What Songs Make You Release Your Inner Randy Watson?
I don't know exactly how to put this so I'm gonna come right out and say it: I am a shamefully bad singer. And when I say bad, I mean downright criminal. Not only do I struggle with holding any...
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SoundTable Discussion: Who Should Perform At The VH1 Divas 2012 Salute To Whitney Houston?
VH1 has announced that the next installment of the Divas franchise will be a salute to Whitney Houston. The special won't air until December and there are no details that have been revealed thus far other than Whitney's long-time musical...
SoundTable Discussion: SoulBounce Reacts To Rihanna On 'Saturday Night Live'
In case you haven't noticed by now, SoulBounce is a Rihanna-lite zone. With so many other websites tracking her every song, move, outfit, tweet, or hair color change, there's rarely a need to say anything else about her here. We'd...
What's On Your Zombie Apocalypse Playlist?
When was the last time you were ready for a music emergency? If you are anything like me, you take the fact that music is everywhere -- on your phone, on your TV, on your computer -- for granted, and...
SoundTable Discussion: SoulBounce Reacts To Brian McKnight's 'IfUrReady2Learn'
We here at SoulBounce were really hoping and praying that Brian McKnight's coochie carol was a joke, but we had a sneaking suspicion that he was serious. And when he announced that he'd be releasing it as a single, we...
SoulBouncers: Participate In SoulBounce's 'Twitterview' With Eric Roberson
In a matter of days, Eric Roberson's long-awaited, highly-anticipated new album, Mister Nice Guy, will finally be in the hands of his fans and lovers of good music when it officially drops on Tuesday, November 8th. To celebrate this occasion...
SoulBounce Reacts To Rihanna's 'We Found Love' Video
Rihanna's music video for her billionth single, "We Found Love," generated a ton a controversy before it was even released. It's safe to say that everyone expected another cheesecake-filled romp through Irish fields when photos of her from the shoot...
Does Misha B's Talent Run 'Deep'?
Although I've yet to catch it on TV, it seems that the US version of The X Factor has been wowing audiences on both sides of the pond. However the UK version, now in it's eighth season, has so far...
SoulBouncers: Participate In SoulBounce's 'Twitterview' With Teedra Moses
What's that sound? Oh, it must be the purr of Teedra Moses whose long-awaited sophomore album, The Lioness, will roar into stores before the end of the year. I know, I know, you may be saying to yourself that you've...
Participate In SoulBounce's 'Twitterview' With Kindred The Family Soul
SoulBouncers, here's your chance to participate in SoulBounce's first-ever "Twitterview" with Kindred the Family Soul. Our favorite husband and wife soul-singing duo will be sitting down with me on Friday, June 17th at 12 noon EST to answer all of...
Caught Up In The Rapture: What's The Last Song You'd Ever Want To Hear?
To hear many tell it, come Saturday, May 21st the world will end. No, not some time in 2012, which is another popular belief, but tomorrow. That is allegedly the day of the Rapture when Jesus is coming back to...
16 Janet Jackson Barbie Dolls That We'd Like To See
When the SoulBounce team got the news that a Janet Jackson Barbie doll had been created, squeals of delight could be heard across the country. That is until we learned that there was only one of its kind manufactured and...
Who Do You Predict Will Get GRAMMY Nominations?
In a matter of hours, we will know all of the nominees for the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards. Tonight the GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live--Countdown to Music's Biggest Night special airs on CBS at 10 pm EST hosted by hip-hop's Dorian...
What New Soul/R&B Releases Are You Buying This Week?
In the event that you didn't empty out your bank account with Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping, get ready to kiss whatever money you have left over goodbye thanks to the six highly-anticipated new soul and R&B releases that...
SoulBounce's Best Albums Of 2010...So Far
Toward the end of 2009, when word of new albums that were due in the new year began to spread, many, including SoulBounce, predicted that 2010 was going to be one of the best years in urban music in recent...
Battle Of The Mesmerizing Magazine Covers: Badu Vs. Prince
I know that the statistics say that print publications are dying a slow death, but I will surely be coughing up good money this month to purchase physical copies of the newest issues of VIBE and Ebony magazines with Erykah...
Janet Is 'Figuring Out Her Landscape'
Well, at least according to Jermaine Dupri, she is. Should Janet stop making albums? This off-shoot of the larger, music industry-wide question of the future of full albums of music feels strange. She made it clear that she'll still be...
Battle Of The Droids: Janelle Vs. Xtina
Since Janelle Monáe burst into pop consciousness a few years ago with her alter-ego Cindy Mayweather, robo-chic became officially a fad. Dainty Terminator claws were cropping up on various performers. And in the comfortable silence of someplace familiar, someplace still,...
SOUL-POLL: What Is Your Favorite Jill Scott Album?
Jill Scott has sung the soundtrack of our lives for the past decade plus one. Since her 2000 debut, Who Is Jill Scott? Word and Sounds Vol. 1, through her last release, 2008's Live In Paris+, she knows us, she...
13 Essential Love Songs From The Last Decade
While it's easy to recall classics from earlier decades to articulate love it all its varied states, the '00s were also full of great love songs. In honor of Valentine's Day we here at SoulBounce thought it would be nice...
Hip-Hop <3s Sade
From the no sh*t files: Hip-Hop loves Sade. Well, everyone in their right mind loves Sade. And New York Magazine's pop culture blog Vulture asked everyone from Talib Kweli to Freeway to Keri Hilson (I guess if you're using a...
Huh? What Do You Mean By 'The Return of R&B,' Mary?
As Mary J. Blige hyperbolically effused that the return of R&B is "the best thing to happen in the universe" in a recent interview for MTV, my interest was momentarily piqued. She cites Maxwell and Whitney as a few examples,...
Reflections On 'My Life'
Fifteen years ago today, My Life was released and, through that collection of songs, that collection of angst, heartache and pain set to music, Mary J. Blige became our Queen. She earned that throne with that one album, slowly worked...
All The Hall & Oates You'll Ever Need Can Now Be Yours
To say that anyone who frequents this website doesn't have some heartfelt memory of a Darryl Hall & John Oates song would only prove that you've either been living in a cave for the past 30 years or that you...
What Do You Think Next Incarnation Of Soul Music Will Sound Like?
In an interview with DJ-turned-crooner Mayer Hawthorne, the Village Voice's Jason Newman states that the singer "may seem an unlikely to choice to help usher soul music into its next incarnation" because he's, well, white and he's allegedly breaking the...
How Long Are You Willing To Wait For Outkast?
Don't get me wrong, I love Outkast as much as the next Bouncer. However, when I repeatedly read that their new album is on the way and to be patient because it's going to be [enter hyperbole] I start to...
What Michael Jackson Records Are You Buying?
It's already been established many times over that the biggest-selling albums these past couple of weeks are Michael Jackson albums. The King of Pop is ruling the charts, as he did during his peak and as he well should. But,...
Who Would Like To Perform At Your Ideal Michael Jackson Tribute?
Today, tens of thousands of the luckiest of Michael Jackson fans have converged on the Staples Center in Los Angeles to pay their respects to the King of Pop in person. At this large-scale yet completely intimate in comparison to...
SoulBounce Roundtable: Beyond Justin & Ciara
In light of our recent post entitled "How Can Justin Timberlake Still Objectify Black Women And Get Away With It?" and the ensuing reaction, we thought it would be a good idea to dig deeper and officially claim ownership of...
Name Your Top 5 J Dilla Joints
As any lover of Hip Hop knows, Saturday, 2/7 was the birthday of James Yancey, a/k/a J Dilla or Jay Dee. Today represents the date of his passing 3 years ago, bringing the unofficial Dilla Weekend to a close. To...
Reconciling Our Grammy Picks And Predictions
At the close of last week, your SoulBounce Editors predicted the victors for this year's Grammy Awards in relevant R&B and Hip Hop categories, with our own personal preferences thrown in for good measure. Nearly every nightmarish prediction came...
Dissecting the 51st Annual Grammy Award Nominations: Who 'Should' Win? Who 'Will' Win?
The Grammy Awards are like a family reunion, complete with party crashing cousins who no one really wanted to invite anyway, embittered elders who smile condescendingly at all their good-for-nothing progeny, and people make fools of themselves but no one...
Chrisette Michele Has An 'Epiphany' & So Do We
Chrisette Michele has steadily and surely been staking her claim as the talented songstress that she is in the R&B game. Able to bring style and class to any song she graces, she has helped to elevate Hip Hop...
Is R&B Indefensible At This Point?
Only a week ago we somewhat agreed with Bobby Valentino that R&B is dead. The points previously made still stand: many R&B artists have ventured away from the genre in hopes of gaining revenue in more lucrative genres. More and...
Our Top 5 Guilty Pleasures of 2008
Now that we've done rundowns of all our favorite SoulBouncey releases of 2008, we can "humanize" ourselves with a shocking disclosure: Last year, we also listened to The-Dream, T-Pain, Beyoncé, and a few more cats that otherwise wouldn't meet our...
Who Do You Want To Record A Christmas Album?
With Christmas less than a week away, it's high time for any music lover worth their weight in egg nog to be knee deep in Christmas music right about now. But as you're organizing your Holiday Hotness playlists you...
FULL DISCLOSURE: How Do You Discover New Music?
Sometimes it's good to be cynical when it comes to music, and distrustful of selections depending on the source of recommendation as long as you don't wallow in it. Music that appeals to you because it was shoehorned into your consciousness by overwrought PR tactics,...
Who Do You Think Should Perform at Obama's Inauguration?
Over at E! Online one they polled a random smattering of celebrities and notables about who they think should perform at Barack Obama's inauguration. Many of the interviewees mentioned non-singers like Ellen Degeneres and internationals like Leona Lewis and, of...
What Slow Jams Make Your Baby-Making Playlist?
We recently consulted the fam for its ideal "Get Busy" music selections, and it resulted in one of the most epic email threads known to man. (I forgot to use the "BCC" Fail.) This isn't really a surprise; people jump...
FULL DISCLOSURE: When Did You Have Your Moment of Clarity?
There comes a point in every adult music lover's life when s/he realizes that things have changed dramatically, and possibly for the worse. We weren't always like this, and neither were our parents. You think there wasn't a point where...
How Much Does An Artist's Behavior Affect Your Music Purchase?
Welcome to another installment of Crowd Participation in which we hold our familiars at gunpoint and force them to answer the kind of controversial, thought-provoking questions that you'll only find here. This week's question involves making the choice that, in...
Barack Obama and His Affinity for Hip-Hop
A few days ago MTV posted an article about Sway speaking with Presidential Candidate Barack Obama about how hip-hop culture affected his life. In it Obama discusses how he missed the curve on being a part of the hip-hop generation...
Whose Songs Would You Like to Hear Come Out of 'The Vault'?
A while ago it was revealed that Ashanti will be releasing an album of unheard songs written in 2001, before she was signed with Murder Inc. and catapulted to fame after singing hooks for Ja Rule. Instead of just releasing...
Reality TV Shows Being Given Away, Keith Sweat Snags Three
Apparently Keith Sweat may have two reality television shows in the works. Who is exactly is conceptualizing and funding projects like these anyway? The Keep New Jack Alive Alliance? Pebbles and Teddy Riley? Anyway, It isn't like he's entirely irrelevant....
Name An Artist That Completely Broke Your Heart
Ever stan so hard for an artist only to one day be completely thrown off by an underwhelming project of theirs? It's happened to quite a few of us. In this week's Crowd Participation, some of us came together to...
Recasting 'New Jack City'--The Soundtrack!
There's been talk for a while now about a sequel to the 1991 motion picture New Jack City being made, going all the way back to last year. Well, it's true. Warner Bros., in all of their infinite wisdom, has...
Believe the Hype! Olympians Say Hip Hop Prepares Them to Go for the Gold
Rocky had "Eye of the Tiger." Hell, even Popeye had the spinach theme song. You know, the one song that is needed before one competes. The one that makes you go a few extra miles on the treadmill. The one...
FULL DISCLOSURE: Name a Universally-Adored Soul Classic That You Hate
Sometimes it's useful (read: fun) to push the envelope and break tradition. We can be brutally honest at The Most Comprehensive Black Music Blog in the Internet, because (1) we're just a blog, and (2) you don't know where any of us...
QUESTION: How Do You Define 'Grown Folks Music'?
While we cover many aspects of Black music here at SoulBounce, our chief focus has always been Grown Folks' Music. In explaining the site to someone, it occurred to me that I wasn't precisely sure what "Grown Folks' Music" meant,...
Discussing K'Naan's 'If Rap Gets Jealous'
The name K'Naan may not be familiar to most, but that may change when the Somalian artist by way of Ontario, Canada releases his US debut, The Dusty Foot Philosopher Deluxe Edition, this June. His music has been described...
Guilty Pleasures
With the advent of our Top 100 countdown that will feature some of the best of the best Soul and R&B songs ever, your SoulBounce editors thought that we should also shine a little light on a few questionable...
Help Us Force These People to Talk To Us
Recently, a bunch of college kids bugged the hell out of Talib Kweli on his MySpace page to get him to perform at their school and guess what? It worked. SoulBounce is still in it's infancy, and you wouldn't believe...
Brandy's 'Dig This' Has Us Reaching For A Shovel
Your intrepid SoulBounce Editors are back at it this week by taking a brand new track and breaking it down for it to forever be broke over an IM convo. Embattled R&B singer Brandy is in the hot seat with...
Remembering The Notorious B.I.G.
Sunday, March 9, 2008 marked the 11th anniversary of the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. Today your SoulBounce Editors look back and remember the man who changed the hip-hop game forever....
Cheri Dennis' 'Ooh Ooh' Has Us Saying 'Uh Oh'
With Cheri Dennis' "Portrait Of Love" getting quickly played out, it's high time for a new single from In and Out of Love, and Bad Boy has decided to release the slow jam "Ooh Ooh" next. Was this a...
Looking Back At Badu
With today's release of Erykah Badu's fifth CD, New AmErykah, the SoulBounce crew thought it'd be a fine time to look back at her first four albums and share our opinions on each. You may be shocked and awed...
Reconciling Our Grammy Picks and Predictions
Last year, the SoulBounce editors offered our thoughts on who we wanted to win and who would win in Grammy categories relevant to this site. Now that the statues have been awarded, we're measuring how our favorites matched up with...
So Tells Us: Is Keyshia Cole The Next Mary J. Blige?
Much has been said about Keyshia Cole being the next Mary J. Blige, but I couldn't disagree more. Despite Keyshia playing dress up in Mary J.'s closet and wearing her old wigs, these two are on totally different levels. Yes,...
Happy Birthday, Babygirl
Aaliyah Dana Haughton would have turned 29 years old today were it not for her untimely death in 2001. Although her life and career were cut short, her legacy lives on and her influence can be seen in numerous...
So Why Do You Hate Alicia Keys?
As the Managing Editor/Founder/Uncompromising Megalomaniac of this here music blog, I start to notice "things", more specifically, trends with the community of this site. I take full responsibility for stirring the direction of conversation here sometimes, but somewhere along the...
YEAR-END TOP 10: Soul Wishery
#10For 50 Cent to lock himself into a room and not emerge until he is a ravenous, starving maniac whose only salvation is to write banging rhymes for food. Either that or for him to no longer release any...
YEAR-END TOP 10: Butta's Picks of 2007
This was a very hard list to compile this year because there were so many songs that I loved, but I narrowed it down to songs that struck me from the first listen. And if you're wondering what's up with...
YEAR-END TOP 10: Biggest Disappointments of 2007
As 2007 comes to a close, we at Soul Bounce would like to take a moment and reflect upon the embarrassments, regrets, and just instances of people just acting plum-crazy during this past year. With less than 2 weeks left...
YEAR-END TOP 10: Ill Mami's Picks of 2007
We focus on alot of soul artists on Soul Bounce, and previously Nova gave his top picks of this year which included soul & hip hop artists. I figured I'd focus on something a bit different but just as worthy...
YEAR-END TOP 10: nOva's Picks of 2007
Counting down my personal picks from 2007. Ready? OK. 10. Kenna "Say Goodbye to Love"Mad late with my Kenna purchase, but I've been digging the jumpoff single for Make Sure They See My Face for a minute. It could be...
Dissecting the Grammy Noms: Who 'Should' Win? Who 'Will' Win?
It's the time of year music bloggers netwide love and hate: THE GRAMMYS! We love it because it inspires debate and causes us to re-examine the state of the music industry and it's creative talents. We hate it because, even...
Announcing The Official SoulBounce Events Calendar
We were going to keep this under wraps until next year, but we thought, why not? I am pleased to announce the launch of the Official SoulBounce Events Calendar! This is a public Google calendar that will enable us to...
Crowd Participation: Is Chris Rock Correct About Hip-Hop?
It's refreshing to hear someone that's actually from the Hip-Hop Generation not come off as an apologist for modern mainstream Hip-Hop. However, does Chris Rock take it too far with his recent statements to Rolling Stone? "Music kind of sucks....
The 'Nigger' Album
We've tip-toed around this thing long enough. Now, since we're all grown here, let's get two things out of the way:1. Nigga2. NiggerLet's proceed.If this album does happen provided UMG doesn't cave to Jeffries, us Nas fans will be saying...
If VH1's Hip Hop Honors Were Left Up To Us
This year's VH1 Hip Hop Honors has come and gone and many are already trying to figure out who will be chosen for the esteemed honor next year, present company and Erick Sermon included. SoulBounce gathered together a vocal...
What Did You Buy?
Now that "SuperSoul Tuesday" has come and gone, we're wondering what did you cop? Jill? Rahsaan? Chaka? Meshell? Something else that got lost in the shuffle? Let us know in the comments.Oh, and by "buy" or "cop" we mean actually...
Is It Too Soon to Celebrate a New Rap Renaissance?
Recently we asked the SoulBounce Team and a few friends if they felt Hip-Hop was making a return to form. With Common and Talib Kweli's recent offerings doing uncharacteristically high numbers and Kanye's Graduation seeming to have a lead on...
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