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Interwebs

Forget About Insurance. Stereomood Has Got You Covered.

Say you have an eclectic ear when it comes to music. You tend to favor genre-spanning mixes that may include a segue from Notorious B.I.G. into David Bowie and on into Luther Vandross if it's done right. Well, my friend,...

ill Mami  |  11/03/2009 at 1:00 PM  |  Leave a Comment  |  Permalink

Media Watch, Sh*t or Shinola?

The Performance Royalty Act & The Importance of Reading The Fine Print

I must admit that until I read a post from Anthony David's blog recently entitled "HR848 - Black radio stations are LYING to us!", I really had no idea what HR848 a/k/a "The Performance Royalty Act" was. The very little...

ill Mami  |  05/26/2009 at 4:00 PM  |  Comments (12)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Been A Long Time Coming

Akon promised to leave this country if Barack Obama had lost. Drats! [GUK]Speaking of people we wish were has-beens, Lil John voted yesterday in case you were curious. [YT]Hopefully, your voting experience was not characterized by a line this...

ill Mami  |  11/05/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs

#10: Luther Vandross 'Never Too Much'

What would the top 10 of our Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs countdown be without the inclusion of Luther Vandross? Although this is his final appearance on the countdown, what an appearance it is with one of the most beloved tracks...

Butta  |  08/18/2008 at 6:00 PM  |  Comments (5)  |  Permalink

Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs

#49: Luther Vandross 'A House is Not a Home'

We've covered this before. Whenever Luther Vandross blesses a remake, it becomes his ("Always and Forever" notwithstanding). However, when Luther chose to remake "A House is Not a Home" in 1981 for his debut album, Never Too Much, it was...

Harlem  |  06/10/2008 at 6:00 PM  |  Comments (7)  |  Permalink

Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs

#53: Luther Vandross 'Superstar'

Today's Top 100 entry should come with a disclaimer directed at anyone unfortunate enough to have their songs remade, reinterpreted or even referenced by the late, great Luther Vandross: To all of you, I'm sorry, but Luther owns your material....

Harlem  |  06/04/2008 at 5:00 PM  |  Comments (14)  |  Permalink

Releases

Boogie On Down To The Record Store

Al Green PlatinumCaribbean Jazz Project Afro Bop AllianceDay 26 Day 26Eek-A-Mouse Most Wanted eMC The ShowGhostface Killah The Wallabee ChampGrip Grand BrokeloreGuilty Simpson Ode to the GhettoJohn Ellis & Double Wide Dance Like There's No TomorrowKarrin Allyson Imagina: Songs...

Butta  |  03/25/2008 at 10:30 AM  |  Permalink

Diggin' in the Crates

Diggin' In The Crates: 'Bustin' Loose' Soundtrack

As I was watching Bustin' Loose, featuring Cicely Tyson and Richard Pryor as they transport a rag-tag bunch of troubled kids to a farm from Philadelphia to Washington State, last night on cable, two things dawned on me:This movie...

ill Mami  |  02/28/2008 at 1:20 PM  |  Comments (12)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Don't You Believe In Mystery

Remember Davina? Well, someone else does and loves her as much as we do. [Afrobella]Kanye West is in denial. Keep him in your prayers, y'all. [NYDN]Will.I.Am is the Rodney Dangerfield of rap. [AMB]Own a piece of Luther Vandross' estate, which...

Butta  |  11/16/2007 at 10:00 AM  |  Permalink

Releases

To Pay Rent Or To Buy New Music? That Is The Question.

New releases in stores today: Angie Stone The Art of Love & War Aretha Franklin Rare & Unreleased Recordings From the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul Gerald Albright The Very Best of Gerald Albright Grover Washington, Jr....

Butta  |  10/16/2007 at 1:52 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink