Yours Truly’s Songs for Scratch series continues to defy the inherent gravity of creating one song in one day from two people who have never met. But Jacques Greene, Montreal luxury condo-house producer, and Tinashe start splashing colors around to create the excellent “Painted Faces.” Maybe you can chalk it up to the mystical vibes […]

Everyone knows that it takes more than just talent to blow up. There’s also usually a running man dance of branding, co-signs, and savvy management who guides artists to the top. Pure luck matters too. Until Drake flashed the YOLO signal for the Weeknd, the latter was just another anonymous MDMA-mangled R&B singer. Frank Ocean […]