Author: Elicit Magazine

Maintaining momentum for a breakthrough 2019, YOUNG BOMBS share a brand-new single entitled “Loyal” featuring GiGi today. Get it HERE via Astralwerks. On the track, the acclaimed duo join forces with the buzzing Los Angeles singer and songwriter. Together, they craft a lush and lively love song, flipping convention upside down in the process. Airy synths and cinematic production give way to an unshakable beat as GiGi’s voice flutters on the refrain, “I’ve never been loyal, I’ve always been selfish with my love, was running in circles, but it’s you I run to now.”  “‘Loyal’ is a special song to…

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN After an extremely tough year, critically-acclaimed multi-platinum musical phenomenon Walk Off the Earth returns with the new uplifting original pop single “I’ll Be There,” their response to the last year coping with the heartbreaking and unexpected loss of band member Mike ‘Beard Guy’ Taylor. The track is off their highly anticipated forthcoming full-length album of original songs to be released on October 25 via RED MUSIC. CLICK HERE to listen to “I’ll Be There,” which exclusively premiered on Forbes who called it a “catchy, uplifting, engaging track.” “When we hit a low point, the thing that brings us back is our art, our music,” shares Walk Off the Earth of…

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Photo Credit: James Bianchi Premiere Via The New Nine Stream on Spotify & Soundcloud Following up on her spectacular debut EP, A Woman Alone, Freda James is revealing a surprise bonus track titled “Her Hymn,” out now. There is something both otherworldly and of this earth about Freda James’ music and “Her Hymn” is no exception. Inspired by her time in the Berkshires among friends, the song is liberated from traditional structure and written straight from the heart. On the songwriting experience, Freda elaborates, “I was just touching the keys till the right chords settled in. A melody arrived in my mind, words began to flow, and soon I had something…

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Raphael Saadiq — the Grammy Award-winning musician, songwriter, and go-to collaborator/producer for some of the biggest names in R&B, including Solange, John Legend, Mary J. Blige, and D’Angelo — releases his first new album in eight years, Jimmy Lee (Columbia Records). Inspired by his own brother’s trials and tribulations with addiction, Jimmy Lee — self-produced by Raphael at Blakeslee Recording Co. in North Hollywood — is a collection of intensely personal accounts of tragedy and perseverance set to some of his most thrilling production to date. The result is an incisive and empathetic work from a master at the peak of his art. Watch the…

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LISTEN TO EVE HERE WATCH THE “NINA” MUSIC VIDEO HERE Grammy-nominated rapper and Jamla Records recording artist Rapsody celebrates women of color worldwide with the release of her highly anticipated third full-length album EVE, available now across digital platforms via Roc Nation in partnership with Def Jam Recordings. Executive produced by Rapsody, Young Guru, and 9th Wonder, along with production from Khrysis, Nottz, Eric, and Mark Byrd, EVE is comprised of songs named after iconic women of color from both past and present. Serena Williams, Michelle Obama, Ibtihaj Muhammad and Sojourner Truth are just some of the 15 black female heroes paid tribute to. Rapsody also released a new music video for the album’s track “NINA,” named after Nina Simone, which can…

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