Pitchfork : The duplicability of the Quiet Storm format is what separates it from a traditional genre of music. If genres are communicative forces that bind songs, artists, and albums together, then radio formats are an especially commercialized, top-down breed—the results of expensive marketing plans designed to deliver specific groups of listeners to prospective radio advertisers. Quiet Storm appropriates R&B; and soul “slow jams” and recontextualizes them into rotations with their peers and predecessors. An artist might only have one ballad on an album, but to Quiet Storm listeners it might be the only track they hear. Artists and labels ...

Death Grips flatly describe The Money Store 's cover art as, "an androgynous masochist on the leash of a feminist sadist who's smoking." On the meaning of the barren, colourless sketch, they go a little deeper: "We consider ourselves feminists, we fiercely support homosexuality, transparent world leadership, and the idea of embracing yourself as an individual in any shape or form." It's an image full of dichotomies and it sets the context for an album with an all-embracing mutant manifesto. If the packaging is bleak, the music itself is even less welcoming, initially at least. The Sacramento trio ...

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Artist: Luther Vandross Album: Hidden Gems Released: 2012 Style: Soul Format: MP3 320Kbps / FLAC Size: 161 Mb Tracklist: 01 – When You Call On Me (Baby That’s When I Come Runnin’) 02 – Once You Know How 03 – I Know You Want To 04 – Once Were Lovers 05 – You Stopped Loving Me 06 – The Impossible Dream 07 – Are You Using [...]

Tracklist: 01. When You Call On Me (Baby That’s When I Come Runnin’) 4:43 02. Once You Know How 4:36 03. I Know You Want To 4:25 04. Once Were Lovers 4:36 05. You Stopped Loving Me 5:16 06. The Impossible Dream 5:14 07. Are You Using Me? 5:20 08. Goin’ Out Of My Head 5:17 09. The Thrill I’m In (Radio Mix) 4:15 10. [...]

A few weeks back, the tracklisting to the highly anticipated film Think Like A Man hit the web. Soon we realized that in addition to Jennifer Hudson , some of music’s biggest performers - including Kelly Rowland , John Legend and Ne-Yo - were lending their talents to the romantic comedy soundtrack. VIDEO: Regina Hall Gets Freaky With The Men From "Think Like A Man"   And today, we finally get a first listen to Keri Hilson ’s “Freedom Ride."  On the love ballad, Keri sings regretful lyrics about when ‘taking a break’ takes an unexpected turn: “We went on a freedom ride / To ...

Legacy Recordings have set an April 17, 2012 release date for a new collection from Luther Vandross entitled Hidden Gems

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Legacy Recordings have set an April 17, 2012 release date for a new collection from Luther Vandross entitled Hidden Gems

Luther (Loo-fuh) Vandross truly had one of the greatest voices the world has ever heard. Legend has it that he once sang the ABC’s in elementary school and his teacher had to run home to grab a new pair of drawlz. No lie. Luther Vandross – If Only For One Night by Brandon Neasman on [...] Late Night Snack: Luther Vandross – If Only For One Night |

Future has been working behind the scenes in the Atlanta hip-hop scene for years, but only became a solo artist in the past two, building a local buzz until the lurching “Tony Montana” catapulted him to national attention. Since then, the 23-year-old, Auto-Tune-reliant singing rapper has been one of the most prominent of a new class of Atlanta rappers thanks to omnipresent guest spots (he's stolen the scene on records by Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, and Gucci Mane) while pushing actual rapping as only a fraction of his overall artistic approach. He seems to have adapted different strands of ...

KYUSS LIVES!, the project featuring three-quarters of KYUSS — the influential American stoner rock/metal band, originally from Palm Desert, California, has entered Thunder Underground Studios in Palm Springs, California with engineer Harper Hug (NEIL DIAMOND, LUTHER VANDROSS, INDIGO GIRLS) to mix its upcoming live album.

Luther Vandross gets a blissful edit job from Fingerman. This is slow daytime disco at its finest! Out soon…

Over the past year plus some, I've become more acquainted with the warm and soulful sounds of Indianapolis native Bashiri Asad . The upbeat defining single, "I Am 1" brought him to my attention and caused me to seek out more. Since that time, I bought a few singles from his previous ( I Am 1 ) and current project ( The Space Between ), but fell behind on posting anything about him. So let me say this, the brother is definitely one you need to have added to your collection. Bashiri reminds me of a young Luther Vandross ! That's an automatic win ...

HiFever's baby boy (Grey) is 28. These 28 minutes are for you, my friend. Sorry for the mess ups, it's not to be taken metaphorically--only that it was mixed on the fly. 28on28 by hortonseth TRACKLIST: 1. Shazam - "Luckier" 2. Jazzie Ladies - "Blowin Your Mind" 3. Luther Vandross - "Sugar & Spice (I Found Me a Girl)" 4. Desire - "If I Can't Hold You" 5. Shalamar - "I Owe You (Luminodisco Edit)" 6. Daft Punk - "Da Funk" 7. Advance - "Take Me to the Top" 8. France Joli - "Gonna Get Over You" 9. George Duke - "Shine On (Late Nite Tuff Guy ...