Amara-Fe has definitively shifted from the messy business of becoming into the absolute certainty of claiming with her new album, "A Queen’s Ambition". The rising solo artist, tethered to deep musical roots extending through Mission and Dallas, Texas, arrives fully formed here. There is a palpable weight to her cinematic R&B and electropop arrangements. You can almost feel her surveying her territory, setting borders,...

PS The Rebels Make Black History NOW With The Top 10 Bumaye! Produced with their long-time collaborator Producer MouseQuake (Nas, Lil' Wayne, Scarface, Zaytoven, Rakim, Pimp C), "Bumaye" was conceived around '13 shortly after the brother's first introduction to the stalwart renaissance writer/producer. Yet, it took half a decade to fine-tune an inspirational message of fire and bombast. PS the ReBels are joined on the track by Congolese-American artist Kajad. "It (Bumaye) is...