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A Sequel As Good As The Original: The Robert Glasper Experiment’s Black Radio 2

by MJ on Nov 4, 2013 • 4 Comments

Keyboardist Robert Glasper (and his three bandmates who make up the Robert Glasper Experiment) might be the only act remaining who can garner pop attention while offering a sound that has at least a pinky toe in jazz. With 2012’s Black Radio, the Experiment managed to successfully integrate the worlds of jazz and R&B like no one has been able to do in maybe two decades. Featuring a who’s who of soul and hip-hop luminaries, Black Radio deservedly won the […]

bLISTerd: The 100 Best Albums Of The ’00s (30-21)

by Popblerd Staff on Feb 17, 2012 • 3 Comments

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We’re almost at the top of the list! This round includes albums from Kanye West, Muse and Queens Of The Stone Age.

Spin Cycle: Anthony Hamilton’s “Back to Love”

by MJ on Dec 19, 2011 • No Comments

Album Reviews / Pop Music / soul music / Spin Cycle

A lot of times when I write reviews, I like to explain how I first came into contact with the artist’s work. With Anthony Hamilton, it was at a 2003 convention headed by L.A. Reid and the folks at Arista Records. Amid songs, interviews and performances with the likes of Usher, Pink and Outkast, they also introduced a handful of their developing artists-including a soul singer by the name of Anthony Hamilton. With a voice that recalled Bill Withers and […]

The Viewfinder: “Woo” by Anthony Hamilton

by MJ on Nov 30, 2011 • No Comments

New Releases / Pop Music / soul music / The Viewfinder / Videos

So, after pretty much an entire year without a halfway decent R&B album (thanks Rahsaan Patterson, Raphael Saadiq and Marsha Ambrosius for providing something for soul fans earlier in 2011,) December promises to be flush with albums by some of the genre’s leading lights. Mary J. Blige has already led the way with My Life II, Trey Songz (who’s got skills) just released and EP, we’ve got Robin Thicke on deck (who has hopefully learned from his Nicki Minaj-assisted disaster) […]

The Singles Bar: Anthony Hamilton’s “Woo”

by MJ on Oct 19, 2011 • No Comments

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I’ve been on Team Anthony Hamilton ever since I saw him rip a stage apart at an Arista Records showcase some eight years ago. His commanding voice (very reminiscent of Bill Withers and Bobby Womack) and go-for-broke stage presence had me singing the praises of his breakthrough effort, Comin’ From Where I’m From, to anyone who would listen-seriously, ask my friends. When the album went Gold (and eventually Platinum), I actually felt a sense of accomplishment. Like my mind vibrations […]

The Singles Bar: Anthony Hamilton’s “Scandalous”

by MJ on Aug 5, 2011 • No Comments

music / New Releases / soul music / The Singles Bar

He’s one of the best soul singers to emerge in the past decade, and he’s coming off of one of this summer’s most delightful songs-his “So in Love” duet with tourmate Jill Scott (sidebar-damn, those tickets are ‘spensive!!) What can Anthony Hamilton do for an encore? How about hitting us with a slightly more risque summer jam courtesy of his new single, “Scandalous”. With sly lyrics, a groove that’ll make you shuffle your shoulders in your seat (at least that’s […]

“So in Love” with Jill Scott (& Anthony Hamilton)’s New Track

by MJ on Apr 18, 2011 • No Comments

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Neither Jill Scott nor Anthony Hamilton impressed me the last time around. For Mr. Hamilton, The Point of it All felt kinda average after I practically wore out his previous two albums. As for Jilly from Philly, The Real Thing just kinda felt “meh” to me, and was compounded by the fact that she was more than a little off-putting the one time I saw her live (Robin Thicke and Chaka Khan both went on before her, and both outclassed […]