Former Pussycat Doll Melody Thornton, 27, has left the pride and is journeying on a solo career. Her explosive rendition of “Love Gun” attracted the ear of many listeners; now, she’s offering a complete project to reintroduce herself to the industry and her fans.
Thornton describes her style as “soul-pop” and exemplifies the styling over 10 tracks, all of which she wrote (aside from one cover).
“Piss On Your Black List has nothing to do with being a rebel or fighting against anything. It has everything to do with fighting for myself,” says Thornton. “It’s clever with attitude. It’s kind of funny and gets a strong reaction; all things that, at times, describe my art.”
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Karina Pasian is no longer 16 at war, in fact she’s 20 years old now, sporting a chic blonde ‘do and seemingly wages a war on love in her latest release, Trips To Venus, a six-track EP released earlier this month.
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After a 6-year hiatus, Bay Area soulstress Goapele is back with her fourth studio album Break of Dawn, the follow-up to 2005′s Change It All. Dawn, formerly titled Milk & Honey, is being released via Skyblaze and Decon Records. Malay, Kerry “Krucial” Brothers and Drumma Boy are among the producers who contributed to the album. Dan Electric and Teddy Thunderbolt are responsible for the album’s official first single “Play.”
“One of my goals for the newest project Break of Dawn was to be more uninhabited,” she explains. “I came into this business as a young woman who wanted to be taken seriously for my music, but, now I’m more willing to share my sexiness as well. I realize that it’s possible to be both complex and provocative.”
Break of Dawn opens with sensual tunes “Play” and “Tears On My Pillow” (Bobby Ozuna & Kerry “Krucial” Brothers). One track deals with Goapele “playing” with her lover, where the following deals with her spilling feelings of sorrow on her pillow. Even when singing about heartbreak, her vocals are stimulating. Read More →
It’s not often that R&B fanatics are introduced to an act and afforded the opportunity to watch as he/she develops and grows into their artistry…at least not in recent years. Our new artists are often thrown out in the industry jungle, without perfected craft and direction, and left to exercise “trial-and-error” when, instead, a confident and well-worked product should be at the hands of listeners (See: J.Cole/Jay-Z Cole World development).
Bridget Kelly is, fortunately, an entity to keep an eye out for-considering her years of experience away from the spotlight, honing her skill and the direction she’s taking from Roc Nation‘s boss, Jay-Z. The NYC-native released her EP, Every Girl, just yesterday and the eight-track set carves out a lane for Bridget on the Roc Nation roster.
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Chris Brown laughs in the face of adversity by playing off of the “bad boy” image he’s rallied up with his newly released mixtape, Boy In Detention. Even the title suggests that you’re preparing to listen to a rebel on wax.
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Four years after her last major release, Kelly Rowland commands attention with her third studio album - Here I Am. Here I Am will be released via Universal Motown, following Kelly’s stint in Destiny’s Child, 2002′s Simply Deep and 2007′s Ms. Kelly.
Preceded by a hit single and new job as a UK X Factor judge, expectations are high for the 30-year-old child of destiny. Read More →
Grammy-nominated soul singer Ledisi will release her 5th studio album Pieces Of Me on June 14th via Verve Forecast Records/Universal Music Group.
Filled with 12 soulful tracks, Ledisi blends her signature strong jazz style over R&B and even Hip-Hop-influenced production. If you enjoy love-filled slow records, feel-good midtempo jams or high spirited uptempo songs, Ledisi skillfully puts the puzzle together in Pieces Of Me.
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Beyoncé returns with a vengeance on her fourth studio album - 4. While putting the finishing touches on it, Bey revealed the album would boast an immense amount of sounds and instruments. Her words were accurate. 12 tracks and they all are uniquely different. Kanye West, Consequence, The-Dream, Babyface, Ryan Tedder, Switch, Jeff Bhasker, Diane Warren, Shea Taylor and Symbolyc One all man the production boards on the project.
Surprisingly, the overall album doesn’t have a techno/urban sound - it leans more towards an R&B/Hip-Hop album; what I (and many others) have yearned for from Beyoncé.
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