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Filed under: R&B, We Got Next, Interviews
The music industry is a funny business. Some artists sign record deals and never release an album, while others wait several years before seeing their finished work on store shelves. Rarely does an artist put out an album the same year they are signed to a contract; yet Atlantic/Asylum Records R&B singer Cupid seems to have broken the mold. Cupid’s debut album, “A Time For Change,” …
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When Rap and R&B artists come together to create a collaborative project, the end result can be smashing. There have been an exorbitant amount of wildly successful partnerships such as En Vogue and Salt-N-Pepa, “Whatta Man”; Nas and Lauryn Hill, “If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)”; and Kanye West and Syleena Johnson—“All Falls Down.” However, it is rare that these musical marriages translate into full …
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Looking to achieve the same success as her 1995 debut album “Do You Wanna Ride?,” singer Adina Howard is back with a “Private Show.” After watching her two previously recorded albums, “Welcome To Fantasy Island” and “The Second Coming,” fail due to shelving and poor promotion respectively, Howard once again has battled through issues with her label and the marketing of her current album “Private Show.” …
Filed under: Producer, R&B, We Got Next, Interviews
It may seem like songs just magically appear on your radio, but the finished product is only a fraction of the story. Before the next hottest track hits the pages of DJBooth, countless hours of work have been spent, and no one knows more about what happens behind the scenes than Johnta Austin. Name a hit over the last few years and Austin probably wrote it; …
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Former Bad Boy Records singer Carl Thomas is a free man. Since departing from his former label home, the Chicagoan has latched on to the independent Umbrella Recordings and received a distribution deal through Universal Motown. Last week his third studio album, “So Much Better,” hit shelves and marks the first opportunity he has had since his debut “Emotional” to truly put a stamp on his …
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It’s been almost three full years since R&B singer Mario released a studio album. In late 2004 “Turning Point” landed on store shelves and with the success of the hit single “Let Me Love You,” Mario landed atop the charts and with a platinum plaque in hand. Fast forward three years and he is on the verge of dropping his follow-up, “Go,” a more sophisticated and …
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