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    Heat Check: Lived-In R&B, Rap And Ragga

    New music from Lil Baby, duendita, Ayoni and FKJ gives this Heat Check playlist a homey vibe.
    by Sidney Madden Nov 11, 2019 2 minutes
    With rich, cascading runs, Ayoni's "September" is a stand-out on this week's Heat Check.

    This week's Heat Check picks stand out not for sounding different, but for already feeling oddly familiar. Though all of these tracks are new releases, there's something lived-in about each one. Sometimes close to home is the best jumping off point.

    Newcomers like Barbados-born Ayoni and L.A.-based Remi Wolf take cues

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