10 Reasons Why You Need to Listen to Bilal

And other reasons why he's musical bae.

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10. He Oozes Neo-Soul Vibes - Just the swag alone make you want to hit play. (Photo: Leon Bennett/BET/Getty Images for BET) 

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9. Ladies Love Him - Fellas, even if you listen in order to be able to strike up a good convo, it's worth it. (Photo: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images) 

8. He Witnessed Solange's Talent First (Possibly) - As far as we're concerned, anyone who's cool with Solange is cool with us. Check out their track "Cosmic Journey" off of Solange's second album, Sol-Angel and the Hadley Street Dreams.(Photos from left: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET, Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Etnia Barcelona )

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8. He Witnessed Solange's Talent First (Possibly) - As far as we're concerned, anyone who's cool with Solange is cool with us. Check out their track "Cosmic Journey" off of Solange's second album, Sol-Angel and the Hadley Street Dreams.(Photos from left: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET, Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Etnia Barcelona )

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7. We're Convince He Created #BeardGang - Do you see this man's beard? Just listen to one track.(Photo: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images) 

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6. He's a #CarefreeBlackBoy   - Who doesn't enjoy a #CarefreeBlackBoy?(Photo: Gary Gershoff/WireImage) 

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5. He Has a Falsetto to Die For - He has a song with Tweet where's he's able to hold his own the entire time. The song's called "Best Friend."(Photo: Leon Bennett/BET/Getty Images for BET) 

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4. Third Eye? Poppin! - Bilal's like the male version of Erykah Badu. He's super conscious and all about self-love, Black love — he just loves love. (Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET) 

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3. He Reminds Us of Marvin Gaye - The same sentiments in his music; you can hear the similarity slightly in his tone. It's a soul feeling that's similar to Marvin's.(Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage) 

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2. He Sings With His Chest - You can really feel every note that he sings. (Photo: Erika Goldring/WireImage)

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1. He's Our Final Hope - Bilal's one of the few R&B/neo-soul male artists that we can count on to deliver solid, grounded music. (Photo: Jerritt Clark/WireImage)