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Born and raised in South East London, Joel Culpepper has been working on his music for as long as he can remember. Hip Hop/Soul is the type of genre you would fit him in, although he gravitates more towards ‘alternative’ and ‘anything that is heartfelt’. The emerging singer/songwriter put out his first mixtape The Adventures [...]

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 [...]

The iconic Gil Scott-Heron passed away on the afternoon of May 27 in New York City around 4pm EST at St. Luke’s Hospital. The loss of Scott-Heron sent a shockwave throughout the worlds of Hip Hop and Soul music. Numerous amounts of current and past artists in both genres expressed their sentiments via Twitter and [...]

On a Wednesday night in Philly, Marsha Ambrosius is clunking around her living room with one high heel pump on and the other in her hand. Dressed in a loose-fitting striped blouse, leather shorts and lace leggings, Ambrosius is statuesque, preparing to hop in the blacked-out SUV waiting in front and be whisked away on [...]

Emerging Pittsburgh Hip Hop artist and the newest signee to the house that homes Wiz Khalifa (Rostrum Records), 19-year old Mac Miller has been on a steady rise over the last few years; from doling out mixtapes whilst in high school – the first of which was released at the early age of 15 back [...]

Any fans of UK dance music might recognise this burgeoning producer and beatsmith by his Government name – Darren Williams – because Mr. Williams, although now known amongst the cool kids as Star Slinger, had released two dance 12” vinyl records as at 2007 to relative success. Thankfully, dance music became quite limited and constraining [...]

In 2001, a month before her untimely and tragic death, Aaliyah blessed us with her self-titled third studio album. Arguably her best album, Aaliyah was a perfect marriage of the R&B princess’ ever-understated vocals and her musical relationship with Timbaland and Missy Elliott, producing classics songs with great crossover appeal. Timbaland in particular steered the [...]

With painful, poignant and striking visuals to accompany an already emotive song, the latest video from soulful British songstress Marsha Ambrosius for “Far Away” – from her forthcoming debut solo album, Late Nights & Early Mornings – sparked a plethora of comments, debates and even tears around the world since hitting the internet earlier his [...]

Mary Christine Brockert known to the world as Teena Marie passed away earlier today at the age of 54. News of her passing has been confirmed by major news outlets in the United States such as the Huffington Post, CNN and the first to report her death was RadioFacts.com. Brockert’s long time manager Mike Gardner [...]

At this wondrous time of the year, many of us worldwide become nostalgic about our youth when we looked forward to everything Santa would deliver underneath our respective Christmas trees. If you were like me, I’d leave cookies out on my living room table next to the wood stove and getting up every couple of [...]