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| Soul Clinic |
| September, 2008 |
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Phil Perry / Ready for love (Shanachie)
smooth yet fully emotional R&B with light smooth jazz influence, "love songs" especially for your midnight listening |
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Howard Tate / Blue day (Evidence)
the second album after his comeback, mixture of oldschool R&B, blues, and even "rock", produced by Jon Tiven, his voice is still earthy and soulful |
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| September 2, 2008 |
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Clarence Dobbins / The uprising (CDS)
dynamic southern R&B singer with a touch of blues! soulful singings backed by tight horn section |
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John Ellison / Back (Jamie/Guyden)
ex Soul Brothers Six singer, more modern or "rock"ish sounds than before, for example heart his new version of "Some kind of wonderful" first, still soulful but not my kind |
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| September 3, 2008 |
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Annette Taylor / Hustlin' for dollars, hustlin' for change ( - )
mixture of R&B and dance music with her SOULFUL voice, real dancefloor shakers! (CD-R) |
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Brian Alexander / My rhythm, my blues, my rules (Street Mafia)
emotional R&B with a touch of hiphop, lots of slowies, male singer from Kansas city (CD-R) |
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BJ Wayman / Heart & soul 2007 (Kaykay Productions)
mixture of oldschool soul, urban R&B, blues and spiritual flavor with his powerful and soulful voice, male singer from Canada (CD-R) |
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| September ‚S, 2008 |
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Tracey Harris / Love 365 (Woodsway)
urban R&B with influences of smooth jazz, neo-soul and quiet storm, all emotional slowies, good for your late night listening |
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| September 5, 2008 |
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Cris Christy / Love (MVB)
lyrics are gospel but sounds almost "urban R&B" (CD-R) |
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| September 6, 2008 |
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Incognito / Tales from the beach (Dome/Heads Up)
typical their sounds with Maysa's soulful voice, recorded in Italy, Germany,
Indonesia or London and mixed in Jakarta, full of groooovy midtempos, Dome
is UK label, Head Up American |
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Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere / Nudge it up a notch (Stax)
Felix is ex Young Rascals singer, mixture of southern R&B, blues, funk, southern rock and pop music, Jon Tiven produce |
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| September 7, 2008 |
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V.A. / A gift 4 U (Lewlew Productions)
a romantic and soulful mix of Christmas and R&B songs by Larry Webb and the late great Rich Carson, 8 new artists, all emotional slowies (CD-R) |
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The Cornelius Brothers / Traditional Christmas (Cor-Bros Music)
they sings Christmas favorites with their own smooooth way (CD-R) |
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| September 8, 2008 |
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J. Starr / The potential : the TP ( - )
urban R&B with a hiphop flip to it, light "new jack swing" feel also, some emotional slowies (mini CD, CD-R) |
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V.A. / 1FM Productions presents .... Summer jamz (1FM Music)
originally released in '05, R&B/pop crosssover with catchy or groovy hooks by Young Leek, Tony Kurtis, Remy Ma, Bossman etc., yes! this is "summer" sound for you |
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| September 9, 2008 |
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Leon Ware / Moon ride (Stax)
his first album for the revived Stax imprint, urban R&B with laid-back romantic vibe, modern Marvin Gaye with sophistication? |
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Angel Rissoff / Nu soul stew (Angel Music)
traditional R&B with a touch of blues, blue-eyed singer from New York city
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| September 10, 2008 |
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Gregg A. Smith / Triple play swing (GMAN)
southern R&B with both touches of uban and blues, some influence of Johnnie Taylor? |
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Greg Rose / Doing it again (GLR Entertainment)
emotional R&B with oldschool feel, full of slowies with his SOULFUL singings |
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| September 11, 2008 |
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Damita / No looking back (Tyscot)
contemporary gospel with strong today's R&B flava, really sounda like R&B |
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| September 12, 2008 |
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Bobby Washington / G.L.U.E. ( - )
grown and sexy R&B with his emotional singings, some melodious rap also, try if you love his previous albums (CD-R) |
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Cherisse / Soul journey ( - )
urban R&B with sophisticated jazzy flava like Jill Scott or India Arie,
follow-up release to her "Moan" album (CD-R) |
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Sandbloom / Madloveactivate (Red Llama Music)
urban R&B with jazz and "acoustic" flavors, includes remake
of "Let's stay together", Kevin Sandbloom from California, |
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| September 13, 2008 |
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The Delfonics Today / All platinum (La La)
William Hart, John Johnson and Garfield Fleming! delicate yet fully emotional singings with harmony, lots of dreamy slowies but not their best |
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Stanley Porter / All to you ( - )
his 3rd album? soulful contemporary gospel with STRONG R&B influence (CD-R) |
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| September 14, 2008 |
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Sir Isaac/ Spread the light ( - )
contemporary gospel with strong influence of "old school R&B", almost sounda like '70s soul music sometimes, soulful singings with thrilling falsetto, not bad if you like oldschool R&B |
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| September 15, 2008 |
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JaiWAN / Relationships (KOCH)
male contemporary gospel singer, almost sounda like soulful R&B, not from small independent label but worth of picking this here, my recent favorite album |
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Josh Brown / Sings (Inusoul Music Group)
half urban R&B with jazzy or bluesy vive and half "soul-jazz" instrumental tracks, trumpeter/singer from Texas (CD-R) |
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Honey B / Soul survivor (HoneyB Muzik Inc.)
mixture of urban R&B, neo-soul, love songs, spoken word and poetry, to encourage and inspire the listeners, female singer to California |
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| September 16, 2008 |
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Carde / Be with you (Superstar Entertainment)
smooth yet soulful male R&B singer! lots of groovy or emotional goodies with light touch of "oldschool", worth listening! |
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| September 17, 2008 |
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Stan The Man / Finally unleashed ( - )
Stan Bozeman from Missouri, mixture of urban R&B, oldschool soul, jazzy funk and pop, some Motown influence? (CD-R) |
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Jacey ( - )
male songwriter/composer/producer/singer from Canada, urban R&B with his "flat" vocals, 8 songs only (mini CD, CD-R) |
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Donny West / Dear lover ( - )
oldschool R&B with his "flat" vocals, below average. only 6 tracks (mini CD) |
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| September 18, 2008 |
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La Sonya Gunter / Crazy beautiful (A Blak Dot Recording)
followup album to his "Black geri" album, contemporary urban R&B with funky and "street" feel, lots of groovy midtempos |
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Sean Miranda / Ready ( - )
smooth yet fully emotional R&B with light rap mix, worth checking this (CD-R) |
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Manuel / The 1 ( - )
Manuel T. Lawrence from Atlanta,, urban R&B/pop crossover with his own emotional tenor (sometimes high-tenor) voice (CD-R) |
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| September 19, 2008 |
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Q Harper / Quiet time (Harper House)
wow! nice "quiet storm" ballad with his emotional singing, Quinton Deon Harper from Detroit, one song two versions, worth trying (CD single) |
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Mr. David / Me loving you (Waldoxy)
follow up release to his "Southern soul singer" album, mixture of southern R&B and downhome blues, soulful (yet sometimes "smooth") singings |
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| September 20, 2008 |
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Tamala Coleman / Free 2B me ( - )
contemporary gospel with strong R&B flava, almost sounda like today's R&B (CD-R) |
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Randy Darbonne / Sunshine (Kool Like That Inc.)
followup single to his "Radio soul" and "Let's talk about love" album, urban R&B with oldschool flavor, influenced by Marvin Gaye? 2 songs (CD single) |
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David K. Smith / From the heart ( - )
urban R&B with his "flat" vocals, not so impressed, 8 songs (mini CD, CD-R) |
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| September 21, 2008 |
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Sherree Brown / First fruits
formerly known as Sherree Ford-Payne! gospel lyrics but sounds like mixture of urban R&B, neo-soul and jazz, not bad and try.... |
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Jameel Jahmay / Ready 2 serve u (Jada'bu)
urban R&B with "pop" or "top 40"s touch, also light influence of '70s/'80s R&B and hiphop, not bad |
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World Class Noise / Inspiration cafe (World Class Noise)
8 piece multi-racial group from Chicago, classic spoul music with new twist, influences of Earth Wind & Fire or Tower of Power? only 7 tracks (mini CD) |
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Cindy Jay / Hipnotiq ( - )
urban R&B/rap mix with her own sexy yet emotional voice, female singer from Florida (CD-R) |
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| September 22, 2008 |
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Hucknall / Tribute to Bobby (Atco/Rhino)
of course this is not independent but "major" release, please hear the sheer soulfulness of Sinply Red's Mick Hucknall, full of an homage to great Bobby "Blue" Bland |
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Solomon Burke / Like a fire (Shout! Factory)
guest artists like Eric Clapton, Ben Harper or Keb' Mo, well produced (sometimes "over"produced?) soulful album, he still CAN sing |
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Marcellina / My name is ( - )
Marcellina Hawthorne from California, urban R&B/pop crossover with her soulful voice, not bad .... |
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Jennifer Watts / Pay my bills (Chip)
southern yet "smooth" R&B, not so "hard" as recent other downhome R&B albums, many groovy midtempo songs, Betty Wright influence? |
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Booshank / Grown & sexy (L.E.D. Producyions)
blend of urban R&B, smooth singings and hiphop flow, male singer from Connecticut (CD-R) |
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Joan Osbourne / Breakfast in bed (Direct Holdings Americas, Inc.)
blue-eyed female singer challenged R&B music nicely, all remakes of soul biggies like "I've got my imagination""Kiss and say goodbye" etc. |
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| September 23, 2008 |
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The Chestnut Brothers / Whole lotta you in me (AE Music Group)
superb R&B! soulful midtempo (old song) and slow ballad (new song) coupling with full of their passion, 2 songs 4 versions, do NOT miss this! (CD single) |
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Livin Out Loud / What about us ; deluxe edition (Kin Producttions)
some different songs/mixes to "original" edition, nice urban R&B with '70s/'80s feel, someone told as "Marvin Gaye and Alicia Keyts meet The Black Eyed Peas" |
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Chris Cauley ( - )
blue-eyed R&B singer from Georgia, emotional R&B/pop crossover, 5 songs only (mini CD) |
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Dr. John and The Lower 911 / City that care forgot (429)
New Orleans veteran Dr. John is letting to world know it in no uncertain terms on "the city that care forgot", guest artists like Eric Clapton, Terence Simien etc., not pure R&B but interesting R&B grooves here and there |
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Dairon Skye / Suffocatin' my heart from loving ( - )
R&B sounds of "urban meets neo-soul" with his emotional singings,, male singer from Boston (CD-R) |
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| September 24, 2008 |
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Wiley and The Checkmates / We call it soul (Rabbit Factory)
yes! I call this "really soulful R&B like old Stax sounds", you should listen if your keywords are southern, deep, bluesy or Stax, Herbert Wiley is soulful black singer backed by white musicians |
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Shirley Slaughter / Philadelphia soul (Universal Love)
urban R&B with "oldschool" or jazzy flavor, singer with strong and multi-octav voice, 7 songs only (mini CD) |
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James Jr. / Making it to the top (New Experience)
southern R&B with touches of "urban" or "oldschool", not so hard but emotional singings, you'll love "Masterpiece" if you 're "'70s sweet soul" lover (CD-R) |
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Soul Tempo / Touch the hem of his garment (Soul Tempo)
4 piece male gospel group, traditional style but with soulful singings, 3 songs (CD single) |
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| September 25, 2008 |
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Tayvon / From my heart (LTPD)
smooth R&B from slow to midtempo with his emotional singings, worth checkin' |
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Marcus Allen / Get to know me (Echo-Vista)
soulful R&B with southern flavor, lots of emotional slowies with "deep" feelings, some rap also, worth tring to listen |
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Thurston Daniel / L.I.F.E. project (My 4 Girld Music)
mixture of urban R&B, spiritual lyrics and pop, smooth and emotional singings about love, almost all slow ballads! Donny Hathaway influence? |
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| September 26, 2008 |
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Rodger Collins / Through my eyes ( - )
veteran westcoast/Texas blues'n soul singer, many different kind of songs from oldschool R&B, blues, rock, jazz to C&W, but still full of deepness, energy and gutsy feeling |
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Linda Laws / Soul butterfly (Jamie)
mixture of urban R&B, neo-soul, oldschool soul, smooth jazz and light funk, female singer from Las Vegas |
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Tina Johnson / I'm free ( - )
gospel lyrics but almost sounda like R&B! "contemporary R&B meets gospel" by thisFlorida lady |
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Rhoda ( - )
a native of Uganda and she raised in Washington D.C., urban R&B with "smooth" or "pop" flavors |
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AB / Music love magic (Alonz Muzik)
brown-eyed R&B singer with urban R&B/pop style a la Maxwell, lots of emotional slowies |
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| September 27, 2008 |
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Isaac "Tin Man" Smith / AAH! Let me make love to you (Central
City Multimedia)
really emotional R&B with soulful singings, worth checkin' if you're "ballad" devotees! |
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Thane St. Andrew / Palace of love (Empire of Soul)
Guyana-born Calgary-raised singer. mixture of urban R&B, neo-soul, oldschool R&B and pop (CD-R) |
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Jerry & The Champions / You're a winner (Clayboard)
'80s style funk (a la Rick James) with smooth vocals, "one female and two males" group from bay-area (CD-R) |
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| September 28, 2008 |
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Jackie Bryant / The journey ( - )
"neo-soul" meets "smooth R&B" with her own velvet voice? groovy and emotional, female singer from California, 5 songs only (mini CD, CD-R) |
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Jamie Sparks / I.T.M. Re-loaded (Kicksta Music Group)
mixture of urban R&B, hiphop and reggae, 6 remix songs (from his "It's the music" album), soulful vocals (mini CD, CD-R) |
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Demond Stylz / His story (Claudette's Baby Publishing)
urban R&B singer from Chicago, lots of emotional and smooth singings with gospel undertone, 8 songs (mini CD) |
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| September 29, 2008 |
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Larry Hilton / B-N-couraged (L & C Music)
gospel lyrics but almost sounda like R&B! soulful singings with R&B feel, worth trying |
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E. Bland / Soulcentric (Reel Music Publishing)
followup release to his "Just me" album, mixture of urban R&B, neo-soul, smooth soul and jazz, lots of emotional slowies |
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| September 30, 2008 |
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Keni Myles / My rhythm & my blues ( - )
wow! this is GOOD R&B album! powerful and soulful vocals with deep emotion, influence of traditional R&B, Anthony Hamilton type, well-worth listening!! |
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