EMPIRE’s contemporary R&B artist Rotimi gets his summer started with dancefloor sizzler ‘Throwback’, featuring UK viral sensation Jnr Choi and New York rapper Blackway, out today.

‘I’m down in Atlanta!’ Rotimi proclaims on the song’s opening; the pulsing 808s that soon follow serving as testament to this statement. Throughout the record, Rotimi and Jnr Choi talk slick about their various romantic entanglements over a party-ready beat, with Blackway delivering a slick closing verse. With trumpet flourishes decorating the bouncy bassline and groove-inducing drum pattern, ‘Throwback’ is an instant good-time.

As a New Jersey native of Nigerian descent, Rotimi cites generational talents such as Fela Kuti, Bob Marley and Lauryn Hill as inherited musical mainstays. With releases like ‘Throwback’, the genre-blending artist seeks to fuse these classic hues with his contemporary palette of R&B and sultry, club-ready anthems.

Popularly known for his role in the culture defining series ‘Power’, Rotimi has refused to be pigeonholed in any way, releasing an impressive catalogue of music and gaining praise from the likes of industry legends such as 50 Cent, Jay-Z, T.I. and T-Pain. Having also worked with stellar feature artists such as Kranium, Wale and Akon along the way, he signed with EMPIRE in 2019, with whom he has released 2 EPs and his debut studio album All Or Nothing to major critical acclaim. Shortly after release, his album track ‘In My Bed’ featuring Wale earned him his first gold-certified hit.