Jan 14, 2010
Remarkable” from Jaheim’s debut album is a beautiful love song and great example of this timeless music. It might be coincidence, but I felt his best three songs from his debut “Ghetto Love” were “Anything,” “Just in...
Jan 14, 2010
R&B and Soul music lost a legend yesterday with the passing of Teddy Pendergrass. In addition to the greatness that was his own music, it’s also amazing to look at how many other artists he’s influenced that are active today. He will definitely be...
Jan 14, 2010
Although it’s hard to define his “early” career by one hit song, “Bump N’ Grind” can pretty much summarize the type of music you expected to hear from R. Kelly prior to totally changing up his style. The single was Kelly’s...
Jan 13, 2010
Thus far, I’ve featured the solo careers of two out of the three original members of Playa on the site. Now, here is a song from the third member of the group, Digital Black from his 2004 album “Memoirs of an R&B Thug.” When I was first listening...
Jan 13, 2010
Former B2K lead singer Omarion recently released his 3rd solo album “Ollusion” and “On My Grind” is a bonus track from that project which features Tank.
Jan 13, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpugp6DIb3I How many groups can claim that they had five #1 r&b singles, let alone five out of the first six singles they released reaching #1? En Vogue did, with their first three singles from their debut reaching #1 (followed by...
Jan 12, 2010
Off the top of your head, how many r&b singers can you think of that have not only had long and successful careers, but also managed to maintain a consistent sound throughout? It’s not easy to find many, is it? If you look at the career of Joe, you can make...
Jan 12, 2010
Joe released the single “What if a Woman” on his 2001 album “Better Days”. The remix to the song featuring Mr. Cheeks was only available as a B-Side to the cd-single.
Jan 12, 2010
As a tie-in to today’s ‘Classic Vibe,’ here is the original version of “Stutter” from the “My Name is Joe” album. The original has a more mid tempo vibe to it in comparison to the uptempo remix which features Mystikal and is...
Jan 12, 2010
After choosing to do a classic song by Joe today, I went to his discrography looking for his highest charting single assuming it would be “I Wanna Know” since I remember that song blowing up even on pop stations. To my surprise, “Stutter” has...
