A new acoustic version of DNigel's song "I Pick U" starring singer Steve Drakes is now available on SoundCloud, and it's time to relax to some smooth rhythm and blues. The acoustic tune this up-and-coming musician performed for us was so moving that it may well win the award for the best love song of the year. This rhythm and blues slow jam will induce...

There's a specific kind of bleak bartering that happens at 2 AM, and Rusty Reid’s single “Piece of the Action” builds a whole four-minute economy around it. This isn't a song about the sweeping grandeur of romance; it’s a clinical look at turning “dissatisfaction” into “a transaction of love.” The language is deliberate, almost like a contract being signed on a napkin under a...