Dec 30, 2009
I know not many will agree with me, but this many be my favorite song from Jon B’s debut “Bonafide” from 1995. The song is a bit unique, and in fact he doesn’t even do much to showcase his great voice. I think the thing that gets me about the...
Dec 30, 2009
This touching song by The King was recorded as a tribute song to a teenager who was expelled from high school for having AIDS and eventually died from the disease. Songs like this which brought national attention to world issues were another reason why Michael will...
Dec 29, 2009
Here are two songs from Latrelle, a singer who had previously been signed to L.A. Reid’s Arista label followed by Babyface’s Nu America label. A series of label mergers and internal politics however left her without a home and without an official release...
Dec 29, 2009
I guess you could say I’m partial to this song because of the sample of Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature,” one of my favorite songs of all time. What’s often overlooked about this song is a very young Pharrell Williams chants “S...
Dec 28, 2009
It was not easy making these choices, and we’re sure they might be a bit controversial, but in the end, we felt these were the strongest albums beginning to end. We were actually shocked that in a year when we had major artists like Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige,...
Dec 28, 2009
Tha Rayne was a girl group founded by Kay Gee of Naughty by Nature who had intentions of creating the r&b version of Salt N Pepa. You might remember them from appearing on Jaheim’s hit “Fabulous.” Unfortunately, it never worked out for the...
Dec 28, 2009
We’re a big fan of this remix which was done very well by Midi Mafia. Maybe it’s because they used elements of a subway which we found to be very creative. This was originally intended to released in 2003 on Tamia’s album “Still,” but...
Dec 28, 2009
Fourth single released from her debut album “Miss Thang” and become her third consecutive top then hit. What’s strange is, despite all of these singles, the album only peaked at #36 on the Billboard charts. Her upcoming sixth studio album...
Dec 28, 2009
“Love Again” is a currently unreleased song by Tweet. Her new album “Love, Tweet” will be in stores at some point during 2010.
Dec 27, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzWIDkUsTa0 Here’s a song you could easily feature in your wedding; what young cats in r&b are even making songs like this today? And yes, that is Beyonce playing his fiance!
