Artist: Dae Lee Album: Reflect Genre: Hip-Hop/ Rap iPod Pick: Lost in You (Feat. KJ Scriven) Lyrical Gold: I’ve been looking for me. I’ve been looking for a reason to live. Tell me have you seen it? (From the song ‘Lost In You’) The album starts with Broken Mirrors which in its intro/interlude format puts forth the mood of the […]

Artist: Lecrae Album: Anomaly Street Date: 9-9-14 Record Label: Reach Records  Genre: Hardcore Hip Hop/Rap iPod Pick: Runners Without batting an eye once the first track begins on Anomaly you can tell Lecrae has definitely taken his skills up a notch. On the first track, I love how Lecrae expresses better the cultural notion “The […]

Artist: Zie’l Album: Pronounced ZY-EL Street Date: 9/2/14 Record Label: Dream Label Group Genre: R&B iPod Pick: Relentless Zie’l is Keyondra Lockett, Crystal Bell and Christina Bell, three phenomenal ladies who are ready to bring a new sound into the already oversaturated genre of R&B. And I love what they bring in that it’s bold and […]

Artist: Beckah Shae Album: Champion Street Date: 5-6-14 Record Label: Shae Shoc Records Genre: Dance/Techno iPod Pick: Me and My God (Feat. Eric Dawkins) You’ve gotta love Beckah Shae. The first time I came across Beckah’s music was during the Christmas holiday of 2010. I was lazily browsing through iTunes looking for new music (then using […]

Artist: Chanel Album: Trin-i-tee 5:7: According To Chanel Street Date: 6/17/14 Record Label: Obsidian Records Genre: R&B/Soul iPod Pick: Masterful Whoever listened to the music of Trin-tee 5:7 in the late 90’s/early 20’s could not have missed the sultry contralto voice of Chanel especially on singles like God’s Grace, Holla and Spiritual Love. The music […]

Artist: Bryan Andrew Wilson Album: The One Percent Street Date: 6/17/14 Record Label: JDI Records Genre: Gospel/R&B iPod Pick: Stepped In In life, we face down moments when we think we can’t go on again, right in that moment. Sometimes the pain that comes with living gets us asking questions like ‘will this darkness ever […]

  Artist- Kierra Sheard Album – Graceland Genre- Pop/R&B/Hip-Hop Label – Karew Records Release Date- 7/22/14 iPod Pick – Found Love In Me   I think one thing that’s beautiful about Kierra Kiki Sheard and her music is the way she chooses to reinvent herself on each album of songs. This is a glossy fan review, so […]

Artist: Mali Music Album: Mali Is… Street Date: 6/17/14 Record Label: RCA Records Genre: R&B/Soul iPod Pick: Heavy Love Kortney Jamaal Pollard also known as Mali Music has been around for a while. In fact getting staged on the Black Entertainment Television (BET) with acclaimed Gospel sophomore project titled 2econd Coming. Did I hear you humming ‘All the glory belongs to […]

Artist: Proxy Album: Magnificent Street Date: 9/10/13 Record Label: Group Vigilant  Genre: Hip Hop/Rap iPod Pick: We Livin’ (feat. Julia Clayton)

Artist: Jahaziel Album: Heads Up Street Date: 11/19/13 Record Label: XIST Music Genre: Hip Hop/Rap iPod Pick: My Angel (feat. Sean Simmonds)

Artist: Latice Crawford Album: Latice Crawford Street Date: 1/28/14 Record Label: RCA Inspiration  Genre: Gospel iPod Pick: There