Wongo Okon
Journalist + R&B aficionado. 🖊️: @UPROXX, @Pitchfork, @revolttv, @BET, @2DopeBoyz. I’m an A&R since we all are. Don’t call me Wong. 📩: [email protected]
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1 month ago |
uproxx.com | Wongo Okon
Naomi Sharon Confronts Old Patterns And New Possibilities On ‘The Only Love We Know’
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1 month ago |
uproxx.com | Wongo Okon
Sometimes the best new R&B can be hard to find, but there are plenty of great rhythm-and-blues tunes to get into if you have the time to sift through the hundreds of newly released songs every week. So that R&B heads can focus on listening to what they love in its true form, we’ll be offering a digest of the best new R&B songs that fans of the genre should hear every Friday. Since the last update of this weekly R&B column, we’ve received plenty of music from the genre’s artists.
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1 month ago |
uproxx.com | Wongo Okon
I first heard Jai’Len Josey’s music about four or five years ago. I stumbled across her name and decided to press play on a few tracks before dozing off for the night. One of the first songs I heard by her was “Can You Do It For Me?” — a standout from her impressive debut EP Illustrations. Vocals like Josey has are hard to come by nowadays in music, so when you do, it’s only right that you celebrate them.
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1 month ago |
uproxx.com | Wongo Okon
For fans of Destin Conrad, especially those who’ve been around since his Colorway era, the road to his debut album has been long but eventful. Four EPs — Colorway, Satin, Submissive, and Submissive2 — arrived over three years, and though fans like myself desired a longer body of work from the Florida-bred and California-based singer, each release was essential in giving Conrad the tools to successfully craft and release a strong debut album that meets the moment and expectations.
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2 months ago |
uproxx.com | Wongo Okon
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The part that always kills me (watching for a second time rn) is when Oprah is basically like “the Happy trend brought you to tears? I got something for ya: Remember when your grandma died??” 😭😭😭
Pharrell’s Piece By Piece movie is incredible. I’m putting it up there with Cudi’s Entergalactic as music films I’ll be watching over and over again
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