Slow Jam Saturday: Kim Waters featuring Jazz of Dru Hill, Love Don’t Love Nobody
Over a decade-long career, crossover jazz artist Kim Waters had built a comfortable, quiet storm and R&B covers niche when his thirteenth album From the Heart hit stores on April 10, 2011.
Album Review : Eric Roberson, Lessons
Since releasing his solo debut twenty two years ago, the king of independent soul music, Eric Roberson, has built a dedicated fan base and continued to release quality music, all while staying true to himself.
Agent Game is a tepid spy thriller
From Saban films, espionage, fisticuffs, and gunplay fill director Grant S. Johnson’s latest directorial effort, Agent Game. Harris (Dermot Mulroney), a CIA interrogator at an Agency black site, finds himself the target of a rendition operation after being scapegoated for an interrogation gone horribly wrong.
Second Listen Sunday: Justin Timberlake, Man of The Woods
Two days before headlining The Super Bowl LII Halftime Show, Justin Timberlake gifted fans his new album, Man of The Woods, on February 2nd, 2018, via RCA Records. For his fifth solo album, Timberlake decided to venture away from the R&B influences, which were the dominant force of his previous releases, opting instead for a country sound this go around.
Slow Jam Saturday: Tony! Toni! Toné!, Still A Man
R&B band Tony! Toni! Toné! was already immensely successful when their fourth album House of Music, hit stores on November 19, 1996. The Tonies kicked off the project with the dance flop bop “Let’s Get Down” and the lush ballad “Thinking of You.”
However, for this week’s Slow Jam Saturday, I wanted to showcase one of my favorite album tracks from the project, “Still A Man.”
Second Listen Sunday :Immature, The Journey
The trio of Batman, Romeo, and LDB, better known as Immature, were nearing that time when their fourth album, 1997’s The Journey, arrived in stores on September 23, 1997.
Slow Jam Saturday : XSCAPE, Softest Place On Earth
For this week’s Slow Jam Saturday, the typical choice would be to go for “The Arms of the One Who Love You” or “My Little Secret.” However, I decided to go with the album’s third single and my favorite Xscape song, “Softest Place on Earth.”
Choose something else on Netflix instead of Choose or Die
First-time director Roby Meakins collaborates with writer Simon Allen for the uninspired horror flick Choose or Die from Netflix. Kayla (Iola Evans) is a broke coder and college student trying to cover her mom Thea’s medical bills and stay on top of the rent. One-day fate comes knocking, and Kayla discovers a possible solution.
High flying fun in Everything Everywhere All at Once
The multiverse takes a different angle in Everything Everywhere All at Once from A24. Michelle Yeoh top lines the film and portrays Evelyn Quan Wang, an exhausted Chinese American woman who cannot seem to finish her taxes. Her marriage to Waymond (Ke Huy Quan) is on the rocks, and she is having trouble accepting her daughter Joy’s (Stephanie Hsu) same-sex relationship.
Second Listen Sunday : Eddie Kendricks, All By Myself
In January of 1971, Eddie Kendricks’ smooth falsetto had just given his group The Temptations another number one hit in the form of “Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)” when he decided to branch out on his own. In the spring of 1971, Kendrick took the leap and released his first solo album, All By Myself.
Slow Jam Saturday : Boyz II Men, Fallin
As you know, it’s Slow Jam Saturday, and “Thank You” isn’t exactly a ballad. However, as die-hard Boyz II Men fans know, the EP for “Thank You” featured the ballad “Fallin,” which is this week’s pick for Slow Jam Saturday.
Beyond The Lens with director Charles Murray
Charles Murray’s latest film The Devil You Know is currently in theaters. He stopped by Reviews & Dunn to chop it up.