Dec 24, 2010
With his fourth album, Ne-Yo tried to create a concept album of sorts on “Libra Scale” based around a movie vision he had in his head. To accompany the album, he released six extended music videos which portrayed that vision he had. Although none of the...
Dec 23, 2010
New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) is Ms. Badu’s fifth studio album to date. With production from J Dilla, ?uestlove, Madlib, 9th Wonder, Sa-Ra, Karriem Riggins, and Ms. Badu herself; the album tells a troubled love story through a beautiful blend of...
Dec 23, 2010
In any normal year for r&b, there is no conceivable way this would be anything less than number one; the song is that good. At the same time, there was SO much good r&b out this year that I had no choice but to slot this at number three. In any case,...
Dec 22, 2010
Among that numerous comebacks that occurred in 2010, probably one of the most highly publicized and most successful was from the legendary El DeBarge. With the help of Mike City, not only was he able to create one of the best songs of the year with “Lay With...
Dec 22, 2010
Coming back strong from a four year hiatus, Monica snatched the spotlight once again with her fifth studio album “Still Standing”. Her 2010 campaign was launched with her hit reality show on BET also titled “Still Standing” and a publicized...
Dec 21, 2010
Coming off of his very successful Grammy nominated “Sex, Love & Pain” album in 2007, the anticipation for Tank’s follow up effort continued to grow. Now with Atlantic and having the support of a major label fully backing his project, Tank seemed...