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Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Til A New Day Dawns

Shyne was supposed to be released from jail yesterday, but hit a little deportation snag. [MTV]Prince is stylin' and profilin' at Paris Fashion Week. [C+D]Mariah Carey likes to play dress-up when she leaves the house. [PPL]T-Pain's iPhone app has...

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

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Do You Wanna Ride?

Goodie Mob reunited in ATL over the weekend. [XXL]The Soul Controllers went IN at their 18th anniversary shindig with Joy Jones and the Ill Vibe Collective. [WF]Get to know UK label Tru Thoughts a little better. [SUK]T-Pain - Auto-Tune...

Butta  |  09/22/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Make A Little Love

Doug E.Fresh is a Scientologist. [EXR]Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 is now slated for release tomorrow, the same day Raekwon's Only Built For Cuban Links 2 drops. [AHH]It's not so Ludacris to give away 20 free cars with one month of...

ill Mami  |  09/07/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Listicle

The Top 10 Reasons Why The BET Awards Made Me Want To Vomit

I know I am very hard on REGGINS (If you don't know what a Reggin is, spell if backwards), but there is a war going on outside between intelligent, educated, driven Black Americans. BET is a Reggin's greatest weapon in...

Tazz  |  06/29/2009 at 2:00 PM  |  Comments (85)  |  Permalink

Soul Cynic

Now That Michael's Gone, Will The Music Save Itself?

After my mind was able to wrap itself around the very notion that a piece of my life and soul was gone and wasn't returning, after the gobs of tears stopped momentarily falling from my eyes, and after I visited...

ill Mami  |  06/29/2009 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (6)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Breathe In

Could Beyoncé's boring new video have found inspiration from Heidi Montag and Paris Hilton? [BWE]Fela! the musical is headed to Broadway this fall. [VARIETY]Somewhere there's a thug crying over T-Pain and Taylor Swift collaborating on this video. [YT]Kanye West...

ill Mami  |  06/17/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Leave a Comment  |  Permalink

First Spin, Free Music, Mixtape Roundup

Raheem DeVaughn Makes Some 'Noise' With New Mixtape

Raheem DeVaughn fans where ya at? Washington, DC's soul brotha #1 has just released the 19-song strong The Art of Noise mixtape. This collection of music is the prequel to his next disc, The Love & War Masterpeace, which...

Butta  |  06/15/2009 at 2:30 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: When It's Really Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

Rihanna must appear in court to testify against Chris Brown. [SFG] Be ye forewarned: T-Pain and Taylor Swift are collaborating. [EX] Usher and Tameka may or may not be getting a divorce. Maybe. [TMZ] Murder Inc. still exists, but it's...

Ro  |  06/12/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Anything You Wanna Do

Jocelyn Brown is suing Snap 150 years after anyone gives a damn about Snap. [M&C]Mos Def was on 106th & Park, no doubt causing the show's audience to wonder why his music wasn't making them dumber. [DK]Drake shows love...

nOvaMatic  |  06/09/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: What's It Gonna Be?

Yet another reason to dislike T-Pain: his $410K Big Ass Chain. [NB]Go behind the scenes of Whitney's new photo shoot. [TGJ]BET has picked up cable rights to Wendy Williams' daytime talker. [EUR]DJ Jazzy Jeff got kicked out of a...

Butta  |  06/08/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Love It, Love It, Love It

Ginuwine recommends "Differences" and...wait for it..."So Anxious" as wedding reception appropriate songs from his catalogue. [DJB] Raphael Brown of Next fame had a restraining order filed against him last week by his ex-wife and now he's returning the favor. [EUR]...

Ro  |  05/29/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (6)  |  Permalink

A Soulful Noise, Video SoulBounce

Is RichGirl The Next Girl Group Of Note?

Ever since Destiny's Child took an L, people have been bemoaning the death of the girl group. And with good reason, because no one has yet to fill their stilettos and there's a noticeable void in R&B despite new groups...

Butta  |  05/28/2009 at 2:00 PM  |  Comments (16)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: My Jamaican Guy

T-Pain suffered serious injuries and broke four teeth in a freak golf cart accident on Friday. Stop laughing. [AHH]Charles Hamilton got called out for allegedly jacking a Black Spade beat. [FS]Not to be outdone by ghost bloggers, 50 Cent's...

ill Mami  |  03/30/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Jazzy Ways, Video SoulBounce

Blame It On Mike Phillips

Mike Phillips, aka "A Jazzer with Swagger" (his words, not mine), is not only one of the premiere saxophonists of his generation, but he is famous for mashing up Jazz with Hip Hop and making it accessible to a new...

Butta  |  03/19/2009 at 4:00 PM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

Can We Blame The Video On Alcohol Too, Jamie?

Is there anyone more jaw-droppingly fly that could make an appearance in a music video than Little Opie Cunningham himself, Ron Howard? Who but him could bring a level of status so high that Forrest Whitaker, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake...

Ro  |  02/27/2009 at 2:00 PM  |  Comments (16)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Ice Cream Castles In The Summertime

T-Pain had to cancel a concert in Guyana because of death and kidnapping threats. We promise they weren't from us. [SR]Michael Jackson is in talks to do a series of 30 concerts in London prior to going on a...

Butta  |  02/23/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (5)  |  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

Crowd Participation

Our Top 5 Guilty Pleasures of 2008

Now that we've done rundowns of all our favorite SoulBouncey releases of 2008, we can "humanize" ourselves with a shocking disclosure: Last year, we also listened to The-Dream, T-Pain, Beyoncé, and a few more cats that otherwise wouldn't meet our...

Soul Bounce  |  01/08/2009 at 1:00 PM  |  Comments (15)  |  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: Love Will Conquer If U Just Believe

Naturi Naughton channels her inner skank on the cover of KING. Oh wait, that's just her looking like Lil Kim, who she plays in Notorious. [SONYC] Janet says that Def Jam wanted her to sound like Sade, which caused her...

Butta  |  11/12/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (7)  |  Permalink