The secret weapon of “HATELOVE,” the new video from Brooklyn rapper Chris Fields, is the looming twilight that surrounds him as he spits straight to camera in a one shot. As the video progresses, and Fields moves around a city rooftop, both the tone of the song and the visual atmosphere move with him. The sky grows more brilliant and the clouds darken with the setting sun, while dramatic, ascending vocal samples kick in on the second verse, to complete the shifting mood. “HATELOVE” was directed by RizeOptix.
“HATELOVE” is now our Video of the Month, also streaming on our homepage.
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Chris Fields’ “Crown” Video
Dontae, “Signals”
JugState’s “Ambition”
Every month, the OurStage community (that’s you) listens and ranks the songs competing on OurStage.com. Once those songs get to the Finals stage, five grand prize winners are selected. Those winners get featured on the ‘OurStage on Amazing Radio’ show, broadcast to hundreds of thousands of music fans around the world. Last month’s show is streaming now. Below are the top five that you’ll hear on this month’s show, along with other favorites from the charts.
POP FINALS:
ROCK FINALS:
URBAN FINALS:
ROOTS FINALS:
ELECTRONIC FINALS:
Check out all the additional 1st place songs from our genre channels here.
Out of Poughkeepsie NY comes Dontáe, who at the end of 2017 made the Top 20 of our pop Best of the Best chart, and today drops his debut LP The Mood Album, with 14 tracks featuring appearances by Rockie Fresh, Phil Ade, Anakin Arts, Cal, and Kane. We’ve got the official video below for the first single, “Signals,” a muted but surprisingly melodic slow jam. You can get the full album here.
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TJ Crisp, “Don’t Take It Personal”
Se’von, ‘Stadium Of Hearts’
Shawndrell, Brittany Campbell, And Nikki Lynette Featured In Spike Lee’s ‘She’s Gotta Have It’
The great singer and songwriter Jes Hudak (moonlighting as her alter-ego, Ponymane) has released a new single from the latest of her fascinating side projects, Neon Void. “Numb To Love” is a grand, dramatic track featuring the flourishes of Hudak’s arpeggiated piano under both her own vocal hook as well as the rapid fire verses of Neon Void’s other half, rapper Know One (aka Roan Smith). “Numb To Love” is available on iTunes now.
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Presenting Neon Void
Bang, You’re Dead: OurStage Artist Of The Week
Shawndrell, Brittany Campbell, And Nikki Lynette Featured In Spike Lee’s ‘She’s Gotta Have It’
We are reveling in all the fresh music for 2018, after a long, year-end lull. Witness “Don’t Take It Personal,” the chillest of new jams from TJ Crisp (aka TJ The Unknown). Revolving on simple piano figure, “Don’t Take It Personal” is a slow burn, growing increasingly unsettling as it evolves. TJ’s flow gets more rapid, the pitch shifts into subtly wobbly territory, and the lines begin to repeat in an almost obsessive cycle. The beat abandons him and he’s left to fade out, “I just be doin’ my thing / I just be doin’ my thing…” Very cool (and probably NSFW):
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Se’von, ‘Stadium Of Hearts’
Shawndrell, Brittany Campbell, And Nikki Lynette Featured In Spike Lee’s ‘She’s Gotta Have It’
One of Atlanta’s very best hip-hop artists, Se’von is back with a new full length album, Stadium of Hearts. It’s truly a tour de force, with Se’von not just declaring his supremacy, but also proving it on a barrage of assertive anthems. He builds a modern pop masterwork upon the foundation of classic rap and hip-hop. Look no further than the opener, “Bang Bang,” in which he traces a lineage from LL Cool J to Kanye before shouting out, nationwide, his own booming voice. Se’von has good-sized clips of every song on the LP here. and you can listen to some full tracks below.
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This Is “War”
Shawndrell, Brittany Campbell, And Nikki Lynette Featured In Spike Lee’s ‘She’s Gotta Have It’
Avarex “Lookin Flee”