R&B

Kehlani – ‘While We Wait’ EP Review

Photo Credit: Emma McIntyre / Getty West side’s, Oakland, California princess, Kehlani gave birth to her first baby girl named Adeya, and dropped her fourth project. Making this her third mixtape and first EP since SweetSexySavage. The singer-songwriter, record producer, and dancer titled this EP While We Wait. While We Wait, gives its listeners great soulful… Read more

Jacob Banks – ‘Village’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Jacob Banks Listening to Village by Jacob Banks was an interesting and enjoyable experience from a harmonic and texture standpoint. The album starts off with the track “Chainsmoking” which is a rerecorded version of a tune that put Banks on the map with his 2017 EP, The Boy Who Cried Freedom. The addictive… Read more

Ariana Grande – ‘thank u, next’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Instagram @arianagrande Ariana Grande, America’s pop sweetheart, and currently the most followed profile on Instagram at 147-million and counting, just released her fifth studio album titled thank u, next. This album came as a surprise to some fans because she released her fourth studio album titled Sweetener just six months prior. Well, apparently… Read more

Ady Suleiman – ‘Memories’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Facebook.com/AdySuleimanMusic Ady Suleiman is originally a Sony Music artist who left to record his extremely innovative pop album, Memories. Honestly, calling it pop is almost insulting as it contains elements of so many other genres. R&B, acoustic music, Jazz and funk/neo-soul all come to mind when listening to many tracks on this album…. Read more

6LACK – ‘East Atlanta Love Letter’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Sniffers.co East Atlanta Love Letter is the second full-length release from the Atlanta artist Ricardo Valdez Valentine, otherwise known by his stage name 6LACK. The 13-track album is crafted with deep moods. Intense lyrics combined with melancholic production, lead listeners through the emotionally heavy thoughts of 6LACK. 6LACK jumps between singing R&B and… Read more

Ella Mai – ‘Ella Mai’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Jonathan Mannion U.K’s newest female R&B star Ella Mai is the kind of R&B musician this generation needs. Her self-titled debut album Ella Mai, delivers an authentic and refreshing soulful sound that is missing in today’s music industry.Picture 90’s trio SWV meets a young Janet Jackson type of vibe. Led by the love… Read more

Ariana Grande – ‘Sweetener’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Alexi Lubomirski/ELLE Ariana Grande is one of those artists who have created a catalog of great commercial music throughout the years. Her new album Sweetener is exactly that, Sweet pop, just with a tad bit more added sex appeal. The fifteen-track studio LP that is the follow up to her 2016 smash Dangerous Woman,… Read more

The Carter’s – ‘Everything Is Love’ Album Review

Photo credit: RH, RV & AW Remember “03 Bonnie and Clyde”? Yes, this is when we were first introduced to Mr. and Mrs. Carter. Now fifteen years later, with a story to still tell, we have the Carter’s 2018 Everything Is Love album. With a surprise June summer release (in typical Bey and Jay fashion)… Read more