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Month of Mary, Soul Fashioned

Mary J. Blige, Style Icon: A Retrospective

 The "Month of Mary" on SoulBounce would not be complete without taking a look back on our beloved Mary J. Blige's look in the public eye. As a woman who grew up next to one of the fashion capitals of...

Alicia  |  11/20/2009 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

Get Your 'Heels' Knocked Off, Now With Visual Aids

If there is ever a term that I have come to loathe, besides "swagger," it's "grown and sexy." It's not that I'm trying to be a hypocrite because I've used it when appropriate, though sparingly, when necessary. It's just that...

ill Mami  |  10/26/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (7)  |  Permalink

Quiet Bounce

Quiet Bounce: Got Stacks Like The International House Of Pancakes

When it came to male R&B groups in the mid-'90s it was all about Boyz II Men and Jodeci. Nate, Mike, Shawn and Wanya were the young men you took home to mama, and K-Ci, JoJo, Mr. Dalvin and DeVante...

Butta  |  10/22/2009 at 8:00 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Quiet Bounce, Video SoulBounce

Quiet Bounce: Is 'Something In Your Eyes' Or Are You Just Happy To See Us?

Some of you may remember last week when we posted H-Town and all four members of Jodeci's newest song whereby they attempt to convince anyone within earshot of how well they plan to "knock your heels off." It was awfully...

ill Mami  |  10/20/2009 at 8:00 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

First Spin

H-Town & Jodeci Plan To 'Knock Your Heels Off'

Some time ago, I was walking down the street in a one week period and saw two people who were stuck in the '80s. More specifically, the older gentleman I saw had a meticulously cut high-top fade while the older...

ill Mami  |  10/16/2009 at 3:30 PM  |  Comments (15)  |  Permalink

Mixtape Roundup

Crave, Volume 1

If our Morning Soul theme this week was any indicator, Male R&B needs to come back in a big way. There's definitely some notable artists holding it down across the board, but a good argument can be made that it's...

nOvaMatic  |  03/26/2009 at 6:00 PM  |  Comments (15)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Every Freek 'N Night

Salt-n-Pepa, among others, weave their expertise into Chris Rock's newest feature, the documentary Good Hair. [TDB]Monie Love sits down with D-Nice and spills on Big Daddy Kane and more in the latest edition of True Hip Hop Stories. [HS]Attention, Ne-Yo...

Harlem  |  01/29/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Listicle

The Top 10 Worst Moments in Black Music of 2008

It's all fun and games until someone says something stupid, or continues singing after their brother passes out on stage. Today we're counting down The Top 10 Worst Moments in Black Music, and most of it isn't very funny at...

nOvaMatic  |  12/11/2008 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (23)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

Avant Wants To 'Break Ya Back.' Really.

To be fair, Avant's new video for "Break Ya Back" has as part of its title "In A Good Way." As though this parenthetical phrase would somehow make this concept better. Truth be told, a lover telling you how the...

ill Mami  |  11/19/2008 at 2:00 PM  |  Comments (6)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Ginuwine Is The Baby Hair Pimp of This Slow Jam Game ... 'Please' Believe It!

Yeah, so I'll admit it: I have more than one Ginuwine album. I gyrated and squealed like a giddy school girl when "Pony" came out, corny as it was. And I more than pumped his duet with Aaliyah, "Final...

ill Mami  |  09/15/2008 at 11:20 AM  |  Comments (9)  |  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

Rewind

Revisiting Some of Our Favorite Soulful Moments From Black Sitcoms

One thing I miss about Black sitcoms are those episodes where the main cast would just let their hair down and celebrate our music. It was key to the show's cultural fidelity to reference the songs we love--a wink, a...

nOvaMatic  |  08/16/2008 at 12:54 PM  |  Comments (9)  |  Permalink

Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs

#25: Guy 'Groove Me'

Somebody out there may disagree with the following statement, but I'm going to say it anyway: "Groove Me" changed the direction of music when it was released in 1988, a year heralded by many as the best year for music...

ill Mami  |  07/28/2008 at 6:00 PM  |  Comments (11)  |  Permalink

Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs

#30: Jodeci 'Forever My Lady'

The '90s brought a wave of Black male R&B groups into our collective consciousness that many acts of today attempt to emulate but lack that It Factor. One of these groups who had It and will forever be remembered, revered...

Butta  |  07/21/2008 at 6:00 PM  |  Comments (6)  |  Permalink

Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs

#32: Bobby Womack 'If You Think You're Lonely Now'

I want to dedicate this song to all the lovers tonight... So starts Bobby Womack's hit slow jam, "If You Think You're Lonely Now." This song has all of the ingredients for a hearty helping of classic soul love gumbo....

Butta  |  07/17/2008 at 5:00 PM  |  Comments (10)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Really Want To Know You

Whitney Houston better come get her man Ray J out of Lil Kim's clutches. I can't believe I just typed that. [NB]In other Ray-J news, he got kicked out of a hotel for cutting up. [TMZ]Oh, Amy. I can't...

Butta  |  05/28/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

9th Wonder, Buckshot, and Talib Kweli 'Hold It Down' In New Video

The new video for the 9th Wonder-produced track "Hold It Down" featuring Buckshot and Talib Kweli from his latest effort, The Formula, has surfaced, and it is very proper indeed. If you remember, the first video from The Formula featured...

ill Mami  |  04/17/2008 at 2:00 PM  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Don't Talk Just Listen

Details surface in Dr. Donda West's untimely death. [E!]Kanye West issues a statement. [People]Nas explains his album title to a reporter who refuses to say his album title. [RTNY]Check out the smooth sounds of the Luv Bugz. [BI]Haiti welcomes...

Butta  |  11/13/2007 at 10:00 AM  |  Permalink