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Jack Davey's Music Manifesto Put To Video

Not to harp too much on the recent debacle involving the signing of Janelle Monae to Bad Boy Records comes an actual video of the open letter to the music industry penned by Miss Jack Davey, fearless critic of the...

ill Mami | 02/01/2008 at 12:30 PM | Permalink

Happy Born Day, Jimi!

Jimi Hendrix, pioneer of guitar feedback, former guitarist for Little Richard, and guitar pyromaniac, was born today 65 years ago. Let's all pause for a moment, excuse ourselves, and kiss the sky....

ill Mami | 11/27/2007 at 4:35 PM | Permalink

New Music From Nicolay in February!

We'd be remiss not to mention that the man Nicolay has a new album dropping in February. For Time:Line, the Dutch producer is teaming with Kay (Dem Damb Jacksons) and is bringing Stokely, Oh No, Chip Fu and Myth &...

nOvaMatic | 11/26/2007 at 1:55 PM | Permalink

Mary J. Blige Goes Retro On New Album Cover

Are we the only ones noticing a theme here with Mary J. Blige surrounding her next release? First, she goes back in time on us in her video for "Just Fine" and now the album cover for Growing Pains has...

Butta | 11/01/2007 at 1:00 PM | Comments (5) | Permalink

What He Say His Name Is?

Saul Williams, MC, beat poet, and star of acclaimed indie movie "Slam," will be releasing a new album entitled The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust. His character Niggy first made his appearance in Williams' book Dead Emcee Scrolls...

SoulBounce | 10/30/2007 at 4:00 PM | Comments (2) | Permalink

Viva Queen Latifah

We love giveaways and contests here at SoulBounce and until we get started running our own (be patient, folks, it's coming), we'll point you in the direction of some worth checking out. If you're feeling lucky then Queen Latifah...

Butta | 10/17/2007 at 12:30 PM | Permalink

Chaka Khan Did Tell Us She Was Every Woman

We just didn't know that included being a drummer, too. Check out Chaka Khan getting her ?uestlove on in this clip from the sexy 70s: [Hat Tip: DJ Soul]...

Butta | 10/15/2007 at 2:19 PM | Permalink

Van Hunt's New CD Leaks--And He's Cool With That

Fresh off a show opening for Meshell Ndegeocello, Van Hunt posted out a MySpace blog early this morning where he addressed the recent leak of his upcoming CD, Popular. From the sounds of it, Van isn't fazed by the...

Butta | 10/15/2007 at 1:45 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink

Babyface Does JET Magazine, Oprah, And Lil Wayne?

This week Babyface can be seen on the cover of JET Magazine. Black America's news and entertainment digest chats with Face about life after his divorce and his new CD, Playlist. Keeping with the divorce theme, he'll also be on...

Butta | 10/11/2007 at 2:27 PM | Permalink

Looking at the Afternoon

If you're in the BK, there's a J Dilla tribute going down [DK] Is Ghost dropping the same day as Wu? [PHH] Mark Ronson left Amy Winhouse's Q Award in the toilet [HHE] Bobby Brown had a heart attack.[TMZ]...

nOvaMatic | 10/10/2007 at 1:21 PM | Permalink

Chaka Khan - Will You Love Me?

Of course I love Chaka Khan. X's and O's all day. This is a DVD-rip of the "Will You Love Me" track to appear on Funk This droppin' September 25th. It's all love and all, but I hope an...

zillz | 09/19/2007 at 2:32 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink

Go Team Kanye!

It's official, Kanye West has sonned the competition and landed firmly atop the album sales chart with a reported 930K copies of Graduation sold, according to HITS Daily Double. Official SoundScan numbers haven't been reported yet, but does it even...

Butta | 09/18/2007 at 4:17 PM | Comments (2) | Permalink

Jill Does JET Magazine

JET Magazine may not be Vanity Fair, but who cares? Jill Scott is on the cover of next week's issue! Nuff said! We'll be picking up a copy when we cop The Real Thing: Words & Sounds Vol. 3...

Butta | 09/18/2007 at 1:05 PM | Comments (2) | Permalink

Call It A Come Back (And A Come Up)

Former En Vogue diva and Lucy Pearl babe Dawn Robinson and her husband Dre Allen are trying to join the reality television revolution. The once-successful singer and her "ghetto rockstar" husband are currently shopping their independently-produced series The Come Back...

Butta | 09/06/2007 at 4:34 PM | Comments (3) | Permalink

Rahsaan Patterson Returns

Is it just us, or is it shaping up to be a quite a soulful September to anyone else? With new releases from Angie Stone, Queen Latifah, Chaka Khan, and Jill Scott on our radar, we almost missed another disc...

Butta | 09/04/2007 at 12:46 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink

More Goodness For You Ledisi Fans

Check out Ledisi sangin' her latest single "Alright" and holding court during an in-store performance to promote her blazing new CD Lost and Found in the video above. And speaking of "Alright," there's a treat for you go-go heads...

Butta | 08/31/2007 at 3:57 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink

The 'Save Amy' Campaign Gets Contentious; Pete Rock & CL Smooth "Like Oil and Water"

[Splash]While Amy Winehouse was soaking up the sun in the Caribbean, her in-laws were initiating a campaign to halt sales of her music until she cleans up her act.The parents of her husband Blake Fielder-Civil have said both the singer...

nOvaMatic | 08/28/2007 at 3:44 PM | Permalink

Eric Roberson Makes It "Chocolate Rain", Aretha Remastered

It's official, Eric Roberson has no sense whatsoever. Check out his rendition of Tay Zonday's "Chocolate Rain" from a show he did this week at SOB's in NYC: That's a classic Erro moment right there. And speaking of classics...On the...

Butta | 08/24/2007 at 4:15 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink

While We Wait For Raheem DeVaughn's Next CD From Jive

Any regular visitor to Raheem DeVaughn's MySpace page knows that there is no shortage of new music from the self-proclaimed "R&B hippie neo-soul rock star." Although his next official release on Jive Records, Love Behind the Melody, won't drop until...

Butta | 08/23/2007 at 1:17 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink

9th Wonder Talks 'Dream Merchant' and the Chipmunks do Kindred

9th Wonder on his Hip-Hop course at NCCU:I'm 32 so of course I know who Gang Starr is but kids don't know who Gang Starr is. I can't blame them for not knowing, because when the first Gang Starr album...

nOvaMatic | 08/22/2007 at 2:20 PM | Permalink

It's a Beautiful Thing

If you thought we were off-base by wondering why VH-1 is more soulful than BET, then you might have some trouble reconciling that with the return of the VH-1 Hip-Hop Honors. And this year, they're giving A Tribe Called Quest...

nOvaMatic | 08/21/2007 at 2:00 PM | Comments (2) | Permalink

Just Try Keeping Up with Meshell & Hi-Tek

With the upcoming release of The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams, Meshell Ndegeocello releases her 7th musical wonder to the world. Channelled through orchestral soundscapes and an unapologetic punk aesthetic, Meshell questions the inevitable, inconceivable brutality...

nOvaMatic | 08/20/2007 at 3:38 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink

Q-Tip Spotted

Perhaps it's time I declare Q-Tip posts my own personal running commitment. [Photo: Freshness]The ALIFE Sessions went down again over the weekend. Q-Tip, Moby, Craig G and DJ Soul were present. Check out more photos and commentary at Freshness Mag....

nOvaMatic | 08/19/2007 at 5:33 PM | Permalink

DJ Soul Nominated and Your Dedicated Nicolay Update

DJ Soul just announced via MySpace that his Assorted Donuts mixtape is nominated for "Best Mixtape" for the 2007 VIBE Awards. For Assorted Donuts, DJ Soul took the tracks from J. Dilla's Donuts and paired them with vocals from some...

SoulBounce | 08/17/2007 at 3:10 PM | Permalink

Archive » Mid-Day Hook-Up

Jack Davey's Music Manifesto Put To Video

Happy Born Day, Jimi!

New Music From Nicolay in February!

Mary J. Blige Goes Retro On New Album Cover

What He Say His Name Is?

Viva Queen Latifah

Chaka Khan Did Tell Us She Was Every Woman

Van Hunt's New CD Leaks--And He's Cool With That

Babyface Does JET Magazine, Oprah, And Lil Wayne?

Looking at the Afternoon

Chaka Khan - Will You Love Me?

Go Team Kanye!

Jill Does JET Magazine

Call It A Come Back (And A Come Up)

Rahsaan Patterson Returns

More Goodness For You Ledisi Fans

The 'Save Amy' Campaign Gets Contentious; Pete Rock & CL Smooth "Like Oil and Water"

Eric Roberson Makes It "Chocolate Rain", Aretha Remastered

While We Wait For Raheem DeVaughn's Next CD From Jive

9th Wonder Talks 'Dream Merchant' and the Chipmunks do Kindred

It's a Beautiful Thing

Just Try Keeping Up with Meshell & Hi-Tek

Q-Tip Spotted

DJ Soul Nominated and Your Dedicated Nicolay Update

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