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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 43344" data-attributes="member: 81">It has been a <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/best-new-rb-songs-this-week-ravyn-lenae-jacquees-xavier-omar/" target="_blank">strong first half of 2022 for the R&amp;B genre</a>, and one name that has come up a lot in the conversation of best projects is <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/ravyn-lenae-xtasy-kaytranada/" target="_blank">Ravyn Lenae</a>. It’s one thing to listen to her <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/best-rb-albums-2022-so-far-list/" target="_blank">debut album Hypnos</a> and witness the talent audibly, but she took things to another level visually with today’s (June 22) <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/idk-tiny-desk-concert/" target="_blank">Tiny Desk Concert</a> as part of NPR’s Black Music Month celebrations.The Chicago talent was glowing as she took attendees and listeners through a multitude of emotions, opening with her track “Venom” before descending further into the feels with “Skin Tight” and the self-love ballad “Inside Out,” then kicking things up a notch with the closer “Sticky.” In a day and age where R&amp;B is labeled too slow, moody, and not fit for upbeat settings, the 23-year-old <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/ravyn-lenae-light-me-up/" target="_blank">firmly displayed she can provide all of those sounds</a> and do so in a live setting.Three of the four songs performed come from Ravyn Lenae’s aforementioned debut album Hypnos, which was released toward the end of May and features <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/steve-lacy-mercury/" target="_blank">Steve Lacy</a>, Mereba, Smino, and <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/foushee-double-standard/" target="_blank">Fousheé</a>. Prior to Hypnos, she released EPs Crush, Midnight Moonlight, and Crush in 2016, 2017, and 2018 respectively.Watch Lenae’s dazzling Tiny Desk performance above.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/ravyn-lenae-npr-tiny-desk-concert/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

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