What happens when Mariah Carey and Miguel get together on some new music? Something ”Beautiful.” The new track, the lead single from Carey’s 2013 album release, debuted on Monday and it seamlessly combines her signature vocals with Miguel’s groovy, sexy R&B style. It kicks off with a sultry guitar riff and some tambourine and from there it sears, with a [...]
The Dream Previews New Album in New York
April 9, 2013 | Posted by
It’s been a year since the Dream first previewed his album, IV Play MMXII, an event thrown together as if for the hell of it: at the time, no release date had been set. There was a song with Gucci Mane, another with Mary J. Blige, one called “Loving You.” Months went by with no [...]
Justin Timberlake: Making Good Music for No Good Reason
March 14, 2013 | Posted by
The last time Justin Timberlake released an album, Barack Obama was the junior senator from Illinois, Jay-Z and Beyoncé were not married and iPhones did not exist. It was 2006, just a few weeks before Taylor Swift’s debut album arrived, setting her on the path to become perhaps the last old-fashioned pop superstar. But since [...]
Tyler, The Creator Will Release ‘Wolf’ on April 2
February 14, 2013 | Posted by
Tyler, The Creator has announced details regarding his upcoming third album Wolf, release April 2. The album, which was originally scheduled for release in May 2012, features three separate cover images: one featuring a close-up of Tyler’s face, another touting two images of Tyler, and a third painted by Los Angeles artist Mark Ryden. The [...]
Brian McKnight Set to Release New Album ‘More Than Words’
January 29, 2013 | Posted by
Brian McKnight is set to release a new album this spring, entitled More Than Words. In an interview with Lifestyle Magazine, McKnight had some thoughts on the current R&B market, and the dominance of hip-hop. “I think that it’s melded itself into a hip hop/singing category. We don’t have a name for it, but I think that [...]
Questlove: D’Angelo Album Sure to be an Instant Classic
January 22, 2013 | Posted by
If anyone knows the latest on the near-reclusive R&B sage who goes by the name D’Angelo, it would be Roots drummer and NYU professor, ambassador Questlove. Lately, he’s spent a great deal of his free time outside of “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” laying down drum tracks for D’Angelo’s perennially-anticipated follow-up to 2000′s classic LP, [...]
David Bowie Releases Single, Announces 1st Album in Decade on 66th Birthday
January 8, 2013 | Posted by
British singer David Bowie released his first new song in nearly a decade on Tuesday in a surprise launch coinciding with his 66th birthday. “Where Are We Now?” produced by his long-term collaborator Tony Visconti, is a mournful look back to the time he spent in Berlin in the 1970s with an accompanying video featuring [...]
Keyshia Cole: Growing Up and Growing Into Motherhood
November 20, 2012 | Posted by
Keyshia Cole‘s new album title, “Woman to Woman,” pretty much sums up the R&B diva’s appeal — her ability to speak to women. Her raspy soprano and the pain and anguish communicated in her words garnered comparisons to Mary J. Blige when Cole arrived in 2005. Since her debut, the 31-year-old has continued that emotional [...]
Andre 3000 Sounds Ambivalent About Possibility of a New OutKast Album
November 16, 2012 | Posted by
The former Outkast member takes a break from Gillette ads and is as frustrating as ever when pressed for details about his music career. “Some days I feel like I’ll do it, some days I don’t. Some days I feel like I don’t need to, some days I feel like I want to do it [...]
Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas, Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins Planning New TLC Album
November 6, 2012 | Posted by
TLC is plotting a comeback. The surviving members of one of the best-selling girl groups of all time are planning their first new album in 10 years, according to the BBC. Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas and Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins announced their potential return at the 2012 Mobo Awards in Liverpool on Saturday. They were there to [...]
