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Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Who Can I Run To When I Need Love

Teena Marie performed on The View this morning. [BWE]This "afro chair" is rather disturbing. [FL]Lil Wayne's official documentary The Carter has a trailer. I wish this weren't true. [YT]Use YouTube to turn your favorite videos into a jukebox. [LH]...

ill Mami  |  11/10/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Coffee, Tea Or Me, Baby

Oh, My. An idiot hauled off and hit Leona Lewis during a UK book signing. [AP]Oh, Yes. The lovely Estelle will be featured in this holiday season's GAP ads. Sweet. [CL]Oh, Look. Ray J and his tramps latest lady loves...

Harlem  |  10/15/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: No Romance Without Finance

News that Corinne Bailey Rae is coming out with some new tunes is music to my ears. [GRDN]I don't see Lil Mama anywhere in these flicks of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys on the set of "Empire State of Mind."...

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

Listicle

ill Mami's Top White Icons In Soul Music

There is no amount of sunshine, rainbows, unicorns, and leprechauns to lift my spirits after reading a supposed "Top 10 White Icons Of Black Music" list on Urban Daily. My apologies in advance for whomever decided to slap these supposed...

ill Mami  |  06/03/2009 at 5:00 PM  |  Comments (18)  |  Permalink

A Soulful Noise

Teena Marie Is Back To 'Square' One

Raise your hand if you're ready for more Teena Marie! Well, so are we, and thankfully, we won't have to wait much longer as the legendary Lady Tee's new disc on the Stax Records imprint, Congo Square, is set to...

Harlem  |  05/28/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

SoulTube

Teena Marie's 'Eye Is On The Sparrow'

There are certain rules during singing competitions. Number One is usually, "You can't boo the Lord." So some competitions don't allow gospel songs, just so they won't seem too harsh if the singer is awful less than good. That's how...

Harlem  |  04/09/2009 at 3:00 PM  |  Comments (9)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Can Teena Marie 'Last A Day' With This Track?

When I first heard Teena Marie had a duet with Faith Evans, there weren't enough positive expletives in the world to explain how I felt. Laying my ears upon the first eight bars of Teena Marie's screeching vocals on her...

ill Mami  |  04/03/2009 at 3:50 PM  |  Comments (31)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Jadakiss & Ne-Yo Need Your Lovin' In 'Right By My Side'

Jadakiss has teamed up with Ne-Yo to do a little something for the ladies on the track "Right By My Side." Known for his hard-hitting rhymes, Kiss softens it up a bit to let his lady know that every good...

Butta  |  09/15/2008 at 4:40 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

A Soulful Noise, Events

Sugar Pie DeSanto, Chaka Khan and More to be Celebrated at Pioneer Awards Tonight

The R&B Foundation is holding their Pioneer Awards ceremony and 20th anniversary celebration tonight in Philadelphia. This event will also award Kool & The Gang, Bill Withers, Teena Marie, The Whispers, The Funk Brothers and Al Bell of Stax...

Ro  |  09/09/2008 at 3:30 PM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

Crowd Participation

FULL DISCLOSURE: Name a Universally-Adored Soul Classic That You Hate

Sometimes it's useful (read: fun) to push the envelope and break tradition. We can be brutally honest at The Most Comprehensive Black Music Blog in the Internet, because (1) we're just a blog, and (2) you don't know where any of us...

nOvaMatic  |  08/13/2008 at 1:21 PM  |  Comments (43)  |  Permalink

UK Bounce

Alice Russell Brings UK Soul To US Shores

We're all well aware of the triumvirate of British blue-eyed soul singers that have a stranglehold on the people's attention right now: Amy Winehouse, Duffy and Adele. All great artists in their own right, but hardly the be all...

Butta  |  06/20/2008 at 1:00 PM  |  Comments (7)  |  Permalink

Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs

#54: Teena Marie 'I Need Your Lovin''

A bit of disclosure: Despite the fact that many of you will disagree with me, I actually like Teena Marie's "I Need Your Lovin'" more than party starter "Square Biz." While Miss Teena must have surely known that "Square Biz" would be...

ill Mami  |  06/03/2008 at 6:00 PM  |  Comments (9)  |  Permalink

Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs

#55: Teena Marie 'Square Biz'

Let's just get this out of the way off the top: Contrary to popular belief, Teena Marie was not the first female to rap on a record. In fact, she wasn't even the first white female to do so. Nope,...

Harlem  |  06/02/2008 at 5:00 PM  |  Comments (8)  |  Permalink

The Interwebs

Idolator's 'Top 100 R&B Songs of All Time' Comes to a Crest with More Old School Than We Can Handle

Anyone that's been following the Gawker music blog's R&B countdown for the past several weeks must've been wondering, after all the classics listed, if they were going to top it off with anything that wasn't released before 1985. Answer is...

nOvaMatic  |  09/12/2007 at 4:20 PM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink