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Soundcheck: Hot Summer Hip-Hop
posted: July 5, 2012
The 2012 BET Awards were held Sunday night in Los Angeles, setting the tone for a sizzling summer of new music from some of hip-hop’s biggest names. Beyoncé took home the trophy for Best Female…
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Soundcheck: Usher Releases 'Looking 4 Myself'
posted: June 12, 2012
Usher released his long-awaited follow-up to the über successful Raymond vs. Raymond today with an unexpected new sound. Though many critics call Usher’s seventh studio album, Looking 4 Myself, one of his strongest ever; the project…
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Soundcheck: D’Angelo To Make Triumphant Return?
posted: May 29, 2012
A brutal battle with fame, addiction, and an almost fatal car crash fueled an eleven-year, self-inflicted isolation. Now, D’Angelo is preparing to release his first album in over a decade. His debut album, Brown Sugar…
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Suzann Christine Added To ONE FEST Lineup In Miami
posted: May 22, 2012
Philly-based R&B / soul / pop songstress Suzann Christine is officially on her way to Miami. Christine was hand selected by the judges as the Grand Prize Winner of the Citi Trends “The Big Break Talent…
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Sound and Vision: The Fall of R&B: How Pop Is Selling Its Soul for a Dance Beat
posted: April 13, 2012
Remember the days when R&B and hip hop was the sound of pop? From the ˜90s to the mid ˜00s, music’s most dependable hitmakers”Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men, R. Kelly, Usher,…
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Whitney Houston: An Icon Remembered
posted: February 13, 2012
The music industry suffered a devastating loss on Saturday, when Whitney Houston died at age forty-eight in Beverly Hills, California. Still reeling from the loss of Don Cornelius, the music community was struck again on…
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