After feeling like the music she made fell on deaf ears, in favor of music that “has no soul”, Columbus, Ohio’s Amber Steele made the decision to step away from rapping, thinking her absence wouldn’t matter.

It took a hiatus, some soul searching and a few moments of clarity, for Amber to realize that she was actually put here for a reason and that the music she made did in fact serve a purpose. The result of those realizations is her latest EP, I Decided To Stay. Download or stream the 6-track offering below, and for more, be sure to visit SeparateFromOthers.com.

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It wasn’t too long ago that Amber Steele’s “Just Us” was featured in an animated short, titled “Afraid of the Dark”, that focused on the current state of affairs between police and young black men. Now, with exactly a week until the release of her new EP, I Decided To Stay, we’re given the official visual to “Just Us”. Check out the powerful clip, directed by Red August, below.

Amber Steele – Just Us (Official Video) from Amber Steele on Vimeo.

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Amber Steele – Afraid of the Dark from Amber Steele on Vimeo.

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