August 2012: A leftover photo of R&B wunderkind Jesse Boykins III. Taken from the interview Love and Schwaza.

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Thursday’s are prime time, little did you know! It’s the Friday before Friday, the breath before the break, the eye of the storm. Here are some tunes that will roll you over into the end of your busy work week, or get that 4-day weekend started.

1. Rihanna – Consideration (ft. SZA)

2. Miguel – Coffee

3. The Notorious B.I.G – Party and Bullsh*t

4. WZRD – Teleport 2 Me, Jamie

5. LION BABE – Rockets

6. Jesse Boykins III – Prototype (COVER)

7. Kendrick Lamar – Night of the Living Junkies

8. De La Soul – Buddy (ft. A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, Monie Love, and Queen Latifah) 

9. Stevie Wonder – Jungle Fever

10. Frank Ocean – Songs for Women 

11. Chance the Rapper – Juice

12. Soul II Soul – Back to Life (Acapella)

13. Stwo – Fill the Void (ft. Amir Obe and Daniel Caesar)

14. Tyler, the Creator – She (ft. Frank Ocean)

15. LL Cool J – Hey Lover (ft. Boyz II Men)

Listen and comment what you think below. Stay thirsty, and finish off strong readers!

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Mellow Monday Playlist

1.   Jai Paul – “Jasmine (Demo)”

2.    Childish Gambino – “Me and Your Mama”

3.   Kaytranada – “At All” 

4.   Solange – “Cranes in the Sky”

5.    Childish Gambino – “Zombies”

6.    LION BABE – “Jungle Lady”

7.    Thundercat – “Them Changes”

8.    Quiñ – “MATH”

9.    James Blake ft. Chance the Rapper – “Life Round Here”

10.    NAO – “Feels Like (Perfume)”

11.    The Weeknd – “Til’ Dawn (Here Comes the Sun)”

12.    The Internet – “Matt’s Apartment”

13.    Jesse Boykins III – “Show Me Who You Are”

14.    SZA – “Ur”

15.    Chance the Rapper – “Lady Friend”

Listen and comment what you think below. Happy Monday readers!

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Oh Chicago. It’s really starting to feel like you guys are running up the score on the rest of us. Chance The Rapper is currently taking over the world, Lil’ Durk is on the brink of stardom, and oh yeah some guy named Kanye West might be the most influential artist alive, period. That’s not even mentioning rising studs such as Vic Mensa, Mick Jenkins, Noname, or many of the other breakout artists from the Windy City. Next up on deck is the severely underrated Jesse Boykins III and his vibey new project, Bartholomew.

Featuring artists such as the aforementioned Noname and Jenkins, Boykins also enlists Donnie Trumpet, Melanie Fiona, and more. Throughout the project, Boykins stays the course as the star of the show, despite the all star features. On tracks like, “I Need You” and “Kumbaya In June” Boykins’ showcases his soft melodies and strong vocal range over self produced beats that are next level. The most impressive part about the project, though, has to be Boykins’ ability to pull the best out of his respective features. On “Into You“, which features Noname, he pulls the absolute best out of her lyrically and sonically. The same goes on the groovy cut, “Vegetables” in which he, Willow Smith and Syd trade beautiful falsettos over silky smooth guitar riffs.

Other standout tracks from the project include; “Only Way Out“, “LARain“, and “Eye Of The Gentle Tiger” which showcases a scene stealing verse from Audio Push, perhaps the only time on this project where Boykins takes a backseat to a feature.

Check out, Bartholomew, below and be sure to keep an eye on Boykins, who is sure to capitalize off of this amazing project.

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Jesse Boykins III, who is easily one of the most slept on artists in the game right now, dropped one of the most slept on albums, when he gave us The Love Apparatus, in 2014. Revisiting the project, JB3 offers up a stirring set of visuals for “Tell Me”, which features frequent collaborator Theophilus London. Peep it.

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Going back to his 2014 release, Love Apparatus, soulful crooner Jesse Boykins III drops off a brand new clip for “The Wonder Years”. The video, directed by Boykins and  Julian Schratter, takes a trip down memory lane, with a slideshow of sorts, featuring JB3 and friends. Cop Love Apparatus today, if you’ve been sleep.

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