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Q, the son of producer Steven "Lenky" Marsden, has earned a gold certification in Canada for his single Take Me Where Your Heart Is . The song achieved the milestone on May 15. It was cert...

For the last couple of years, Florida has been a hot commodity in hip-hop. While it's great to see the Sunshine State get the respect it deserves, the genre has begun to overshadow the state's other musical offerings, its strong R&B scene in particular. Sure, acts like Savannah Cristina and the charismatic Twelve’len are paving the way. And Florida has been home to indisputable legendary artists such as T-Pain, Pretty Ricky, Betty Wright, and, if we're seriously harking back, Ray Charles. But there’s Although 2020 kneecapped the music industry, New Times has picked out ten emerging art...

At just 21 years old, Q has already started carving out his own lane in the alternative R&B space. The Broward native doesn’t complicate his sound with excess noise. Neither does he get caught up in overcompensating for his identity in either the how or “[ The Shave Experiment] means something to me, but it also feels like I was going with the flow,” he says of his debut EP release on Columbia Records. On a serene Saturday afternoon, he maintains his relaxed mien during an interview with New Times. Throughout the conversation, his candor reflects the type of emancipation conveyed in ...

The Shave Experiment is just as elusive and stripped down as its name suggests. In keeping with his shirtless pose on the EP’s cover art — against a smoky backdrop, holding a Fender Stratocaster so it obscures his head — Q works in sync with his instruments, allowing his electrifying, '70s-inspired production to tell as much of the story as he does. “I was just floating, existing in it,” he describes the songwriting process for the EP. Unlike the ambiguous aliases of R&B cool kids, Q (real name Q Steven Marsden) was given his mononym by his musical parents. His father Steven “Le...