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| Soul Clinic |
| June, 2007 |
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Roi Anthony / The prelude : the true soul experience (Mo-Hitz)
ex LeJit singer! contemporary R&B with full of emotion, all dowmtempo
tracks, well-worth listening, my recent favorite album
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| V.A. / Where I find my people (Off The Porch)
"soundtrack" album of the same name show, classic R&B with a hiphop
flavor by Dave Hollister, Melba Moore, Lorenzo Owens, Monifah, Teddy
Pendergrass etc., all SOULFUL all EMOTIONAL, don't forget to listen this
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Angelo Remon / Goin crazy ( - )
soulful ballad with emotional singing, male singer from Georgia, one song
only (CD single, CD-R)
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Sam Rawls ( - )
cousin of Lou Rawls, contemporary R&B with his own high tenor voice,
ballads and midtempos, 7 tracks only (mini CD, CD-R)
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Demico / Irresistable ( - )
contemporary R&B with a touch of
hiphop, male singer from California, 3 songs 5 versions (CD single)
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| June 2, 2007 |
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Sidney Barnes and His Good Time Band /Prelude 2 (BarVada
Entertaiinment)
smooth funky R&B with oldschool
flavor, only 6 tracks (mini CD)
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Soccorro / Love's experience ( - )
female singer from Florida, mixture of
urban R&B, neo-soul, classic soul and little jazz, her singings are smooth
yet emotional
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Nate Allen / Reminiscence (Lunacy)
collection of American standards with
jazzy blues'n R&B style, formerly known as "Na Allen" for avid "soul"
collectors, too "mature" sounds for today's R&B listeners
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| June 3, 2007 |
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Twice / Light of my life (D&P group)
male R&B duo based in Spain, sung with
English and Spanish, "urban group" style with lots of downtempo songs, CD + DVD
set
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Just Patrick / Life stories : chapter 1 (True2Life Entertainment)
urban R&B with Usher influence,
emotional male singer from North Carolina (CD-R)
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| June ‚S, 2007 |
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Hook Kings featuring Bobby Lee / Purpose ( - )
sounds like emotional R&B but with
spiritual lyrics and positive messages, not bad if you like "slow
jams"
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Kenya / Yours truly (Platinum Class Hit)
emotional male singer from Pennsylvania,
lots of slowies with soulfulness
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| June 5, 2007 |
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Cole Davis / Ferris wheel (LaSugar Bear Entertainment)
R&B meets "folk"? "neo-soul" in other
words? some influence of jazz also
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Mo & Grazz / Fallin' upon def ears (Draaischijf)
urban R&B with cool groove, emotional
female lead singer
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Charles Holt / I am ( - )
blend of contemporary gospel, R&B,
blues and jazz, some R&B styled slowies like title song (CD-R)
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Ryan Rucker / Upstate, NY ( - )
filed under the "urban R&B" section
but there's so many influences by Prince, Michael Jackson and pop singers
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Raoul J. Cita / All about me ( - )
veteran accompaniment for the legendary
doowop group "The Harptones" for over 50 years! mixture of oldies, pop and old
R&B, better for your mon & dad? (CD-R)
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| June 6, 2007 |
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D'Menace Stahr / Memories of D'Menace Stahr part 1 ( - )
contemporary urban R&B with emotional
singings, "home-grown" R&B by this male singer from Missouri
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mrDEYO / She hot (TS.A)
Andre "mrDEYO" Deyo is writing some hits
for major R&B singers, catchy medium tempo songs, 3 songs 4 versions (CD
single)
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| June 7, 2007 |
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NYR / Magical (Soul Vibe)
almost the same as his self-titled '06
album but with a few new songs, another song order and different jacket design,
modern soulful R&B
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U-Nam / Back from the 80's (Soul Vibe)
contemporary urban jazz with R&B
flavor (mostly instrumental, few vocal) on one CD, 7 more in-demand vocals
tracks (including another version of Rahsaan Patterson track) from his last "The
past builds the future" on another CD, 2 CD set
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| June 8, 2007 |
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| V.A. / Keepin' it mellow (Soul Vibe)
the same vein as recent Soul Vibe albums, definitely "keepin' it mellow"
here, many lesser known artists but all well-chosen quality songs, Val
Lewis/Anson Dawkins, Nate Best, Eric Watkins/Nelson K etc. well-worth
trying
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| June 9, 2007 |
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Big G / A southern soul Christmas with (Stone River)
sounds traditional "southern soul" with
Christmas lyrics, somtimes reminds me of the late Otis Redding, 4 songs only,
'06 release? (CD single, CD-R)
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Al DeCosey / Vulnerable (Noble Music Group)
really emotional singer from New Jersey, all melodic slow jams! worth
listening, only 5 songs (mini CD, CD-R)
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Thomas Walker / Country-fried soul ( - )
followup release to "The missin element" album by the name of "Mr Lucky",
soulful R&B with "oldschool" flavor, must try if you're "romantic freak"!
(CD-R)
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Lois / Stick & stay (Snowball)
her second album after "Cornbread hips", classic style blues'n soul (CD-R)
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Juicebox / Popcorn 69 (HIPPO)
Amsterdam" blue-eyed soul band, reminiscents of late '60s soul, boogaloo,
popcorn or funky music, a few vocal tracks, Dutch release
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| June 10, 2007 |
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Carlos J. Saldana & The Style Band / Nothing else feels so right (Sun &
Fish)
mixture of adult contemporary, R&B and jazz, sounds sphisticated urban
music, American singer/songwriter livin' in Japan, Japanese release
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The Essentials (Essential)
10 piece "soul" band inspired by Tower of
Power, Steview wonder and the like, emotional lead singer named Neil
Thurston
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| June 11, 2007 |
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T.J. Hooker Taylor / The total package (Hooked-Up)
son of the late Johnnie Taylor! and
followup release to his "2nd generation of ...", the mainstream sound of
southern R&B, better than expected
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First Creation / Nobody like Jesus (First Creation)
Rance Allen meets Boyz II Men?
contemporary gospel group with very strong R&B flav
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Lolita Sweet / I'm taking applications ( - )
smooth blend of R&B, gospel and pop, female singer from San Francisco,
2 songs 4 versions (CD single)
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Souls in Rhythm / Can't fake the funk (Stripey Zebra)
funk'n R&B group from Canada with
soulful lead singer Scott Henderson, flavors of oldschool or pop
also
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| June 12, 2007 |
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Anthony E Young / Jewels in the rough (Modizo)
the emotional singer from Illinois, lots
of sexy slow jams and smooth steppers
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/ Motel lovers (Trikont)
subtitled as "southern soul from the
chitlin' circuit", 18 songs from recent southern R&B scene by Bobby Rush,
Sir Charles Jones, Big Cynthis, O.B. Buchana, Bill Coday, Lee Fields, Mr. David
etc., extensive liner notes by English & German language, German
release
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2econd Kreation / The gates of hell shall not prevail ( - )
smooth urban gospel with R&B influence
from California, emotional male/female lead singers, still remember the name of
Ray Brooks which playes the guitar in this album? (CD-R)
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| June 13, 2007 |
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T.C/ Finally (CEG)
Terry Cummings' best album ever! almost
all soulful slowies with full emotion, R&B tinged gospel!
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Derick Hughes / All for love (DahSha Music/Bay Sound)
re-release of his acclaimed '00 album with
different cover jacket, very few song change (CD-R)
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Barbara Carr / It's my time... (Ecko)
her 8th album on this label, various types
of southern R&B - song about "Jody", remakes of Billy "Soul" Bonds or Ann
Peoples, downhome juke-joint blues'n soul etc., not her best
album but....
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JoJo Hammett / Who sais the funk was dead (Jaguar)
"downhome funk" meets "southern R&B",
you'll love emotional southern soul "What a fine time to tell me" etc.
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The Mighty Clouds of Joy / Movin' (EMI)
thie veretan group still can sing powerful
gospel, of course with R&B flavor on some tracks
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| June 14, 2007 |
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| V.A. / The Nu vintage soul connection (Soulchoonz)
their first compilation featuring quality independent R&B tracks, lots
of groovy tracks by the emerging artists like Kimia Collins, Lisa Bell, Lorraine
Reid, Wade O Brown, Michelle Tavares, Ian Martin etc., well-worth trying!
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Rick James / Deeper still (Stone City)
released nearly three years after his
death from "major label" but a bit overlooked? more "mature" R&B than
before, not so much raucous funk but full of mellow jazzy and emotional slowies
to midtempos
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Ingatius Perry / Are you the one ( - )
sophisticated R&B with jazz influence, lots of smooth slowies with his
own tender tenor voice (CD-R)
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Billy Valentine / Travelin' light (Valvian)
of course ex The Valentine Brothers singer, jazz vocal album with light
R&B flavor, how'bout for your midnight listening?
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The Detroit Spinners / Live! (Hallmark)
no credit is given on the cover about the details of this "live"
recordings, sounds typical recent "live" by this veteran Detroit group, includes
lots of their big hits
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The Stylistics / In concert! (Hallmark)
no credit is given on the cover about the details of this "live"
recordings, sounds typical recent "live" by this veteran Philly group, includes
lots of their big hits, the same album as on Kala label
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The Four Tops / Live at the Stardust (Hallmark)
no credit is given on the cover about the details of this "live"
recordings, sounds typical recent "live" (possibly after their "50th anniversary
concert"), includes lots of their big hits
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Kenny Smith / Linda Lou Kestin (redeux) volume two (D-Town)
Linda Lou Kestin? she's songwriter who was famous for Lee Rogers' "Love and
life", mixture of oldschool R&B, pop, funk and even rock, not so strong
vocals with also below-average sound production, do not confuse with
Cincinnati's Kenny Smith
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| June 15, 2007 |
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Lonnie Hill / Back on the scene (Hills Hideaway Music)
oh! wellcome back! he sings more mellow
and more emotional than before, lots of soulful slowies, well-worth
trying
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Beverley Knight / Music city soul (Parlophone)
today's UK R&B with strong oldschool flavor, I love this sounds &
worth listening
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JAHAH / Themelting pot (Day Track)
followup release to his "Mamas only son" album, lots of melodic, catchy yet
fully emotional R&B, "old meets new" style = "Babyface meets Marvin Gaye"?
Japanese release
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Rance Allen Group / Closet friend (Tyscot)
one of the strongest gospel group today!
gospel meets soulful R&B!
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Terry B / These moments last forever... (Spotlight)
lots of remakes of golden oldies in "pop'n soul" style, smooth.....but too
smooth for today's R&B listeners? Canadian release
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Gordon Chambers / Love stories (Columbia)
Japanese version of his demanded "Love stories" album, 3 bonus remixes of
"Stay together""Never fall in love""If you love me", Japanese release
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Li'l Queenie & The Percolators / Home (Deeva)
colourful blend of New Orleans funk'n blues & roots music, female lead
singer, "live" recordings?
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| June 16, 2007 |
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Mikelyn Roderick / Copasetic is (P-Vine)
ex By All Means singer, various types from
old mate Jimmy Verner's song, duet with Rahsaan Patterson, Amel Larrieux type to
jazzy singings, but all quality & sophisticated songs for urban R&B
listners
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"Msta" Garvey ( - )
advertised as "smooth oldschool R&B
with a ghetto twist", yes I agree! full of his emotional singings
(CD-R)
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Mr. Jonz / Grooves & ballads (Wilajo Music)
re-release of his same name album in '02
with another "monochrome" jacket, very emotional singer, slow jams galore
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Kennen Brooks / Revealed (Jasper)
lots of emotional R&B songs with his
own soulful baritone voice, Memphis singer
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Jamie Williams / After hours (Jamie Williams Music)
smooth jazz saxophonist featuring Oscar winning Jennifer Hudson on one
track, try his R&B grooves and Jennifer's superb vocal
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| June 17, 2007 |
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The Dells / Live from New York City (Soul Concerts)
recent "live" recordings with "Charles Barksdale/Marvin Junior/John E.
Carter/Verne Allison/Michael McGill" team, more "private" atmosphere than below
two DVDs, you'll suprise how still good Charles and Marvin are, DVD only
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The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards / Live in concert (Soul
Concerts)
recent "live" recordings + MC, professional camera work, nice sound quality
and interview, all their hits with "Dennis Edwards/ALI OLLIE WOODSON/David
Sea/Mike Pattillo/Chris Arnold" team, I'm happy to see and hear Ali's "Lady
soul" again, DVD only
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Ray, Goodman & Brown / Live in concert (Soul Concerts)
recent "live" recordings + MC, professional camera work, nice sound quality
and bonus materials, all their hits with "Al Goodman/Billy Brown/Kevin
Owens/Larry winfree" team, DVD only
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| June 18, 2007 |
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Dre T. / Tasty (S.T. Productions)
my recent FAVORITE! try this strong and ultra soulful singings on
"Infactuation" etc.! pity only 5 tracks (mini album)
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Silver Star aka "Silver" / Hey lady (901 Entertainment, Inc.)
smooth & groovy southern R&B produced by Morris J. Williams and
recorded in Ecko records, expanded "full album" to his previous same name "7
tracks mini album", better than recent many southern R&B albums?
(CD-R)
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Ebony Alleyne / Never look back (Expansion)
the modern day "Ian Levine" sound with rich vocals and jazzier vibe,
smoothly sung yet fully groovy, unique "UK soul" album, worth checkin'
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Da Problemsolvas / Bigg Robb presents : the best of : volume 1 (Over 25
Sound)
12 southern R&B songs from their "Every woman deserves 2 b satisfied",
Big Robb's "Grown folks music""Southern soul cares" and "Merry Christmas from
the bigg man" album
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| June 19, 2007 |
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Siraaj / Life, luxury & loss ( - )
urban R&B with hiphop sense, lots of medium tempo R&B with his very
soulful voice, worth checkin' (CD-R)
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Jacque / Something on the inside (JAH)
contemporary female gospel with strong "neo-soul" flava
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PJ Morton Band / Perfect song (Brash Music)
mixture of contemporary R&B, jazz, gospel and classic soul, not bad but
sounds a bit "hodgepodge" to his previous album "Emotions"
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LJ Echols / Well runs dry (Baby Boy)
re-release of his '04 album including one
extra track, southern R&B with light urban groove
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Cash McCall / The best of (Snowball)
veteran Detroit singer, he's still active as blues'n soul singer in
Detroit, his "Blues in the sunset" album plus new single "All the way lover",
not ll blues but some downhome R&B tracks
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| June 20, 2007 |
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D'Maestro / Sentimental (L.O.B. Entertainment)
the best album by Darius "D'Maestro"
Green? many emotional R&B slowies here and there
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Maysa / Feel the fire (Shanachie)
almost the same vein as her "Sweet classic soul" album last year,
sophisticated grooves on all tracks featruing Sam Dees' "Send for me", "You're
my starship", "Ain't no sunshine" or other "sweet classic soul"
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| June 21, 2007 |
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Jamie Sparks / It's the music (Kicksta Music)
Canada's biggest R&B singer, hot R&B with emotional singings,
gospel undertones? worth trying
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Chance / Chance of a lifetime ( - )
urban R&B with emotional & tender voice, lots of smooth slowies,
male singer from New York (CD-R)
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Jesse James / Versatility (Gunsmoke)
so-called "the best of" album, 20 tasty oldschool R&B songs from his
previous albums and non-album 7 inch single records, good chance to hear his
soulfulness & "versatility", includes "Believe in me""I need you baby"
etc.
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The Percolator & The Coffee Crew / Versatility (Percolator)
do you remember the name of "Mr.
Percolator" in the golden days of gritty soul music? his old 45s fetch elusive
high prices among collectors, mixture of old or today's R&B and
sophisticated jazz with "lounge" flavor
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| June 22, 2007 |
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Men of Essence / Unfinished business (Phat-Baby)
male duo (Mac Tyus and Don Thompson) from
Chicago with southern flavor, soulful vocals with oldschool R&B harmonies, a
little hiphop touch also, worth trying if you like oldschool R&B
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Teddy Bear Tobias / Booty mitized ( - )
mixture of southern R&B, downhome blues, raw funk and hiphop, good for
the party in jukejoint? (CD-R)
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| June 23, 2007 |
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John Anthony / The reBirth of JA (More Music)
soulful R&B with a hint of "rock",
lots of sexy slow jams
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Jameelah / Jameelah's world (Jameelah Productions)
relaxin' and sultry "neo-soul",
sophisticated urban sounds, female singer from Colorado
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Billy Goat / Lucky 7 (Oasis/Chinakow)
mixture of slow jams, steppers and hiphop,
smooth and emotional singings, remake of soul classic "That's how heartaches are
made"
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Miz B / Jody's 1st cousin (M-TRAX)
typical southern soul lady! 3 songs from
her forth-coming album "Chaper 2 : Telling it like it is" (CD single,
CD-R)
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Raw Diamondz / She vamps (Turmic)
three ladies group from Ner Jersey,
contemporary R&B with hiphop twist, catchy sounds (CD-R)
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| June 24, 2007 |
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David James Jr / Take a ride ( - )
my recent favorite! emotional R&B with
soulful voice, sometimes sounds "new" sometimes "oldschool", well-worth
trying
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Full Flava / Music is our way of life (Dome)
all remakes of well-known or semi-known
'80s soul music by various female singers such as Chantay Savage, Beverlei
Brown, Kelli Sae, Carleen Anderson etc., top notch UK soul!
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Little Kim Stewart / Backyard party (Hep' Me)
I almost forget to review this southern
R&B album which was released last year, typical recent Senator Jones'
production with her own cute voice
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The Peebles Brothers / While the city sleeps... (GreenFire)
male gospel trio with "traditional meets
contemporary" style, soulful lead singer with harmonies a la oldschool R&B,
Alvin Green and Spanky Williams as guests
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| June 25, 2007 |
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V.A. / Sweet soul sounds of Memphis ( - )
yes, good ole Memphis soul music is back! Carol Smith, Ben Cauley and
RUDOLPH TAYLOR (you still remember him?) with Raymond Moore/Larry Hodges
produce, you should try if the "southern soul" is your kind (CD-R)
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| June 26, 2007 |
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Kenn Orr / I'll be tha one (KOOS)
contemporary gospel with strong strong
R&B flavor! worth trying even if you don't like gospel so much
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7 Sons of Soul / Witness (Verity)
almost the same vein as their previous
album, very soulful lead singers with harmonies, often sounds like R&B (with
hiphop)
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Unit 7 / As the crown flies ( - )
saxophone laiden R&B band, sounds
mixture of oldschool R&B, funk and blues, soulful male lead singer/leader
Eric Olsson, only 6 songs (mini CD, CD-R)
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Boney James / Shine (Concord Music)
popular saxophone player, not
"independent" but "major" release, a bit overlooked by R&B listeners? don'
forget the vocal tracks by Ann Nesby, Dwele, Faith Evans, Philip Bailey
etc.
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Howard Hewett / If only.... (The Machine Productions)
urban R&B with his emotional singings,
a bit mature, sophisticated or jazzy flavors than before
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| V.A. / The Lord's prayer (Music Church)
overlooked album despite of "major" release? contemporary gospel by Howard
Hewett, James Ingram, Tata Vega, Shirley Murdock, Deniece Williams etc.
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| June 28, 2007 |
| 98 |
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D. Goode / Listen up (Hood Elegant Music)
David Good from Delaware, lots of
emotional slow jams! lush vocals and realy lyrics, worth trying
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| 99 |
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Soul Creations Band / Smooth crankin' (Hitmaka Productions)
Washington Gogo band with soulful vocals
and harmonies, funk with noisy drums (CD-R)
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| June 29, 2007 |
| 100 |
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Giant Swing / Giant swing deli (Avex)
one of the best Japanese R&B album
featuring Japanese top R&B singers, please note that Sam Salter is on one
track, sung in Japanese & English, worth listening
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| 101 |
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Leon & The Peoples / The road less travelled (The Peoples Touring
Inc.)
remember him? don't forget his portrayal of David Ruffin in the '98 NBC
miniseries "The Temptations" and his role as T.J. Matthews in "The Five
Heartbeats", his first full album with his own "reggae-R&B" sounds, smooth
singings
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| 102 |
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Steppin Muzak Records presents Ladies Night Out (Live) (Steppin'
Muzak)
Chicago stepper's only? no no, lots of
soulful slowies than expected by veteran soul divas - Jean Carn, Shirley Jones
(of The Jones Girls) and Cherrelle, who is the soulful male singer on "Saturday
love" (by Cherrelle), real "live" in '06 with urban flavors
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| 103 |
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BJ / Hook, line & sinker! (Regatta)
"contemporary urban" meets "soulful
R&B"? male singer from Georgia, only 4 tracks (CD-R)
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| 104 |
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Chevis / The misconception (Traxx House)
"contemporaty urban" meets "hiphop'n
R&B" with "southern" flavor, male singer from Texas
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| June 30, 2007 |
| 105 |
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Rell DeVine / Tell me (Upper Level)
smooth and soulful R&B with a touch of
hiphop from Detroit, 3 songs only (CD single, CD-R)
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| 106 |
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Donnie / The daily news (Soul Thought)
followup release to his "Colored section" album in '02, not pure "neo-soul"
but "a warmly funky" style with a groove of '70s soul music
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| 107 |
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Ricky White / Still called the blues (Brim Stone)
southern R&B with downhome feel, not
"pure" blues but jukejoint R&B, try soulful "Independent woman""Don't wanna
be lonely" or southern radio friendly "Pony" (CD-R)
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| 108 |
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The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker / Kaboom! (Outta Sight)
Nashville's funky band featuring vocals
from '60s soul legend Charles Walker, soulful vocals topped by razor-sharp horns
& solid rhythm, worth listening if you're funk-based, soul-based or even
blues-based listeners
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