Ciara Debuts New Song “Turnt Up”: Listen
"They get turnt up," Ciara said at 106 & Park , as she attempted to speak over the cheering studio audience.
Read More
"They get turnt up," Ciara said at 106 & Park , as she attempted to speak over the cheering studio audience.
Read More
It's a match made in the stars - longtime pals Jon Ehrens (White Life) and Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak) have conjoined to spew R&B-splashed indie-pop under the moniker Dungeonesse.
Read More
While not forgotten, the late-'60s group known as Rhinoceros seem to be remembered less for their music and more for the circumstances of their formation.
Read More
If there's one thing I like doing it's listening to brand new music from artists I have no prior knowledge of hoping they will bring a breath of fresh air from some of the earache inducing fodder that is littering the music landscape today.
Read More
Annonymous act Leaderboy have remixed R&B classic 'The Boy Is Mine' by Brandy and Monica.
Read More
Late on Friday afternoon, just as I was retiring for the day, a news item popped up on my Twitter feed.
Read MoreBrandy 's fifth album Two Eleven was sleek and modern R&B that drew all attention to the singer's sultry voice.
Read More
Our SXSW 2013 coverage continues below, with Rhye, Autre Ne Veut, Savages, Pissed Jeans, Solange, Parquet Courts, and so many other bands you may or may not care about.
Read More
It seems unlikely for a pop star to describe their first major solo album as "seeming a bit monotonous, just a bit redundant", but that's how Dawn Richard refers to GoldenHeart , the startlingly good LP she released in January.
Read More
A year after Whitney Houston's death , music executive Clive Davis remembered her in words - and video.
Read More
A year after Whitney Houston's death, music executive Clive Davis remembered her in words – and video.
Read More
Last year, Whitney Houston died hours before Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy gala.
Read More
The past few years have seen a new generation of R&B stars entering the fray; for one Bruno Mars with his cheeky hybrid of Motown, Rock and Reggae with the moves (and a quiff to match) that Elvis himself would have very approved of.
Read More
Everyone knows that it takes more than just talent to blow up.
Read More
Recently, Solange set off a minor Twitter shitstorm by calling out the writers who big-upped 2012′s avant-R&B renaissance (a renaissance that includes, among others, Solange) as being insufficiently steeped in and reverent of R&B's recent history.
Read More
If there was any good to come from Solange's hand-wringing about proper appreciation of Brandy deep cuts , it's that "So Good At Being In Trouble" doesn't catch the shit it might have in the past.
Read More
Us Weekly reports that 33-year-old actress/R&B singer Brandy Norwood is engaged to music executive Ryan Press.
Read More
"I'm doing a new television drama show for ABC called Nashville , and I've been to Nashville gathering songs from all these extraordinary young writers. We've recorded 56 songs so far. It's killer. All the characters in the show have musical back-stories, so I've been listening to lots of old stuff. If I had to boil that all down to what has stayed with me, I'd say Me And My Chauffeur Blues by Memphis Minnie on vinyl. That's a seminal piece and it's become hundreds of other songs over the years. The other thing would be Bob Dylan 's first eight records on vinyl and in mono. If you put on She Belongs To Me from Bringing It All Back Home and then A/B that with a MP3 download, you'll see how much we've lost. I'm not anti-technology, but the last 50 years has sometimes been a backwards journey, you know? On the show, we're using Anita Carter 's version of (Love's) Ring Of Fire. My wife is the creator of the show and she loves that song. Anita's version is pre Johnny Cash getting hold of it, so it's a lighter, much more feminine version. There's also a young guy called Sam Palladio who's from a English coastal town in Cornwall. He plays Gunnar Scott on the show. He came over here and sang I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) by Ray Price. You'd think it was Hank Williams or Ray himself singing it, man. This kid will blow your mind."
Read More
In a year that saw Missy Elliott make her long-awaited comeback with not just one, but two new singles , it's perhaps saying a whole lotta something that her sole best contribution to Music in 2012 wouldn't be either one of those but rather a R&B hook girl stint she delivered on a track birthed from the year before.
Read More
We listen to Mary J. Blige because we are lonely or heartbroken or distressed.
Read More
America proved its Bieber Fever was strong: The teen singer dominated the American Music Awards on Sunday night.
Read More
In the video, the songstress reveals that she definitely still has moves, as she leads her crew through dance routines in an abandoned warehouse.
Read More
Could Kendrick Lamar and Brandy become the next Jay-Z and Beyonce ?
Read More
Who better than Brandy to cover the October/November issue of Vibe Vixen ?
Read More
In retrospect, Brandy regretted how her fifth album turned out.
Read More
Brandy 's Two Eleven is coming to us a lot sooner than its inspiration date, February 11, would have you believe — it drops October 16.
Read More
Sean Garrett has been praised as one of the best R&B songwriters of the past decade, but on Saturday (Sept. 29) in Atlanta, he preferred to take the conversation off of himself.
Read More
While the lukewarm response to Brandy 's reunion with Monica on "It All Belongs To Me" was a bit understandable (The silly-on-arrival "Log off your Facebook" does not a great hook make), it's a bit perplexing that the singer's follow-up single "Put It Down" never managed to make more of an impact on airwaves over the summer.
Read More
Over the past week, Lady Gaga shaved off her blonde locks, Nicki Minaj clarified her recent rap about Mitt Romney , the finished version of Christina Aguilera 's new single "Your Body" surfaced and Britney Spears and Demi Lovato made their debuts on The X Factor .
Read More
R&B music received a bit of a boost over the last year with a myriad of several promising new artists finally breaking through, but at the end of the day there's still quite a bit of appreciation for those who helped push the genre to this point.
Read More
First Brandy "Put It Down" on her Chris Brown -assisted uptempo banger, then she gave us a taste of her "Wildest Dreams" on her smooth sophomore single — and now she's released the full tracklist for her upcoming album, Two Eleven .
Read More
October means crisp fall weather and Brandy 's return to form with her sixth album, Two Eleven.
Read More
JLS shift gear into a fresh era with the release of new album, 'Evolution' on November 5th.
Read More
Just as much as we love the summer for its big cookouts, parties on the rooftop and at the pool and other outdoor shenanigans, the season is always marked by the bangers played at all the functions attended, forming a unique unforgettable soundtrack.
Read More
Brandy was determined to create a unique 'edge and grit' on her new album.
Read More
Yesterday afternoon, RCA and Chameleon Records invited select media to preview 11 tracks from Brandy's upcoming sixth album, Two Eleven , dropping October 16th.
Read More
Multi-platinum selling Grammy Award-winning R&B/pop singer songwriter and superstar actress Brandy will drop Two Eleven on Oct. 16 via RCA/Chameleon Records.
Read More
Brandy and Chris Brown 's "Put It Down" video has surfaced online, and it's thankfully less vomit-inducing than the other Hype Williams -directed clip to premiere today .
Read More