Published January 5th 2016 The Hollywoord Reporter has just published the news that Justin Timberlake will write and perform completely new songs for an animated comedy, that DreamWorks is planning to release on November 4th. Trolls The movie is called “Trolls” and will feature Timberlake’s voice on one of the …
Published January 1st 2016 I would have wanted to dedicate my first article of this new year to some happier news than this, but unfortunately, it was confirmed today, that singer Natalie Cole has died of heart failure yesterday. The daughter of the legendary Nat King Cole, had an impressive …
Published December 29th 2015 This year, February 2015 to be exact, TLC raised a massive $430,000 from fans to record one more album. A few months after, De La Soul also raised their budget of over $600,000 for a new album through the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform. After that, it’s been …
Published December 22nd 2015 Yesterday, I’ve introduced you to a few original Christmas songs by unknown and independent artists. I’ve had the genres Pop, Dance, Folk and Country represented, but later I’ve found a few tracks by R&B artists, so I decided to create a new article especially to introduce you to those. …
Published December 21st 2015 Most supergroups get together for a single or an album. It’s usually a project on the side or a joint venture for a special occassion (for instance a movie soundtrack). Within R&B, many supergroups have come and disappeared, but the plan with TGT was different. TGT Tyrese, Ginuwine and …
Published December 19th 2015 John Legend has been keeping himself extremely busy. Alongside his music career and his nearing fatherhood, he has been a producer of an upcoming TV drama called “Underground”. Now, the 10 episodes have been granted a broadcasting date. WGN America will start airing the series on …
Published December 18th 2015 Even though there are so many rumors surroung Rihanna’s troubled “Anti” album, Rihanna pushes on with the promotion surrounding the album. It makes one wonder how much about that ‘trouble’ isn’t just about hyping it up. In collaboration with Samsung, Rihanna had launched the ANTIdiaRy.com website (best …
Written for Kurrent Music Published December 14th 2015 Ring The Alarm: Monica’s Code Red is on Fire! Just after writing an article about Akon’s new music for my own website, I actually ran into my favorite (reasonably) new “Akon track”. Officially it’s a new track by “Miss Thang” Monica taken …
Published December 17th 2015 Toni Braxton’s been through a lot and her life is full of lessons others could learn from. Enough reason for her, to have written it all down in the memoir “Un-Break My Heart”, which was released in April this year. The book quickly got picked up by …
Written for Kurrent Music Published December 14th 2015 As 2015 is coming to an end, we can look back to some successful comebacks within the R&B scene. Janet Jackson’s “Unbreakable” album has been reported to be her best album in decades and, together with the tour, it’s put her right …
