No matter how your week went, there's nothing that will put you in a weekend mood like a bomb ass playlist.
From Normani dropping her 90's inspired video for her latest single "Motivation" to Doja Cat making cellulite king in her creative new video for "Juicy," our playlist is abundant with bops that you need to get you through the remainder of this hot girl summer.
It's Friday, you got a job, and you probably have a lot of sh*t to do. But that shouldn't stop you from kicking your feet, rolling up something sticky, and getting into this smooth playlist specially curated by us, for you. Here are 10 new songs you should add to your summer playlist ASAP:
Normani - "Motivation"
Earlier today, Normani dropped her video for her latest single and the visuals will give you all the '90s nostalgia. If you weren't familiar with this former Fifth Harmony member before now, her poppin melanin and killer choreography skills prove that she was divinely touched by ancestors of R&B.
Doja Cat, Tyga - "Juicy"
"Juicy" is the natural booty confidence booster you didn't know you needed in your life. You’re welcome for putting you on your new favorite shower song that will encourage you to appreciate your curves and cellulite alike.
Jorja Smith (Feat. Burna Boy) - "Be Honest"
Jorja Smith and African rapper Burna Boy served up a whole mood on this tropical track that will have you feeling like you need to be on a beach with somebody's son as soon as possible.
Snoh Aalegra - "Find Someone Like You"
Although this Swedish soul singer initially emerged on the scene in 2014, Snoh is just now getting the recognition she rightfully deserves and recently released her latest album, -Ugh Those Feels Again. The Persian princess credits her smoky singing style to inspirations like Billie Holiday and gives us big Amy Winehouse-ish vibes on this mellow single.
Megan Thee Stallion (feat. Ty Dolla Sign & Nicki Minaj) - "Hot Girl Summer"
Nicki Minaj got some sh*t off her chest this week, and sis said it with her chest. Although this track released last week, the fearless savagery and unapologetic comradery amongst Black women that has taken in the music industry over the past few weeks has me bumping this track all damn weekend.
Kiana Lede - "Title"
This piano-playing singer just dropped something for us to vibe to all weekend long. While the artist is on tour until the end of the summer, that doesn't stop Kiana from dropping situationship inspired-heat that we can all relate to.
Ari Lennox - "BMO"
We Stan for a brown skinned beauty, so please, give Ari all of the things. The singer recently released the highly anticipated video for her single "BMO" and it was the perfect amount of bougie badness we needed this week.
Ariana Grande, Social House - "boyfriend"
This groovy track wasn't typical for Ariana, but nevertheless, it was hittin'. The song was released earlier this month, sparking rumors that she and Mikey from Social House were officially an item, but judging from the song's number one spot on the Top 100, sis is unbothered.
Big Sean - "Single Again"
Can we take a moment to discuss how absolutely adorable Ryan Destiny and Keith Powell are in this semi-short film? Big Sean rids us of our singledom scaries and reminds us that being alone doesn't make you lonely with an assist from ex-girlfriend Jhene Aiko and Ty Dolla $ign on the track.
Throwback Jam Of The Week: "U.N.I.T.Y." - Queen Latifah
Last but not least, I wanna take you back, way back to a time when only one or two female rappers could exist to the top. When Queen Latifah dropped "U.N.I.T.Y.", she changed the narrative of Black women in the rap game and opened the door for women like Nicki, Trina, Cardi, and Megan to thrive, and even in 2019, I'm here for all of it. Bump this track this weekend in honor of a long real one!
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From the day they met, food has always played a role in their relationship, and working together in the food industry is what we call a full circle moment. Learn more about Bryant and Daniella’s story of finding love with one another.
How they met.
Bryant: We met at a mutual clients’ house. She was doing the lady hair, and I was cooking for the lady. The client sent her downstairs to record me while I was cooking to, I guess, see what I was cooking, and I caught her recording, but we didn't talk. I caught her recording, we laughed it off, and she went about her day.
So I guess that was the first thing that made us interact with each other. A few months down the line, I think she posted something [on social media]. I hopped in her DM and responded to it, and then we decided to just meet up and hang out. I looked at her as an entrepreneur. I'm an entrepreneur. She don’t need nothing. I don’t need nothing. It's good to hang with people who don't need nothing from you.
When we linked up, our chemistry was just so soft and just so nice. She is a great person, but after meeting up with her [for the] first time, she went back to Miami. She came back [to Atlanta], and we just kicked it off that next weekend, and ever since then, we've been locked in.
Daniella: That same client had flew me back in so I knew I had to come up here for work. But I told him that we'll meet up and [go] on a date and see each other again. When that happened, everything else was history. It just happened organically. It wasn’t forced or anything.
Bryant and Daniella Williams
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First impressions.
Bryant: I knew for a fact for her to come downstairs and try to record me, I knew that she was brave, and that said a lot about her, because I barely even talk when I'm cooking for my clients. So you have to talk to somebody for them to feel comfortable to play with you, or do certain things. I feel like the client sent her downstairs because she knew that she's an outspoken, bubbly type of person who don't mind laughing it off if she gets caught doing it.
When she came back to Atlanta, she booked me to cook for her family. So while I was cooking for her in the kitchen, the whole time she was in there talking to me. It was like a date in the kitchen, and I cooked her food. Once the food was laid out, I just left. We had a great conversation when I was cooking for her, and also when she came downstairs and tried to record me.
Daniella: I was impressed how he was multitasking because I was asking him deep, interesting questions, and he was cooking the food, and he was still answering my questions. But I was in a relationship at that time, so I wasn't really in tune. It was no emotions. But when I came back and flew in to work, we met with each other.
He came and picked me up from the hotel and we drove around Atlanta, sightseeing. We went to the African club. So when he came downstairs, I was like okay, you not gonna hug me, you not gonna say nothing? He was shocked and we stayed together for like eight or nine hours, and he took me back to the hotel. I think he picked me up around nine at night. He took me back to the hotel around seven in the morning. Then he walked me to my hotel door. He gave me a hug and he gave me a kiss and said, 'I love you.' And I was like, what?
We stayed together for like eight or nine hours, and he took me back to the hotel. I think he picked me up around nine at night. He took me back to the hotel around seven in the morning. Then he walked me to my hotel door. He gave me a hug and he gave me a kiss and said, 'I love you.' And I was like, what?
The one.
Daniella: When we first linked up, he took me around Atlanta. He was soft and gentle. He was a gentleman. He opened the door for me and I never had nobody open the door. He opened the door every single time I was going in and getting out the car, and when we went to that restaurant. I was like, [there’s] something about him, and he was just nice, calm and patient. So I knew he was a little different from what I'm used to.
Bryant: [I knew she was the one by] how she cared so much. She didn't really know me like that. She knew of me, but she cared so much about me. When we first met, she would lay on me and just relax. For someone who just wants to relax on you, that says a lot about them towards you. It wasn't like I had to prove myself and she didn’t have to prove herself with me either. It wasn't nothing like that. We were willing to take whatever came with it. But it just was really a break. It was like the best me meeting a woman because I didn't try.
Any other woman, I might be trying to dress up, take her to this place, I did not try at all. I picked her up and I actually thought that she wasn't gonna go on the date with me because of her status and my status. I'm such a laid back homey dude and she's from Miami. I thought she would be on the City Girls, you gotta do this, do that. But she wasn't. She was the total opposite. She was a homebody, chill, like me.
Bryant and Daniella Williams
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Marriage advice for couples.
Bryant: Work together. Communication, put your mind together.
Daniella: And keep your family out your business.
Bryant: Keep it private please. Y'all work it out first. When y'all make sure it's solidified, then you tell them, or let them find out on their own. Privacy is the most valuable thing.
Daniella: And date each other because people get married and they stop doing the things that they did to get you, or stop doing the things that they did while they were in a relationship with you, before y'all got married. No, do the same thing. For me, I get bored easy, and I think he knows that. So just keep it spicy. Keep it interesting.
Bryant: We like spontaneous stuff like last-minute trips, trying different foods, going out the country just off a spur of a moment. You gotta make it fun. Don't just make it all business. And I think one person out of the relationship needs to take the initiative to make sure their partner is relaxing and at peace. A lot of people carry functional depression to where they’re functional, like we're doing this right now, but they can be going through something.
I don't think it's male or female. I think whichever one, the other partner should notice it and work with their partner to get through whatever they get through, like, for postpartum depression and stuff. That's something that most men don't even really know exist, but that's something when she had our daughter, I had an anti-postpartum depression plan put in place for her. She didn't know about it, but I knew I was gonna be extra sweet to her.
She won't have to think about doing nothing with the little baby. My little girl was watching the football game with me, when she was a few weeks old, because I was giving her that peace, so she can just relax, because her body has been through so much. So you got to be considerate of your mate's mental state and their mental well-being, because when it's gone, it's gone and it takes a lot to get it back, so I think that's important.
When she had our daughter, I had an anti-postpartum depression plan put in place for her. She didn't know about it, but I knew I was gonna be extra sweet to her. She won't have to think about doing nothing with the little baby. My little girl was watching the football game with me, when she was a few weeks old, because I was giving her that peace, so she can just relax, because her body has been through so much.
If you see something not right with your spouse, help them get help. It's okay for them to talk to a therapist by themselves, or it's okay for them to talk to somebody, but don't just sit there and let them go into this decline and self-destruction. I think that's the most important, because sometimes she be overwhelmed, and I have to be that person to hold her up. And then sometimes I'm overwhelmed. To her, baby, I don't want to do this no more. She's like, you gonna do this. We gonna do this. And she reminds me who I am. I remind her who she is, and we come back feeling more motivated.
Daniella: I think business owners should date business owners because they understand your hustle, your hunger. They understand when you can have a day where you make $0 and you have a day when you make $1,000. But I feel like if you dating someone who is in corporate America, and you a business owner, there's going to be a lot of friction, a lot of tension, and I just feel like I want to date someone that has the same drive as me.
Because I don't want to feel like I'm trying to build a bear, build a man, and I have to pull you and drag you, or just being with somebody who got they self together. For instance, my last relationship. I won't say I was the breadwinner, but I was kind of established, and I felt like I was sleeping with the enemy. I was growing fast and I wasn't stagnant. I was trying to get to the next level. He started to be jealous of me and I feel like a lot of women deal with men trying to be jealous of them. Men also have ego issues where they don't really want their woman making a certain amount of money or making more money than them.
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