New-Age R&B
Nobody stumbles onto a great R&B record anymore.
NAR is the central hub for New-Age R&B: playlists with a point of view, beat licences, and custom production with our own producers. Scale your sound without compromising your aesthetic.
R&B That Feels Like 2AMTrap-Soul & Late Night R&BSongs Weeknd fans would loveTrapaholicIntimate TrapNew Gen Rap That Feels Like Prime 2016Soul Therapy
What we do
Three arms, one roster.
Everything here serves the same records. Pick the part you need, or use all of it.
Playlist curation
Data driven placements to active, targeted audiences. Pick the room, pick the run, and send us the record.
Studio archive
Beat licences in MP3, WAV, and WAV plus stems, with mix and mastering available. The catalogue opens soon.
Custom production
Commission a beat built for one record, with Sean Hamad or Thirty1. Six questions qualify the brief, then a call settles the reference, the ownership terms and the delivery date.
Roster
The lists we program by hand.
Each one has a point of view narrow enough that a listener knows what they opened. Play them here, then send us the record you think belongs.
Trap-Soul & Late Night R&B
Slow, low-lit R&B for the hours after midnight. Heavier on vocals than drums.
Songs Weeknd fans would love
Nocturnal, synth-lit R&B for anyone who wore House of Balloons through. Moody by default.
Trapaholic
Trap with the low end left loud. Built for volume, not for background.
Intimate Trap
Close-mic vocals over trap drums. The quiet end of the same room.
New Gen Rap That Feels Like Prime 2016
New writers working the register that ran 2016. Melodic, restless, a little blown out.
Soul Therapy
Soul records that sit with you. Slow, warm, and in no hurry to end.
In the foregroundR&B That Feels Like 2AM
Live sessions
The room, not the timeline.
Everything NAR does online eventually gets tested in a room with people in it. Tournaments, showcases, and sessions where the feedback is given to your face.
- Live tournamentPast
Live Song Wars Vol 5
Eight artists, one winner, no excuses.
6 Denison AveTorontoDoors 6:00 PM, first round 6:45 PM
- Live tournamentPast
Live Song Wars Vol 4
Vampires Song Wars, run with Vampires Prom.
6 Denison AveTorontoFirst round 8:00 PM
Archive - Live tournamentPast
Live Song Wars Vol 3
A cash night, with two hundred dollars to the winner.
1141 Roselawn AveToronto
Archive - Live tournamentPast
Live Song Wars Vol 2
The second night at Roselawn.
1141 Roselawn AveTorontoDoors 7:00 PM
Archive - Live tournamentPast
Live Song Wars Vol 1
The first one.
1141 Roselawn AveTorontoFirst round 8:00 PM
Archive
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Enquiries
Ask about a placement.
Browse the rooms, pick a run, and send us the record. We answer by email, and nothing is charged on this site.