Dec 31, 2010
To the casual music fan, an artist like Kandi who went 10 years between albums might generate a reaction during that hiatus such as “Damn whatever happened to her?” Look no further than the former Xscape group member’s writing credits over the past...
Dec 31, 2010
In what turned out to be a very good year for r&b consummated by a flurry of very good releases in the final two months, I knew choosing an album of the year was going to be a difficult task. Myself and Sam debated over the top album and came to the conclusion...
Dec 31, 2010
First signed to Michael Jackson’s label, MJJ Music; Brownstone’s legacy goes down as one of the strongest female groups of the 90’s. “I Can’t Tell You Why” was originally recorded by The Eagles back in 1979 for their album The Long...
Dec 30, 2010
Although she was slated to be the headliner of the event, the horrible weather in NYC delayed the arrival of Chrisette Michele and only allowed time for her to perform one song at the show. She did a nice performance of the lead single “I’m a Star”...
Dec 30, 2010
Although Christopher Williams has been seemingly inactive over the past decade or so, for one night at least he took it back to where it all started for him (he was born in the Bronx) to do a great live performance. As you can hear in the videos, his voice is still as...
Dec 30, 2010
El DeBarge enjoyed success in the 80’s as part of the family group DeBarge and sought for greater heights as a solo artist, following advise from original “Music Mogul” Berry Gordy. After hits such as “Rhythm of the Night,”...
Dec 29, 2010
This track was released as a part of Swizz Beatz “Monster Mondays” and was described on Twitter by Keys as “Speechless is a little freestyle treat 4 the holidays. It’s not a new album, not a single its something special 4 U!”
Dec 29, 2010
What can I say?. I’ve been a big R. Kelly fan for years, but I can honestly say that I had given up on him momentarily and was waiting for a triumphant return. I didn’t know when, I didn’t know how; but I knew that a genius like Kellz could not be...
Dec 28, 2010
We’ve recently begun rolling out a new feature for YouKnowIGotSoul where we have artists exclusively reveal their top 10 favorite songs they’ve recorded for their career to date. Our first feature is with Smokey who began as part of the r&b group...
Dec 28, 2010
I’ll be honest with you, besides this song which was included on the “FB Entertainment Presents: The Good Life” album in 2001, I know nothing about Connie McKendrick. In fact, even a short search on Google produced not much to go off of. So if...