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'Today' Candice Anitra Marks The 2nd Anniversary Of The Haiti Earthquake
It's hard to believe, but today marks the two-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake that struck the island of Haiti, killing an estimated 316,000 people and leaving more than one million homeless. The after-effects of that day are still being...
K'Jon Delivers A Sobering Video For 'Will You Be There'
When you're hot you're hot and director Matthew A. Cherry is scalding the competition right now. He starts 2012 off with yet another new music video that he's directed, this time for the song "Will You Be There" from singer...
Common Shares His 'Dreams' With The People of Haiti
If you guys were still in your post-Turkey Day coma, you probably missed everyone's favorite raptor (that's a rapper-turned-actor) Common on CNN's documentary special COMMON DREAMS: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary, that aired last night. If you'll recall, Common recently...
KEM Helps To Turn Up The Heat For Michigan Fans In Need
Completing a successful run of his Intimacy Tour earlier this year and currently shooting scenes for his feature film debut in the movie Sparkle has not kept KEM from supporting a worthy cause. He has been named the spokesperson for...
Common Takes Us To Haiti's Streets In 'Sweet'
We already heard Common go the hardest he has in years and say it with his chest when his next single, "Sweet," surfaced earlier this month. Quite the uncharacteristic track for the typically calm Com, he is lyrically shanking someone...
Amy Winehouse's 'Hidden Treasures' To Be Released This December
I'm not 100% sure how I feel about the news that Island Records will be releasing a new Amy Winehouse album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, on December 5th. One half of me, the greedy half, cannot wait to get my hands on...
There's No Need To 'Forgive' DJ Jazzy Jeff & Ayah For This Video We Won't Soon Forget
You didn't forget about DJ Jazzy Jeff and Ayah's summertime freelease, Back For More, did you? If you know like I know, then you're still bumping this joint and gaining hours of enjoyment from Jeff's stellar production backing Ayah's soulful...
Say 'Yes' To Musiq Soulchild
When it comes to Musiq Soulchild, I must say that my excitement for the R&B crooner has waned a bit over the years leaving me feeling a tad underwhelmed. However, after the tugging of more than a few heartstrings while...
Quadron Deliver A 'Red Hot' Rendition Of 'Samba De Verão'
We already brought you news of the Red Hot Organization's Red Hot + Rio 2 compilation, a collection of Brazilian Tropicália tracks performed by some of today's hottest artists alongside respected Brazilian musicians. All proceeds from the project will benefit...
Red Hot Takes It Back To 'Rio' For An All-Star Tribute To Tropicália
Going 22 years strong now, the Red Hot Organization has been a strong force in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Their Red Hot compilations have been a big part of that. The have been able to gather a who's who of...
Erykah Badu, Roy Ayers, Eric Roberson & More To Celebrate 2Pac's 40th Birthday In Atlanta
If he were alive, Tupac Shakur would be celebrating his 40th birthday this month. Though he may have often been controversial, he left behind a musical legacy that is still being mined today. Though he's no longer with us, his...
'Untold Songs' Gets The Remix Treatment
If you need further convincing that the Untold Songs Volume One compilation, in support of Amnesty International's "Stop Violence Against Women" campaign, is worth purchasing when it's released next week (£5 for 23 tracks is a bargain!) then let this...
Women Unite With Their 'Untold Songs' In Support Of Amnesty International
What's better than a 23-track compilation of great music from some of the most promising female talent around? A 23-track compilation that is also in support of a very worthwhile cause, that's what. Untold Songs: Volume One, the brainchild of...
Bilal Does It For His 'Little One'
As we suspected when we caught the teaser for this video back in February, Bilal tugs at the heartstrings in the video for "Little One." The video follows parents, played by actors Dorian Missick and Erica Hubbard, as they deal...
Hey Kids, Beyoncé Wants You To 'Move Your Body'
One year ago, First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let's Move! initiative to battle childhood obesity. The campaign provides tips for parents and schools to feed children healthier foods. And, since nearly one in three children in America are overweight...
PJ Morton Gets To Shine On Maroon 5's 'Is Anybody Out There' For A Good Cause
Before picking up their joint world tour in Turkey, Maroon 5 and sixth member PJ Morton headed to a studio in London to create music for charity. In only 24 hours, that is. Streaming the entire studio session live online,...
Timothy Bloom Schools Us On Music Education
Did you know March was Music in Our Schools Month? Singer Timothy Bloom did. And he took time from promoting his EP, The Budding Rose, to speak on the importance of music education. He stresses that music is one...
Solange Makes It RAIN For A Good Cause
Solange Knowles continues to set herself apart from her far more famous sibling, Beyoncé. While she admittedly lacks the massive (and overzealous) pipes of her older sister, she makes some damn good music, all while marching to the beat of...
BIG K.R.I.T. & Grillade 'Wuz Here'
With each passing day of this week, The Wuz Here Sessions, the collaboration between Grillade and BIG K.R.I.T. keeps creeping into my world. The four-track EP, presented by Yours Truly, is a labor of love between the soulful outfit and...
Q Parker Gives Us An Eyeful With His Fitness Calendar & An Earful With 'Cupid' Remake
When 112 first popped up on the scene in the late '90s, I was an instant fan of their music. However, unlike many of my girls, their physical form was a bit less impressive to me. Sure, their faces were...
Detroit Bouncers: Eric Roberson Gives Back To Howard University With Benefit Performance
The winter 2011 leg of Eric Roberson's Music Fan First Tour has gotten off to a smashing start with three back-to-back-to-back sold-out shows in Atlanta and the Washington, DC area. Early February will find Erro taking his show on the...
LA Bouncers: Get Down For A Good Cause & Get A Dose Of 'Soul Power!'
As we embark upon this three-day weekend, let's not forget the real reason we can be grateful for an extra day away from work. While some of us may not be able to attend any festivities commemorating Dr. Martin Luther...
Help Ahmed Sirour To 'Shine' In This John Legend & The Roots Remix Contest
Last month we gave you a heads up about a contest from John Legend & The Roots who are seeking the best remix of their song "Shine," from the album Wake Up! and as heard in the movie Waiting For...
Marsha Ambrosius Takes A Stand On 'Far Away'
I, like many others, was a little underwhelmed when Marsha Ambrosius released "Hope She Cheats On You (With A Basketball Player)" as the first single from her upcoming album Late Nights & Early Mornings. However, when the second single "Far...
View Raphael Saadiq & Donate To A Good Cause While You Watch
As if I needed another reason to love me some Raphael Saadiq (besides his boyish good looks and amazing music), he goes and proves he has a heart of gold. The former Tony! Toni! Tone! front man is lending his...
Lil Wayne Gives The Gift Of Freedom
It's always refreshing to read something positive about someone whose life is consumed by public missteps and gift wrapped in negativity. No, R. Kelly didn't record another gospel album. And before you ask: No, Lil Wayne hasn't been neutered. He...
Celebrities Barely Cheat Digital Death
When celebrities like Janelle Monáe, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga made the announcement at the end of November that they were stopping all tweets on Twitter until folks helped them raise one million dollars for AIDS research for...
Toni Braxton Goes Public With Lupus Diagnosis
As if a mildly-successful comeback attempt and a second bankruptcy filing weren't hard enough on singer Toni Braxton this year, she revealed her ongoing battle with lupus yesterday at a lupus awareness luncheon. While accepting one of two Women in...
The Beast & Nnenna Freelon Give Us A Taste Of 'Freedom'
When this first video from Freedom Suite, the new project hosted by 9th Wonder by jazz singer Nnenna Freelon and hip-hop/progressive jazz group The Beast, dropped last week, little did we know that this would become the gift that keeps on giving. As you...
We 'Still' Love Eric Roberson, Especially With This New Remix
With October being National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, if there was ever a time to watch Eric Roberson's touching video for the song "Still," it is now. He premiered the video this past July to raise awareness about the disease,...
J Dilla's Legacy Lives On With The 'So Far To Go' Art Contest
J Dilla's mom, Maureen Yancey, better known to fans of her son as Ma Dukes, is keeping the late producer's memory alive and well in the name of art and music. The J Dilla Foundation, the nonprofit founded by Ma Dukes...
Let Darien 'Showya' Some 'Magic'
Our main man Darien is still duking it out in the Budweiser Superfest Battle For The Crown. If you're tardy for the party and don't know what that means, one of our favorite Bounce-Worthy artists is vying for a $25,000...
Help Darien Win The Budweiser Superfest Battle For The Crown
Earlier this summer Bounce-Worthy artist Darien was one of the contenders to win a trip to Aruba to perform at the Soul Beach Music Festival. And you know what? He won. Luck was on his side, but so was his...
NY Soul All-Stars Encourage Us To 'Be A Humanitarian'
It's been months since a devastating earthquake struck Haiti in January, leaving much of the capital city of Port-au-Prince in ruins. Although the 24/7 news coverage of the catastrophe has all but stopped to a trickle, the island nation is...
Some Theme Music For Obama When He Finds Which 'Ass To Kick'
Music is so necessary amidst the madness that is taking place currently in the United States with the BP oil well explosion and subsequent oil leak that has dumped millions of gallons of oil in the Gulf, affecting the Louisiana...
Start A Musical 'Revolution' And Help Collette Get Her Album Made
In this age of free downloads and disposable music, there are still artists out there who put a value on their work. As they should. Studio time doesn't just grow on trees, you know. It costs money to make...
John Legend, The Roots & More To Rally For The Earth In DC
So Earth Day came and went yesterday, but singer John Legend, hip-hop icons The Roots and the legendary former lead-singer of The Police, Sting, will be participating in Earth Day festivities that will be going on this Sunday, April 25...
Wyclef On Haiti: 'Help...In Every Way Possible'
It goes without saying that our hearts and prayers go out to everyone affected by yesterday's catastrophic earthquake that took place in Haiti. After seeing the images that have come back from the country, that alone should make you want...
Maxwell Fights Breast Cancer With New Single
As if we needed any more reasons to love Maxwell, the third single from his platinum pleaser BLACKsummers'night has been revealed to be "Fistful Of Tears" and he's using it to promote breast cancer awareness. With lyrics like "we gon'...
Open Heart Melodies: Three Ways Music Can Impact Your Body
I love the way the right song can nurture my soul while soothing my mind. My playlist becomes medicinal and my earbuds serve as the IV drip--administering the perfect dosage of beats, rhymes and voices to rejuvenate my life. I'm...
Jay Smooth and Elizabeth Berry Discuss Domestic Violence In the Industry
Some time after Big Punisher passed away in 2000 an article by Elizabeth Mendez Berry surfaced in VIBE magazine, in which the celebrated MC was revealed to have beaten his wife Liza Rios with a lead pipe for not changing...
Estelle Covers Stevie Wonder For a Good Cause
Can you imagine what it would feel like to have Stevie Wonder handpick you from every singer in the world to rerecord one of his most widely recognized and adored songs? Yeah, neither can we. But Estelle knows how...
President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama: Yes He Did!
President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama The 44th President of the United States of America...
SoulBounce For Obama
It's no secret that SoulBounce is on Team Barack Obama. We've posted extensive updates about the wellspring of creativity that his candidacy has inspired amongst soul and hip hop artists. There's been more Obamaterial than we've been able to...
Usher Says 'Hush,' Momentarily Distracting Us From His Personal Life
Under normal circumstances, this would be a First Spin, but just giving the song away, in this case, is counter-intuitive. You see, Usher has this new song called "Hush", and I would like for you to buy it. "Message Music" always...
Tamia, Gavin DeGraw and Others Ask You to Please 'Save the Music'
With the full effects of the current economic recession still looming in the not-so-distant future, it's hard to say how it will impact the US education system, exactly. Generally when things get tough, arts programming gets hit hardest. (Or, you...
Ursula Rucker Urges You To 'Resist' The Rhetoric & Vote
There's something to be said for a nation whose economic, political, and social future has hit such a crossroads as we find ourselves at right now. Not since the 1960s have tensions within this country run as high as they...
Jay-Z 'Baracks the Vote' in South Beach
In case you haven't heard, this is the last week you'll be able to register to vote in the November elections. Jay-Z and Wyclef did their part to Barack the vote over the weekend in the form of two FREE...
The Roots Want You to Register to Vote and So Do We
In case you are more clueless than Joe Thomas, you probably know there is less than one month until the Most Important Election Of All Time, and today is the last day to get registered. Today. The Roots know the...
Wyclef to Bring Storm Relief to Haiti
Lost in most mainstream reports of damage done by the hurricanes and tropical storms that have hit in the past month has been the damage done to the small island of Haiti, which was directly in Gustav's crosshairs. More than...
When Bad Performances Happen to Good Causes
The cause? A great one. The song? An empowering one. The live performance? A ridiculous one.After reading about this in the comments section on the "Freedom" post last week, I would be remiss not to mention the song "Just Stand...
Soul Singers, Entertainers On Board for Dr. King Memorial Radiothon
In conjunction with the upcoming 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech, the Washington D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation and Clear Channel radio have enlisted participants for a radio-based fundraising initiative....
Million DJ March Stomps Into DC Later This Month
The "Million DJ March," organized by DJ Green Lantern and A. Shaw will be descending upon Washington D.C. August 29th and 30th. Sure, it sounds like fun, but why the political overtone by using the "million" and "DC" like the...
musicFIRST Fights For Artists Rights on the Radio
Last night I was invited to an exclusive event in Washington, D.C. thrown by musicFirst in conjunction with SoundExchange. The Sugarhill Gang and Whodini's Grandmaster Dee, who are in town for this weekend's Fresh Fest concert, mixed and mingled...
Common Wants Kids On 'The Corner'
Common is starting a book club (Oprah-style) for students age 13-18. The Common Ground Foundation is giving students the chance to discuss and critically analyze books through an online community called The Corner. Students will have the chance to blog,...
Go 'Green' For A Good Cause
There are several mixtapes floating around on the interwebs for download. Many of the ones that we come across on SoulBounce are for free, and we couldn't be happier about that. When we were informed about a mixtape that featured...
Amanda Diva Needs Your Help
Life as an independent artist is challenging enough without life kicking in and serving you up a healthy dose of reality. Sadly, Amanda Diva got a taste of real life when her purse got stolen last night, and that's...
Alicia's Journey to the Motherland
Say what you want about Alicia Keys (and believe me, we have), but the work she's doing in an attempt to stem the AIDS crisis in Africa is not only commendable, it's downright inspirational. The hardworking R&B singer, in partnership...
Amy Winehouse Gets Naked
Maybe three or so years ago when Amy Winehouse was thicker than a Snickers that headline may have had people clamoring to get a peek, but slim shady Amy? Um, not so much. But our girl Wino has taken it...
Angie Stone's Diabetes Awareness Campaign
Over the weekend, Grammy-nominated Angie Stone kicked-off her diabetes awareness campaign in conjunction with FACE (Fearless African Americans Connected and Empowered) at the Southside YMCA in Chicago. The campaign was launched to inspire behavioral changes in African Americans, who...
Casamena Refixes 'Yes We Can'
Just yesterday we featured the new video for "Yes We Can," a mash-up of a Barack Obama speech with vocals provided by a host of performers. I have to admit, the song didn't really move me upon first listen....
'Yes We Can' Vote Tomorrow
Tomorrow is Super Tuesday folks, so please remember to vote in the Democratic primaries. In the meantime, some of SoulBounce's previously featured artists, like John Legend, Common, Esthero, Will.I.Am and others, have gone all "We Are The World" and made a video featuring...
Toni Braxton Is M'm! M'm! Good! For A Purpose
I know what you're thinking (because I was thinking the same thing), but Toni Braxton isn't up to her usual tricks in the clothing or lack thereof department. Toni actually wore this eye-catching dress at last night's Woman's Day...
World AIDS Day 2007
Battlelines shift, but war against AIDS far from won [AFP] World Health Organization HIV/AIDS Programme [Website] UNAIDS [Website]...
Waxploitation Takes Up Some 'Causes'
Today Waxploitation launched its inaugural Causes album series with Causes 1, which includes exclusive and rare tracks donated by numerous artists to benefit the victims of the ongoing genocide in Darfur. One hundred percent of the proceeds from Causes...
Walk With The J. Dilla Project
J. Dilla may no longer be with us in physical form, but his legacy lives on not only in his music but in the J. Dilla Project, which hopes to raise money for and awareness about the Alliance For Lupus...
Groove to the Rhythm; Help the Children
Excursions is an eclectic, jazzy, soulful compilation put together by the one and only DJ Junior. While you may not recognize most of the personnel included here, the vibe is grown, rather sexy and progressive all the way through. Also,...
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