Premiere: Mary J. Blige - My Loving

Yes, yes, yes Mary J. Blige! The London Sessions album is finally out t o d a y and since it's being hailed as a career reinvention all eyes are on her today! Luckily she delivers big time! Just listen to My Loving, a house track she's been holding a secret all these months! Created with UK vocalist/producer Sam Romans and US legend Rodney Jerkins it's a celebration of life, love and classic house music. MJB is truly on point over this scorcher of a track and the pitched vocals brings out the party anthem feel of it. Not to mention that piano, build up and drum machine. So perfect! It sounds like they had so much fun creating this album and it certainly makes us wanna d.a.n.c.e x 10! Enjooooy below!  

Free Download: Whitney Houston - It's Not Right but It's Okay (Bird Peterson Remix)

Whitney Houston's 1998 album My Love Is Your Love is easily our favourite from her catalogue. Recorded quite quickly over 6 weeks it sounded (and still does) mad contemporary, funky, amazingly diverse and effortless. Love! Its crowning glory, for us, is the stellar super diss It's Not Right but It's Okay. Whitney's insanely perfect vocals, which earned her a Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, paired with the tight and easily recognizable Darkchild production from Rodney Jerkins is a dream. Now, Austin based amazing producer Bird Peterson has put a new spin on it and takes the track down a darker route. This new take is more sinister and brooding for sure. The bassline rumbles and really shakes the sentiment of those iconic vocals up! We would not want to be that cheating rat, that's for sure! Stream below, download here! 

Premiere: Mariah Carey - You're Mine (Eternal)

Mimi's long delayed album The Art of Letting Go is finally for her lambily dropping on May 6th! We can hear the thuds of lambs panting and fainting right now. This as the Darkchild produced You're Mine (Eternal) just saw the light of day! If you're in love with 90's ballad material you're in luck too. After usuing a more raw sound Mariah is back to a luxurious and sweeping sound and of course some whistle notes near the end! Since Valentine's Day is a comin' this is perhaps not the most cheerful soundtrack. But if you like us long for the days of We Belong Together this is at least a flicker of hope that one day Mimi will return to her peak form. Enjoy! Thoughts?!

Premiere: Mariah Carey - The Art of Letting Go

Wow, Mariah Carey gets all heavy duty on her new single The Art of Letting Go. When we saw the single artwork a few weeks ago we didn't know what to expect. Club banger? Soulful ballad? Well, the opening is a vinyl record crackle and a voice cracking slightly at the edges. Powerful! The drama builds with the strings and the simplicity and rawness is startling. This is an MC production with the help of 90's R&B hero Rodney Jerkins after all! We like the blues feeling of the overall vibe. The choir kicks in, Mariah starts to really belt (of course) and you can her the pain in her voice. This track, from a first few spins, is not a huge single like We Belong Together, but it's refreshing to hear a new sound from her. Listen below! This single also serves as the title track to her album released sometime next year.

CHVRCHES - It's Not Right But It's Okay (Whitney Houston Cover)

Glasgow synthpop trio CHVRCHES take on Whitney Houston's power vocals and Rodney Jerkins legendary production on their cover of 1998 masterpiece It's Not Right But It's Okay. It's totally left field and we love it + and this is a big +, we finally have a chance to actually be able to sing along to this baby. :D OK, so it's not as powerful as the original but it certainly is sweet and the dirty live arrangement for BBC's Radio 1 will make for a perfect tour staple come fall. Listen belooow! Thoughts?