In an abbreviated week at SoulBounce, we:

- Learned a little bit more or less about the new Badu album.
- Raised our fists along with Mary J. Blige, but wondered who the hell she was referring to.
- Noted how what most of us think about Alicia Keys doesn't matter, because she moves units.
- even though she might be a "face-scratcher".
- Asked you to choose between Jill Scott and Angie Stone's "Brotha".
- Got to know Teisha Marie (Not Teairra).
- Wagged our fingers at the exiling of Franklin Bridge from that FOX show we now refuse to name.
- Got all up in Common's business.
- Wondered if the Malaysian government was trying to get all our favorite singers in one place to make a group arrest.