Soul Sista: Erykah Badu
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Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is the most influential pop icon. She is not just influential because of her voice but she is influential because she has donated and supported many charities and has continued to use her platform for good purposes. Mariah Carey was born on March 27, 1969, in Huntington, New York. Mariah Carey was […]
Fantasia Barrino: “This Is Me”
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Keyshia Cole (Scholarly Articles)
Menachem, Michael. “Keyshia Cole Featuring Monica: Trust.” Billboard, vol. 121, no. 29, 2009, pp. 45–45. Bchrome. “Keyshia Cole.” Articlebio, ArticleBio, 17 Feb. 2017, https://articlebio.com/keyshia-cole. Horowitz, Steven J. “Spreading ‘Love’: Keyshia Cole Hooks Up with Iheartradio, Connects with New Single.(r&b).” Billboard, vol. 124, no. 26, 2012, p. 27. Cole, Keyshia, et al., directors. Keyshia Cole: The […]
Early 2000s Women in Rap by Ysa, Anna, and Mariah
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Gospel Icon- Tamela Mann
Tamela Mann The New Sound to Gospel Music Before Her Music: Tamela Jean Johnson was born on June 9, 1966 in Texas. By the age of 12 she was signing in the church choir and was also selected to sing many solos. Soon she would flourish not only in church but also high school and […]
Is Hip-Hop the New Gospel?
For years, the Gospel genre of music has provided a way for people to maintain balance in their lives. With every life lesson in the bible, there was a general take away that motivated people to keep pushing: acknowledging that things would get better soon. However, as time goes by, and as the minds of […]
Obama Snubbed Etta James
Obama Snubbed Etta James It is January 20, 2009. Barack Obama has just been inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States. You turn on the TV to watch the Inaugural Ball. Barack and Michelle Obama step out onto the dance floor. The accompanying track to “At Last” starts playing and… Beyonce starts singing? […]
Who is Jhene Aiko?
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Gospel Through the Decades
All Aboard the Gospel Train By: Demi Browder For those like me who wasn’t too heavily experienced with gospel, hop on this train to take a gospel trip down memory lane. Traditional, jazzy, blues, folk, hip-hop, pop, and jubilee, we have it all! Sit back and enjoy the scenary. First Stop: 1920s Mother McCollum was […]
Ciara
CIARA Who is Ciara? Ciara Princess Wilson (aka Ciara) was born on October 25, 1985 in Fort Hood, TX. Ciara does it all. She is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and model. Ciara has made her mark in the contemporary R&B/pop music scene. Aside from her music, many adore her dancing skills, loveable personality, and […]
The Rise of Digital Music : Late 2000s Music
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The Commodification of Black Music-Trinity Seegars
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Hip Hop Soul
What is Hip Hop Soul? Hip Hop Soul is a Subgenre of R&B music made most popular during the 1990s. Hip Hop R&B fuses the soul of singing with hip hop productions. Origin Story Hip Hop Soul evolved from new jack swing, another form of R&B popularized by artists and producers like Keith Sweat, Bobby […]
“Mos Def”initely An Icon
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Mos Def: Project Outline
/*! elementor – v3.4.8 – 16-11-2021 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} In Depth on Mos Def /*! elementor – v3.4.8 – 16-11-2021 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} MOS DEF BEFORE THE FAME Here is where I will provide a detailed run down of Mos Def’s background. This will include his birth […]
Jay Z : The Greatest Rapper Alive
This post discusses the musical career and life of Shawn “Jay Z” Carter.
Spelman College Jazz Program: Gone But Not Forgotten
Spelman College Jazz Program: Gone but Not Forgotten Spelman College Had a Jazz Program? Indeed, from 1983-2017, Spelman College had one of the country’s few jazz programs at an all-women’s college. As a track inside the music major, the jazz program offered courses like improvisation, and jazz composition and arrangement. There even was a Jazz […]
Passing the Torch: Black Women Activism through artistic outlets
In Chapter 5 of The Songs of Black (Women) Folk: Music, Politics, and Everyday Living, Rasheedah Quiett Jenkins is determined to highlight the connections between several black female artists that have been enlisted in carrying on the tradition of Black women activism. These women all stem from whom Jenkins deems as one of the first to do […]
R&B: The 5th Stream
The New Millennium The fusion R&B creations of independent composers ignited the careers of many new artists in the 1990s. Two production techniques were prevalent in R&B by the end of the 1990s: collaborations amongst rhythm and blues/soul singers with rappers and sampling choruses and chorus lines from rhythm and blues/soul records from the […]
