Nostalgia

Shortly after Kevin Costner‘s emotional speech at Whitney Houston‘s funeral service, the legendary Steve Wonderperformed a reworked rendition of his timeless song “Ribbon In The Sky.” [...]

It beggars belief that today will make it two years since Michael Jackson passed. It’s no less shocking even after all this time. Once in a while I’ll get a hankering to listen to one of the three classic albums he made with Quincy Jones between the late 1970s and late ’80s. Recently it was [...]

Michael Jackson – a name that conjures up many thoughts. Hopefully most of them should be concerned with his phenomenal music career, which eclipses most super stars of our day.  Go back to 1983, Michael was at the peak of his career, Thriller had just become the biggest selling album of all time. Fast forward to [...]

Cool Relax was released on September 16, 1997 by Epic Records. Coming off a successful debut album, Bonafide in 1995, Jon B. returned to the heavily crowded R&B landscape by leaving an indelible mark with his sophomore album.  He drew comparisons to his mentor, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds due to the fact Babyface was the executive [...]

My Life was released on November 28, 1994 and it lived up to expectations set by fans of Mary J. Blige and the larger music community. Coming off the triple platinum success of her debut album, What’s the 411? Blige retained her crown as the reigning Queen of Hip Hop-Soul with the release of her [...]

Whilst in Austin, Texas for the South by Southwest festival, Def Jam recording artist and 2011 XXL Freshman, Big K.R.I.T chopped it up with Canadian celebrity interviewer Nardwuar the Human Serviette, discussing his relationship and sometimes emotional connection to Soul music from the 60′s, 70′s and 80′s, how and where the producer/emcees has used samples from their catalog in his own music, [...]

In Effect Mode was released on May 3, 1988 to an ever-changing R&B fan base and it became an instant success for newcomer Al B. Sure! Upon its release, Al B. Sure! created quite a buzz with his lead single “Nite and Day.” At a time where the R&B genre was at a crossroads in [...]

From 1998 through to 2002 Ruff Ryders Entertainment was a force to be reckoned with. With artists such as DMX, Eve, The L.O.X., Jadakiss and stellar production from some guy called Swizz Beatz, they were able to drop some of Hip Hop’s most revered albums including It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My [...]

Recorded prior to the tragic death of Nate Dogg, this video shows his compadre Warren G talking about the making of their 1994 Hip Hop classic, ‘Regulate.’ Warren talks talks to Skee TV about how he came about with the idea and the process of getting his samples into his drum machine, but more interestingly [...]

Wayne Barrow, the former manager of the greatest rapper ever (in my humble opinion) – Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace – sits down with The Source to reminisce about the late New York rapper, his legacy and how he would fit in today in the Hip Hop world and more on the 14-year anniversary of his [...]