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Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here Review There were few voices that articulated the anxious, fractured state of America in the 1970s and early 80s as well as the clear baritone of Gil Scott-Heron. As a spoken-word artist and poet, he could pinpoint the fissures in the American dream and exorcise them with a wit that blended [...] Jaheim – Another Round Review R&B has so many forms and meanings today. From a simple songwriting perspective, the gender roles have been skewed; grown men are not only singing to and for women, but are doing so, often times, from a woman’s perspective. Not a bad career move, since women are the primary consumers of music, [...] Sade ‘Soldier of Love’ Review Everything changes − except Sade. For over a quarter-century, the singer has sported the same look, employed the same band, recorded for the same label, and for the most part, kept the same sound: a lean, wan take on lounge-jazz that never loses its temper or its focus. So narrow an approach could easily [...] Chris Brown – Graffiti – Album Review After a tumultuous year, spurred on by ‘the incident’ which reverberated around the world, R&B star Chris Brown is back and looking to reassert his place at the top with new LP ‘Graffiti’. With the world’s glaring eyes fixated on the performance of the project, it’d be hard to deny [...] Melanie Fiona – The Bridge – Album Review In this hyperbolic music industry, you sometimes forget that hype can sometimes predict the real thing. On Melanie Fiona’s inspiring debut one certainly gets reminded. The soul starlet from Canada delivers a top of the line debut album of old school R&B and big ballad soul pop with a [...] Mario – D.N.A. – Album Review The bad news about Mario’s fourth album is that the first single, “Break Up” is nothing more than a cold, empty attempt to get Mario back on terrestrial radio again. The good news is that almost every song on the album D.N.A. (released in the U.S. on Oct. 13, 2009) is [...] Mariah Carey – Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel – Album Review “Mariah Carey is not only revisiting her past appearance-wise (lately the singer has been wearing her hair in loose curls, as seen during the early days of her career), but she’s also taking her sound back to her R&B roots. On Carey’s latest album, “Memoirs of [...] Jeremih – Jeremih – Album Review The story of every one-hit wonder is the same. Through a supremely mysterious combination of talent, ambition and luck, an unknown artist writes a song they didn’t expect would be popular outside their hometown (Hurricane Chris), the melody and hook turn into a musical crack rock America gets hooked on (J-Kwon), [...] Pleasure P – The Introduction of Marcus Cooper – Album Review The boy band is dead, and Pleasure P is still alive because he got out just in time. At the turn of the millennium the world was in the throes of a boy-band pandemic, starting with the white pop of the Backstreet Boys and slowly spreading [...] Billboard Album Review – Whitney Houston – I Look to You
“Houston turns in a solid performance on this 11-track set…†Continue Reading Billboard Album Review For: Whitney Houston – I Look to You
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