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| Soul Clinic |
| June, 2008 |
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Frank McComb / Live in Atlanta vol. 1 (Village Again)
one of the most sophisticated yet fully emotional R&B singer of today,
good "live" with gorgeous back musicians, CD plus DVD set, Japanese release
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Harvey Lee / This is my love story ( - )
lots of romantic R&B slowies! sounds "urban R&B/pop crossover"?
(CD-R)
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| June 2, 2008 |
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Angela Johnson / Presents woman's touch vol. 1 (Purpose)
USA version plus one bonus song "Good
love" by Deni Hines, Japanese release
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Cafe Soul All-stars / Love pages + (Cafe Soul)
THE QUALITY R&B ALBUM! USA version
plus one bonus track "Kiss me" by Denise Stewart on this Japanese
release
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| June 3, 2008 |
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Choklate (Choklate Music)
blend of hiphop and urban R&B with a
groove, light "bluesy" undertone also, the second album by this Seattle based
female singer CD-R)
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Leslie Bowe / Color of sound (Browneyed Soul)
smooooth "old meets new" type R&B with
acoustic touch, all emotional slowies, 5 songs only (mini CD)
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| June ‚S, 2008 |
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Nhojj / Soul comfort (Black Angel)
mixture of smooth urban R&B, oldschool
soul, jazz, dance and funk, "sweet" singings, male singer from New York, his 4th
album?
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| June 5, 2008 |
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Doug and Melvin Williams / Duets II (Blackberry)
traditional southern gospel with soulful
R&B tinged vocals, veteran gospel brothers (ex. The Williams
Brothers)
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Revive / The return (KOCH)
soulful male gospel quartet (4 piece
group) with R&B flavor
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Raine / Find out what she likes (Baby Boy)
the same album with "another" jacket as
her "Take a lil risk" album which was reviewed here before, yes! the sound
is typical "female southern R&B
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| June 6, 2008 |
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Gerald Alston / Sings Sam Cooke (Love Song Touring Co.)
wow! Gerald is really the best singer to
sing and tribute to Sam Cooke! soulful phrasing of Sam Cooke with Gerald's own
twist, guests like Gerald Albright,try to listen this album
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Cynthia Jones / Gotta soul (Kingdom)
the most R&B side of contemporary
gospel? sounds almost emotional R&B or "neo-soul", all slowies
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Regina Belle / Love forever shines (Pendulum)
the first "gospel" album by this veteran
and talented R&B singer, smooth yet soulful singings! not
bad.....
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| June 7, 2008 |
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Romina Johnson / Soul river (J&J Music Production)
call her "the queen of UK two step"? urban
UK R&B with groovy club flavor, Japanese release
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Euclid Gray / Unleashed (Malaco)
contemporary gospel, lots of midtempo
songs with southern flavor
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| June 8, 2008 |
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L.J. Reynolds / The message (Crystal Rose)
wow! he still can sing with his own
soulful & dynamic voice! contemporary gospel with "oldschool soul"
influence, worth trying
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| June 9, 2008 |
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Nehemiah / Public mind (Ruff Diamond Ent.)
nice blend of soulful urban R&B and
gospel lyrics, fully emotional singings with a message, worth checking
this
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Weava / Inside out (Church Boy)
really 17 years old boy? emotional urban
R&B, lots of slow jams, worth trying
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Art Morris featuring Africa Sutton / Sloppy drunk ( - )
he called this song as "modern blues",
sounds mixture of downhome blues, funky funk and hiphop, interesting sound, one
song (CD single, CD-R)
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| June 10, 2008 |
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Satya Project / Shine a light ( - )
mixture sounds of R&B, oldschool soul,
funk, jazz and spirituals by two Spanish/Filipino songwriters/producers, quality
vocals with sophisticated but fully groovy sounds, try if you like Incognito or
The Brand New Heavies
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| June 11, 2008 |
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Billy Cook / Kiss tha cook (Battiste Muzic Group)
lots of emotional slow jams! really
soulful R&B singings with emotion, worth trying if you like his other
R&B albums
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| June 12, 2008 |
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Jaz Ellington / So...this is me EP ( - )
emotional urban R&B with "neo-soul"
touch, lots of slowies but sounds groovy! 6 tracks only (mini CD)
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Tyrone Phillips / Long time coming(Lyvemyre Music)
soulful R&B with a touch of hiphop,
undertone of traditional "soul music" also, worth trying (CD-R)
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Cecil Parker / Wit you (ETR Entertainment)
veteran Philly singer, hiphop'n R&B,
two songs (CD single, CD-R)
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Bryan Austin / Realizing the dream (Art-Tist)
gospel lyrics with oldschool R&B
sounds (with "easy listening" touch), smooth sounds (CD-R)
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| June 13, 2008 |
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Willie Walker / Hoochin with Larry (SEMAJ MUSIC)
more variety of songs than before but
still what a voice! full of "southern styled deep soul" songs! how' bout the
midtempo song "Lost a good thang"? worth trying
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| June 14, 2008 |
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Winfield Parker / The best of : then & now (bp)
12 songs from his obscure 7 inch on
Ru-Jac, Spring, Wand, GSF and P&L labels in late '60s or '70s, 2 recently
recorded songs also as a bonus, very soulful oldschool R&B, my favorite
singer (CD-R)
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| June 15, 2008 |
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Link / Creepin (Superstar)
very emotional male R&B singer from
Texas, full of smooth ballads & groovy midtempos, worth trying
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Rochone / Photographs (No Holding Back)
Rochone Anderson from California,
emmotional R&B/pop crossover sounds with "top 40" flavor, hiphop touch
also
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| June 16, 2008 |
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Lalah Hathaway / Self portrait (Concord Music Group)
sophisticated R&B with jazz
atmosphere, all emotional slowies
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Woodson / Black out ( - )
mixture of urban R&B, hiphop and pop,
some emotional slowies, male singer from Boston (CD-R)
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| June 17, 2008 |
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Preston Glass / Music as medicine (EXpansion)
one of the today's best R&B producer
featuring many guests like Ali Ollie Woodson, Latoya London, Brian Culbertson,
Rebbie Jackson, Wilton Felder etc., gorgeous R&B sounds with "urban" feel,
worth listening
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Freddie Hughes / I know it's hard but it's fair (Blues Express)
still strong voice! lots of blues'n soul songs from slow to midtempo, remakes
of "Gypsy woman""Frankie & Johnnie""Little
blue bird""Ain't that lovin' you" etc.
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Chick Willis / The don of the blues (CDS)
downhome southern blues with light
influence of oldschool soul music
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| June 18, 2008 |
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Archie Love / Love chronicles (JEA/Loveland)
what a voice! full of hard & strong
southern R&B songs! try if your keywords are "southern""deep" or
"soulful"
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Leon McMullen / Can I take you out tonight (Sound Mindz)
the debut album by this throaty singer,
lots of southern deep R&B with a touch of blues, not bad
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| June 19, 2008 |
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JaNell / Mr. Magic (Forzia Music)
lovely, charming but fully emotional
"jazzy" ballad, female singer from California (CD single, CD-R)
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Jimmy "June" Bess & The Gospel Revelations / Walk with me Lord (On
Time)
downhome southern gospel trio with hints
of southern R&B or oldschool "soul"
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Rue Davis / Lets make this a special Christmas (Studio Showtime)
possibly not reviewed this singlet yet,
nice "southern R&B" Christmas slow! one song two versions (CD
single)
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DaOne / Today here, tomorrow the world (Y-Jamm)
try if you like his "Sweat, blood and
tears" album which was reviewed before, rap'n R&B
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| June 20, 2008 |
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Woody Cunningham ( - )
he was member/co-producer of the group
"Kleeer", all songs duplicated with his previous albums on Instinct or Expansion
labels ("Never say never""Universal love"), anyway quality R&B with full
soulfullness! only 7 tracks (mini CD, CD-R)
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Charles Seafous / Born to worship (Searis Inc.)
blend of contemporary gospel, R&B and
smooth jazz? lots of emotional slowies, sounds "smooooth"
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Felina / Lady like ( - )
urban R&B with a fringe of hiphop, many emotional slow songs, female
singer from LasVegas
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| June 21, 2008 |
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Bobbye Johnson / Rocking this boat (Brimstone)
southern R&B sounds with light "urban"
feel, some nice remakes like "Bring the boys home""Make me yours", not bad even
if you like "oldschool" soul
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Epiphany / The awakening (A. Milles Music)
"neo-soul" sounds by this mellow earthy
voiced female singer from Texas, lots of emotional slowies (CD-R)
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Big G / Heart and soul (Stone River)
oldschool R&B sounds with today's
lyrics, of course his uasual strong downhome southern flavor (CD-R)
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Big G / Nothin' but a party (Stone River)
not his latest album, but I sadly miss to
review this album, usual his deeep'n southern R&B but with a tempo, groovy
and dancable (CD-R)
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| June 22, 2008 |
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Kim Arrington / First love note of (Roarin' Refraine)
mix of urban R&B, neo-soul and even
traditional soul music, smooth sultry and sophiticated
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The Prefect Provokers / Carry me (Amarillo)
uplifting contemporary gospel by female
singer with R&B accent, sounds "smooth", Italian release
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| June 23, 2008 |
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Andrew DeBarge / Your place (Andrew DeBarge Music, Inc.)
smooth & melodic urban R&B with a
touch of "pop", ex DeBarge family
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Adore / Supa Trav presents (Supa Trav Productionz)
three lady's gospel group with urban
R&B flavor, some "street" or hiphop influence also, 5 songs only (mini CD,
CD-R)
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K-Hurl / Compassion ( - )
urban male R&B, almost slowies but
sounds a bit monotonous, 9 songs only (mini CD, CD-R)
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| June 24, 2008 |
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Eric Arceneaux / Audio emotion ( - )
blend of urban R&B, pop, hiphop, and
even "blues", sophisticated but fully emotional
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Dominique / Beat of my heart ( - )
urban R&B with hiphop flavor, female
singer from Florida
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| June 25, 2008 |
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Deep3 / Almost famous (Executive Hits Entertainment)
three piece young male group with
haromony, some hiphop sense also, try if you're "group buff"
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Jenna Burke / Insight (Micah Communications Inc.)
lyrics are gospel but sounda like "mixture
of urban R&B, pop and jazz"! not bad and try....
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| June 26, 2008 |
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LAW / Xrated ( - )
smooth & emotional male R&B singer for adults! really "grown
and sexy", try when you want such moods (CD-R)
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Jaylen Heart / First love ( - )
lots of lots of emotional slowies with
"acoustic" touch, smooooooooth yet soulful, worth checkin' this
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Nicole Mitchell / A sound of my own (Mitchnu Music)
urban R&B, mixture of R&B, jazz,
funk and dance music, followup release to her "The many moods of" album
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D. LLoyd / For you (Pre-Voc, Inc.)
the warm deep baritone vocals, all
emotional and sensual slowies, 8 songs (mini CD, CD-R)
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| June 27, 2008 |
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V.A. / The 7th family of southern soul CD (Hep' Me)
compilation of 16 old & new "southern
soul" songs produced by Senator Jones from famous singer like Johnny Adams to
lesser know singers like Par-Lay, Eddie Rasberry,Clementine Easterling
etc. (CD-R)
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| June 28, 2008 |
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Adam Emil / Journey (Napalm Music)
Adam Robertson from Chicago, strong urban R&B album with soulful
singings, better than expected, worth checkin' this
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Eric Stinnett / Chocolate soul (SMG Music Group)
the soulful R&B singer from Texas,
lots of "grown and sexy" songs (mini CD, CD-R)
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Donald "D-Mac" McRavin / In my room ( - )
urban R&B with emotion, all slowies, male singer from North Carolina
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Papa Soul / Sexxy classy love ( - )
singer "Nosakhere(Papa Soul)" from
Illinois, full of sensual slowies (CD-R)
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| June 29, 2008 |
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Frederick Daniel / Love hurt (Street Harmony Worldwide)
R&B/pop crossover with "pop" feel,
lots of sensual slowies (CD-R)
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| June 30, 2008 |
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John Maurice (John Maurice Entertainment, Inc.)
my recent favorite! good blend of smooth
R&B, modern pop and hot dance grooves, all fully emotional and soulful
songs, worth listening
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