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Soul On Stage, Video SoulBounce

Taking The Leap From Stage To Screen On A Wing And A 'Mother's Prayer'

African-American playwright, Alvin Moore Jr., is taking his hit production off the stage and into your DVD player. A Mother's Prayer takes you on an emotional, spirit-filled journey of estranged family members brought together by a mother's dying wish. The...

Fave  |  10/29/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Customer Satisfaction Is Guaranteed

Soul Train is headed to the big screen, with Don Cornelius heavily involved. Oh, so it's a comedy?  [VAR]After three weeks, Maxwell is still atop the Billboard R&B charts. [SR]The latest episode of Gordon Gartrell Radio has a lot...

Harlem  |  08/27/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

A Soulful Noise

Happy Birthday, Bobby Brown

Wow. Is it 40 already? What is there to say about the man who's seemingly been through everything (including a mild heart attack and multiple arrests)? What do you say about the man who's entertained us endlessly over the past...

Harlem  |  02/05/2009 at 4:30 PM  |  Comments (5)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Is That Yo Chick?

Apparently there are some people upset about the Danity Kane split. And they're all fans. [MTV]Sasha Fierce is still topping the Billboard Hot Hip Hop/R&B Song chart after nearly twelve weeks. [SR]Monica showed up at an album release party...

Ro  |  01/30/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  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

Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs

#26: New Edition 'Can You Stand The Rain'

Okay, okay, okay. So, what do you do when an '80s boy band with crossover appeal loses one of its members amidst rumors involving drug use, said member reemerges a few years later to become a bigger star than anyone...

ill Mami  |  07/25/2008 at 5:00 PM  |  Comments (8)  |  Permalink

Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs

#89: New Edition 'If It Isn't Love'

The year was 1987. Due to pressure from the record label, Bobby Brown had just been voted out of the group. Ralph Tresvant started mumbling about following Brown out the door and going solo. The group we all knew and...

Harlem  |  04/15/2008 at 6:00 PM  |  Comments (13)  |  Permalink

Rewind

SoulBounce Salutes The Original 'Body' Rockers

By a show of hands, how many of us remember what we were doing ten years ago today? Yeah, me neither. However, I'm sure that R&B supergroup LSG, a.k.a. Levert/Sweat/Gill, would be able to fondly recall January 17, 1998,...

Harlem  |  01/17/2008 at 2:30 PM  |  Permalink