New Lease Music’s Top Ten Albums Of 2023

OK, as promised, here are the top ten albums of 2023.

If you fancy some UK R&B, or maybe some afrobeats fused with smooth R&B, futuristic/dreamy pop or some good old hard-hitting bars, well you’re definitely in the right place! Just get to it and hit play on each beauties below! If you’re feeling any of the collections, please like, or better still, leave a comment below.

Be sure to check NEW LEASE MUSIC’s Top Ten Singles of 2023 tomorrow. I hope you enjoy the albums below…

10. A Late Bloom – Eleanor

9. Jovian 2000 AD – Jovian

8. Diary Is A Waste Of Paper – Nia Chennai

7. Venom Dripp – Showtime Ramon

6. Die Wurzel – Neak

5. 7:05 – 705

4. Rivalry – Samuel Vincent

3. Man Myth Legend – Mike Body

2. Lucid Dreampop – Thyra Hilden

1. Once Upon A Melody – T. Fernandez

New Lease Music’s Top Ten Music Videos Of 2023

Hey, Hey, Hey! Happy New Year guys! I hope you had an eventful festive period.

It’s that time of the year NEW LEASE MUSIC ramage through and pick out the top releases of 2023! Today, we start off with the best music videos featured on the blog in the past year. So why not sit back and check them out – oh and if you’re really digging these videos, why not leave a comment below.

Be sure to look out for NEW LEASE MUSIC’s Top Ten Albums of 2023 later today!

10. Sometimes Relax – LLAMAN x Pitch 92

9. Freak Out – Jessica Wilde

8. Face Off Part 1 – Quincy

7. PTSD – Dax

6. Iron Right – DJ Drama, Boosie Badazz & OMB Peezy ft Trouble

5. Podium – Ez Mil

4. The Rain – Bullet Brak

3. Love Tap – Tito Ft. Keet Kolbang

1. Grey – Holy Coves

Cam Gnarly drops new single, ‘Blessed With, Stressed With’ + video

CAM GNARLY blesses a classic groove with bars straight from the soul on his new single ‘Blessed With, Stressed With’. The video eatures Cam in his element, measuring his path and giving good words to his peers, colleagues, & loved ones, to a thumping, superbly soulful instrumental.

As a performer, Cam has shared stages with Kendrick Lamar, Curren$y, Dom Kennedy, Pac Div, Casey Veggies, Overdoz & more, and already has a healthy discography of superb releases. Northend Gnarly is the newest album from the Inland Empire representative, & it offers a compelling soundtrack to the streets that Cam calls home.

Check out the video for ‘Blessed With, Stressed With’ below…

Check out Wino Willy’s video for track ‘Sutra’ ft. Gabe ‘Nandez

WINO WILLY presents a raw track that’s made for catching wreck, and Gabe Nandez more than does the honors in the new video for ‘Sutra’. The duo keep it rugged to the core with ruff beats & 52 bars of swordplay, & the visual matches the intensity of the record exceptionally well. ‘Sutra’ is from Willy’s new LP’ Wino From Another Planet’, which features billy woods, MarQ Spekt, Fatboi Sharif, Him Lo, Da Buze Bruvas & more, & is out now on vinyl, CD, and digital via the good people at Grilchy Party.

Wino Willy has produced for modern powerhouse talents like Mach-Hommy, Your Old Droog, Tha God Fahim, Ty Farris, Sonnyjim, and Raz Fresco. As a performer, the Rahway, New Jersey-born, Philly-raised producer has taken his sound to New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, & New Orleans, the latter with the city’s Jazz Museum for their Dolo Jazz Suite event series. His versatile headnod style sound is placed right up front on his new album, ‘Wino From Another Planet’.

Check out the video for ‘Sutra’ below…

Christine Sako offers optimism in sun-kissed single, ‘Warmth’

Born and raised in Minneapolis, CHRISTINE SAKO has previously toured with fellow Minnesotans, emo-indie rockers Now, Now and as an opening act for Paramore’s ‘Brand New Eyes’ Europe tour. Now, after venturing out on the strengths of her own creative prowess, Christine Sako has crystallized into an iconoclastic brand of progressively passionate pop. Her first album, ‘The Math Project’ – a hybrid acoustic and synth-based pop offering – was inspired by the chilled-out Californian atmosphere.

These days, Sako is manifesting her artistic angle with her new single, ‘Warmth’. From guitar-driven indie-pop balladry to upbeat, bass-laden beats, her distinctive vocal range and melodies are on a mission to take listeners through an emotionally charged journey. Injecting finely-tuned hooks with an electrifying undercurrent and an edgy drumbeat, this track speaks to both her analog and digital sensibilities.

Speaking about her new single, Christine Sako had this to say, “‘Warmth’ is about being in that “too good to be true” mindset and how disbelief tends to be the overwhelming emotion when things seem to be going well. I started writing this song just after a breath of optimism had flown through me, realizing that indeed I was exactly worthy of the promising journey that was budding in my life.”

Why not have a listen below…