Insecurity - Marcia (R&B) Marcia wants to abandon the internal saboteur in order to flourish in love, as told in her latest record, “Insecurity.” The track is pure retro R&B—this blog’s favorite genre—and is giving us some Ciara “Body Party” and late 90s/00s tracks that used to crossover into the Top 40 chart. It’s a perfect R&B vocal (we hear Cassie) and Marcia has a great round tone, especially in her lower register. The expected vocal backgrounds and specials are smile inducing—the verby telephone punches and layered harmonies provide some great ear candy among the crisp snaps and swirling synths of the instrumental production. Just one thing confuses us over here—with a bop like this, why would Marcia ever feel insecure? Add this to your R&B playlist.

Best Lyric: “Insecurities, take them away from me.”