Posts in Neo-Soul
Aira and Brandon Eugene Smith present some retro vibes with "Sandman"

When it comes to our submissions, most of them range between getting very hype filled rap for the most part and it's only a few times that we get something outside of the ordinary, and with the release of this single, this is definetly one of those times. Today on Modern Life Mag we present the classically inspired vibes of Aira, a singer from the Philippines who serenades over the sample of "Mr. Sandman".

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LauraJeanne Faye brings forth light and darkness in her Chapter 1 and 2 releases 

As we introduced her sounds to the Modern Life platform, Laura Jeanne has proved herself to be a rising act who’s paving her own lane. In the process of releasing tidbits of her material, Jeanne goes full throttle in unleashing her eccentric flow of music in her projects, “Chapter 1: Light” and “Chapter 2: Darkness”. Both of the projects have a solid balance of soulful ballads with clever wordplay that’s supplied for Laura.

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Native Youth shows versatile electro-soul feels on “Second Chances”

The Florida music scene is a bubbling genre with its rap scene growing with its own spectrum of artists such as Wifisfuneral, Smokepurpp, Prez P, and more but the R&B scene hasn’t much praise. Coming the beach lands of Miami, Native Youth stands tall as one of the principal representatives to the vibes of soul back to the South and into the mainstream forefront. Recently getting familiar with her work, it’s easy to say that her recent body of work “Second Chances” provides the perfect blend of lo-fi electric music with strong elements of soul. 

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TherapeuticYellowMusic: Why Amine's "GoodForYou" is for the Soul

Aminé dropped the cover art for his album on June 22nd. It features Aminé sitting naked, save his blue jeans and banana undies pooled at his ankles, atop a blue toilet, reading a Good For You Post  underneath blue words proclaiming his debut album title. At first sight, the cover read, to me, as: “Let that sh*t go, it’s good for you”. Aminé stared back at me from the cover somewhat challenging my assumption of meaning from his art direction. So sitting down to listen, I kept my initial thought in mind, and naturally hoped I had foreseen the tone of the project I was about to review. 

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