Every week, we bring you #SOUNDCHECK — your destination for the best new music that hit the web over the course of the week. Because you should always be prepared when someone passes you that AUX cord. This week's roundup features 10 of our favorite emerging and established artists. Turn up, tune in, and tune out.
It's Megan Thee Stallion's world and we're all just living in it. She dropped her latest song "Girls In The Hood" last week, and it's a glinting, braggadocious flip on Eazy-E's original. Hopefully, we'll be hearing it blasting out of cars all summer long. And if it's alongside Buju Banton's vibrant dancehall, La Goony Chonga's velvety reggaeton and some truly gnarly dance music straight from South Korea, that's all the better. Find all of the above and more after the jump.
"Girls in the Hood" - Megan Thee Stallion
Meg flips Eazy-E's "Boyz-n-the-Hood" beat into a certified hot girl anthem.
"Long Nights" - 6LACK
Ari Lennox makes a surprise appearance on 6LACK's brooding "Long Nights."
"Cherry Pie" - Buju Banton ft. Pharrell Williams
Pharrell and dancehall legend Buju Banton's craft a vibrant summertime bop.
"Demonstration" - Jayla Darden
Atlanta-based singer Jayla Darden's R&B is big Brandy and Aaliyah energy.
"Fit N Full" - Samia
NYC-based Samia's bleeding heart of a rock song is worth a listen.
"goodbye" - Tei Shi
The most elegant 'f*ck you' ever made.
"dancing" - katie dey
A lovely, digitized love song to self-reliance and the friends that break through.
"Nadie Mas" - La Goony Chonga
LA's La Goony Chonga lifts reggaeton to its most carefree, hedonistic point.
"Can You" - Park Hye Jin
South Korea's Park Hye Jin is perfecting the subtle euphoria of the late night club jam.
"Body Memory" - Jess Cornelius
Jess Cornelius' "Body Memory" documents the aftermath of a miscarriage, yet has the sound of a hard-earned, springtime bloom.