James Fauntleroy Drops 2 New Songs: "Peace" + "Year Round"

James Fauntleroy has been releasing a bunch of freebies on the net -- previously he hit us with the song "A Beautiful Mind" and now he's dropped two new tracks "Peace" and "Year Round." You may remember his voice from Drake's track "Girls Love Beyoncé" but Fauntleroy flaunts a stacked resume - he's a former member of production team The Underdogs and a current member of No I.D.'s hop-hop collective Cocaine '80s (other members include Jhene Aiko and Common). As a songwriter he's penned Jordin Sparks' "No Air", Chris Brown's "Take You Down" and "Superhuman," Ciara's "Love, Sex, Magic" -- along with co-writing 6 tracks on Rihanna's LP Rated R and every song on Justin Timberlake's 20/20 Experience. He's also given his voice to some of hip-hops biggest records (Kanye West + GOOD Music's Cruel Summer, J-Cole's Born Sinner, and Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail, to name a few). If that were not enough to put this man on the map -- He won a Grammy award for best the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for co-writing "Pusher Love Girl" with JT.

The tracks Fauntleroy has been spoiling us with are refreshing. Without electric elements, Fauntleroy keeps us engaged with blues-infused pop acoustics. "Peace" is a raw lullaby that softly wraps us in acoustic energy. The words of the song remind us of Fauntleroy's pop sensibilities and seeing as he's written for Frank Ocean, it's not strange that the melodies speak to qualities we'd hear in one of his compositions. "Year Round," another sweet acoustic love song, takes us through the seasons of prospect. With "Year" Round" being the fifth installment of Fauntleroy's acoustic teases, the only question we can ask, is whether Fauntleroy's solo album String Theory (set for release this year) will bring us the beautiful ballads he's presented thus far. Check out Fauntleroy's previous releases + Stream "Peace" and "Year Round" below.