I ain’t rnb smoove, I ain’t a rnb dude, but! I’m likin’ all of these joints below. Firstly, thank you thank you thank you to DJ Morsy for giving me a fantastic excuse (that being, making a dance edit) to post this first song. It took me months to admit that I even dug the original…

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The Dream – “I Luv Your Girl” (Morsy Mix)

Femcee duo Nola Darling spits, and sings, and spits, and sings, that real sh*t. Their mini-mixtape is dope, and mixed by Melo-X, resident DJ for A.L.I.E.N. Grab the zip file here if ya dig whatcha hear below.

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Nola Darling – “Now You Know”

This next guy, myspace him, check it regularly to find out the next time he’s rockin’, and then see him live asap. Forget genre, if you’re into a good live experience, peep it, cuz seriously, his show is DOPE.

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Lance Drummonds – “Be With You”

All I really know about the following artist is that according to a random skit on a Little Brother mixtape a while back, it was made clear that shorty foine. Not fine. FOINE! But yea, this song is good too!

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Teedra Moses – “So Kool”

Ahhh….Mojica…Mojica…Mojica. Loved her voice on “Verses From The Abstract” and various Mos/Kweli joints. So, it was ill to come across a project called the Black & Blue Mixtape from ’05, and find the following song, which according to the liner notes was apparently produced by DJ Mehdi (??). Peep for yourself.

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Vinia Mojica – “Anything Is Possible” (Produced by DJ Mehdi)

And lastly – Janelle Monáe could put out a vlog of her buying socks at Target and we’d proly still post it.

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Janelle Monáe – “Smile”

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