Tweet Mo ‘York’? That’s the word today from Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ camp, who were supposed to collab again to record an anthem for the World Cup. The duo, who garnered immediate success with “Empire State of Mind,” and gained an immediate groupie by the named of Lil Mama, couldn’t put lightning in a bottle ...
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Tweet Recent Raymond divorcee’ Tameka Foster says don’t pin Usher’s last album, “Here I Stand,” on her. The followup to the 2004 smash “Confessions,” didn’t hold up well with Usher adapting the music and lyrics to a married lifestyle. Foster says don’t blame her. “People say it’s my fault he made all those songs,” she ...
Tweet Miss Keri “Babay” knocks it down with this acoustic version of “Knock You Down,” from Billboard. Watch: Keri Hilson ‘Knock You Down’ acoustic version (VIDEO) In a photoshoot reminiscent of one Halle Berry, singer Keri Hilson wets her hair and dons a top very similar to the “Cat Woman” star. Hilson, a longtime backup singer, came on ...
Tweet You’ll have to excuse the ‘coon’ imagery and thick Mississippi Burning-like sensitivity around this this project, for the Carolina Chocolate Drops are not an R-n-B band; nor are they a funk band. Nada on the rock band either. They are a black jug band, and the only modern day African-American one, too. Has this ...
Tweet With the recent successful comeback of Sade Abu, I’m reminded of another calm-voiced starlet that has simmered just below superstardom in the States but is part of a musical legacy in Brazil and parts of South America: Bebel Gilberto. One part Sade, the other part Sheila E., (no Bebel doesn’t play drums) Gilberto learned ...
Tweet In the sea of new music that is on the horizon this winter/spring (Sade, Erykah Badu, Nicki Minaj are all skedded to drop) comes the Afro-beat/hip-hop/soulfulness of Nneka. Since Lauren Hill is still AWOL we’ve had a few activist-musicians step into the void, Nigerian-German singer-songwriter Nneka is the freshest face. Her music — to ...
Tweet Straight outta Berlin, the anything-goes trio made up of Sri-Lankan/British MC Sasha Perera, Robot Koch and Israeli born Oren Gerlitz are rocking the music world with their blend of hip-hop, raggae and electronica. They are fun, brash and totally averse to what you hear on the radio. And while they’re not new (the group ...
Tweet At first glance you’d think this photo was obviously taken from the 1960s or 1970s, instead of 2007. And that’s just the point, musically. U.S. music artists have been stuck in a rut lately; dulled and lulled by the T-painization and Lil-Wayneism of popular music, if you will. Nicole Willis, who’s “If This Aint ...
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Tweet Although it is just making news, Rihanna has had a blonde head of hair since last fall. She...
Tweet NFL baller Chad Ochocinco and his fiance reality TV star Evelyn Lozada got inked up for an Urban...
Tweet Rihanna has released new photos of round two of her ad campaign with Emporio Armani Jeans and the pics...
Tweet Beyonce has given birth to a baby girl named Blue Ivy Carter, according to her sister, Solange. “The most...
Tweet Imani Showalter of “Basketball Wives LA” has a new attitude and new shape for 2010. She showed off...
Tweet Although it is just making news, Rihanna has had a blonde head of hair since last fall. She...
Tweet NFL baller Chad Ochocinco and his fiance reality TV star Evelyn Lozada got inked up for an Urban...
Tweet Rihanna has released new photos of round two of her ad campaign with Emporio Armani Jeans and the pics...
Tweet Imani Showalter of “Basketball Wives LA” has a new attitude and new shape for 2010. She showed off...
Tweet “Basketball Wives LA” star Laura Govan has lost the baby weight and slimmed down for 2012. While she...
