Here are 20 songs to add more black women to your playlists, because who doesn’t love some new music?
- “I Like That” â Janelle MonĂĄe
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Our Favorite Lyric: âLittle rough around the edges, but I keep it smoothâ
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- “Collide” â Tiana Major9
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Our Favorite Lyric: âRiding slow, âcause you know the worldâs moving too fastâ
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- “Drive” â Raiche
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Our Favorite Lyric: “Don’t you give up when you’re losing control”
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- “Don’t Wait” â Mapei
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Our Favorite Lyric:Â âNot a thing in the world could get between what we shareâ
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- “Ego” â Koren Grace
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Our Favorite Lyric: âAll the joy in the world, youâre not satisfiedâ
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- “Show Me Love” â Laura Mvula
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Our Favorite Lyric:Â “I miss the wonder of a future with somebody”
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- “Facts Only” â Alex Mali
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Our Favorite Lyric:Â âIâm a worldwide problem, letâs be honestâ
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- “Deep End” â FousheĂ©
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Our Favorite Lyric:Â âBuilt on the bodies of men, nobody winningâ
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- “Dandelions” â Ruth B.
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Our Favorite Lyric:Â âIâve never dreamed of nobody like youâ
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- “Remember Me” â UMI
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Our Favorite Lyric: âWe said by now that weâd everything and moreâ
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- “Everything is Everything” â Lauryn Hill
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Our Favorite Lyric: âWho wonât accept deception, instead of what is truthâ
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- âHit âEm Up Style (Oops!)” â Blu Cantrell
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Our Favorite Lyric: âPut your hands on his cash and spend it to the last dimeâ
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- “Rules” â Arlissa
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Our Favorite Lyric: âNow Iâm good at friends but Iâm bad at loversâ
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- “Motivation” â Normani
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Our Favorite Lyric: âIâma break you off, let me be your motivationâ
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- “Look” â Leikeli47
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Our Favorite Lyric: âTags, snatching, designer on designer itâs a habitâ
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- “Smooth Operator” â Sade
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Our Favorite Lyric: âWe move in space with minimum waste and maximum joyâ
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- “Cellophane” â FKA Twigs
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Our Favorite Lyric: âAll wrapped in cellophane, the feelings we hadâ
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- “Off the Grid” â Alina Baraz
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Our Favorite Lyric: âI can feel your aura and itâs vibrantâ
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- “Gonna Love Me” â Teyana Taylor
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Our Favorite Lyric: âOverthinking, understanding, donât let a feeling change it upâ
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- “Color Theory” â Kari Faux
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Our Favorite Lyric:Â âMy love kaleidoscope, come and let me change your viewâ
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