{"id":791307,"date":"2018-12-14T10:29:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T17:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=768464"},"modified":"2018-12-14T10:29:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T17:29:19","slug":"song-you-need-to-know-arin-ray-and-babyface-always","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/song-you-need-to-know-arin-ray-and-babyface-always\/","title":{"rendered":"Song You Need to Know: Arin Ray and Babyface, \u2018Always\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Arin-Ray-Press-Image_Photo-Credit-Nikko-La-Mere.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The rising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/rb\/\" id=\"auto-tag_rb\" data-tag=\"rb\">R&amp;B<\/a> singer Arin Ray teamed up with one of his genre\u2019s most important figures, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/babyface\/\" id=\"auto-tag_babyface\" data-tag=\"babyface\">Babyface<\/a>, to release \u201cAlways\u201d on Friday. Their collaboration is smooth and impeccable, with a melody that evokes Al B. Sure!\u2019s classic \u201cNite and Day\u201d and winning backing vocals that suggest mid-Nineties P.M. Dawn.<\/p>\n<p>But the beauty of the arrangement and the loping, laid-back beat mask the track\u2019s romantic turmoil. \u201cGirl I broke your heart with conditions,\u201d Babyface sings, crooning beautifully even as he delivers harsh news. \u201cI did it all in hopes that you\u2019d listen\/ He don\u2019t need to be in your life\/ And truth is, girl, neither do I.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlways\u201d is an impressive confluence of talent. In addition to Babyface, the track is co-written and produced by the Rascals, who have credits on songs for Ariana Grande and Toni Braxton. And Ray cut his teeth as a member of the Underdogs, the writing and production group helmed by Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas, known for a long line of R&amp;B hits.<\/p>\n<p>In the last few years, Ray started to accumulate major-label R&amp;B placements. He helped with \u201cAin\u2019t You,\u201d from K. Michelle\u2019s\u00a0<em>More Issues Than Vogue<\/em>, \u201cThe Ride,\u201d which Ro James used to open his\u00a0<em>El Dorado\u00a0<\/em>album, and \u201cDon\u2019t Matter,\u201d an August Alsina loosie. This year, Ray was also credited as a co-writer on \u201cFYT,\u201d which appeared on the Ty Dolla $ign and Jeremih album\u00a0<em>MihTy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlways\u201d is one of three new tracks Ray added to the deluxe version of his debut album,\u00a0<em>Platinum Fire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/babyface-arin-ray-always-768464\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rising R&amp;B singer Arin Ray teamed up with one of his genre\u2019s most important figures, Babyface, to release \u201cAlways\u201d on Friday. Their collaboration is smooth and impeccable, with a melody that evokes Al B. Sure!\u2019s classic \u201cNite and Day\u201d and winning backing vocals that suggest mid-Nineties P.M. Dawn. But the beauty of the arrangement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-791307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 10:40:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}