Nailah Blackman's dirty, dazzling charisma

And for completion's sake, there's her first appearance on record, singing the hook on Kes's "Workout" with what one youtube commenter called her "hummingbird" voice, which I assume they meant as an insult but hummingbirds are amazing fuiud:

I'm not entirely sold on her voice tbqh but it's definitely interesting how much her vocal style borrows from chutney. The combination of that kind of nasal delivery and unconventional scales gives it a real Indo feel. idk how much of that it deliberate and how much is just the effect of autotune tho.

that's a great point, I don't know chutney or bollywood in any depth at all, but to this novice there's a little Lata or Asha in the nasal tone.

Glad there's a thread for her! Have had this interview on my mp3 player to listen to but hadn't gotten around to it yet: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/rum-club/e/52328703

Oh nice, never heard of that podcast, thanks etc!

not as head over heels for this one, but her stylistic versatility (this is kind of dubby/rootsy) continues to impress:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Z3RrqvaxM

btw that podcast etc mentioned was pretty delightful

I've woken up every morning this week with Dangerous Boy in my head, so in honor of that, here is the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkHnAPG4G0o

<3

never got too into the couple of EDM-ish tracks she dropped over the summer (though the video for "Birthday Song" is v cute), but the new one, "Iron Love," heads back to T&T:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJGtA0iZe2A

That's awesome :-)

She's got a new one with Shenseea, "We Ready (Champion Gyal)":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xowe0cmpFj8

a perfect end-of-summer confection:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8kCU1cFg88

"Sweet & Loco"

(cross-file this with puns you had missed too)

bless you and your devoted little thread, rob

aw thank you! tbh my devotion has def waned a little lately, so I was genuinely thrilled at how much I like this. I'll have to report back when I get a chance to listen to the whole EP

nice one - kind of a Ghanaian beat, alkayida-ish?

I honestly can’t remember what al kayida sounds like but it’s def an aftobeats vibe

Or afrobeats maybe

This kind of stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG8LGFSypeM
Ebony • Date Ur Fada

Beyoncé and Shatta Wale’s “Already” would be a recent high-profile example.

(Turns out she made “Sweet & Loco” with UK Afrobeats producers Team Salut, so it checks out)

aptly titled More Sokah:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYgkqQ4enIc

it's Bam Bam Season:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cQCZxq29B8

"Boujee" is a rich text:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqqyPN_h1yM

^that had me a little worried she was going for some doja cat so-random pivot

happily she can still bring the vibes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hT_uCFOd4M

"Farmer" f. Sammy Jo

oh I missed this one in December -- more intl pop-sounding but love the bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wNd5ZIjQLY

"Big Deal" (video is a whole ~thing~ so maybe just stream it)

more sweet afro-soca guitar on "Trouble Wine"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryTXV25Ubvk

I was really excited to see this Trini dancehall collab with Medz Boss, "Talk Less"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Si3KxePZw

"Drama" is sweet and a little melancholy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_-8FjAgYOM

Nailah going all afropop on us in “Sidung Pun It”, with Oxlade joining in on the fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlOsbiAzGTI

the video won’t premiere until tomorrow, so here’s the audio as a placeholder:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8T6Mg8wFjw

I also need to namecheck producer Dee Mad.

yeah that is nice! good job Dee Mad

also bc, I like all the Oxlade you've posted, just haven't sorted any of it out in my mind really