15 Free Songs You Should Download Right Now

It's not often you find an artist as unique as the enigmatic Appleby. For his latest song "Find," he concentrates on his rapping, demonstrating his storytelling abilities and finesse, but that raw soul comes through when he sings. Listen to "Find" below, and learn more about Appleby here.

Bill Withers' catalog consists of some classic shit that most producers wouldn't touch. But when you do it well, like New Orleans-based Jackson Breit and Virginia’s Carnevyal do with their reimagining of “Use Me,” it can be pretty great.

Yung Lean-affiliate Thaiboy Digital released his first mixtape Tiger earlier this week, and of course, fellow Sadboys Lean and Yung Gud make appearances on the project. Listen to the eerie Yung Lean-featuring "Diamonds" below, and download Tiger here.

Luka Seifert is a 23-year-old producer from Hamburg who has built a dream-like soundscape that fits perfectly with his mesmerizing voice. On “LOSS,” he collaborates with Montreal-based artist Bad America for lush, entrancing results.

In case if you’ve been sleeping on OVO affiliate Jimmy Johnson, he’s here to grab your attention with his Red Ferrari mixtape. Check out tape opener, Eric Dingus-produced “I Wanna” below, and grab the rest of Red Ferrari here.

Virginia is on a roll. They've got a diverse and exciting batch of up-and-comers like D.R.A.M., Sunny & Gabe, GoldLink, and DP, and Mike Strong is another artist to add to the list of artists to look out for. He's a VA Beach rapper with a slick delivery and a free project called Bread & Butter. Get "Voices" below.

Ryan Hemsworth’s Secret Songs series takes a break from the usual dreamy electronic sounds and looks to ATL rapper Rome Fortune and ATL producer TM88 this week. Read more about what Ryan Hemsworth has to say about Secret Songs in our interview with him here.

London-based production duo Stooki Sound adds industrial elements to Sevdaliza’s “Clear Air,” hollowing out the beat to create something to soundtrack the darker hours.

A couple of weeks ago, we featured “Not Enough” by Ezra and Dunlop of the new mysterious label Therapy. Now, the “net label” has shared a new song by Ezra titled “Please U” that features cosmic-sounding production and heavily pitches vocals for an interesting effect. Only two songs in, but it’s sounding like Therapy is the new label to keep an eye on.

L.A.-based singer Monogem reimagines Miguel’s "Simple Things," adding darker electronic elements that rejuvenate the original completely for a more mysterious song.

Nick Catchdubs manipulates Dej Loaf's vocals and relaxed energy for this hyperactive rework of "Try Me."

Toronto native Jazz Cartier experiments in his new song, a two-in-one titled "Rose Quartz/Like, Crazy," with the two halves split by an audio clip from the 2011 film, Like Crazy. The 17-year-old claims this to be his "most conceptually driven release thus far."

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Chicago's Vic Spencer keeps things moving with "Loop God." With this one, the atmospheric, disconnected production allows Vic's vocals to take the spotlight, and with a rapper as intense as him, that's for the best.

Jaden Smith isn't for everyone. For every fan who swears this kid is the savior, there's a non-fan who thinks he's fake-deep and the product of an overprivileged upbringing that allows him to focus on half-baked outside-the-box ideas.

Whatever you think of this young artist, it's hard to deny that he's developing into a compelling character, and watching his most recent moves has been interesting, no matter which side of the fence you're on. Here at P&P, we're starting to believe that Jaden Smith is the truth—or, at the very least, he's true to himself. And that's a lot more than you can say about a lot of young artists.

Listen to his new mixtape Cool Tape Vol. 2—including tape highlight "Let It Breathe" below—and after, be sure to read our review of the project here.