Second Listen Sunday Review: New Edition. Heart Break
I wanted to change it up for my third article of Second Listen Sundays. The album I want to highlight is one I know backward and forwards. An R&B masterpiece that I have listened to from start to finish hundreds of times, and that is New Edition’s, Heart Break.
Second Listen Sunday Review : Joe, Better Days
I was a twenty-year-old college sophomore attending Troy State University in Troy, Alabama when R&B singer Joe released his fourth album Better Days, in the winter of 2001.
Second Listen Sunday Review : Usher, Looking 4 Myself
I welcome you to the first edition of “Second Listen Sundays”, where I will revisit an album I did not particularly care for on the first listen and reevaluate it years later. Up first is Usher’s 2012 release Looking 4 Myself.
Single Review : Eric Roberson, Lessons
Eric Roberson, the talent affectionately known as the king of independent soul music, returns with his latest single titled “Lessons.” The song’s background is as follows: Around 3 am, the morning of his 13th wedding anniversary, Eric Roberson was sitting in his studio feeling rather creative.
Wayback Wednesday Single Review : Christión, I Wanna Get Next To You
R&B duo Christión burst onto the scene in late 1996 with their debut single “Full of Smoke”, which led to the group earning the honor as the first R&B group signed to Roc-A-Fella records.
Throwback Tuesday Single Review : Keith Sweat, When I Give My Love
R&B lover man Keith Sweat already had an impressive three-album discography to his credit when he released his fourth album Get Up On It in June of 994. The lead single was the up-tempo “How Do You Like It”, which featured Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes of TLC.
Throwback Thursday Album Review : Daley, The Spectrum
England-born soul singer, Daley, has returned to the scene with his sophomore release The Spectrum. Following the successful formula of his previous EP’s and his 2014 debut release, “Days+Nights,” Daley continues to make a name for himself with his brand of Alternative R&B.
Soulless Sunday Album Review : Jagged Edge, The Layover
After releasing the very nice JE Heartbreak II in 2014, one of the last standing active groups in R&B, Jagged Edge, returned to the scene with their ninth album, The Layover in 2017. I have been a fan of Jagged Edge since their debut A Jagged Era hit shelves during my sophomore year of high school.
Throwback Tuesday Single Review : Bobby Brown, Don’t Be Cruel
Following the lukewarm response of his debut solo album King of Stage in 1986, teen idol Bobby Brown was at his crossroads in his career. While his former bandmates New Edition had linked up with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis to oversee production on their Heartbreak album, Brown elected to work with Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds and Antonio “L.A.” Reid. L.A.
Wayback Wednesday Album Review : Philip Bailey, Philip Bailey
Vocalist Philip Bailey was already a legend in the music business when his seventh solo, a self-titled release, hit record stores. Arriving in March of 1994, the falsetto Phenom’s newest project saw him collaborating with a who’s who production team.
Wayback Wednesday Album Review : Surface, Surface
David Conley, Bernard Jackson and David Townsend collectively known as Surface burst onto the scene in 1986 with the release of their self-titled debut.
Throwback Tuesday Album Review : The Manhattans, Black Tie
R&B vocal quartet The Manhattans were nearly two decades into a massively successful career when they released their twelfth album Black Tie in 1981.