Made at Imperial: "Good Love" by Yasmeen

"Good Love" is an R&B/soul single by Yasmeen, released May 22, 2026 — recorded and mixed by Alejo at Imperial Audio, and one of the records we point to when someone asks what comes out of this room. You can hear a preview right on our homepage, or stream the full song on Apple Music.

Why R&B vocals are the hardest test of a studio

R&B lives and dies on vocal intimacy. The genre sits the voice closer to the listener than almost any other style — breaths, runs, and stacked harmonies all exposed — so every weakness in a recording chain shows. A soul vocal needs a quiet, treated booth, a chain with enough headroom to catch a whisper and a belt in the same take, and an engineer patient enough to comp runs syllable by syllable.

How we run sessions like this

• Harmony stacks are planned, not piled — lead first, then doubles, then color parts, each with its own EQ lane so the stack stays silky instead of crowded.
• Compression stays gentle on the way in; R&B dynamics are the performance, and squashing them at the mic is an unfixable mistake.
• Ad-libs get their own passes and their own space in the mix, so they answer the lead instead of fighting it.

Hear more from Yasmeen on Apple Music. And if you're an R&B or soul artist in the Valley, this is the room for your record.