Problem – Hotels 2: The Master Suite [Mixtape]

Just as promised, Problem hits us with his new project, “Hotels 2: The Master Suite”. “I wanted to show the growth that me and DJ Hed have made in the last five years,” Problem told Complex. “With him now being a power player on L.A. radio and the success Tha Diamond Lane has achieved. Also, the music I’ve been making is heavily influenced by the sexiness and new found independence of women, so we purposely geared the Hotels 2 campaign around them. We made the first one in my old manager’s bedroom, lol. So for this one to get a huge stage to be heard on, it shows that we’ve accomplished what we’ve set out to do and yet, still growing.” Take a listen below.

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Gallant – Ology [Album Stream]

Gallant was not rushed to market. Gallant is the wise, lucky beneficiary of development and time. Or we are. Zebra, the EP that Christopher Gallant released in 2014, was adrift in a stylized haze; but on Ology, the 24 year-old singer’s soulful voice is front and center, and his intent clear. This debut album is a study of his anxieties and insecurities, and musically, it walks a careful line between the feuding impulses of contemporary R&B: Should one create squarely within the lineage, or should one honor the recently prioritized (and monetized) drop? Gallant is young enough to be moved by both, so Ology refuses to take sides in what is essentially a generational divide. This is why his songs all sound familiar, even when they also sound like several things at once.

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