It’s been a long time since we’ve heard anything new from JoJo. Four years to be exact. After her release of her sophomore album, The High Road, she seemed to have disappeared from our ears. There’s been quite the bit of drama swirling around the 19-year old including a fair amount of label drama and a bunch of leaked tracks from her forthcoming album All I Want Is Everything. It seemed we had heard literally every track from the album months before it was supposed to be released, which is never a good thing.
But, like a true survivor JoJo went and regrouped, recorded some new music and is now back with a new mixtape titled Cant Take That Away From Me, which will drop September 7th. The leading track from the mixtape titled “In The Dark”(which you can hear below), was exclusively released today. [click to continue…]
Nine years ago today the world lost Aaliyah Dana Haughton aka Babygirl to a tragic plane crash. No one would dare argue and say that she wasn’t gone too soon because we all know she passed at the height of her career. She was one of those talents that we probably won’t see come around again. She sang ( and well), she could dance and she could act. The true triple threat. I stumbled across this dope mix of nearly every one of her biggest tracks and in celebration of her life, I present it to you here. Seriously, you’d be doing yourself a favor by checking it out.
Rest in blissful peace, Aaliyah. We all miss you!
Extra: Click HERE to check out the post I wrote over at Sunkissed Mommy which details my top 5 tracks by Aaliyah.
Alicia Keys has finally married long time boyfriend Swizz Beatz over the weekend in a private ceremony in Europe. The ceremony was officiated by Deepak Chopra and was held at a private home which overlook the Mediterranean Sea. Alicia wore a custom made Vera Wang gown while Swizz was decked in Tom Ford. She was escorted down the aisle by her mother and father while carrying a beautiful array of purple calla lillies.
Congratulations are definitely in order for the two. Many blessings to them and their union.
The album cover for Usher’s upcoming EP Versus has just been released along with its official tracklisting. The EP, which serves as a prequel of his current album, will be on shelves on August 24th as both a stand alone project and as a deluxe edition of Raymond vs Raymond. Now if there is one thing this dude knows how to do and that’s stay relevant. He’s made a smart move in capitalizing on the success of a project folks weren’t sure was going to succeed, myself included. But in all honesty, I’m looking forward to the EP — especially since it contains one of my favorite summer jams of the moment, “There Goes My Baby.” What do you think of the album cover?
Tracklisting
01. Love ‘Em All 02. DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love 03. Hot Toddy (feat. Jay-Z x Ciara) 04. Lay You Down 05. Lingerie 06. There Goes My Baby 07. Get In My Car (feat. Bun B) 08. Somebody To Love (Remix) (feat. Justin Bieber) 09. Stranger
If you know anything about the beauty that is Lauryn Hill’s talent, you probably long for her to release new material just like the next person. But, since there’s been no word on any new music, you’ll have to get your pleasure from this unreleased track titled “Reprecussions”. On a hot summer day like today, this will do a good job of cooling you down. This track contains those crisp yet raspy vocals that we enjoy from Lauryn with some production I’m actually really feeling. Enjoy!
The summer is moving right along and now we have yet another thing to look forward to, besides this unbearable heat. The 2010 Budweiser Superfest is shaping up to be the concert event of the summer. Artists confirmed for the event include Kem, Hal Linton, Raheem DeVaughn, Anthony Hamilton and Jaheim. All this great soul music during one event, man — this will be sure to cool off those toasty summer days. The sensational summer powerhouse tour will kick off on August 5 at the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater at Tower City in Cleveland, Ohio and wraps up on September 5 at the Superpages.com Center in Dallas, Texas. You can visit www.livenation.com for more information about the tour and to secure tickets.
You can find the complete schedule of the tour after the jump. [click to continue…]
Riding the heels of the successful release of his debut single “Why Would You Stay,” which is currently sitting at the 19th spot on Billboards Hip-Hop/R&B chart, Kem has finally released the album art that will accompany his third studio album titled Intimacy. The album is due on shelves August 17th and is quickly becoming one of the albums to watch this summer. Kem says the “Intimacy” subtitle is indicative of the album’s lyrical theme, but promises that it’s not just about sexual and romantic intimacy.
“Intimacy is allowing yourself to really be yourself in front of another individual and allowing them to do the same without any judgment,” he explains. “We’re talking about relationships between lovers, between friends…spiritual intimacy between ourselves and our creator. There’s a song called ‘Mother’s Love’ which is talking about maternal intimacy. We go a little bit deeper into those things on this record.” If you were smitten with Kem when he gave us “Love Calls,” then you’ll be quite enamored with this forthcoming project which is sure to be a compilation of tracks that are soulful, seductive but very showing of the evolution Kem has undergone as a soul artist.
Be sure to check out Kem on Twitter and Facebook as well for up to the minute updates on the new project.
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