the second secular album by former gospel artist Mali Music, proves to be another respectable, well-rounded affair.

Louisville, Kentucky urban artist Bryson Tiller returns with his highly-anticipated sophomore album True to Self. The results are a mixed bag.

Mali Music and Jazmine Sullivan portray the power and sanctity of love on the fifth single from ‘The Transition of Mali,’ “Loved by You.”

Mali Music and Jhené Aiko join forces for the compelling duet, “Contradiction.” The duet originally appeared on Chi-Raq soundtrack.