Album Review: Pharrell Williams, G I R L (4 stars out of 5)

Album Review: Pharrell Williams, G I R L (4 stars out of 5)

Words by Edward T. Bowser, SoulInStereo.com Timing is everything. After systematically dominating multiple genres in 2013, Pharrell Williams’ time is now. Unless you spent the last 12 months in a coma, you’ve witnessed Skateboard P (and his massive mountie...
Album Review: J. Holiday, “Guilty Conscience” (4 stars out of 5)

Album Review: J. Holiday, “Guilty Conscience” (4 stars out of 5)

Words by Edward T. Bowser, SoulInStereo.com Back in 2007, when R&B crooner J. Holiday dropped his debut album, his career was filled with promise. Even my wife, who can’t stomach most R&B produced this millennium, was a huge fan of his singles “Bed” and...
Album Review: Lyfe Jennings, “Lucid” (4 stars out of 5)

Album Review: Lyfe Jennings, “Lucid” (4 stars out of 5)

Words by Edward T. Bowser, SoulInStereo.com Every culture needs a storyteller, a scribe to chronicle history and to retell it to younger generations. R&B has Lyfe Jennings as its ghetto griot. Give him credit: While most of his peers are dub-stepping their way...