Oct 14, 2011
In today’s cliché first, talent second market you can almost look at sales and tell what albums are good…but inversely. The more it sells, the less I tend to like the actual album. I don’t know if that’s a indictment of the industry and...
Sep 6, 2011
For the second time in 2011, we are blessed with some Jill Scott music. As a solution to the much publicized issues between Jill and Hidden Beach, a series consisting of previously unreleased Scott songs was released for our consumption. I would imagine that that...
Feb 17, 2011
Ginuwine entered the game 15 years ago and took the world by storm with infectious single “Pony” which became a world-wide smash. Many predicted that he was going to be a one hit wonder, but Ginuwine managed to defeat those odds and become one of the most successful...
Feb 7, 2010
Since he first appeared on the scene, I’ve always found Jaheim’s albums to be teetering back and forth between “hood love” and “timeless love music.” On the one hand, you’ve got songs like “Just in Case,” “Me and My Bitch,” and “Life of a Thug,” and on the other hand...
Dec 10, 2009
It’s pretty evident that right from the start upon her debut in 2001, Alicia Keys has been a star. From her first album “Songs in A Minor” which sold 12 million copies worldwide, to collaborations on other artists projects, to starring in movies, to charitable causes;...
Dec 10, 2009
Robin Thicke is a unique figure in music today; a white man singing r&b music in a genre dominated by African Americans. After all, we haven’t seen this big of an addition to the blue eyed soul movement since Jon B. back in the mid ‘90’s. He got to this point by...
