Babyface squeezed several decades worth of hits and classics into his career-spanning set on the latest installment of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. While the legendary singer, songwriter, and producer took the lead on a few songs, he also got some help from an all-star trio of vocalists, Chanté Moore, Tank, and Avery Wilson.
Babyface opened his set with a pair of early gems: 1987’s “Two Occasions,” a song he co-wrote and co-produced for his R&b outfit the Deele, followed by 1990’s “Whip Appeal,” the hit second single from his second album,...
Babyface opened his set with a pair of early gems: 1987’s “Two Occasions,” a song he co-wrote and co-produced for his R&b outfit the Deele, followed by 1990’s “Whip Appeal,” the hit second single from his second album,...
- 6/9/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
When Nelson George sat down to write about the state of R&b for The Village Voice in the late Eighties, two super-producers were frequently on his mind: Teddy Riley, who helped invent a vicious new fusion called New Jack Swing in New York City, and his rival Babyface, a melodic mastermind based at the time in Los Angeles (but about to decamp to Atlanta).
George was writing from New York, and he was initially high on Riley, a hometown hero, but lukewarm on Babyface’s “computer-chip production.” In 1989, however,...
George was writing from New York, and he was initially high on Riley, a hometown hero, but lukewarm on Babyface’s “computer-chip production.” In 1989, however,...
- 4/30/2020
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the songwriting team behind some of Janet Jackson and Boyz II Men’s biggest hits, will release a new compilation of new original music, Jam & Lewis: Volume One, this summer. Today, they’re offering up the first track from it, “‘Til I Found You,” an upbeat, gospel-tinged vocal powerhouse that features music by the group Sounds of Blackness and singing by Ann Nesby, Big Jim Wright and Lauren Evans. In addition to leaving room for each of the singers to push their voices to the heavens (in fact,...
- 4/12/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Here is last week's caption pic winner. This week's caption pic is at the bottom of the page.
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"These are my Wizard Jeans. Wanna see where I keep the wand?"
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Weekend Birthdays! (Note: Birthday shoutouts are for out entertainers, allies, or for any celeb that seems to have a following on Ae). Tom Brady (above) is 35, Martha Stewart is 61, Ryan Lochte is 28, Faith Prince is 55, Pete Burns is 53, Tawny Kitaen is 51, and President Obama is 51. Roger Federer is going to give me an ulcer. Drink for Marriage Equality on National Starbucks Appreciation Day. Update: It's now National Marriage-Equality Day, and includes a list of businesses.Irish actor Colin O'Donoghue has been cast in a recurring role as Captain Hook in Season Two of Once Upon A Time.Cher is set to release her first...
Thanks to everyone for participating! The winner is ...
"These are my Wizard Jeans. Wanna see where I keep the wand?"
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Weekend Birthdays! (Note: Birthday shoutouts are for out entertainers, allies, or for any celeb that seems to have a following on Ae). Tom Brady (above) is 35, Martha Stewart is 61, Ryan Lochte is 28, Faith Prince is 55, Pete Burns is 53, Tawny Kitaen is 51, and President Obama is 51. Roger Federer is going to give me an ulcer. Drink for Marriage Equality on National Starbucks Appreciation Day. Update: It's now National Marriage-Equality Day, and includes a list of businesses.Irish actor Colin O'Donoghue has been cast in a recurring role as Captain Hook in Season Two of Once Upon A Time.Cher is set to release her first...
- 8/3/2012
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Just outta Sundance, Spike Lee promised in February that his latest effort, "Red Hook Summer" would be arriving in August. And true to his word, it will be.
"Red Hook Summer" has now lined up a distributor with upstart company Variance Films, and the plan is to drop the film in theaters on August 10th in a platform release that will see it roll out to more cities in the weeks that follow. The movie stars newcomer Jules Brown as Flick, a middle class Atlanta teenager sent to stay with his grandfather Enoch ("The Wire" star Clarke Peters), a bishop in the housing projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn. A culture and generation clash occurs between the two characters, but Jules falls into a relationship with Chazz (Toni Lysaith) who shows him a different side the neighborhood.
"Red Hook Summer" caused a lot of buzz when it premiered in Park City,...
"Red Hook Summer" has now lined up a distributor with upstart company Variance Films, and the plan is to drop the film in theaters on August 10th in a platform release that will see it roll out to more cities in the weeks that follow. The movie stars newcomer Jules Brown as Flick, a middle class Atlanta teenager sent to stay with his grandfather Enoch ("The Wire" star Clarke Peters), a bishop in the housing projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn. A culture and generation clash occurs between the two characters, but Jules falls into a relationship with Chazz (Toni Lysaith) who shows him a different side the neighborhood.
"Red Hook Summer" caused a lot of buzz when it premiered in Park City,...
- 4/25/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Where would we be without music in our favorite films? While some may rely mostly on score, the needle drop of a pop tune can be quite satisfying when paired with a memorable scene. There could be a few opportunities for this type of moment on the way thanks to some exciting music news that also concerns the film world.
While we’d still love to get our hands on the score by “Jeff Who Lives At Home” and “Cyrus” composer Michael Andrews, we’ll definitely settle for a new track from Beck from the former film. The Duplass’ latest film has helped give Beck fans a pretty stellar new track in “Looking For A Sign” that falls right between Mutations and Sea Change-era Beck, which is certainly a good thing. The mostly acoustic-driven track is also a step away from the work he did as Sex Bob-Omb on the...
While we’d still love to get our hands on the score by “Jeff Who Lives At Home” and “Cyrus” composer Michael Andrews, we’ll definitely settle for a new track from Beck from the former film. The Duplass’ latest film has helped give Beck fans a pretty stellar new track in “Looking For A Sign” that falls right between Mutations and Sea Change-era Beck, which is certainly a good thing. The mostly acoustic-driven track is also a step away from the work he did as Sex Bob-Omb on the...
- 3/21/2012
- by Benjamin Wright
- The Playlist
When Karyn White's "Superwoman," came out back in 1988, all the working girls, trying to keep their bosses, children, friends and men happy exhaled. We'd been trying to express White's frustration for a while. Twenty-two years later -- just when we thought men finally understood that we're not machines -- a new poll revealed that single guys are still looking for a superwoman who focuses on her career, takes care of home and the kids and always looks fierce. We asked our Facebook friends if they feel pressure from men do it all. Here's what you said... Here's what you had to say: Loretta commented via Facebook: "I think a real man just wants a woman he can walk in the same direction with, side by side." Michelle wrote via Facebook: "At this point I have no idea what men want and I don't think men know either!"...
- 11/18/2010
- Essence
American Idol will be rocking an R&B theme on this week’s show and the lucky contestants are set to mentored by none other than the amazing Usher.
Set to perform on the Wednesday night result show (Thursday in the UK) are P Diddy, Usher and the cuter than cute Justin Bieber. We have included the entire songlist that the remaining ten contestants can choose from and we’d love to hear your suggestions. As always, you can leave your comments below!
Songlist (from iTunes)
A Song For Momma – Boyz II Men
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Diana Ross
Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg – The Temptations
Angel of Mine – Monica
At Your Best You Are Love – Aaliya
Baby I Need Your Loving – The Four Tops
Back At One – Brian McKnight
Back in My Arms Again – The...
Set to perform on the Wednesday night result show (Thursday in the UK) are P Diddy, Usher and the cuter than cute Justin Bieber. We have included the entire songlist that the remaining ten contestants can choose from and we’d love to hear your suggestions. As always, you can leave your comments below!
Songlist (from iTunes)
A Song For Momma – Boyz II Men
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Diana Ross
Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg – The Temptations
Angel of Mine – Monica
At Your Best You Are Love – Aaliya
Baby I Need Your Loving – The Four Tops
Back At One – Brian McKnight
Back in My Arms Again – The...
- 3/29/2010
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
What should the "American Idol" Top 10 sing for the R&B/Soul week? Make your picks here.
Even though Usher kinda spilled the "Idol" mentoring beans over the weekend, it was officially announced during the Wednesday, March 24 results show that he would be mentoring the Top 10 for R&B/Soul week.
We love that R&B/Soul reaches way back into Motown because some of the non-Michael Lynche singers need some oldies thrown in there.
The song list is available here, but here is the whole list:
* A Song For Momma - Boyz II Men
* Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
* Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
* Ain't Too Proud to Beg - The Temptations
* Angel of Mine - Monica
* At Your Best You Are Love - Aaliya
* Baby I Need Your Loving - The Four Tops
* Back At One - Brian McKnight...
Even though Usher kinda spilled the "Idol" mentoring beans over the weekend, it was officially announced during the Wednesday, March 24 results show that he would be mentoring the Top 10 for R&B/Soul week.
We love that R&B/Soul reaches way back into Motown because some of the non-Michael Lynche singers need some oldies thrown in there.
The song list is available here, but here is the whole list:
* A Song For Momma - Boyz II Men
* Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
* Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
* Ain't Too Proud to Beg - The Temptations
* Angel of Mine - Monica
* At Your Best You Are Love - Aaliya
* Baby I Need Your Loving - The Four Tops
* Back At One - Brian McKnight...
- 3/25/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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