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| March, 2008 |
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Esty / Optimistic (Village Again)
mellow and sexy R&B with a groove,
this Japanese version has one bonus track "Fix"
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Jahbhang / Let it drop (Uh Duh Productions)
blue-eyed Minnesota funk, mixture of
R&B, funk and hiphop
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| March 2, 2008 |
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DaShawn / All night long ( - )
smooth and mellow R&B in "grown and
sexy" mood, , 3 songs (CD single, CD-R)
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Sha' / Truth is... (QuinJae Music Publishing)
today's R&B with hiphop influence,
souther flavor also, she was born in Alabama (CD-R)
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| March 3, 2008 |
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The house of Lee Genesis / Love revolution ( - )
soulful "house" with light gospel lyrics,
"inspirational dance music" in other words? try if you like soulful dance
music
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Lawrence Watson / American fruit with African roots (SaveOurSelves
Productions)
urban R&B with oldschool or
gospel influences, emotional singings
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Big U / Simple pleasures ( - )
hiphop'n R&B by this New York singer,
some emotional R&B vocal songs (CD-R)
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The Carnevel Kings / World we livin' (Palo Music)
greasy funk'n R&B with New Orleans
flavor, '70s soul music influence, 5 songs (mini CD)
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| March ‚S, 2008 |
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Shang / Beautiful (Urban Renaissance)
jazz meets "smooth R&B"? soulful Nance
Wilson in other words? female singer from Maryland
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LaDelle Walker / Never give up (LW)
contemporary gospel with R&B
influence, no hard Jesus shout
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| March 5, 2008 |
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Derrimus / Why can't we ( - )
smooth and sensual R&B filled with
emotional slowies, male singer from Chicago (CD-R)
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| March 6, 2008 |
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Solo-Mon / Only you (Solo-Mon Productions)
Solomon Tubbs from New Jersey, mixture of
traditional "soul", oldschool R&B, funk and even light rock
(CD-R)
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Kweku & The Movement / The full 'eh' show (nkrumental)
sounds blend of neo-soul, funk & jazz,
male lead singer from Montreal
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Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience / Live! worldwide (AIM)
new wave of Louisiana's omn zydeco music,
moderate influence of funk, oldschool R&B
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| March 7, 2008 |
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Taniq / The life & times of love (Crazatic Entertainment)
Miko & Carolyn are Taniq, a husband
and wife R&B duo from California, smooth ans soulful blend of R&B,
hiphop and jazz, quality R&B with strong messages
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Barbara Sheree / Love & life (TMarquise Entertainment)
urban R&B with gospel background, she
did a solo to the Mary J Blige "No more drama" on the show's finale
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| March 8, 2008 |
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Darryl Tookes / My daughter (Bluewater)
all urban R&B ballads with "quiet
storm" feel, 4 songs only (CD single)
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The Embers / The show must go on (Bluewater)
smoooth, happy and romantic "pop'n
R&B" from Carolina beach,their sounds still never change
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| March 9, 2008 |
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Lee Shot Williams / Shot from the soul (CDS)
his usual southern R&B sounds from the
first track - groovy oldschool R&B with a shade of Sam Cpple to the last
track - modern downhome blues
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Mose Stovall / Groove u (Soul1st)
new singer from Birmingham, Alabama, not
too much "hard shout" but soulful and groovy enough, better album than
expected! some "talkbox" sounds (CD-R)
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Jarvis / In the studio (Black Dot Entertainment)
lots of emotional "love" songs in urban
moods with a touch of hiphop, male singer from Louisiana
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| March 10, 2008 |
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Roni / Come back kind of love (Allison)
subtitled as "sexy lady of southern soul"
on the cover, yes it's true, lots of downhome and groovy yet still fully
charming, followup release to her "Call me" album (CD-R)
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LaTonya Holmes / Love me just for me ( - )
urban R&B with "pop" flava, sassy
sensitive and soulful, 7 tracks only (mini CD)
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Ebony and Suai / Kissing U (QuinJae Music)
two teenage sisters from Georgia, urban
R&B with hiphop influence, some catchy hooks, 5 songs only (mini
CD)
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| March 11, 2008 |
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Ms. Jody / I never take a day off (Ecko)
the mainstream sounds of recent "southern
soul",sometimes sounds Candi Station, Barbara Lynn etc but still with her own
style, better than before?
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Pookie Lane / Southern woman (Allison)
new singer from the south with his VERY
SOULFUL voice, lots of emotional slowies with full southern flavor
(CD-R)
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| March 12, 2008 |
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Omar Cunningham / Time served (Soul1st)
one of his best album? lots of strong
southern R&B sounds - emotional slowies or groovy midtempos, worth trying if
"southern soul" is your kind(CD-R)
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Mandy B / Alias (Alias Music)
"urban" meets "neo-soul" with a touch of
south, lots of emotional slowies, some hiphop sense also (CD-R)
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| March 13, 2008 |
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InnaRae / Rena's Moan ( - )
recent Philly sound with "storytelling"
motif, a soulful tribute to African American ancestor
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Danboski / For the grown and sexy (My World Emtertainment)
interesting new name from Memphis, averare
southern R&B sounds, slow ballads & midtempo songs with soulful singings
(CD-R)
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Fairest Hill / Unfinished business (Vision Productions)
the modern side of contemporary gospel, sounda like "old meets new"
R&B
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Turley Richards / ack to my roots (Kiongazi Music)
veteran blue-eyed R&B singer! mixture of oldschool "soul", funky and
blues (CD-R)
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| March 14, 2008 |
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Troy Cash / Hard luv (Thump)
wooops, I forget to review this westcoast
rap'n R&B album, actually released last year, lots of soulful R&B vocals
here & there! worth listening
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| March 15, 2008 |
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N-Tone (Ruel)
three piece male R&B group from North
Carolina, hiphop'n R&B midtempos and tight harmony ballads
(CD-R)
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Ms Jazz / Nasty as I wanna be (Who Iz Jazz Productions)
mixture of contemporary R&B, hiphop
and pop in sexy or exotic mood, female singer from Georgia
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Tiffany / Heal ( - )
various styles of urban R&B (with
"pop" sense), female singer from Las Vegas
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Tony Enos / Work it out ( - )
urban/pop crosover with dance grooves,
sexy male singer from Philadelphia, one song 5 versions (CD single,
CD-R)
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| March 16, 2008 |
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Cupid / Are you ready? (Datboycupid Publishing)
lots of southern slow jams! ultra
emotional! '02 release, you should try if you love his official national release
"Time for a change" (CD-R)
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Cupid / 2 sides to every story (A.S.A.R.)
southern rap'n R&B with "street" feel
+ emotional urban R&B with southern flava, '04 release before his big hit
album (CD-R)
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Brotherhood of Love / Real school radio ( - )
mixture of oldschool R&B, pop, rock
and even rock'n roll, lots of smooth and easy-listening "love songs"
(CD-R)
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KR Morales / Come get it (MSM Music, Inc.)
urban R&B like Craig David, one song
(CD single)
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Lafonda / Built like that (Sleepless Productionz)
blend of R&B, hiphop and pop, club
bangar by female singer aka the R&B "Bronx Bombshell", one song 4 versions
(CD single, CD-R)
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Stevie Jay / 2 sides of a man (Hep' Me)
downhome southern blues'n soul, not better
one among recent southern R&B albums(CD-R)
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| March 17, 2008 |
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Damion Cantrell / Setting the mood ( - )
lots of emotional slow jams, really "old
meets new" type R&B, worth trying (CD-R)
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Tall / Sometimes ( - )
blend of Anthony Hamilton and Jeffrey
Osbourne with Memphis or blues flavor? some emotional slowies, only 5 songs
(mini CD, CD-R)
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Terence Scott Cooper / Always love ( - )
brown-eyed R&B with
adult-contemporary, jazz, funk and gospel influences, lots of slowies
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Al'oos / Piece of me (Algro Limited)
retro R&B with his own tenor-voice,
relaxed or laidback sounds, 7 songs only (mini CD)
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Tebo / Skills 2 pay da bills (TEBO Music)
Frank Thibeaux aka Tebo from San
Francisco, bassisit/singer with oldschool funk style like Cameo
(CD-R)
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The Code Blue Band / Tight at midnight ( - )
mixture of blues, R&B, funk and rock'n
roll, blues band featuring saxophone from Ohio (CD-R)
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| March 18, 2008 |
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D. Horne / I still believe (Yokebreaker Productions)
Derrick Horn from Texas, is this really
gospel record? sounds R&B! full of emotional slow songs with light jazz
influence
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Cicero Blake / It's you I need (Hep' Me)
southern R&B sounds with a touch of
blues, lots of typical southern-styled slowies by this veteran soulful singer
(CD-R)
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Boo Boo Cousins / Wet heat ( - )
followup release to his "Direct sunlight"
album, blend of R&B, funk and hiphop(CD-R)
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| March 19, 2008 |
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Nino / Phone sex (MVB Entertainment Inc.)
emotional R&B singer from Georgia,
lots of slowjams with "sexy" moods, some "quiet storm" influence also
(CD-R)
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Delray / The bigger picture (Delfunkboy Music Inc.)
songwriter/singer from California with
rap'n R&B sounds, half are R&B vocal tracks with "classic soul" twist
(CD-R)
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Cri-Shounda / Hood hottie "It is what it is" ( - )
urban female R&B with strong hiphop
edge, bonus DVD (CD-R, DVD)
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Alter Ego-Incognito / Your body call'in ( - )
pop'n smooth R&B but sounds a bit
boring, 2 songs (CD single, CD-R)
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| March 20, 2008 |
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Banky W / Mr. Capable (Empire Mates Entertainment Inc.)
emotional & soulful singer from New
York, lots of nice slowies like Usher, worth listening
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Blayze / Bringin' da heat (Full House Music Group)
westcoast hiphop'n R&B singer, some
R&B vocal tracks, Queen Latifah follower?
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| March 21, 2008 |
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Water Seed / Early for the future ( - )
subtitled as "live in Atlanta", emotional
female lead singer with jazzy feeling, sophisticated yet groovy singings
(CD-R)
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Moreh Darryl Turpin and The Voices of Mashiach / Smash : resurrection ministry
(Mashiach Temple Ministries)
contemporary gospel with laidback R&B
flavor (CD-R)
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The Gospel Saints / Thank you Lord (FCMG)
traditional male gospel quintet with a
hint of recent "southern-soul" (CD-R)
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Johnny Walker / Jesus is on his way ( - )
gospel with oldschool R&B or Johnny Taylor influences, all slowies
without any hard Jesus shout, his blues album was "Angel" which
was reviewed here in Nov. '02, 5 songs only (mini CD, CD-R)
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| March 22, 2008 |
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Streetfame / The green light treatment (GMPR)
smooth rap'n R&B by this two males
team, 3 songs only (CD single)
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Jin Jin Reeves / Living proof (Jabara)
Detroit born lady, mixture of R&B, traditional "soul" and pop
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Nayo Jones / My name is Nayo (Power Move)
Chicago born lady, urban R&B singer with touches of "adult" "jazz" and
"funk"
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BlkIndianMale / Compositions ( - )
really the relative of Aretha Franklin?
mixture of smooth R&B, oldschool soul, jazz and pop (CD-R)
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| March 23, 2008 |
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Dennis Coleman / Back in the mood (Pristine Studios)
oldschool R&B flavored with jazz and
upbeat funk, lots of soulful singings, worth trying
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Greg Kirkland Jr and The Generation of Praise / Journey ( - )
contemporary gospel with Greg's soulful
voice, light R&B influence
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| March 24, 2008 |
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Beverley Skeete / Unchained (Vocaphone)
she's been the lead singer with Bill
Wyman's Rhythm Kings for 10 years, mixture of R&B, oldschool soul, swamp
blues and even rock, lots of remakes such as Bobby Womach's "I'm in love"
etc.
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N MY SOUL / What's in my soul (ATL)
smooth R&B with oldschool flavor,
Marvin Gaye follower? some "acoustic" touch also, male singer from
westcoast
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Jerome Johnson / Uncover me (J.Rome Music)
combination of contemporary gospel with
R&B and rap, no "hard" Jesus shout, sometimes sounds almost
R&B
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| March 25, 2008 |
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V.A. / Save me : Billy's got to eat (BBD's Music)
various singers that dates back to
oldschool like The Ballads, a new generation like Donald Thompson (D Thang) or
Ben Petry Vallejo and blues singer like Sammy Mayfield, you should hear the new
('08) version of "God bless our love" by legenday The Ballads, all smooth all
soulful tracks (CD-R)
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| March 26, 2008 |
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Homemadesoul / vol. 2 : LOVE (Homemadesoul Music Publishing)
born Curtis Clark Jr. in Philadelphhia,
all smooth and emotional "love" ballads, 5 songs only (mini CD, CD-R)
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Freshy-D / Shake it ( - )
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Freshy-D / Unconditional love ( - )
slow rap'n R&B + instrumental tracks, 5 songs each (mini CD, CD-R)
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J-Stone & Kay'O / Bedroom musik ( - )
"love" songs of dreamy moods with their
rap'n R&B style, all slowies for the "grown & sexy" (CD-R)
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| March 27, 2008 |
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Blak Ice / Next to you (Wolfville)
four piece male vocal group with
"oldschool" flava, lots of nice slowies with soulful singings and tight
harmonies! worth listening!
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Jordan Atwater / Emotional intelligence (H.A.P.S.)
contemporary female R&B with catchy
hooks, some sophisticated funk or "adult rock" tracks also
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| March 28, 2008 |
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Bobby Wilson / Here is where the love is (Flycity)
veteran "soul singer" from the '70s,
smooth R&B with "easy-listening" flava, sounds oldschool but comfort for
ears
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Anton / I like it (Chrysdee)
followup release to his "Broken heart"
album, oldschool R&B with a touch of blues'n funk, 7 songs only (mini CD,
CD-R)
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Adama / Delicate dragon (4Dpeople)
blend of jazz-infused R&B, pop,
Nigerian sounds and middle eastern flavor, Nigerian-born-London based female
singer
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| March 29, 2008 |
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James Knox / It's my time ( - )
southern R&B with soulful singings
from Georgia, no blues no funk, just downhome R&B only
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| March 30, 2008 |
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D'Breeon / The feel of you (BIG SOUND)
urban R&B/pop crossover with moderate
hihop flavor
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Helen Baylor / Full circle (MCG)
contemporary gospel with R&B
influence
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Apostle J.L. Cash & Praise / I need to hear from you ( - )
contemporary gospel with soulful singings,
oldschool R&B influence also
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Donald Sanders / Believe ( - )
contemporary gospel with R&B
flavor
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| March 31, 2008 |
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Jamal Evans / After all this time ( - )
my recent favorites! soulful R&B with
his own emotional tenor-voice singings, all slowies, only 3 songs (CD single,
CD-R)
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