My Ears To Yours

Dawn Richard lets her “Hearts” in on the creative process for the next installment in her album series, Blackheart, with the unfinished track “Alive.”

Richard wrote with the Soundcloud post, “Take one … in the lab recording rough vocals for #BLACKHEART Written/Produced by Deonte.”

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While she works on her second album Blackheart, Dawn Richard holds her fans over with some new music. The leader of the Hearts assembles the troops on “Army,” produced by Kev the Writer. Dawn effortlessly navigates the rocking beat with smooth precision while remaining in command.

Put your armor on and head to the front lines with Dawn.

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Another new song surfaces from former Danity Kane & Dirty Money member Dawn Richard, “Love Me,” which was written by Luther Brown and produced by YoungPete. Richard has been killing the game and even her throwaways are ridiculously good! I can’t wait for the next installment BlackHeart from Dawn. Listen below… Continue reading →

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Dawn Richard gets eclectic with “Bum Bum.” Originally slated for her Goldenheart album, the song finds the singer sassy and sexy.

The track, which details a guy trying to get Dawn’s attention, takes inspiration from Dawn’s Haitian and New Orleans roots. “Bum Bum” samples the New Orleans favorite “Iko Iko” and Sister Nancy’s reggae hit “Bam Bam.” “Body like a felony, he wanna cuff me!” she brashly sings.

“Bum Bum” was produced and written by Druski, who’s work is featured heavily on Goldenheart.

The singer is currently headlining her Goldenheart Tour, with dates at Yoshi’s in San Francisco on March 20th and the Roxy in Los Angeles on March 26th. During time away from the stage, she’s working on her second solo album, Blackheart. Listen here… Continue reading →

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Dawn Richard’s “Goldenheart” is a futuristic, frequently danceable R&B album that’s already setting a high bar for the genre in 2013. The album melds soaring, ethereal vocals with genre-bending beats and frequent military references to inspire Richard’s fans (“Hearts,” as she calls them) to conquer any obstacle in their path. The album debuted at No. 2 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and the Billboard 200 at No. 137 last week with sales of 3,000 copies no small feat for a self-release, and even more impressive when Richard talks about the alternate path she could have taken with a label.

A veteran of two high-profile R&B groups at the age of 25, Richard first came to fame as a member of MTV’s “Making The Band” girl group Danity Kane and later partnered with the group’s mentor Diddy as a member of Diddy Dirty Money, lending verses and sharing hook duties on many of the tracks on 2010′s “Last Train To Paris.” But when it came time to pursuing a solo project with Bad Boy, Richard was told she’d have to wait as long as three, maybe even four years before anything could reach the public.

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