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Video SoulBounce

Kooley High's New Video Is Old School Cool

What do you get when you put six former North Carolina State University students together who share a love of hip hop and R&B and are heavily influenced by A Tribe Called Quest, Common, Lauryn Hill and Mary J. Blige?...

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

The Interwebs, Video SoulBounce

Jay Smooth On Mass Consumerization & MJ's Downfall

Jay Smooth has such a great ability to explain difficult, uncomfortable subjects into easily digestible, poignant pieces. Take his most recent video blog found below. In it, he explains effortlessly how Michael Jackson's knowledge of love was not necessarily from...

ill Mami  |  07/14/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (10)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: It Could All Be So Simple

Mase has been inspired to return to the studio in the wake of Michael Jackson's passing. Welcome back. [HHDX]A Man's Thoughts, the first release from Ginuwine in four years, tops the charts. [SR]Lil Wayne's thoughtless BET Awards performance raises...

Ro  |  07/03/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Wanna Love You Down

  The Roots, via ?uestlove's Twitter page, announced that How I Got Over will be pushed back to October. [TWITTER] Kanye West chatted it up with the ladies of The View on Wednesday. [KUC] Lauryn Hill, citing health issues, has...

Harlem  |  06/11/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Got No Time For Fake Ones

Even the greats had to start somewhere. From the vaults, Lauryn Hill gets booed at The Apollo at the tender age of 13. [TE]Grace Jones, 60 years young, looked stunning at the Xuly Bey fashion show during New York's...

ill Mami  |  02/16/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Leave a Comment  |  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

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Call My Baby On The Phone

Do you agree or disagree with this list of the Best Female R&B Songs of the '80s and '90s? [CC] Violence struck at a salon where Common had just gotten a haircut in Brooklyn. [AHH]LL Cool J bailed out on...

Butta  |  10/29/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Media Watch

Remember When Hip Hop Looked Like This?

The late-'90s weren't considered the best time to be a fan of Hip Hop, says many of us during the late-'90s. This point in semi-recent Hip Hop history marked a time of change, where Hip Hop was thriving and growing...

nOvaMatic  |  10/02/2008 at 11:42 AM  |  Comments (9)  |  Permalink

Soul Cynic

It's Been Ten Years Since 'Miseducation' So What Have We Learned?

Unlike many bloggers and journalists out there, I have really tried to not take a stance of wanting to understand what happened to Lauryn Hill because it's quite simple really: she just couldn't handle the pressure. It's this same pressure...

ill Mami  |  08/21/2008 at 4:05 PM  |  Comments (15)  |  Permalink

Soul Cynic

Is the Motown Re-Tread Ingenious? Or a Crutch?

We've been absolutely ga-ga over the singers we've highlighted on this site that "go way back, back into time" to channel what can only be defined as a decidedly "Motown Sound." To wit, anything that reminds us of the imprint's...

nOvaMatic  |  08/20/2008 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (9)  |  Permalink

First Spin, Praise & Worship

Tanya Blount Returns With A 'Promise'

Is it possible to still have a recording career after your first and only album was released almost 15 years ago, and you haven't really been heard from since? If you ask Tanya Blount that question her answer would probably...

Butta  |  08/07/2008 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Kick Off Your Shoes and Relax Your Feet

Don't get it twisted, Jazmine Sullivan is no Lauryn Hill clone. [AHHA]Speaking of Lauryn Hill, is she misunderstood or is something seriously awry? [XXL]With the Monday night premiere of more faux-reality tom foolery courtesy of Diddy, we say shame...

Butta  |  08/06/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Permalink

First Spin

Amanda Diva's Heart Is In The City

Amanda Diva has been steadily creeping in and out of our radar these days, mostly from her self-penned blog. Now it seems as though Miss Diva will have the Foreplay mixtape for us to sample which actually will serve as...

ill Mami  |  06/19/2008 at 4:30 PM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Clap Your Hands Just A Little Bit Louder

We reminisce, we reminisce as the tenth anniversary of the release of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill quickly approaches. [AHHA]Get to know Esperanza Spalding. [OKP]Lil Kim looks a little less plastic here. A little. [TF]Bobby Brown's oldest son, Landon...

Butta  |  06/06/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Mixtape Roundup

Big Up! Big Up!!

As you can see, I'm mining the feedback for "Mixtape Roundup" titles. Leave some suggestions in the comments and see if your title makes the next installment!DJ PS: Weekly Show #21 (Ursula Rucker, Brazilian Soul Crew, Afefe Iku) [DJPS]MAD MONGOS:...

nOvaMatic  |  05/23/2008 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs

#71: Refugee All-Stars Featuring Lauryn Hill 'The Sweetest Thing'

You may remember the song "The Sweetest Thing" as just one of the many gems from the 1997 Love Jones motion picture soundtrack. I remember this song as the first time I actually thought Lauryn Hill was sexy. I mean,...

Harlem  |  05/09/2008 at 5:00 PM  |  Comments (7)  |  Permalink

First Spin, Reggae Riddims

Jazmine Sullivan Needs You Bad

If you don't know who Jazmine Sullivan is, then it's not too late to learn. The 20-year-old former child prodigy, Showtime at the Apollo and Black Lily phenom, and songwriter behind Fantasia's "Free Yourself" and Christina Milian's "Say I" is...

Butta  |  04/29/2008 at 3:15 PM  |  Comments (19)  |  Permalink

Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs

#81: Roberta Flack 'Killing Me Softly With His Song'

The name Roberta Flack conjures up thoughts of her numerous classic duets with friend and frequent partner Donny Hathaway (and later Peabo Bryson), but the biggest songs of her career were actually her solo hits "The First Time Ever...

Butta  |  04/25/2008 at 5:00 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Syleena Johnson Does Lauryn Hill (Again)

Chi-town stand up! Your homegirl Syleena Johnson is returning this summer with her next album Chapter 4: Labor Pains to be released on her label Aneelys Records. The first single, "Is It True," has been bubbling on the net for...

Butta  |  04/07/2008 at 2:15 PM  |  Comments (42)  |  Permalink

Reggae Riddims, Soul On Film

Bob Marley Songs May Spark Bidding War

Not so shortly after it was announced that a movie based upon Rita Marley's biography, No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley, would be brought to movie screens next year, comes more news. Firstly, there is also...

ill Mami  |  03/21/2008 at 4:00 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink