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Video SoulBounce

Smokey 'Tears' It Up With The Roots On Late Night

Here's what I love about Motown: the instrumentation. Over the years, it didn't matter who was singing what when, the real stars of the Motown movement were the Funk Brothers, the band of brothers that supplied the soundtrack to just...

Harlem  |  09/03/2009 at 11:30 AM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

Smokey Shows Us 'Why' He's A Legend

Earlier this month, we let you know that Smokey Robinson's new CD, Time Flies When You're Having Fun, would be released this coming Tuesday, August 25th. Well, this week the video for the first single, "Don't Know Why," surfaced, and...

Harlem  |  08/20/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Smokey Robinson Is Still 'Having Fun' With Music

One of the best things about Smokey Robinson's new album, Time Flies When You're Having Fun, is that we didn't hear about it incessantly last month as the media continued to shove microphones in his face following MJ's untimely death...

Harlem  |  08/07/2009 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Crowd Participation

Who Would Like To Perform At Your Ideal Michael Jackson Tribute?

Today, tens of thousands of the luckiest of Michael Jackson fans have converged on the Staples Center in Los Angeles to pay their respects to the King of Pop in person. At this large-scale yet completely intimate in comparison to...

Ro  |  07/07/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (6)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Let Him Know This Love Is Real

With his prostate cancer now in remission, Charlie Wilson is promoting prostate tests and early detection in Black men, and his new album. [BV]From the obvious files: Sasha Fierce (and her choreographers) borrowed moves from The Kids. [VB]Stevie Wonder, Robin...

Ro  |  02/06/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

A Soulful Noise

Happy Belated Birthday, Motown!

So yesterday marked the 50th Anniversary of the record label that changed it all: Motown Records. This milestone passed by silently around these parts, but it is no less important and worthy of a year long celebration. There should be...

Ro  |  01/13/2009 at 4:00 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs

#21: DeBarge 'I Like It'

Isn't it funny how, in this day and age of "no homo," it's somehow acceptable to wear a pink fur or ride around in a pink SUV (Cam'ron), but most of our soul singers these days are known for singing...

ill Mami  |  08/01/2008 at 5:00 PM  |  Comments (12)  |  Permalink

Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs

#37: D'Angelo 'Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine'

Brown Sugar changed my life. Better yet, it helped to define my life. At the time it was released, I was a twenty-year-old hot thang who had just made the transition from Timberlands and sneakers on my feet to sandals...

ill Mami  |  06/26/2008 at 6:00 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink