Teyana Taylor demonstrates excellence, expertise in ‘The Album’
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Taylor did not hold back while making The Album: It has a running time of more than 70 minutes and 23 tracks.
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An interview with Grammy-nominated singer Emily King
In February, New York-based singer-songwriter Emily King will be embarking on her first headlining North American tour. Known for her strong, soulful voice and poignant, laidback melodies, King has received notable recognition in the R&B world — earning a Grammy nomination for her debut album East Side Story in 2007.
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Erykah Badu’s latest mixtape answers call for strange tunes
When Erykah Badu calls But U Cain’t Use My Phone a mixtape, she seems to be acting way too modest. She’s like that popular girl in school who poses in that impeccably curated outfit of the day and quips, “Oh, this? I just threw this on.” Her first project in
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A definitive power ranking of 8 ‘Hotline Bling’ covers
With Republican presidential hopeful and full-time toupee model Donald Trump’s trend-capitalizing dance routine to “Hotline Bling” on “Saturday Night Live” last week, we’ve reached peak “Hotline Bling”-dom. It doesn’t help that every musician and their mother has taken the ubiquitous sad banger of 2015 and made it his own, to
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Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment debut must-listen album
On May 28, the Social Experiment — a music collective that includes Donnie Trumpet, Chance the Rapper, Peter Cottontale, Greg Landfair Jr. and Nate Fox — released Surf, its free debut album that features Chance the Rapper’s vocals alongside contributions from artists such as Erykah Badu, Janelle Monae, Jeremih, Big
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Tunesday: Electro-soul for the Soul
This week, we’re indulging in some electro-soul with a couple of jazzy numbers built on mellowed-down beats and luscious vocals. Some tracks are remixes, some are classics and others are by new artists that I recently stumbled upon. Chill out, wine out and press play for some easy listening. Feist
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