Rapid Fire Reviews: R&B Catchup with Raye, Liv.e, & Aya Nakamura
R&B is one of my favorite genres out there, but it's a deep well. Pretty much every year I end up with a log of records in the genre that I've heard but haven't found the time to review properly. I'm trying to get ahead of that this year even though I know it'll happen again. My 21st Century Blues - Raye I was pretty interested in this record both because I'm a chart watcher and Raye's pretty good collaboration with 070 Shake Escapism had been a late riser up the Hot 100 last year and also just because she's a name I've been hearing about for a while now and it seems like it took her a long time to finally get this album released. Now that her full debut project is here I can see exactly why she's been one of the industry's secret superstars in the making for the past few years because My 21st Century Blues displays IMMENSE potential. One of the things that make the record so exciting is Raye's versatility. A song like Hard Out Her...