Best Music 2013: Our 10 Favorite EPs/Mixtapes Of The Year
Cassie – RockAByeBaby mixtape
John Newman – Love Me Again EP
John Newman is already shaping up to be quite the chart-topping supernova in his home country of England, where the Adele-like crooner’s debut LP Tribute has already been released. Stateside, we’ve had to make due with the scrap that is this EP, which features the British singles “Love Me Again” and “Cheating,” plus two other tracks from Tribute. The standout is “Gold Dust,” a soulful, string-laden wall of sound that has Newman’s astonishing vocals operating on all cylinders while backed by an equally powerful choir. Keep an eye out for this guy in our neck of the woods in 2014. — ROBBIE DAW
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