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To get the elephant in leopard print leggings out of the way: "Black & Gold" is one of the finest pieces of music ever. It's just brave that Sam Sparro even tried to top it, but his 2008 self-titled debut...
AudioDiva | 02/07/2012 at 2:30 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink
As an impressionable child of the '90s, TLC were sort of my Chopin "Awakening" moment -- well, minus the extra-marital affair and the "walking-in-the-ocean" deal -- but something about these three women sparked femininity and the fight for individualism within...
AudioDiva | 02/02/2012 at 7:00 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink
Of all the euphoric jams about that light-bulb moment of love, nothing beats "Finally." Once the garbled scatting comes in with CeCe Peniston gushing about some "coca brown skinned and curly black haired" Adonis, you're unabashedly hooked. Plus you wish...
AudioDiva | 01/26/2012 at 8:00 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink
Estelle had me worried a couple of tracks back when talks of All of Me first surfaced. Yet, the factor of "Thank You" put her back in my good graces and has redeemed my anticipation for her upcoming junior effort....
AudioDiva | 01/19/2012 at 5:00 PM | Leave a Comment | Permalink
Never one to be coy, Santigold has always spoken with a megaphone to the sky and since she's been dormant for four years, she's had a lot of words cooped up. So, in a way, we can slightly forgive her...
AudioDiva | 01/19/2012 at 4:00 PM | Leave a Comment | Permalink
"Superwoman" was the feminist fist pump heard 'round the world in 1988 and in turn made sure that all eyes and ears would be locked to the voice behind such a proclamation. Karyn White was that voice who with a...
AudioDiva | 12/28/2011 at 8:00 PM | Comments (2) | Permalink
Class. Authenticity. Energy. Intelligence...Okay, okay, so it sounds like I'm one of those smiley lovelorn babblers trying to explain their perfect mate in a Match.com commercial, but it's really the criteria that I seek in a male singer, that is....
AudioDiva | 12/21/2011 at 8:00 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink
La da dee la da da, la da dee la da da... And with that refrain Crystal Waters managed to captivate (and slightly annoy) the music listening population back in the early '90s. For five-year-old me, "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)"...
AudioDiva | 12/14/2011 at 8:00 PM | Comments (3) | Permalink
Back in 2008, I got to scratch off on my "Things-To-Do-Before-I-Croak" list to catch Tina Turner during her 50th anniversary concert tour. While Ms. Legs strutted off stage to take a breather (the woman is in her 70s, okay?) none...
AudioDiva | 11/28/2011 at 7:00 PM | Comments (5) | Permalink
It's odd how some albums or songs find us. How we get thrown into situations, meet certain people who lead us to discover sounds that we would've never thought to tune into. It may sound like I'm about to spin...
AudioDiva | 11/27/2011 at 2:00 PM | Comments (4) | Permalink
Do people still say "fierce"? Or have we placed the word into a retirement home for inactive overused words since 2011 rolled around? Whatever, I'm still using it, because whenever I look at Miss Jody Watley, the word comes immediately...
AudioDiva | 11/17/2011 at 8:00 PM | Comments (5) | Permalink
I find it a literal offense if you don't know who Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are. OK, I'm not that harsh, but if you consider yourself a R&B music enthusiast and you have no clue, I might have to...
AudioDiva | 02/02/2009 at 4:00 PM | Comments (21) | Permalink
Le sigh. Janet Jackson is having the worst year imaginable. From having boyfriend Jermaine Dupri throwing up on her lap after drinking Jay-Z's specialty booze to having to live down an older brother who constantly invents reunion tours out of...
AudioDiva | 11/14/2008 at 12:00 PM | Comments (26) | Permalink
