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...
How do you think you would feel when after ten years of being in the music industry, making real music, really singing and staying true to r&b, when you turn on the radio not only do you NOT hear your own music, but you hear that of less talented singers than...
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...
Another unconventional choice for the list due to the fact it wasn’t even released as a single and was a bonus track, “Baby Lay” represents a look back to the 90’s glory days of r&b for me. Another artist who we were highly anticipating an...
Although we didn’t get the highly anticipated “Comfortable Swagg” album from Jon B. in 2010, we did get an array of great singles led by “Body Language.” I decided to go the unconventional route for this pick and instead of choosing...
Another comeback of sorts in 2010 was Donell Jones with his first album in nearly four years “Lyrics.” Donell wrote and produced all but one track on the album, and that was the Mike City produced “Finer Things in Life” which he felt was the...
Over the weekend I got a chance to check out Bell Biv Devoe live at the Paradise Theater in NYC. I can pretty much sum it up by saying this is the most excited I’ve seen a crowd get about a performance for any show I’ve been to this year. Not only were...
Kim had a chance to do a short interview with Bell Bev Devoe for YouKnowIGotSoul prior to their show at the Paradise Theater in the Bronx, NY on 12/18/10. They touched on touring, what they are currently working on, and reuniting with New...
This gem by Chico DeBarge was featured on the “Hav Plenty” soundtrack from 1998. Very smooth. If you listen closely you can even hear Joe on background vocals. The pair collaborated many times in the 90’s.
Raheem DeVaughn made a huge splash in 2010 with his double disc “Love and War MasterPeace” which featured both conscious songs and love songs. Constantly innovating and re-inventing himself, he released a video for “Bedroom” by paying for it...
