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Ne-Yo's 'Never Knew' Is A Theme Fit For A 'Princess'

Not only will the upcoming Disney film The Princess and the Frog feature their first lead character of color, but the soundtrack theme--entitled "Never Knew I Needed"--will be sung by an African-American, none other than Ne-Yo. The video for the...

Harlem  |  10/29/2009 at 4:00 PM  |  Leave a Comment  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Sing It, Sugar!

The Root welcomes Danyel Smith, its new executive editor. [NYT]Whitney's I Look To You debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 charts. [BB]Ne-Yo is headed back to the big screen, this time in Battle: Los Angeles. [SR]Mary J. covers...

Harlem  |  09/10/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Never Trust A Big Butt And A Smile

Members of the Jackson family found a bag of various drugs in Michael's house after his death. [AP]Ne-Yo + Miss Piggy = best duet of the year? [PPL]The Soul Train Awards will be held at the Atlanta Convention Center....

Ro  |  08/28/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Soul Fashioned

Ne-Yo & Macy's Are Seeing 'Red'

I suppose it was inevitable: after proclaiming 2008 the "Year of the Gentleman," Ne-Yo has carried that label over to '09 and, just last week, partnered with Macy's to be the face of their Alfani Red (gentle)men's fall collection. Which...

Harlem  |  08/27/2009 at 2:00 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: I Gotta Be

There's a movie that featured Michael Jackson we've never seen. [THR]Mariah's Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel has been pushed back to September. [IDOL]Diddy graciously steps aside, pushes Last Train to Paris back to November. [HHDX]Ne-Yo refuses to write any songs for...

Harlem  |  07/23/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

The Interwebs

Well Damn, Ne-Yo.

Apparently Ne-Yo had some kind of situation at a recent performance in Manchester. We largely stayed away from it because we didn't find it particularly interesting, funny or worthwhile, but it did prompt the rest of the treacherous Internets to engage in its...

nOvaMatic  |  07/20/2009 at 3:00 PM  |  Comments (8)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Honeydosugachocolate Dumplin'

After quietly breaking up with her fiancee, Jill Scott is now a single mother. [ESSENCE]Tune in to Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to hear The Roots debut their new single tonight. [BB]Why are people mad at Ne-Yo for telling...

Butta  |  06/24/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Join A Sorority, Go Step Ya Game Up

Looks like Usher and Tameka have been separated for a long time. [AJC]Are you a member of The Cult of Dilla? [GD]Chrisette Michele and Ne-Yo cite Ella Fitzgerald, Jimi Hendrix and others as their inspirations. [NY1]Now I ain't saying...

Ro  |  06/19/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Leave a Comment  |  Permalink

Artist Blogs, The Director's Chair, Video SoulBounce

The Director's Chair: Breaking Down Ne-Yo's 'Part Of The List'

Once again it's on. It's your boy Mac coming to you from The Director's Chair. Today I am going to be breaking down Ne-Yo's latest music video "Part Of The List." This video is a perfect example of how flashing...

Cherry  |  06/04/2009 at 2:00 PM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

First Spin

A Brandy 'Love' Song To Like

It's really good to see Brandy back in the public spotlight where she belongs, even though seeing her last week pimping for her brother giving lie detector tests to her brother's potential baby mamas girlfriends made my eyes bleed a...

Harlem  |  04/08/2009 at 1:00 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: We're Gonna Get Hot2Nite

If the whole singing thing didn't pan out for Jennifer Hudson her backup plan was to become a tattoo artist. [MSNBC]And speaking of getting inked, Rihanna got a small hand gun tattooed on her ribcage. [SR]Miss "Tattoo" herself, Jordin...

Ro  |  03/27/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Leave a Comment  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

Keri Hilson May 'Knock You Down' With New Video

It seems like it's been an exceptionally long time coming for Keri Hilson. After all, she's been getting super-hyped since her appearance on Timberland's "The Way I Are." With vocals touched by the Auto-Tune fairy, and accompanied by Kanye West...

Ro  |  03/25/2009 at 2:00 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Another Remix From Mary J. & Ne-Yo To 'Love'

As we await new projects from both Mary J. Blige and Ne-Yo, a song surfaced yesterday featuring the multiple Grammy Award-winning homies that might just tide us over. Supposedly appearing on a mixtape, hot off the presses is a remix...

Harlem  |  02/27/2009 at 11:30 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: We All Want A Love Bizarre

Rappers are hard pressed during this current recession, which means fewer iced-out grills and spinning rims. [RF]Congratulations to New School rapper Blu who was recently signed to Sire Records. [XXL]Watch out Hip Hop bloggers! Former XXL editor-in-chief Elliot Wilson hopes to journalistically crush...

ill Mami  |  02/25/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Crowd Participation

Reconciling Our Grammy Picks And Predictions

At the close of last week, your SoulBounce Editors predicted the victors for this year's Grammy Awards in relevant R&B and Hip Hop categories, with our own personal preferences thrown in for good measure. Nearly every nightmarish prediction came...

nOvaMatic  |  02/09/2009 at 3:30 PM  |  Comments (13)  |  Permalink

SoulTube

Live Blogging the 51st Annual Grammy Awards

This year's Grammy Awards have come and gone and so has another live blog. We did it a little different this time around and "tweeted" the night's festivities on Twitter with the live feed appearing in this spot during...

Butta  |  02/08/2009 at 11:30 PM  |  Comments (96)  |  Permalink

Crowd Participation

Dissecting the 51st Annual Grammy Award Nominations: Who 'Should' Win? Who 'Will' Win?

The Grammy Awards are like a family reunion, complete with party crashing cousins who no one really wanted to invite anyway, embittered elders who smile condescendingly at all their good-for-nothing progeny, and people make fools of themselves but no one...

Soul Bounce  |  02/06/2009 at 7:00 PM  |  Comments (8)  |  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

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Just Jump In A Taxicab

Does someone need to remind Ne-Yo that ugly comes in all shades? [ES]Diddy is plotting to guest star on NBC's 30 Rock sometime in the next two years. He will have changed his name approximately four more times during...

Ro  |  12/19/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Which Of These Tracks Passes the SoulBounce Sniff Test?

Today's selections are a little more varied than usual, beginning with Gnarls Barkley's hauntingly funky "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" with a guest turn from Jay Electronica as "Jota Flowers." Next we have some more random, misguided noise from Busta...

nOvaMatic  |  12/18/2008 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (5)  |  Permalink