Fresh off the success off their debut album S.O.S. and the smash hit “Take Your Time (Do It Right), The S.O.S. Band returned in July of 1981 with their second album, cheekily titled Too. Back again as executive producer was Sigidi Abdullah, who had the foresight to convince the band…
If Mariah Carey’s 16th album title is any indication, her legions of fans will be screaming said title all fall long. Carey, the Long Island-born songbird with more accolades than any of us can count, announced this week that Here For It All is available for pre-order and will officially…
The warm, vibey feelings of summer romance always require a sweet soundtrack to make memories with, and a Chicano Rock/Soul group from East Los Angeles called The Altons have delivered a tune that fits the bill rather nicely. “Love You Like That” is a Motown-era throwback in the best ways…
Add one more thing Clipse won’t have to worry about sorting out this week; album sales. Let God Sort ‘Em Out, the first full-length project from Virginia Beach brothers Gene “Malice” Thornton and Terrance “Pusha T” Thornton since 2009’s ‘Til The Casket Drops, is projected to sell 90,000 units in…
It’s always been easy to get lost in the shuffle of a competitive art form such as music, which explains why a lot of artists/producers/songs/albums/sounds go unheard for years. A Youngstown, Ohio-bred family singing act called The McCrarys were no different as they moved between spiritual and secular music for…
By Chris Stevens Ari Lennox is one of today’s favorite R&B artists, but it seemed she was out of place or constantly lost in the shuffle on J. Cole’s Dreamville Records imprint. No longer is that the case as Ari celebrated the release of a new single “Soft Girl Era”…
By Chris Stevens The secret is out…sort of. Alex Isley’s major label debut EP WHEN has drawn long overdue widespread attention to her soothing vocal talents and clever songwriting skills. The daughter of legendary Isley Brothers guitarist Ernie Isley, Alex has forged her own path through sweet and authentic meditations…
Bootsy Collins’ run of success leading Bootsy’s Rubber Band in the late 1970s established him as an all-time great bassist and a first-class front man in his own unique way. That uniqueness was evident in the music, especially Side B of 1977’s Ahh…the name is Bootsy, Baby!, which consists of…
Today is Philip Bailey’s 72nd birthday and what better way to celebrate one of the premier falsetto singers of all-time than to look back at the lead single from his third solo album, Chinese Wall. Prior to the release of Chinese Wall, Bailey had already lent his incredible voice to…
I admittedly was about half a year late to the Big K.R.I.T party. I watched people on my Twitter feed keep going back and forth virtually yelling “LEMME TELL YA BOUT DIS COUNTRY SHIT!” and wondering just what the hell they were talking about. It’s the fall of 2010. Little…