Soul/R&B

SZA, one of the redefining voices of today's contemporary music era, entered the music scene in 2012 with her first critically acclaimed EP, See.SZA.Run. Following that, she released S in 2013 and Z in 2014, both to rave reviews. In 2013, SZA signed to Top Dawg Entertainment, being the first female artist to join the label. SZA wrote and performed on Rihanna's Anti single "Consideration" in 2016 and helped write Nicki Minaj and Beyonce's "Feelin Myself" in 2014. Born in Maplewood, NJ as Solána Rowe, SZA grew up listening to classic and avant-garde jazz, alternative, and rap. She renamed herself finding inspiration within the Supreme Alphabet: the ‘S' stands for savior or sovereign, the ‘Z' for zig-zag, and the ‘A' for Allah.

On the strength of hit lead single "Love Galore," SZA's major label debut Ctrl claimed the No. 3 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart and entered at No. 1 on Billboard's R&B Albums and No. 2 on the R&B/Hip Hop Albums charts. The long-awaited Ctrl is revered for its raw and honest lyrics and features guest appearances by Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, James Fauntleroy and Isaiah Rashad. Noisey describes Ctrl as "14 tracks of the dreamy R&B lusciousness that we've come to know and love the New Jersey singer-songwriter for." NPR calls Ctrl "a resolutely confident and skillful R&B album that explores the notions of control and honesty," while The Shade Room proclaims, "‘Ctrl' is actuals! Imagine ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' tailored for our generation."

LP1

1. Supermodel
2. Love Galore
3. Doves In The Wind
4. Drew Barrymore
5. Prom
6. The Weekend
7. Go Gina
8. Garden (Say It Like Dat)

LP2

1. Broken Clocks
2. Anything
3. Wavy (Interlude)
4. Normal Girl
5. Pretty Little Birds
6. 20 Something

Double vinyl LP pressing. 2016 release, the third studio album by Canadian singer and songwriter The Weeknd. The album features guest contributions from musicians Daft Punk, singer Lana Del Rey, and rappers Future and Kendrick Lamar. The album is supported by the title track/lead single "Starboy". - The album's sleeve is photographed and designed by Nabil Elderkin. It features The Weeknd with shorter hair in a crouched pose with a cross necklace and is highlighted by streaks of blue neon across a neon pink background. The top of the picture says the album's name in yellow lettering and the edges of the packaging are grained by the blue neon.

• 1 Starboy (Feat. Daft Punk)
• 2 Party Monster
• 3 False Alarm
• 4 Reminder
• 5 Rockin'
• 6 Secrets
• 7 True Colors
• 8 Stargirl Interlude (Feat. Lana Del Rey)
• 9 Sidewalks (Feat. Kendrick Lamar)
• 10 Six Feet Under
• 11 Love to Lay
• 12 A Lonely Night
• 13 Attention
• 14 Ordinary Life
• 15 Nothing Without You
• 16 All I Know (Feat. Future)
• 17 Die for You
• 18 I Feel It Coming (Feat. Daft Punk)

Yellow-Colored 180g Four-Sided 2LP Set Allows for Higher Sound Quality: Beyonce Lemonade Ranks Among the Most Powerful, Intelligent, and Influential Albums of the 21st Century

Beyonce's powerful Grammy-winning 2016 album Lemonade served as her sixth studio effort overall, a bold conceptual project loaded with subtext and based on every woman's journey of self knowledge and healing. This is the first pressing of the 180g, yellow colored, four-sided LP version of the album, allowing for a higher sound quality.

Encompassing a variety of genres including R&B, rock, soul, gospel, hip-hop, pop, and blues plus equally as diverse guest artists like James Blake, Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd and Jack White, Lemonade debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 and was one of the biggest selling and acclaimed albums of the year. As artistically ambitious as is it is emotionally raw Lemonade simultaneously set a new standard for the Queen Bee and pop music in general.

"Lemonade draws from the prolific literary, musical, cinematic, and aesthetic sensibilities of black cultural producers to create a rich tapestry of poetic innovation. The audacity of its reach and fierceness of its vision challenges our cultural imagination, while crafting a stunning and sublime masterpiece about the lives of women of color and the bonds of friendship seldom seen or heard in American popular culture." - Peabody Award Winner

LP1

1. Pray You Catch Me
2. Hold Up
3. Don't Hurt Yourself feat. Jack White
4. Sorry
5. 6 Inch feat. The Weeknd
6. Daddy Lessons

LP2

1. Love Drought
2. Sandcastles
3. Forward feat. James Blake
4. Freedom feat. Kendrick Lamar
5. All Night
6. Formation

Peter Hernandez (born October 8, 1985 in Waikiki, Hawaii), better known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is a Filipino-Puerto Rican American singer/songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist signed to Atlantic Records. He is most well known for singing and co-writing the hooks for the #1 hit Nothin' on You by B.o.B, and Billionaire by Travie McCoy; he also co-wrote the international hits Right Round by Flo Rida and Wavin' Flag by K'naan.

Tracks 

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Grenade
• 2 Just the Way You Are
• 3 Our First Time
• 4 Runaway Baby
• 5 The Lazy Song
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Marry You
• 2 Talking to the Moon
• 3 Liquor Store Blues (Featuring Damian Marley)
• 4 Count on Me
• 5 The Other Side (Featuring Cee Lo Green and B.O.B.)

Good Thing is the highly anticipated follow-up to Grammy nominated R&B singer/composer Leon Bridges' breakout 2015 debut Coming Home. Produced by Ricky Reed and Niles City Sound (Josh Block, Austin Jenkins and Chris Vivion), the goal here was to take Leon's music in a more modern R&B direction while retaining his renowned style. "I loved my experience with Coming Home," says Bridges. "But Good Things allows me to show more of my influences and art. I'm excited to present this diverse group of songs live." The album is introduced by the funky soul number "Bad Bad News" and tender orchestral ballad "Bet Is Not Worth the Hand."

Good Thing is born from the song "Bad Bad News," and its lyrics "They tell me I was born to lose, but I made a good good thing, out of bad bad news." Now, Leon's story is well known; He went from working as a dishwasher and battling on the open mic scene in his hometown, Fort Worth, TX to being a Grammy nominated artist, performing at the White House, attending the Met Gala and appearing on SNL in a period of two years. Now, an artist with more experience, shows us an album that illustrates the path of a man of small opportunity who embraces the world stage. If Coming Home was Leon Bridges in black and white, then Good Thing is Leon Bridges in Technicolor.

1. Bet Ain't Worth The Hand
2. Bad Bad News
3. Shy
4. Beyond
5. Forgive You
6. Lions
7. If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be)
8. You Don't Know
9. MRS.
10. Georgia to Texas

Compact Disc

Frank Ocean, is a singer/songwriter from New Orleans, Louisiana. Breaux Ocean made an early career as a ghost-writer for artists such as Justin Bieber, Bridget Kelly, Aramide Makinde and John Legend. In February 2011, he released his debut mixtape, NOSTALGIA, Ultra, to critical acclaim. He released two singles; "Novacane" and "Swim Good". The mixtape caught the interest of recording artists such as Kanye West, Beyonci Knowles and Jay-Z, and he appeared on Watch the Thrones "No Church in the Wild" and "Made in America".

• 1 Start
• 2 Thinkin Bout You [Spring Sampler / 2012]
• 3 Fertilizer
• 4 Sierra Leone
• 5 Sweet Life
• 6 Not Just Money
• 7 Super Rich Kids
• 8 Pilot Jones
• 9 Crack Rock
• 10 Pyramids
• 11 Lost
• 12 White
• 13 Monks
• 14 Bad Religion
• 15 Pink Matter
• 16 Forrest Gump
• 17 End / Golden Girl

Original vinyl 2LP. Beyoncé shoots straight to #1 in 2006 on her second solo album "B'Day." In addition to the album sitting on top of the Billboard 200 chart, her single "Irreplaceable" climbed up to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other songs to chart include "Beautiful Liar," "Get Me Bodied," "Deja Vu," "Ring the Alarm," "Upgrade U," "Kitty Kat" and "Green Light." That is 7 out of 11 songs! Bey went on to win the 2006 Grammy for Best Contemporary R&B Album. When it comes to the pulse of music fans, Beyoncé has her finger on it.

Tracks

• Deja Vu
• Get Me Bodied
• Suga Mama
• Upgrade U
• Ring The Alarm
• Kitty Kat
• Freakum Dress
• Green Light
• Irreplaceable
• Resentment
• Encore For The Fans

Double vinyl LP pressing. 2015 release. Ego Death is The Internet's most evolved album to date, featuring guest appearances from the likes of Janelle Monae, Tyler, the Creator, and Vic Mensa. The band says Ego Death is about 'being vulnerable and honest. It's about us growing up as a band and as individuals, and the challenges we're facing and learning from. It's about us acknowledging our egos and the egos around us, and using them the best way we know how.' Ego Death was recorded in the band's hometown of Los Angeles. The album is a heady mi

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Get Away 2:30
• 2 Gabby 2:24
• 3 Under Control 4:04
• 4 Go with It 4:27
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Just Sayin/I Tried; Just Sayin\ I Tried 6:54
• 2 For the World 3:23
• 3 Girl 5:13
• - Disc 3 -
• 1 Special Affair 2:58
• 2 Somthing's Missing 3:37
• 3 Partners in Crime Part Three 3:20
• 4 Penthouse Cloud 3:24
• - Disc 4 -
• 1 Palace/Curse; Palace\ Curse 7:20
• 2 Famous Internet, the 3:07
• 3 Missing You Internet, the 2:07

x of confessions and come-ons, shiny Rhodes keyboard glimmers, chugging drums, slinking bass lines, and Syd's honeyed voice anchoring the mix. It's a record that connects the dots between Digable Planets, Erykah Badu's Baduizm, the warm, inviting breezes of the West Coast, and the stories that only happen very late at night or very early in the morning, all played by musicians who are carrying the soul torch for the new generation.

TRACKLISTING: 01.MAKE A CHANGE 02.SMILE 03.CAN'T KEEP MY COOL 04.GROOVY BABY 05.GIVING UP 06.IS IT ANY WONDER? 07.NOW I'M GONE 08.TUCK 'N' ROLL

From Jamaican dancehall to R&B ballads, party-starting anthems and expressions of heartbreak, Rihanna has almost made a game out of keeping her fans guessing as to what will come next. Since dropping her dynamic debut Music of the Sun in 2005 she's practically released a new top-selling album each year. However, it wasn't until the release of her seventh studio effort, 2012's Unapologetic, that the Barbadian beauty earned her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200. Swaggering contemporary pop at its finest, the double platinum collection arrived on the wings of the chart-dominating global smash "Diamonds," the fastest-rising single of Rihanna's career, and snagged the singer her seventh Grammy award. Continuing with it's vinyl campaign UMe will be releasing this title as a stunning gatefold 2LP-set for the first time.

1. Phresh Out The Runway
2. Diamonds
3. Numb
4. Pour It Up
5. Loveeeeeee Song
6. Jump
7. Right Now
8. What Now
9. Stay
10. Nobody's Business
11. Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary
12. Get It Over With
13. No Love Allowed
14. Lost In Paradise

Charles Bradley Changes on LP + Download

Third Full-Length Following 2013's Universally Acclaimed Victim of Love

Soul singer Charles Bradley's star has been on the rise since the release of his widely praised 2011 debut album No Time For Dreaming, and his ascent has continued long after the release of his triumphant second album, 2013's Victim of Love. Dubbed "The Screaming Eagle of Soul," the singer is proud to present his highly anticipated third album Changes, on Daptone imprint Dunham Records.

The album is named for his popular, "smoldering" (SPIN) cover of the Black Sabbath track. "I think about the lyrics very closely when I sing ‘Changes' and get emotional," notes Bradley. "It makes me think of my mother and the changes in my life since she passed away."

By now, Bradley's remarkable, against-all-odds rise has been well documented: how he transcended a bleak life on the streets and struggled through a series of ill-fitting jobs before finally being discovered by Daptone's Gabriel Roth. The documentary Charles Bradley: Soul of America, directed by Poull Brien, follows Bradley's extraordinary journey during the electrifying and transformative months leading up to the release of debut album No Time for Dreaming.

The year following the release of No Time For Dreaming was one triumph after another and Victim of Love saw Bradley emerging from his past heartaches stronger and more confident, overflowing with love to share. Victim of Love went on to receive overwhelming praise and was included on numerous "Best of 2013" lists while the album's title track was also named one of Rolling Stone's "Best Songs of 2013."

Produced by Thomas Brenneck and backed by Menahan Street Band, with Changes, the powerhouse performer brings music fans of all ages another unforgettable set of songs and will continue to bring his live shows to stages around the world.

1. God Bless America
2. Good To Be Back Home
3. Nobody But You
4. Ain't Gonna Give It Up
5. Changes
6. Ain't It A Sin
7. Things We Do For Love
8. Crazy For Your Love
9. You Think I Don't Know (But I Know)
10. Change For The World
11. Slow Love

Diamond Life (1984) is Sade’s debut album, featuring the singles “Your Love Is King”, “When Am I Going To Make A Living”, “Smooth Operator”, and “Hang On To Your Love.” The album was recorded at Power Plant Studios (England). The vinyl audio uses high resolution digital transfers of the stereo master mixes, from the original studio recordings, remastered at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios. The elaborate, half-speed mastering process has produced exceptionally clean and detailed audio whilst remaining faithful to the band’s intended sound. No additional digital limiting was used in the mastering process, so the album benefits from the advantage of extra clarity and pure fidelity, preserving the dynamic range of the original mixes, presented on pure 180-gram heavyweight black vinyl. The original album sleeve and packaging elements have been meticulously reproduced in exact detail with authentic paper and printing methods.

Disc: 1

Disc: 2

Limited 180 gram vinyl pressing of this 1973 album from the soul icon. Let's Get It On is the 13th studio album by Marvin Gaye. Serving as Gaye's first venture into the funk genre and romance-themed music, Let's Get It On incorporates smooth soul, doo-wop, and quiet storm. It has been noted by critics for it's sexually suggestive lyrics, and was cited by one writer as "one of the most sexually charged albums ever recorded." Following the breakthrough success of his socially conscious album What's Going On (1971), Let's Get It On helped establish Gaye as a sex icon and furthered his mainstream appeal. It produced three singles-the title track, "Come Get to This", and "You Sure Love to Ball"-that attained Billboard chart success. Let's Get It On became the most commercially successful album of Gaye's recording career, and it further expanded his creative control during his tenure with Motown.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Let's Get It on
• 2 Please Stay (Once You Go Away)
• 3 If I Should Die Tonight
• 4 Keep Gettin' It on
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Come Get
• 2 To This
• 3 Distant Lover
• 4 You Sure Love to Bal
• 5 Just to Keep You Satisfied

Double vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Rated R, Rihanna's fourth studio album, was released November 20, 2009 on Def Jam Recordings, and produced six singles, including the international hits 'Russian Roulette', 'Rude Boy' and 'Te Amo.' 'Hard' reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, her 13th Top 10, re-tying her with Beyoncé as the female artist with the most Top 10 singles in the U.S. Rihanna is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, she first entered the music industry by recording demo tapes under the direction of record producer Evan Rogers in 2003. She ultimately signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for it's then-president, hip hop producer and rapper Jay Z.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Mad House
• 2 Wait Your Turn
• 3 Hard
• 4 Stupid in Love
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Rockstar 101
• 2 Russian Roulette
• 3 Fire Bomb
• - Disc 3 -
• 1 Rude Boy
• 2 Photographs
• 3 G4L
• - Disc 4 -
• 1 Te Amo
• 2 Cold Case Love
• 3 The Last Song

Promise (1985) is Sade’s second album, featuring the singles “The Sweetest Taboo”, “Is It A Crime?”, and “Never As Good As The First Time.” The album was recorded at Power Plant Studios (England) and Studio Miraval (France). The vinyl audio uses high resolution digital transfers of the stereo master mixes, from the original studio recordings, remastered at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios. The elaborate, half-speed mastering process has produced exceptionally clean and detailed audio whilst remaining faithful to the band’s intended sound. No additional digital limiting was used in the mastering process, so the album benefits from the advantage of extra clarity and pure fidelity, preserving the dynamic range of the original mixes, presented on pure 180-gram heavyweight black vinyl. The original album sleeve and packaging elements have been meticulously reproduced in exact detail with authentic paper and printing methods.

Disc: 1

Disc: 2

Charles Bradley No Time For Dreaming on LP

Charles Bradley's voice has evolved from a lifetime of paying dues, having nomadically labored for decades at various day jobs from Maine to Alaska, singing and performing in his spare time, before re-settling in his hometown of Brooklyn and eventually finding a musical home at Dunham/Daptone.

In his distinctively rough-hewn timbre one hears the unmistakable voice of experience, each note and gruff infection a reflection of his extended, sometimes rocky, personal path. It's only fitting that No Time For Dreaming's producer Thomas "Tommy TNT" Brenneck (also a member of The Dap-Kings and The Budos Band) would recognize in Bradley a kindred musical spirit, a singer whose performances exude both raw power and poignant beauty.

Recorded at Dunham Studios, and mixed at Daptone Records' internationally revered "House of Soul" Studios, No Time For Dreaming is the inspired sound of an awakening.

Charles Bradley No Time For Dreaming Track Listing:

1.  The World (Is Going up in Flames)
2.  The Telephone Song
3.  Golden Rule
4.  I Believe in Your Love
5.  Trouble in the Land
6.  Lovin' You, Baby
7.  No Time for Dreaming
8.  How Long
9.  In You (I Found a Love)
10. Why is it so Hard?
11. Since Our Last Goodbye
12. Heartaches and Pain

UK double vinyl LP pressing. 2009 collection that incorporates material from their recordings with the Westbound and Warner labels. 2009 is the 40th Anniversary of Funkadelic's first release and this compilation celebrates that landmark. Over a period of 12 years from their Westbound debut album to the release of 1981's the Electric Spanking of War Babies, Funkadelic, piloted by George Clinton, redefined the way that black music was recorded and presented. They scored 20 R&B chart hit singles and a dozen chart albums, but their influence was far greater. Standing on the Verge includes the two #1 R&B singles 'One Nation Under a Groove' and '(Not Just) Knee Deep', sample favorites such as 'I'll Bet You' and 'Undisco Kidd' and dance floor monsters such as 'Cosmic Slop' and 'Better By the Pound'. 

Tracks

• 1 Cosmic Slop
• 2 Standing on the Verge of Getting It on
• 3 You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure
• 4 One Nation Under a Groove
• 5 Better By the Pound
• 6 Sexy Ways
• 7 Loose Booty
• 8 (Not Just) Knee Deep
• 9 A Joyful Process
• 10 Whatever Makes My Baby Feel Good
• 11 Can You Get to That
• 12 Maggot Brain
• 13 I Wanna Know Is It Good for You
• 14 I'll Bet You
• 15 Hit It and Quit It
• 16 Red Hot Mama
• 17 I Got a Thing You Got a Thing Everybody Got a Thing
• 18 Comin' Round the Mountain
• 19 Let's Take It to the Stage
• 20 Undisco Kidd

Double white colored vinyl LP pressing. Originally released in 1972, Amazing Grace cracked the Billboard Top Ten upon it's release, making it one of the bestselling gospel records of all time. Grace was recorded in a large Baptist church with an ultra-enthusiastic, loving audience in the pews and a full, funky, band as well as the Southern California Community Choir under the direction of her mentor Rev. James Cleveland. Now on 2LP, White Vinyl, Amazing Grace is the third live album by American singer Aretha Franklin. Released on June 1, 1972 by Atlantic Records, It ultimately sold over two million copies in the United States alone, earning a Double Platinum certification. As of 2013, it stands as the biggest selling disc of Aretha's entire fifty-plus year recording career. The double album was recorded at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles during January 1972. It won the 1973 Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance. The LP is the biggest selling live gospel album of all time.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Mary, Don't You Weep
• 2 Medley: Precious Lord, Take My Hand / You've Got a Friend
• 3 Old Landmark (With Rev. James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir)
• 4 Give Yourself to Jesus
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 How I Got Over
• 2 What a Friend We Have in Jesus
• 3 Amazing Grace
• - Disc 3 -
• 1 Precious Memories (Reprise)
• 2 Climbing Higher Mountains
• 3 Remarks By Reverand C.L. Franklin
• 4 God Will Take Care of You
• - Disc 4 -
• 1 Wholy Holy
• 2 You'll Never Walk Alone
• 3 Never Grow Old