Tag: R&B
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S.M. Entertainment dismissed Jessica Jung from Girls’ Generation in 2014 due to scheduling conflicts related to the activities of her fashion brand Blanc & Eclare and the group’s schedule. Considering that she was a fan favorite, firing her could’ve been career suicide for Girls’ Generation, or SNSD as they’re known in Korea, but the group…
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Dawn Richard delivers another twisted R&B song destined to toy with your head with her latest single, “Not Above That.” It’s so far out there that I’m not even sure I should be calling it R&B. Maybe there should be an R&B sub-genre called gloom for songs like this? I suppose you could call it…
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reviews and photos by Michael McCarthy As I previously mentioned, I was unable to make Boston Calling on Saturday. First, I woke up late at 11 when I’d meant to get up at 9 and take the 11 train into Boston from Lowell. Then I went to the train station to take the 1 train,…
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Aluna George’s latest, “My Blood,” is a slow-burning, steamy R&B masterpiece that will be perfect in a vampire movie someday soon.
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Like many Silverchair fans, I still haven’t gotten used to the fact that frontman Daniel Johns put out an R&B/neo-soul album (last year’s Talk). That said, he lends his vocals to Slumberjack’s latest, “Open Fire,” and it’s a contagious ball of wonderful, which also happens to be in the R&B/neo-soul vein, albeit with some dubstep…
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Diplo doesn’t need help from anyone else to create a mammoth EDM banger, but he’s collaborated with Sleepy Tom here anyway and you can thank your lucky stars that he did because the result is a truly invigorating beast of a song. It also features gorgeous vocals, an interpolation of Jade’s classic “Don’t Walk Away,”…
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Sometimes you listen to something and it’s so unique that you feel like it’s a miracle that it even exists, which is certainly something you could say about Chris Savor’s Intro EP. For starters, the spctra-produced songs somehow manage to marry Chris’ soulful vocals with dark R&B, 2 step and even trip-hop sounds, often within…
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Chairlift, the duo known as Patrick Wimberly and Caroline Polachek, worked on Beyoncé’s last album, Polachek writing and co-producing with Wimberly the R&B number, “No Angel.” So, it should come as no surprise that their new single, “Ch-Ching” falls in the R&B vein. It’s like a mix between Beyoncé and their usual electropop sound.
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Boots is fast becoming one of today’s leading producers, especially when it comes to artsy pop. Most recently, he worked on FKA twig’s M3LL15X, but he’s also worked on high profile albums like Beyoncé’s self-titled album. Now he’s gearing up to release his debut album, which is entitled AQUARIA and co-produced by Carla Azar and…
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If you’ve read my review, you know I’m a big fan of Miguel’s brilliant new album Wildheart. So, it should come as no surprise that his latest single/video, “NWA” featuring Kurupt, is today’s #songoftheday. It’s a downtempo, subtle sort of R&B song — with a cool, unflinching presence — that’s perfect for chilling out or…
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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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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…
