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Posts tagged "Babyface"
Babyface & Toni Braxton Make All The Right Moves On “Where Did We Go Wrong?”
‘Face & Toni take it back to ’96.
bLISTerd: the Top 10 TLC Songs
In anticipation of tonight’s VH1 movie CrazySexyCool: the TLC Story, we at PopBlerd! thought it was only fitting to countdown the top 10 TLC songs of all-time.
Note for Note: A Guide to the Discography of Justin Timberlake (Part One: *NSYNC)
Paying tribute to the career of Justin Timberlake, and remembering the early, awkward years.
bLISTerd: The 100 Best R&B Songs of the ’90s (#10-#1)
It’s finally here! The top ten R&B hits of the Nineties! There’s a Janet Jackson song in here!
Spin Cycle: Anthony Hamilton’s “Back to Love”
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
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 Viewfinder: Beyonce’s “Best Thing I Never Had”
Welcome to the Beyonce Knowles victory lap. Celebrating the #1 debut of her album, 4, the Queen B unleashes the second video from the project. It’s for the Babyface co-penned ballad “Best Thing I Never Had”, and it’s got the internet a-buzzing. Not only does it offer a solid minute of Beyonce in her draws, but you also get to see what a Beyonce wedding might have looked like (for all the voyeur-types in the house). The clip is eye-catching […]
Award Show Sundays: A Triple Shot of Babyface
Part of agenda for this 4th of July weekend has been co-authoring a comprehensive guide to the music of Babyface for my folks at Popdose. With that written and shipped off to Grand Poobah Jeff Giles (and ‘Face sporting a songwriting credit on “Best Thing I Never Had”, one of the best things on Beyonce’s new album , I still have ‘Face on the brain (OK, that sounded weird reading it back. But I’m gonna leave it in). This week’s Award Show Sunday, […]
Spin Cycle Plus: Beyonce’s “4”
Beyonce’s 4 has been quite the subject of discussion over at Popblerd HQ. With so many opinions about the pop star’s work and the controversy surrounding the album (after several songs from the album underperformed and the entire set leaked about a month before release, it was rumored that Beyonce’s record company asked her to go back into the studio and retool the album. These rumors have been categorically denied all around), it was only right that we gave you […]