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Guitar licks, crispy as f*ck beats. What more could you ask for on a Friday?

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Bleta “Bebe” Rexha is a singer, songwriter, and record producer from Brooklyn, NY. Quavious Keyate Marshall, known professionally as Quavo, is a rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer from Lawrenceville, GA.

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Bebe is a straight up monster songwriter. She wrote The Monster, yeah the Eminem / Rhianna track. She's written for basically everyone, and 28m followers on Spotify.

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This is one of those early tracks that suggests an artist is destined to be a household name.

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COTIS is an 18 year old pop/rap artist from Victoria, British Columbia.

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In a month, his first single Phone Light Up did 1.5M streams on Spotify, and the track we share now is basically breaking music blogger's minds.

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Goosebumps. This type of song is timeless, but incredibly hard to pull off with this level of perfection. On repeat, all day.

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James is a singer songwriter from South London, UK.

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James is a special voice, and his Spotify releases reflect that with 300k+ streams on some previous tunes. But this performance on YouTube show COLORS is just next level. Go watch it right now.

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Dark, moody music rooted in hip hop beats, electronic touches, and an attitude that reminds me of BANKS and K. Flay.

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ARA is a singer songwriter from Fresno, California who apparently (like K. Flay and myself) graduated from Stanford.

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ARA is flying under the radar despite some sporadic blogger love. Check out her debut EP, HAIL MARY.

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Aside from a totally addictive (and dark) song, this group is just next level with their ability to turn weird into cool.

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Death Team are a Swedish indie pop group which consists of Mayka (born Maja Edelbring) and Johen Rafael Tilli. 

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With early love from Vice & Spin, these guys are swimming fast in the indie-pop lane, with millions of streams and a growing fanbase..

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Super addictive tunage from a soulful, neo-funk/R&B/pop artist making very, very danceable music.

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KWAYE is a singer/songwriter born in Zimbabwe, raised in London, England.

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He got his break in the back of an Uber, playing a demo for a driver who turned out to be a former A&R rep. He’s now churning out tracks with 2M+ streams.

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A talented vocalist/rapper pairs up with a talented musician producer to make music that’s fun and grounded all at once. Yes.

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Mosie is singer/songwriter/producer Jesse LeVines & musician/producer Aidon Brody out of Boston, Massachusetts.

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This track racked up 500k+ streams and their debut album, Tangerine, dropped in March and is well worth your attention.

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Vibrate indeed! Vibrate them pipes, damn. The jazz and soul is just bursting out of this duo.

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Gina Jane, 24 and Jacob Lobo, 25 make up GeeJay, based in London, England.

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Word is these two still have other day jobs, but my gut say that won’t be for long.

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Glitchy, snappy summer vibes all over this one, a perfect backyard BBQ banger.

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Bronze Whale is a production duo from Austin, Texas. Jet Horns (aka Jon Von Letscher) is a singer/songwriter/producer out of Austin, originally from Sweden I believe.

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Bronze Whale has dropped some massive remix efforts, and front ran today's track with the excellent, synth-y Patterns, collecting 300k Spotify followers along the way.

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Special artist here. Funky as f*ck, tons of soul and a biting grip on his guitar to edge it all out. So unique.

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Omar Apollo is a singer/songwriter from Indiana.

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Word is he spent a long stretch releasing tunes on Soundcloud from his bedroom, racking up millions of streams until bloggers caught wind and blew him up. Check out all his stuff, it’s fantastic.

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Serious funk and soul vibes on this one, with some gorgeously smooth chorus moments.

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AZEKEL is a soul/funk/R&B/pop artist born in Nigeria and based out of London, UK.

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Five years ago he got started strong with co-signs from his hero Prince, followed by tours with Gorillaz and Massive Attack, and numerous tracks with 200k+ streams.

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SHY’s one of the most understated pop acts releasing tunes right now. This track’s rhythmic changes are fantastic.

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SHY Martin is a singer & supremely talented songwriter from Sweden.

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She's the featured co-writer on The Ocean, Spotify's most-streamed song in 2017 (half a BILLION streams, also Grammy-nominated). She's written for the Chainsmokers, Kyga, Ellie Goulding and more.

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A bit off the same tree as yesterday’s tune, this banger from a France electronic superstar gives us an electro-laced pop gem that’s balanced just how I like it.

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Khamsin is an electronic producer from somewhere in France. MOONZz is a singer and songwriter from Los Angeles.

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Khamsin is well-known is a member of EDM super group Slow Hours, and MOONZz has been unstoppable lately. Both command millions of streams on everything they release lately.

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Chicago double whammy, both supreme new talents. Future bass/chill trap backing with sweet, sweet vocals from Victoria.

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Cymba is a production duo from Chicago, Illinois. Victoria is a singer songwriter and artist from Chicago as well.

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Interestingly, it seems this crew collaborated over a year ago on The Forest, to 1M+ streams. Super vibey tune, as is pretty much everything from them.

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This track is a strong direction for this young singer, reminiscent of her influence Tove Lo. Self-empowerment vibes for the world.

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Heather Jayne is a singer and songwriter from Berkshire, United Kingdom.

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With about 50k streams so far and more music planned this year, this 19 year old semi-finalist from BBC’s The Voice is on her way!

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This is electronic music that’s multi-purpose. You can rock this at a party, or use it to chill out supremely. 

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Jeremy Malvin (aka Chrome Sparks) is an indie electronic producer from Brooklyn, New York.

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Jeremy just dropped his debut self-titled album last month, with most tracks well into the 500k+ streams range.

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Obsessed with this entire album, a timeless mix of soul, funk, hip-hop, disco, rock and everything in-between. Very reminiscent of Sly and the Family Stone, Jackson 5, with fantastic featured collaborators. 

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Adam Gibbons (aka Lack of Afro) is a producer, composer & multi-instrumentalist from London, England.

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His sixth studio album Jack of All Trades just dropped, includes this single, and is sure to rack up millions of streams. I highly recommend it in its entirety. 

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This is serious flow coming out of Florida, reminds me of Chance The Rapper (who’s manager is apparently a big fan).

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Brendan Bennett is a rapper/songwriter from Naples, Florida. Nate Traveller is a rapper/singer from Bonita Springs, Florida (who’s popping up everywhere lately).

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Last year his single I Told My Ex I Loved Her got the buzz rolling pretty hard, but he's still flying well under the radar.

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Damn, the production on this pop hit is extremely tight. Just bang on composition, even the strangled horn arrangement is perfect. Very JT or MJ vibe going on here.

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Colin Magalong is a pop singer songwriter from San Francisco, now in Los Angeles. 

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Just a few tracks so far from this inevitable star, still flying well under the radar – I’m actually really surprised he’s still in the 50k streams range for this level of pop music.

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This is just a fantastic R&B track; beautiful lyrical composition, compelling percussive arrangements, it all just fits together perfectly.

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Cautious Clay is an R&B singer songwriter from Brooklyn, New York.

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This track's off of the Blood Type EP he dropped just a few months back. Yesterday he dropped French Riviera, the first listen we get from his upcoming Resonance EP, so check that out too.