Omarion is contributing new material in the form of a remake. The multi-platinum selling artist unleashes an unexpected cover of The Beatles’ 1967 track, “With a Little Help from My Friends,” that he packages in two versions. The first edition, described as the Poppin Mix, charges Omarion’s voice with a lively and wired utterance, turning
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Greye’s single “Everything” is a successor to its original version appearing on their second studio release, 2016’s The Worrier. There are scattered examples throughout popular music history over the last three-quarters of a century where musical artists, dissatisfied with a prior release or believing the track deserving of a revamp, pluck plums from their catalog and
India.Arie is removing her music and podcast from Spotify, in solidarity with Neil Young who requested for the streaming service to do the same thing last week. Young’s decision to remove his catalog was to protest podcast host Joe Rogan, who he believes has been spreading misinformation about coronavirus and vaccines on The Joe Rogan
Opening their latest release Chain Link with the one-two punch of the title track and “Groove Town” makes it clear that Little Muddy’s talents are built on solid fundamentals. Their familiarity with blues and rock doesn’t have any artistic distance; the band, particularly guitarist and dominant songwriter Rich Goldstein, wholeheartedly embrace those traditional sounds without ever imitating
Steve Markoff, Patricia Lazzara, and Allison Brewster Franzetti come together again on the A-Ha’s pop hit “Take On Me” with memorable results. I wasn’t a fan of the original when they first released and it still stands for me as a near-archetypal video for a network, MTV, with serious quality control issues, but my point
Ari Lennox’s current single “Pressure,” released in September 2021, has unseated Silk Sonic’s “Smokin Out The Window” for the number-one position at R&B radio. With nearly 13 million listeners, “Pressure,” produced by Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, and Elite, becomes the Washington, D.C., native’s first lead on any airplay format. Written with its producers, as well
Lady Wray is trying to keep her head above water. The artist formerly known as Nicole Wray has been swimming in the music industry since her teenage years. Wray first dove into the industry at age 17 when Missy Elliott signed her to her Goldmind label. By 1998, after appearing on Elliott’s Supa Dupa Fly
Untidy Soul, the debut album by Samm Henshaw, has reached its official destination. Out now via AWAL, the 16-track effort first set course using “Still Broke” and its supporting video to steer the London native’s fan base to preferred streaming platforms. Henshaw veered off on an exit and borrowed time from Tiana Major9, who appeared
Just under a year after releasing her sophomore album, Ready Is Always Too Late, Sinéad Harnett is back with the deluxe version. The new set includes all 11 tracks from the standard edition with three new songs, two of which were previously released: “Where Have You Hiding” and “At Your Best (You Are Love),” a
Thanks to tons of shows under the Pink Moon Tour last fall, Pink Sweat$ has responded with a new project of a similar name. The eight-track effort is one of many collaborative proportions, spending much of his time teaming up with contemporaries such as KIRBY, Tori Kelly, 6LACK, Blxst, and Sabrina Claudio. His third co-star was
[embedded content] In Wellington, New Zealand, Anna Azerli was born. Upon the loss of her parents, she was taken in by her aunt in Berlin, where she was raised. As a young woman of 16, she relocated to Milano, Italy, where she began training at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala to become an opera singer.
The 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards nominees have been revealed, and Givēon leads among R&B acts with seven nominations, including three for his “Peaches” collaboration with Justin Bieber and Daniel Caesar. Givēon is running on his own in four categories, including Best New Pop and R&B Artist, R&B Artist of the Year, and R&B Song of
The Golden Era of R&B Don’t you feel calm and composed when listening to the popular ‘90s R&B songs? Surely,they helped you survive sad days. They indeed had something special, which still makesthem abundantly popular among today’s ordinary folks. How come these songs become socaptivating and relatable to people? The answer to this is in
Yardan and Andrew Hendryx have a lot of history together, and in the new single “Buzzin’ Fly,” they bring their chemistry into the studio for anyone who appreciates quality Americana to get excited about. There’s always a challenge in making a cover song feel and sound like your own piece of material, but if these
Sometimes you can go above and beyond to prove your love for a person, but still, they’re never satisfied with your strides to see them smile. Col3trane enlists Lucky Daye to help him explore this topic on his latest song, “Bag.” Laden with piano and ‘90s-type drumming, all handled by the always in-demand Camper, this
Tomorrow (Jan. 28) is a big day for Lady Wray. It’s the birth date of her sophomore album, Piece of Me, out via Big Crown Records. In preparation for its arrival, Wray, once known as Nicole Wray, stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform “Come On In.” Wray, surrounded by a talented
Atmospheric melodies are everywhere we listen in the new single “Time” from Leol, and although the track focuses as much on the backdrop as it does its lead singer, there’s no disputing who the true driving force of this song is. Leol presents with the kind of crisp, relaxed attitude more akin to the veteran
Ne-Yo and Yung Bleu are at it again. Their new song, “Walk Through The Fire,” features Bleu as the lead artist and functions as his first new track of the year. Over a crystalline piano and sharp violins, Ne-Yo offers a delicate and persuasive vocal about doing what it takes to regain the love and
[embedded content] R&B soul singer and Maryland-native, J Fitts has released his new single “Tomorrow Night” which is a smooth ambient beat which meshes well with Fitts’ effortless vocals. In “Tomorrow Night” Fitts delivers a seductive track which combines the aesthetics of modern R&B (similar to 6lack) while still incorporating the more classic tunes from
Bobby Brown has given A&E Networks the prerogative to encapsulate his decades-long career in a new documentary. Airing over two nights on A&E this May, Biography: Bobby Brown is packaged as a two-part feature film that details the original R&B bad boy’s musical journey, from an original member of New Edition to his solo stardom.