Pain demands a voice that refuses to be ignored. When you have survived the kind of heartbreak that alters your DNA, polite studio tricks simply will not cut it. You need something loud, unfiltered, and recorded right in the room. That is exactly what Lior Golan brings to the table with his new release. After letting these songs sit on a hard drive for four years,...

It is that quiet, heavy atmosphere of a late-night car ride when the radio is low and someone finally says what they have been holding back for months. That specific, chest-tightening honesty is exactly what French rapper Lil' Mike has managed to capture on his Valentine's Day single "Yah." Stepping away from the aggressive hip hop beats that built his name, he delivers a late-night R&B...