{"id":59505,"date":"2020-02-01T19:18:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T19:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=59505"},"modified":"2020-02-01T19:18:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T19:18:52","slug":"rockie-brown-soul-sister-retribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/02\/rockie-brown-soul-sister-retribution\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockie Brown &#8211; &#8216;Soul Sister Retribution&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Las Vegas pop-rapper Rockie Brown is a young woman trying to find her way in a world that isn&#8217;t always friendly, so seeking solidarity in the sisterhood is something that has proven important in her experience. Her latest single, &#8216;Soul Sister Retribution&#8217;, is an anthem of empowerment and a call to arms for all those girls and women out there who feel ignored, or not accepted as part of the system.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Soul Sister Retribution&#8217; sees Rockie rapping it out &#8211; the song is an absolute cracker &#8211; with the utmost confidence over a foot stomping beat that&#8217;ll get you going from the very start.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rockie Brown is a British-Filipina, whose mother moved to the States from Manilla, and has struggled to make a life for both herself and her daughter. The song &#8216;Soul Sister Retribution&#8217; is as much for her Mom as for all her sisters, with Rockie channelling that energy, urgency, and determination to succeed that she&#8217;s inherited from her mother.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rockie Brown has been recognised by the Las Vegas Sun as one of the city&#8217;s most promising artists, and she&#8217;s also been included in the list of &#8220;10 Bands To Watch&#8221;, compiled by Las Vegas Weekly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rockie&#8217;s EP, &#8216;Mad World&#8217;, from which comes &#8216;Soul Sister Retribution&#8217;, has found its way onto the charts on 100 college radio stations across the US. Not only that, but her music has been licenced for use in such programmes as &#8216;Keeping Up With The Kardashians&#8217;, among many others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the video for &#8216;Soul Sister Retribution&#8217; we see Rockie taking on many different roles &#8211; that of fighter, protector, listener, and one who challenges oppressive authority. Directed by Robert John Kley, it&#8217;s been shot in an arthouse style, gorgeously grainy black and white. Rockie&#8217;s effervescence can&#8217;t be hidden though &#8211; she shines through. As she addresses the camera, she does so with such confidence and authority that none would question her. She provides inspiration for a young girl, she leads a group of strong women. Besides the black and white there&#8217;s swirling bands and dots of bright colour, signifying her high energy and power &#8211; the perfect accompaniment to the rousing song.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch the video for &#8216;Soul Sister Retribution&#8217; below. You can find Rockie Brown online on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.RockieBrown.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_46728\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fSyI6GB_tgI?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Rockie Brown - Soul Sister Retribution\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/fSyI6GB_tgI\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Las Vegas pop-rapper Rockie Brown is a young woman trying to find her way in a world that isn&#8217;t always friendly, so seeking solidarity in the sisterhood is something that has proven important in her experience. Her latest single, &#8216;Soul Sister Retribution&#8217;, is an anthem of empowerment and a call to arms for all those girls and women out there who feel ignored, or not accepted as part of the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9,21453,21445,21446,21449,640],"tags":[11720,77,370,1945,116,24173,10677,24174,81,22992],"class_list":["post-59505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","category-video-reviews","category-videos","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-review","tag-rockie-brown","tag-single-review","tag-soul-sister-retribution","tag-video","tag-video-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-ftL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":84438,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/10\/rocky-dawuni-is-searching-for-a-shade-tree-with-latest-release\/","url_meta":{"origin":59505,"position":0},"title":"Rocky Dawuni Is Searching For A &#8216;Shade Tree&#8217; With Latest Release","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"18\/10\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Now, ahead of his next album, set for release later this year, Rocky Dawuni has dropped his new single, 'Shade Tree'. 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