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‘Face Time: Songs for Mamas

- Source: Pop Dose

Sure, the Man Who Would Be Babyface — Kenneth Edmonds — was born in 1959, but the singer, songwriter, producer, and all-around hit maker extraordinaire began taking baby steps up the Billboard charts the year Michael Jackson's Thriller dominated every chart.

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‘Face Time: Manchild, “Funky Situation”

- Source: Pop Dose

Sure, the Man Who Would Be Babyface — Kenneth Edmonds — was born in 1959, but the singer, songwriter, producer, and all-around hit maker extraordinaire began taking baby steps up the Billboard charts the year Michael Jackson's Thriller dominated every chart.

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‘Face Time: Babyface, “My Kinda Girl”

- Source: Pop Dose

Sure, the Man Who Would Be Babyface — Kenneth Edmonds — was born in 1959, but the singer, songwriter, producer, and all-around hit maker extraordinaire began taking baby steps up the Billboard charts the year Michael Jackson's Thriller dominated every chart.

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Mr. Wesley Johnson “Future Groove”/ “You Know”

- Source: Mixtape Maestro

Theophilus London, Andre 3000, Dev Hynes and Kanye West are some names that will float within the head when listening to Atlanta-born/ Chicago-based newcomer Mr. Wesley Johnson 's fittingly titled debut mixtape Mixed Bag , but more than anything else, the project and artist seems the most adhering to the style of Pharrell Williams.

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40 of the best new artists of 2012: Part 1

- Source: Nialler 9

Today, I kick off a four-part series feature where I share a selection of 40 artists polled from 40 people who I'd consider arbiters of good taste in the new music department from musicians to bloggers to radio heads to writers to label heads and everything in-between.

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The Weeknd: The Trilogy

- Source: Pitchfork Media

22-year old Toronto native Abel Tefsaye and producer Illangelo developed a state-of-the-art R&B template and scored several radio hits; they're associates of megastar Drake , and have played sold-out club shows and rapturously received festival appearances.

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LeAnn Rimes to Perform at the Songwriters Music Series Napa for VH1 Save the Music

- Source: ArtistDirect

She will be the headlining performer for their Songwriters Music Series Napa presented by William Hill Estate Wines and Raymond Weil. The event will take place on Thursday, Sept. 20 from 6:30 - 10PM at the storied William Hill Estate in Napa, California and follows the April 2012 kick-off with Award-winning soul singer-songwriter Robin Thicke this past April in Chicago, IL.

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Rising: AlunaGeorge

- Source: Pitchfork Media

Two friends start messing around on a MacBook in a bedroom, discover they can make music that actually sounds halfway professional, and gain a small online following.

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Leonard Friend “Serious Music”

- Source: Mixtape Maestro

Upon the break-up of Brooklyn act The XYZ Affair after eight years, frontman Alex Feder decides to hightail it across the country to L.A. pursue a solo career…but not one in which he's toiling within the same sounds as before, desiring to use this second shot at stardom to merge his indie rock roots with the slick urban-pop of Michael Jackson, Prince and The Neptunes, a style he grew up admiring but could never quite fit comfortably within the aesthetic of his previous band.

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