Soul/R&B

Multi-Grammy-winning megastar Bruno Mars returns with his highly-anticipated third studio album, 24K Magic, his first piece of solo music in nearly four years. Written and produced by Shampoo Press & Curl, lead single "24K Magic" sees Bruno bringing back his signature bounce with the singer proclaiming, "You can call it my first single, but I call it the invitation to the party." The critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, producer, and musician scored his first five "Hot 100" No. 1's faster than any male since Elvis Presley. Mars most recently dominated the charts with hit single "Uptown Funk." The worldwide smash is the longest-leading Billboard Hot 100 single of the 2010s, and is only the tenth single in the Hot 100's 57-year history to spend at least 14 weeks at No. 1. "Uptown Funk" took home 3 Grammy Awards this past year, including the coveted Record of the Year award.

1. 24K Magic
2. Chunky
3. Perm
4. That's What I Like
5. Versace On The Floor
6. Straight Up & Down
7. Calling All My Lovelies
8. Finesse
9. Too Good To Say Goodbye

Vinyl LP repressing of this classic album by George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and the gang packaged in a limited 3D cover. Mothership Connection was the fourth album by funk band Parliament. Mothership Connection became Parliament's first album to be certified gold and later platinum. The Library of Congress added the album to the National Recording Registry in 2011, declaring "The album has had an enormous influence on Jazz, Rock and Dance music." Continuing with it's Respect The Classics campaign UMe are reissuing this classic back on vinyl with a limited edition 3D cover that's mind blowing! Includes 'Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)' and more.

• 1 P?Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
• 2 Mothership Connection (Star Child)
• 3 Unfunky Ufo
• 4 Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication (The Bumps Bump)
• 5 Handcuffs
• 6 Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
• 7 Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples

Vinyl LP pressing. Gold-Diggers Sound is the 2021 album from Leon Bridges. This R&B collection is birthed from extended late nights at the Los Angeles, California studio of the same name. The album celebrates Leon's immersive experience of creating music in the same East Hollywood room where he lived, worked and drank over the course of two years. The soulful collaboration between Leon as an artist and the space itself was so encompassing that he chose to name the album after the soon-to-be legendary complex.

• 1 Born Again (Feat. Robert Glasper)
• 2 Motorbike
• 3 Steam
• 4 Why Don't You Touch Me
• 5 Magnolias
• 6 Gold-Diggers (Junior's Fanfare)
• 7 Details
• 8 Sho Nuff
• 9 Sweeter (Feat. Terrace Martin)
• 10 Don't Worry (Feat. Ink)
• 11 Blue Mesas

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

GIVĒON - BELOVED - Vinyl

BELOVED is the highly anticipated second full-length studio album from seven-time GRAMMY®-nominee and multiplatinum-selling R&B singer-songwriter, GIVĒON. With his smash single “TWENTIES,” and “RATHER BE,” the singer continues to show his growth, both as an introspective songwriter and an empathetic human being. From his captivating baritone voice to his pensive lyrics and colorful soundscape, GIVĒON continues to defy not only musical standards, but expectations of how he should be as both an artist and a man.

• 1 Mud
• 2 Rather Be
• 3 Twenties
• 4 Strangers
• 5 Numb
• 6 I Can Tell
• 7 Diamonds for Your Pain
• 8 Keeper
• 9 Six:Thirty
• 10 Backup Plan
• 11 Bleeding
• 12 Don't Leave
• 13 Avalanche
• 14 Good Bad Ugly

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

Limited blue colored vinyl LP pressing. After more than a decade of music-making, Durand Jones & The Indications have blossomed as aunit and are basking in their successes. On their aptlytitled new album, Flowers, The Indications unfurl theirtrue colors embracing all their roots and influences, maturation and confidence, and share them with theworld. Since forming in 2012, the road has taken TheIndications from those origins at Indiana University, Bloomington to the global stage, selling out showsacross Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand to theWest Coast where DJI has a strong following amongthe lowrider and vintage soul enthusiasts. For as far as Durand Jones & The Indicationshave come, Flowers grew from the desire to return totheir roots in a Bloomington basement, a space wherethey first found camaraderie in gritty funk and Southernsoul that would inspire their self-titled debut. Pulling sonically and spiritually from each of thegroup's previous releases and solo work, Flowers is thenext stage of DJI's inspired soulful discography. DJI arenot only accepting their flowers, but indulging in theirsweet and sexy fragrance.

• 1 Flowers
• 2 Paradise
• 3 Lovers' Holiday
• 4 I Need the Answer
• 5 Flower Moon
• 6 Really Wanna Be with You
• 7 Been So Long
• 8 Everything
• 9 Rust and Steel
• 10 If Not for Love
• 11 Without You

RAY CHARLES / Now Playing (SYEOR24) [Blue Vinyl] A music legend beyond compare, who almost single-handedly laid the groundwork for soul music, American artist Ray Charles proved his mastery with countless jazz, country, R&B, and pop masterpieces during a career that spanned seven decades. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Ray number 10 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time" and was voted number 2 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time" in November 2008.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Mess Around
• 2 I've Got a Woman (2005 Remaster)
• 3 Drown in My Own Tears (2005 Remaster)
• 4 Hallelujah I Love Her So (2005 Remaster)
• 5 Lonely Avenue (2005 Remaster)
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 The Right Time (2005 Remaster)
• 2 What'd I Say, Pt. 1 & 2 (2005 Mono Remaster)
• 3 I Believe to My Soul (2005 Remaster)
• 4 Let the Good Times Roll (2005 Remaster)
• 5 Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)

The fourth studio album from the global superstar and 16 time Grammy Award-winning artist marks Mars' first solo album release since 2017's 24k Magic and follows chart topping collaborations with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic, as well as smash hits with Lady Gaga and ROSÉ.

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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.

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Vinyl LP pressing. Throughout their career, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings remained in high demand both publicly and privately to recreate and often re-imagine songs by other artists. More often than not, these covers were recorded by request, commissioned for placement in movies, television programs, tribute albums, or for samples. This album compiles some of their most popular as well as never-before-heard renditions. Though the band has mostly built their career on a prolific catalog of originals, these forays into other artists' compositions lay bare their gift for arrangement and the unmatched studio prowess that earned them their reputation as The Baddest Band in the Land.

• 1 Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
• 2 Little By Little
• 3 Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Condition Was in)
• 4 Here I Am Baby
• 5 What Have You Done for Me Lately?
• 6 Take Me with U
• 7 This Land Is Your Land
• 8 Inspiration Information
• 9 Giving Up
• 10 Rescue Me
• 11 In the Bush
• 12 It Hurts to Be Alone
• 13 Trespasser

Durand Jones & the Indications aren't looking backwards. Helmed by foil vocalists in Durand Jones and drummer Aaron Frazer, the Indications conjure the dynamism of Jackie Wilson, Curtis Mayfield, AND the Impressions. Even with an aesthetic steeped in the golden, strings-infused dreaminess of early '70s soul, the Indications' sophomore LP, American Love Call, is planted firmly in the present, with the urgency of this moment in time. The Indications' 2016 self-titled debut was the product of friends who met as students at Indiana University in Bloomington, In., recorded for $452.11, including a case of beer. American Love Call, the band's sophomore LP is instead the record the Indications dreamed of making, fleshed out with strings, backing vocals, and a newfound confidence in songwriting. Blending a slew of influences from years spent crate-digging, guitarist Blake Rhein says the Indications approach songs in the same way hip-hop producers do, as likely to pull inspiration from '70s folk-rock or classic R&B as they are Nas' Illmatic. "Did I expect to do this shit once I got out of college? Hell no," Jones relays, laughing. "Totally not. But this is what God is telling me to do - move and groove. So I'm gonna stay in my lane."

• 1 Morning in America
• 2 Don't You Know (Feat. Aaron Frazer)
• 3 Circles
• 4 Court of Love (Feat. Aaron Frazer)
• 5 Long Way Home
• 6 Too Many Tears (Feat. Aaron Frazer)
• 7 Walk Away
• 8 What I Know About You (Feat. Aaron Frazer)
• 9 Listen to Your Heart
• 10 Sea Gets Hotter (Feat. Aaron Frazer)
• 11 How Can I Be Sure (Feat. Aaron Frazer)
• 12 True Love

2025 release. Dijon's sophomore album, Baby, examines new fatherhood and the mania of domesticity. From song-to-song, Dijon captures the moments of ecstasy and tragedy that inevitably follow life-altering changes.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Baby!
• 2 Another Baby!
• 3 Higher!
• 4 (Freak It)
• 5 Yamaha
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Fire!
• 2 (Referee)
• 3 Rewind
• 4 My Man
• 5 Loyal & Marie
• 6 Automatic
• 7 Kindalove
• 8 NÜ Diamond

The Romantic, the new album from Bruno Mars. The fourth studio album from the global superstar and 16 time Grammy Award-winning artist marks Mars' first solo album release since 2016's 24k Magic and follows chart topping collaborations with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic, as well as smash hits with Lady Gaga and ROSÉ.

Highly anticipated 2015 debut album from Fort Worth, TX native Leon Bridges. Coming Home was produced by Austin Jenkins and Josh Block of White Denim. Bridges began writing and performing 1950s and '60s style soul music that was described by Austin 360 as "a transmission straight from the heart." He began to attract followers and his break in the music industry is attributed to a run in he had at a bar with White Denim guitarist Austin Jenkins. The duo discussed clothing at the bar and a few weeks later Jenkins and bandmate Joshua Block ran into Bridges during a performance in north Texas. It was the performance of his original song "Coming Home" that caught the attention of Block and Jenkins. This debut includes that track and nine other originals.

• 1 Coming Home
• 2 Better Man
• 3 Brown Skin Girl
• 4 Smooth Sailin'
• 5 Shine
• 6 Lisa Sawyer
• 7 Flowers
• 8 Pull Away
• 9 Twistin' & Groovin'
• 10 River

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul, or simply Otis Blue, released September 15, 1965 on Stax Records, is the third studio album by soul singer Otis Redding. The album mainly consists of cover songs by popular R&B and soul artists, and, bar one track, was recorded in a 24-hour period over July 9/10 1965 at the Stax Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. Otis Blue was critically acclaimed upon release and became one of Redding's most successful albums; it reached number 6 on the UK Albums Chart, and was his first to reach the top spot of the Billboard R&B chart. Furthermore, it produced three popular singles, all charting at least in the top 50 on both the Billboard R&B and the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It is considered by many critics to be Redding's first fully realized album. Three of the eleven songs were written by Redding: "Ole Man Trouble", "Respect", and "I've Been Loving You Too Long". Three songs were written by Sam Cooke, a soul musician who had died a few months earlier. As was the case in the previous albums, Redding was backed by house band Booker T. & The M.G.'s, a horn section of members of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns, and pianist Isaac Hayes. Otis Blue is included in a number of "best album" lists, including Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Time magazine's list of the All-Time 100 Greatest Albums, and Robert Dimery's "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". Rhino Records released a two-disc Collectors Edition of Otis Blue in 2008.

• 1 Ole Man Trouble
• 2 Respect
• 3 Change Is Gonna Come
• 4 Down in the Valley
• 5 I've Been Loving You Too Long
• 6 Shake
• 7 My Girl
• 8 Wonderful World
• 9 Rock Me Baby
• 10 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
• 11 You Don't Miss Your Water

50th Anniversary Vinyl LP Reissue with Lacquers Cut from the Original Master Tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound

2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Al Green's Call Me, and to celebrate, Hi Records/Fat Possum will reissue the 1973 R&B classic on vinyl with lacquers cut from the original master tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. A combination of 'sweet' and 'funky' is certainly the secret to Al Green's gloriously sentimental and sensual pop songs. Green's subtly controlled falsetto, which he tones right to the threshold of audibility, swings along gently always anchoring the proceedings. However, this sublime set also belts out some fiery sounds right from the very first number. The sinuous, swinging request in the brilliant hit single "Call Me," the relaxed and groovy "Stand Up" with its sharp wind interjections which demand one's unerring attention, are typical of Green's style, just as is his almost disturbing capability to gain comfort from loneliness ("I'm So Lonesome, I Could Cry"). This rhythmically powered music can best be described as light, intensive, dynamic but never flashy ("Your Love Is Like The Morning Sun") and it finds its earthly culmination in soul ("Jesus Is Waiting") and spiritual depth.

1. Call Me
2. Have You Been Making Out Okay
3. Stand Up
4. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
5. Your Love Is Like The Morning Sun
6. Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
7. Funny How Time Slips Away
8. You Ought To Be With Me
9. Jesus Is Waiting