DJ Jazzy Jeff & Ayah use the video for their tune “Forgive Me Love” as a platform to speak on domestic abuse with a twist. Ayah’s strong love songs speaks to the magnetic pull of relationships and how the participants can sometimes find themselves locked into bad situations against their better judgment and continually forgiving a lover’s transgressions in hopes the other party will change. Read the rest of this entry »

Ayah is much too beautiful to be toying with substance abuse but we all have our rocky roads, whether it be fattening ice cream or slippery slopes trekked by the weary traveler. Anguish makes better for better music anyway. Stress can put people’s emotions in radioactive territory, however and Ayah is no exception. Her reign ruling over bar stools and draining liquor bottles is a surefire way to bring out her wild side. Read the rest of this entry »

Just when I thought they couldn’t do it any better, SoulBounce went & eclipsed their previous Mary mix by doing an all-male rendering of My Life. I’ll let them explain.

Fifteen years ago Mary J. Blige released My Life, a breakthrough album chronicling her inner struggles while catapulting her to superstardom as the Queen of Hip Hop Soul. In celebration of this milestone, we gathered nine dynamic male artists to record re-imaginings of their favorite My Life songs for Men Love Mary: A Tribute to My Life, a digital EP presented by SoulBounce. The EP is hosted by one of Bad Boy’s legendary “Hitmen,” Chucky Thompson, who was a key producer on the My Life album. Read the rest of this entry »

Maybe I’ve been under a heavy rock.

I say that to say that I can’t say Slakah The Beatchild or his The Soul Movement Vol. 1 project are person, places or things I’ve heard of before. But I listened Read the rest of this entry »