Rayana Jay
With her velvety vocals and colorful storytelling, independent singer/songwriter Rayana Jay imbues her contemporary R&B songs with the spirit of an old soul, bridging the gap between contemporaries such as SZA and Solange and major influences like Anita Baker and Amy Winehouse. Debuting in the late 2010s, she issued a trio of EPs before the end of the decade, and in 2022 issued her fourth extended play effort, Last Call, a refined showcase for her seductive ballads and strutting midtempo jams.
Born in Richmond, California, Rayana was raised by her grandmother and mother, who worked at a record label. Introduced to Johnny "Guitar" Watson at a young age, she was also exposed to the Atlanta sounds of Organized Noize and OutKast. She began singing in the church youth choir as a child -- later becoming its director -- and started songwriting at 16. After interning for an Oakland radio show, she decided to pursue a career in music.
Slowly rising on the Bay Area scene, Rayana issued her debut, Sorry About Last Night, in 2016. The set featured production by 1-O.A.K., Drew Banga, and Mikos the Gawd. The latter two returned the following year on sophomore effort Morning After, featuring "Everything," which was heard in an episode of Atlanta. Rayana's third EP, Love Me Like, arrived in 2019. Its title song, a collaboration with Duckwrth, was amplified with a placement in an episode of Bel-Air. From the rest of 2019 through 2021, Rayana offered a handful of singles alternating between stand-alone tracks and previews of her fourth EP. Those that gained the most traction included the ruminative "It's You" and woozy "Unfair." The latter highlighted the second half of 2022's Last Call EP.
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Discografía
27 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Somewhere Up There
R&B - Editado por Rayana Jay el 11 oct. 2019
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Love Me Like
R&B - Editado por All Angles - EMPIRE el 22 mar. 2019
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Sorry About Last Night
R&B - Editado por All Angles el 26 oct. 2016
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Morning After
R&B - Editado por All Angles - EMPIRE el 15 sept. 2017
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Nothin to Talk About
R&B - Editado por All Angles el 23 sept. 2016
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Love Me Like (feat. DUCKWRTH)
R&B - Editado por All Angles - EMPIRE el 15 mar. 2019
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Real Something (feat. ESTA.)
R&B - Editado por All Angles el 6 mar. 2019
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last call (feat. Braxton Cook)
Soul - Editado por Rayana Jay el 2 abr. 2021
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Undefeated
Pop - Editado por Hollywood Records el 27 jul. 2018
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Everything
R&B - Editado por All Angles - EMPIRE el 10 mar. 2017
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