10 March 2010
By Lyov
In 753, R&B, Soul
The Promise
After a stylistic detour with 2007’s DESTINATION MOON, on which Deborah Cox paid tribute to jazz and classic-pop vocal legend Dinah Washington, the Canadian chanteuse returns to her natural R&B milieu on THE PROMISE. Working with a selection of top-tier collaborators (John Legend, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis), Cox delivers a set of eminently smooth yet impassioned music which alternates between hip-hop-style jams (“Saying Goodbye”) and neo-soul fare (“You Know Where My Heart Is”). On “Did You Ever Love Me,” the singer reveals the benefits of briefly leaving one’s comfort zone, combining modern production with a vocal that recalls Washington’s best torch songs....
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dance, Deborah Cox, female vocalists, Pop, rnb, Soul, The Promise
11 February 2010
By Lyov
In R&B, Soul
Ollusion
Omarion’s first two solo albums topped the R&B and Billboard 200 charts, so it is a little surprising that he took over three years to release his third. The singer wasn’t twiddling his thumbs, though. He recorded 2007’s Face Off with Bow Wow — promoted by a BET special titled The Road to Platinum, it went gold — and continued his side career in films and on television. After a brief association with Lil Wayne’s Young Money label, Omarion linked with EMI and established his StarWorld label for Ollusion, an album that thrives on sparse, tickling productions that are more about atmosphere than anything else. Clusters of synthetic handclaps, snares, and other slivers of percussion, along with impressionist-like use of keyboards and piano, are more prominent than busy and slick, heavily layered arrangements anchored by heavy kick drums and blasting bass. Almost all of these beats would be classified as snapping, slapping, or smacking before banging, flecked with details yet simultaneously somewhat half-assed-sounding. ...
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Hip-Hop, Ollusion, omarion, Pop, rnb
08 February 2010
By Lyov
In R&B, Soul
Revolution
Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978 in Dallas, Texas), known simply as Usher, is a Grammy Award winning American R&B singer-songwriter, producer and actor. He rose to fame in the late 90s, releasing the multi-platinum albums My Way and 8701. His success continued with the release of his 2004 album, Confessions, which has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, and earned Usher four American Music Awards and eight Grammy nominations. His latest album Here I Stand, released in May 2008, reached #1 on the Billboard 200 and has currently sold over 2 million copies worldwide....
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Hip-Hop, Pop, rap, Revolution, rnb, Soul, Usher
07 February 2010
By Lyov
In R&B, Soul
Skin
Ephraim Lewis was a British R&B singer from Wolverhampton (near Birmingham). He was born in 1968 and died in violent and mysterious circumstances in Los Angeles 26 years later after having released just one album: Skin. He was in the middle of recording new material with Los Angeles producer Glen Ballard. Seven songs were ultimately recorded with Ballard before Lewis took his own life by jumping off of a balcony at the Argyle Hotel. Just a few hours earlier, Lewis had finished the vocals on one of his new songs....
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Chillout, Ephraim Lewis, Lounge, mellow, neo soul before it had a name, Skin, Soul
06 February 2010
By Lyov
In Pop, R&B, Soul
Back To Basics
Christina Aguilera seemed intent on constantly reinventing herself over the course of her first several albums, and it’s hard not to be impressed by her leaps from teen-pop sensation (1999 self-titled debut) to raunchy, sexually precocious R&B singer (2002’s STRIPPED) to blues and jazz-steeped diva on 2006’s BACK TO BASICS. With its smoky torch songs, occasional big-band arrangements, and allusions to seminal divas like Billie Holiday and Etta James, the ambitious double disc casts Aguilera in the soft, romantic light of vintage soul crooners....
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Back To Basics, Christina Aguilera, dance, female vocalists, Pop, rnb, Soul
05 February 2010
By Lyov
In R&B, Soul
What’s Going On (Deluxe Edition)
This deluxe edition of WHAT’S GOING ON includes a 20-page booklet with
complete lyrics, never-before-published photos from personal family collections and an essay by David Ritz.
Recorded live at The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. on May 1, 1972.
Originally released in 1971, WHAT’S GOING ON remains a landmark album, one that redefined music with powerful, anthemic songs that remain pertinent to this day. Before WHAT’S GOING ON, R&B albums were collections of singles, with secondary “filler” material rounding out the LPs. Marvin Gaye changed all this by releasin...
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Deluxe Edition, Funk, Marvin Gaye, motown, rhythm and blues, rnb, Soul, What's Going On
29 January 2010
By Lyov
In R&B, Soul
Soldier Of Love
Soldier Of Love is Sade’s sixth studio album, and is due to be released on the 8th of February.
‘Soldier Of Love’ is the highly anticipated new body of work from the gorgeous80’s soul icon Sade, which is her first official studio album since the multi-platinum release of ‘Lovers Rock’ in 2000....
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Chillout, female vocalists, Jazz, Pop, Sade, Soldier Of Love, Soul
Miriam Wynn
Frida
Adriano Celentano
Carmen Cuesta-Loeb
James Blunt
