Grammy-nominated R&B songstress Keyshia Cole is back with her fifth studio ‘Woman to Woman’ through Geffen Records, and she’s better than ever! Many were unsatisfied with the last album, Calling All Hearts, but she is telling fans on this album that she is here to stay. Back to her signature sound on emotional heavy ballads such as the new single “Trust and Believe,” she is reminding fans why they fell in love with her back in 2005.
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Singer/Songwriter Mateo is finally ready to release his first official studio project. The 7-track EP entitled “Love & Stadiums II” is a collection of new songs, fan favorites and the well-received single “Say It’s So” featuring vocals from Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz.
Mateo continues to push the envelope of genre, and rightly excels at blending styles and sounds with ease. The Ohio native has successfully proven he can stay true to his base of R&B, but expand upon it through his love for alternative, and in turn create his own niche.
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Two years ago a girl was running the world of music, and fiercely tearing down stages across the globe. Aside from putting away her alter-ego, Sasha, not much has changed for the incomparable Beyonce Knowles. Other than a missing #1 single, which she is now expected to have prior to the release of a new album.
Today, Beyonce released her aptly titled album “4,” to a varied mix of reviews, and fan feedback. Claiming the #4 has multiple meanings for the pop queen. One thing is clear, this is her fourth best album — meaning her weakest. Many in music refer to the studio as the ‘lab,’ and B has delivered a science experiment.
F.A.M.E. – Forgiving All My Enemies or Fans Are My Everything, either way Chris Brown has amassed more fame than a new socialite’s sex tape. This is not the fame that Lady Gaga markets, or created with her Fame album series, but an unplanned series of negative and positive events by a truly talented young man, growing up in the music industry; under the bright lights of the big cities, but raised from under the stars of a rural small country town. This is Chris Brown’s “moment for life”. We are all watching a true star, on the heels of a terrible personal decision, remaking himself through acceptance of fault, growth, and raw talent. The fourth studio album by Brown was his 2nd chance. His true fans stuck with him while commercial radio and the media shunned him. He fought it though, and as his fan base, Team Breezy, grew worldwide he showed us that real stars, the big ones, they are all a bit crazy, but it takes a bit of crazy to keep us interested, and maybe shock us too, when the music is just as crazy-good.
