Staff

Butta

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Butta is the nom de net of Kimberly A. Hines, an editor and writer with a deep passion for music. From her Jamaican-rooted origins in the Boogie Down Bronx to her formative years in South Florida to her coming of age in Washington, DC, Butta's musical tastes are quite similarly all over the map. She is quite an avid blogger who started her own blog to combat writer's block, which led to being handpicked by Danyel Smith to write VIBE Confidential, the first blog on VIBE.com. At SoulBounce she gets to combine her love for music and the written word and bring a witty, honest spin to the site.

A few of Butta's favorite artists: Stevie Wonder, Prince, Marvin Gaye, Eric Roberson, Maxwell, Jill Scott, Mary J. Blige, Bob Marley, A Tribe Called Quest, Sade, Mary Mary, Yolanda Adams, Fred Hammond, India.Arie, Musiq Soulchild, Raheem DeVaughn.

huny

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

sarah huny young is a web designer/developer, sneaker aficionado, artist and mom in Harlem, NY. Among some of the more noteworthy careers she has attempted are: starving actress, bartender, camgirl, internets celebrity, and Interactive Art Director at VIBE Magazine. For six years she blogged at the now defunct thatbitch.com before finally deciding to retire from the blog game to design full time. Mariah Carey, Lala Vazquez, American Idol and Hot97 are among her clientele, but she loved designing SoulBounce so much she decided to become a part of the team. While you will frequently see posts from huny on SB, her contributions are also of the aesthetic variety, i.e. the pretty pretty graphics that are making love to your eyes right now.

A few of huny's favorite artists: Janet Jackson, Madonna, Prince, Maxwell, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, OutKast, Nas, Kanye West, Santigold, Buena Vista Social Club, Celia Cruz, Vanity 6, Deee-lite, and Bell Biv DeVoe (now you know)

ill Mami

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

ill Mami has always been intrigued by music's ability to transform the emotions of others, whether for good or bad. Prior to joining SoulBounce, ill Mami roamed the Earth, befriending as many musicians, tastemakers, and DJs as she could in order to get the freshest music available. Not musically-inclined, she instead decided to focus her efforts on writing music and not creating it, lest she be laughed off of whatever stage she may have been attempting to rock. When not writing for SoulBounce, she lives the life as an academic, tries to catch up on the sleep she's missing by hunting for music, and plays with her opinionated three-year-old son. Some of her favorite up and coming artists include Black Spade, Jay Electronica, Coultrain, and Electric Wire Hustle, while steadily rocking out to sounds as varied as The Police, Duran Duran, Miles Davis, D'Angelo, Bilal, and just about anything that sounds good and makes her smile.

Ro

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

Ro grew up in an arts-centric home where she was often babysat by music videos and cassette tapes as a young child. After years of casually singing and playing instruments, she stumbled into writing about music as an undecided college student willing to waste valuable study time going to concerts and dissecting songs. It was never her intention to make a career in journalism and she's since moved on, but her love of music and compulsion to write about it are as strong as ever. Ro is excited to be contributing her passion for great artistry and her unique perspective on music and pop culture to SoulBounce.

Recently she's been digging Bilal Salaam, Sy Smith, Erykah Badu, Nino Moschella, Jason Moran, D'Angelo, Corinne Bailey Rae, Jamie Lidell, and Andreya Triana. But she'll listen to anything once.

Moon

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

"Stay Unboxed" is the motto of SoulBounce's sky princess, Moon. She is Khadijah Ali-Coleman, an avid reader, compulsive writer and performance artist who hails from the "DMV"--the DC metropolitan area. Moon has reviewed the music of hundreds of up-and-coming artists over the past fifteen years for various media outlets, starting with her first review of Chante Moore's second CD A Love Supreme for her college newspaper. Since then, she's been hooked on the sounds of fresh, new music, and most often prefers the inventiveness of indie artists when compared to more successful commercial artists--even though she knows "new" isn't always "better" just as indie doesn't always equal quality. In 2008 Moon created the artsy online community LiberatedMuse.com and produces the annual Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest in DC with her buddy Maceo.

A few of Moon's favorite artists: Moon lists Prince, Michael Jackson, Alanis Morissette, Amel Larrieux, Chaka Kahn, Ashford & Simpson, Earth, Wind & Fire, Van Hunt, Gaelle, Phyllis Hyman and Luther Vandross as members of her top twenty and rates Stevie Wonder as the number one artist with the most songs that make her simultaneously laugh and cry.