Verse Simmonds returns with a new music video for “Bent Up,” featuring Natasha Mosley. The sexy duet, produced by FKI & SK is off the singer-songwriters DJ Drama hosted mixtape “Sex Love & Hip-Hop,” which you can get here.
Archive for July, 2012
Preview: Tamia “Beautiful Surprise” (Album Snippets)
The album is still a month away, but for all the Tamia fans out there, you can now get an early sneak peek preview of the singers forthcoming album Beautiful Surprise, via Amazon. The fifth album, and her second independent release, is slated to hit stores on August 28. Preceded by the Salaam Remi produced title track, the 11 track set is executive produced by hitmaker Claude Kelly.
Click Here to Preview Tamia’s “Beautiful Surprise”
What do you think??
Alicia Keys To Debut ‘Empowering’ Track at MTV VMA’s
Today, Alicia Keys was announced as one of the early performers for the upcoming 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, set to air September 6, from Los Angeles. As further details have now been revealed … when the R&B superstar hits the stage she will be debuting a brand new song, and as she is saying, it will be “crazy.”
New Music: Antonique Smith – Speechless
Singer/Actress Antonique Smith is ready to bring her music to the world. Already conquering Broadway (Rent) and film (Notorious, Abduction) she is currently pursuing her music career and recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the release of her debut album.
The first single and title track “Speechless” is an honest account of true love, backed with a melodic, pop-soul track.
Hear the record and see her video teaser below…
New Music: Lucille Ghatti – High Grade
We need more young ladies in R&B/Soul right now, matter of fact we need more young people in general, but here is something fresh for your headphones. By way of LA, 20-year old newcomer Lucille Ghatti premieres her sophomore mixtape “High Grade.”
According to RESPECT, the title comes from Ms. Ghatti’s progression as a singer and artist, and also from her love of the greenery. On Twitter, she goes by @LoudPackLucy, and her music clearly can act as a soundtrack for more cloudy, enlightened times.
High Grade has a unique take on soul and R&B. There has been a gap in music for quite sometime in the R&B Genre. Rhythm and blues is the language of lovers, humans.. basically anyone who can feel. The goal of this project was to evoke the feeling of Nostalgia, as well as slap in your speakers. Play the album straight through, and smoke to it , Meditate if you want. Lucille recorded High Grade in 3 weeks out of raw emotion , and lots of THC from a far left corner in her brain. The Album Features, Mike G. IllCamille , MidTownPat, The Highlights, GoldSmith, and Tay Walker.
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Video: Mint Condition – Believe In Us
Veteran R&B group Mint Condition are once again proving classic R&B still lives today. The quintet just premiered the brand new music video for “Believe In Us,” the first single off their forthcoming eighth album, Music @ the Speed of Life, due later this year.
In the G. Visuals-directed clip, the five crooners show up with their respective special ladies, asking the question, “Do you believe in us?” They laugh over drinks and cruise down the street in a pricey ride as the soulful fivesome — Stokley Williams, Ricky Kinchen, Homer O’Dell, Larry Waddell and Jeffrey Allen — belt out their lines.
“We love all our music babies but it’s unanimous,” Mint Condition tells The BoomBox. “We all feel Music @ the Speed of Life is our best since Definition of a Band. It’s fresh and modern, musically challenging and always a nod to the past.”
New Music: I/O (Ayo Olatunji) – Isolation (Mixtape)
New York based singer-songwriter and producer I/O (Ayo Olatunji), has come together with DJBooth for the release of his sophomore project, “Isolation,” featuring the Jordan Ware-produced lead single “Strangers” and stand out selection “We’ll Always Be.”
Isolation was penned in full by Ayo himself, who also produced 10 of the album’s 12 tracks, while executive production credit go to I/O, Kozza Babumba and Le’Roy Benros. We’ve been waiting for this since we posted the preview, including one of our favorites “I’d Be Lying.” If you are looking for something different, something fresh and eclectic, with good production, please check this out.
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New Music: Vaughn Anthony – Life of A Player (Mixtape)
As promised Vaughn Anthony releases his debut mixtape “Life of A Player,” a free project, which he has subsequently released with a digital EP of the same name. The later you can purchase at digital retailers such as iTunes, or stream on Spotify now. The mixtape features 15 tracks, including guest features from John Legend, Rick Ross, Prodigy and Olivia.
“R&B is music that resonates in the soul and I believe helps to teach us about life,” says Anthony. “It instructs us about heartbreak, relationships, and helps to define what it means to be not only a player, but also a conscious man, a working man, and a family man.”
John Legend, who collaborated with his brother on the track “Hold Me Down” shared, “When it comes to my younger brother, he’s got to prove that he can stand on his own. I want him to be out there flourishing as soon as possible. Musically I feel like he’s ready to do it.”
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