Photo Credit: Sam Aronov / Shutterstock.com It’s been 30 years since the iconic verse from a then 17 year old named Nas, on the legendary track “Live at the Barbeque”. In those years since Nas has created one of the most varied and impressive bodies of work in all of music. His first release “Illmatic”…… read more »
Photo Credit: Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com There has been a lot of conversation in the past few years about the “death of R&B”, stemming a from a perceived lack of great albums/artist in the genre or a muddling of the actual meaning of R&B. And if R&B is in-fact on it’s last leg, no…… read more »
Photo Credit: Randy Miramontez / Shutterstock.com Most of the time when a project is named after a previous one, you don’t often see a connection between the two and it is mainly due to laziness or a marketing ploy to capitalize off a success project. This is not the case with “Folarin 2”, it’s to…… read more »
Photo Credit: Michael Tubi / Shutterstock.com Before you say it, yes, I know the original version of this album came out last year here’s the thing, I do not care. I wouldn’t care if this album was released 5 years ago, pretending that this album wasn’t one of the top projects of this year would be…… read more »
Photo Credit: Columbia Records Despite all of the twists we’ve experienced in 2021 one thing has seemed to be consistent the entire year, Polo G is going to make really good music and a lot of people are going to listen to it. Since the 2019 release of his first true hit “Pop Out” you’d…… read more »
Photo Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com There aren’t many voices that have been missed in R&B over the past half decade the way Jazmine Sullivan’s has been. Legitimately one of the most powerful songstresses of her generation, it has been quiet album-wise since the 2015 release of “Reality Show”, but here 2021 we receive the bold…… read more »
MADISON JAY Presenting one of the premier members of the emerging Carolina music scene; Raleigh, NC Artist/Brand Owner Madison joy. Madison has been leading the pack for a few years now with his consistent marketing, brand awareness, and constant creative musical output. In 2019 Madison was featured in The Source Magazine (Feb’19), RESPECT Mag (Feb…… read more »
Artruuey (A-r-Truuu-eeee) a.k.a Shequell Berry. This 27-year-old is from the 252 part of North Carolina, New Bern to be exact. Artruuey is a very versatile artist. He makes music that can be put in multiple genre classifications. He has been compared to K. Camp but Truuey has his lane. He is a singer and songwriter,…… read more »