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Contests & Giveaways, Events

DC Bouncers: Win Tickets To See The Goodie Mob In Concert!

DC Bouncers, get ready for Hip Hop history to be made on Saturday, November 14th when legendary group Goodie Mob reunites and returns to the DMV for a very special concert at The Scene. What makes this show especially hot...

Butta  |  11/12/2009 at 6:00 PM  |  Leave a Comment  |  Permalink

Artist Blogs, The Director's Chair

The Director's Chair: The Final Cut

Matthew Cherry here. So I finally finished the video this past weekend. It was my first time not cutting my own video, so it was a little more of a process than I am used to but all in...

Cherry  |  09/28/2009 at 2:00 PM  |  Leave a Comment  |  Permalink

Artist Blogs, The Director's Chair

The Director's Chair: Back In The Hot Seat

I finally can dust off my director's chair.  It's been a minute since we last connected, but I'm glad to be back. This time I am going to walk you through the process of the way I direct a...

Cherry  |  09/16/2009 at 2:00 PM  |  Comments (6)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

All The Way Live: Alice Russell Does Gnarls Barkley

I've already gone on record about how dope UK songstress Alice Russell is live in concert. After having missed her numerous times when she's come to town, I finally made it a point to see her a few months...

Butta  |  06/04/2009 at 6:00 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

This Nat King Cole Video Is 'Lush' Indeed

And way too short, I might add. Since we hipped you all to Re:Generations, the Nat King Cole concept album that is a wonderful compilation of modern-day artists reinterpreting his work, I have been in eager anticipation of this day....

ill Mami  |  03/10/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

First Spin, Releases

Nat King Cole & Friends Reanimate His Music With 'Re: Generations'

Much respect to Carole Cole, Nat King Cole's daughter and CEO of King Cole productions for having the intuition to put the Re: Generations album together. The album debuts March 10th and consists of Nat King Cole's original recordings blissfully...

ill Mami  |  02/06/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (5)  |  Permalink

Crowd Participation

Who Do You Want To Record A Christmas Album?

With Christmas less than a week away, it's high time for any music lover worth their weight in egg nog to be knee deep in Christmas music right about now. But as you're organizing your Holiday Hotness playlists you...

Butta  |  12/19/2008 at 4:00 PM  |  Comments (15)  |  Permalink

Reviews

'Universal Mind Control' Delivers What It Promised

There has been much mental and verbal wrangling regarding Common's latest musical offering, Universal Mind Control. Those of us who have ridden down this lengthy career path with him since the early '90s are used to Common straight with no...

ill Mami  |  12/17/2008 at 11:40 AM  |  Comments (15)  |  Permalink

Soul Cynic

Who Is Hip Hop's Best Singer?

When it comes to singing hooks on a Hip Hop track, there is a certain skill required that doesn't always follow the same rules as singing a song that lasts three to four minutes. Given that the singer is not...

ill Mami  |  12/01/2008 at 12:30 PM  |  Comments (17)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Which of These Tracks Passes the SoulBounce Sniff Test?

Hello SB fam. Hope everyone has had their fair helping of turkey--jive and otherwise. Here are a few tracks that hit the 'net while we were all stuffing our faces. First up is a new Common joint with Cee-Lo called...

nOvaMatic  |  12/01/2008 at 11:25 AM  |  Comments (7)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

Solange Loves Her Some 'T.O.N.Y.'

It seems as though the throwback '60s Motown era has not only infiltrated some of today's music but the look of the music as well. Deciding to shoot the video in black and white is not really avant garde, nor...

ill Mami  |  11/20/2008 at 1:00 PM  |  Comments (12)  |  Permalink

Releases

Common's 'Universal Mind Control' Cover

Some time ago, we saw what could have been the cover art for Common's new album, Universal Mind Control, dropping November 11th. Needless to say, there was much left to be desired. And now that this cover above has been...

ill Mami  |  10/15/2008 at 2:00 PM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

Crowd Participation

Recasting 'New Jack City'--The Soundtrack!

There's been talk for a while now about a sequel to the 1991 motion picture New Jack City being made, going all the way back to last year. Well, it's true. Warner Bros., in all of their infinite wisdom, has...

Harlem  |  08/25/2008 at 3:00 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

'Pretty Please' Love Estelle's New Video' (Even Though Cee-Lo Isn't In It)

How much do we love Estelle? The woman just keeps churning out one good video after the other to match equally fantastic songs. Her latest video is for the song "Pretty Please (Love Me)," and it's a '60s-meets-the-new-millennium mash-up, much...

Butta  |  08/19/2008 at 2:30 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

Gnarls Barkley Keeps 'Going On'

Gnarls Barkley's previous video from their latest, The Odd Couple, did not catch my fancy, but after only watching the first thirty seconds of their newest video "Going On," it is certifiably hot! It features kids from the Motherland Jamaica dancing down the...

ill Mami  |  05/09/2008 at 3:20 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

A Soulful Noise

Seems Cee-Lo Has the 'Write' Touch These Days

In the face of mixed reviews of the latest Gnarls Barkley project, the mightly Cee-Lo is still apparently riding high these days, recently penning tracks for both Jennifer Hudson and Solange Knowles.The track written for Hudson, "All Dressed Up...

Harlem  |  04/22/2008 at 1:35 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

First Spin

'Pretty Please' Love Estelle and Cee-Lo

There's bad news and good news for Estelle. The bad news is that her highly anticipated U.S. debut, Shine, has hit the net in its entirety a month before its official release. The good news is that she has...

Butta  |  03/31/2008 at 3:50 PM  |  Comments (12)  |  Permalink

Media Watch

Gnarls Barkley's 'Odd Couple' is Basically Satan's Music, but Enjoyable

Now that Gnarls Barkley's Odd Couple album has been pushed up and up and up, media outlets had to scramble to pull their reviews together. Let's see what the consensus is so far: Nate Chinin, New York Times: "Packed with...

nOvaMatic  |  03/24/2008 at 11:11 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

A Soulful Noise

Do You, Danger Mouse, Take Cee-Lo To Be Your Wife?

New photos of the dynamic duo Gnarls Barkley have hit the net and they are a riot. No stranger to playing dress up, these two have been seen as everything from Clark Kent and Superman to the Cowardly Lion and...

Butta  |  02/14/2008 at 12:55 PM  |  Comments (5)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Gnarls Barkley: 'Run'

For all of you rabid for a new Gnarls Barkley album (like me), salvation is coming. For the time being, however, you will just have to do with this promising new track whereby Cee-Lo implores the children to "run for...

ill Mami  |  01/29/2008 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink