Although our latest R&B Season playlist update only has a few new releases to talk about this week, they point to some even more gratifying music coming very soon. For example, Steve Lacy just dropped the single "Nice Shoes" to prepare fans for his upcoming third studio album, Oh Yeah?

This will mark Lacy's first album since 2022's Gemini Rights, and from the sound of this new track, it will be a pretty different tracklist when compared to previous releases. The lyrical content here is a bit more sultry, daring, and blunt, whereas the drums and some synth tones sound more gruff and gritty than previous hits. All in all, we're loving this new sound, and some extra piano chords, background vocals, and other embellishments flesh out what could've been a pretty skeletal experience.