Category: R&B
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If I’m being entirely honest, I expected this album to be incredibly dull. I’m not a fan of your average R&B and that’s what I thought this album would be, based on songs and collaborations by Miguel that I heard in the past. But, wow, this is an experimental mix of R&B, pop, funk, rock,…
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FILM: WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? I recently watched the compelling new documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? on Netflix for which it is their first ever original documentary. It was very well-directed by Academy Awarnd-nominated director Liz Garbus and it’s the first Nina Simone biopic ever fully supported and approved by her Estate. It begins when…
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Leave it to Miss Jackson to give you a good reason not to sleep…
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Is it just downtempo pop or is it R&B or, perhaps, trip-hop? I say it’s all of the above, though less on the pop side and more somewhere between R&B and trip-hop. I’ll admit that it’s slow moving, but once you’ve heard it a few times you start losing track of time when you listen…
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Bosco hails from Atlanta and was discovered by A-Trak. This EP, BOY, was just released on June 2nd. And, boy, it’s quite intoxicating. Listening to its opening track, “Gold Ghost,” I truly feel like I’m high on something. It worms its way into your brain and stimulates it in just the right way to make…
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Well, you can call me a hypocrite today because this gorgeous number by The-Dream has a shitload of auto-tune and I actually love it. Is it my favorite thing about this song? No. But it does help make it the precious mix of R&B and hip-hop that it is.
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Janine and The Mixtape, otherwise known as Janine Foster, has been releasing a track per week for nearly two months now, “Lose My Mind” being this week’s fine edition, which comes not merely as a Soundcloud file but as a video as well.
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One of the things that made the blogosphere fall in love with Tinashe was undoubtedly that she released her music for free in the form of the album-length mixtapes Black Water, In Case We Die and Reverie. Of course, her talent is what made these mixtapes stick. So many people wouldn’t have been downloading them…
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IV Rox are an ultra-hot new British girl group consisting of four equally talented members: Raquel, Dolly, Natalie and Nadine. And I’m quite glad that they’ve finally released their absolutely fabulous debut EP, Imperfections. You see, the girls released their slick first single, the delightfully dark R&B “Case of the Ex,” way back in April…
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Childish Gambino is one of today’s best and most fascinating rappers. Who knew that he could also sing?
