This weekend marked the 20th anniversary of Janet Jackson‘s hugely successful fifth album, janet – boasting sales of over seven million and a mammoth six Hot 100 singles, including “Any Time, Any Place” and “That’s The Way Love Goes.” In addition to celebrating that milestone the iconic Jackson sister reveals, ending a five year hiatus [...]
May 20, 2013
Natasha Nanner
Music, Music News, Soul/R&B/Alt
With “Fine China” garnering widely positive reviews Chris Brown has announced that Aaliyah will feature on the next single for his sixth studio album X. Entitled “They Don’t Know”, the song features never-before-heard vocals from the late songstress. Chris revealed the news to reporters at the BET Awards 2013 press conference on earlier today. “I [...]
May 14, 2013
Seán J. Grannum
Music News, Soul/R&B/Alt
It’s nearly that time of the year again ladies and gentlemen, the BET Awards 2013 are nearly upon us. [...]
May 14, 2013
Verse
Music News
Solange is definitely in killer form today. Not only did she release the Kendrick Lamar featuring “Looks Good With Trouble” earlier, she took to twitter moments ago to announce the official birth of her own record label Saint Records, which will be distributed by major label SONY. [...]
Back in November, the beautiful Solange Knowles released her Dev Hynes produced EP “True”, which yielded ear and eye candy like the lead single “Losing You” and “Locked In Closets” alongside others. One of the other tracks that caught many ears was the all-too-short 90 second “Look Good with Trouble” interlude, which left us praying [...]
May 14, 2013
Verse
New Music, Soul/R&B/Alt
With summer approaching fast, festival season has already been kicked off with Coachella and SXSW, and now it’s Hot 97s turn to impress with a line up for this year’s annual Summer Jam outdoor concert. Acts this year include the always impressive Kendrick Lamar, Chris Brown, Wu Tang and Miguel amongst others. [...]
Last night the Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn NY played host to a Foot Action sponsored exhibition of fan made artwork of the TDE signed King of the west coast Kendrick Lamar, and the Compton treated fans with a selection of tracks from his critically acclaimed debut album. [...]
May 3, 2013
Verse
Hip Hop
Following the release of his T.I. and Pharrell assisted single “” (and its racy visual), Robin Thicke returns with the second cut from his forthcoming 6th album. On this occasion the R&B singer-songwriter joins forces with ATLien 2 Chainz and the crowned king of the West Coast Kendrick Lamar for “Give It To You”, an [...]
Having already taken the rap world by storm, Kendrick Lamar is getting calls aplenty for shows and appearances, most recently taking to the stage as the musical guest at the Madden NFL 25 party in New York. [...]
April 26, 2013
Nura Abdela
Music News, Sports
Performing new record “Come Here” on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Talib Kweli teamed up with soul singer Bilal and the show’s house band The Roots this week. [...]
April 26, 2013
Will 'ill Will' Lavin
Hip Hop, Music