It’s been a long, winding road for Melanie in ’09 from her early buzz to actually seeing her album release.  For her perseverance, she was able to meet The Wizard Of Poetry and he granted her one request. Read the rest of this entry »

Not a day goes by when a female doesn’t express via Twitter how much “It Kills Me” resonates with them in some shape, form or fashion. Well, at least the ones I follow. Melanie Fiona‘s talent is only preceded by her humble and gracious attitude. In reality, I think that serves as her most attractive quality. Read the rest of this entry »

Honestly, for everything BET gets wrong, they’ve gotten a good handle on their Rising Icons show. From the majority of artists they’ve picked to the presentation, the only thing lacking is for the package to receive a frumpy little bow to top it off. It mixes new music with a scene reminiscent of an extended version of the musical scenes that used to close New York Undercover. Read the rest of this entry »

My homegirl likes to call this “Black girls rock, too!” music and I can dig it. Princess Fiona brings an aggressive approach for “Bang Bang,” as she continues to take her EP The Bridge from Toronto to NY to worldwide.

Songstress Melanie Fiona’s new video for her single “It Kills Me.” The Bridge will finally see daylight on 11.3 via SRC/Universal. Read the rest of this entry »

Corrine’s still outta pocket, Alicia’s doing Lord knows what, Laura’s on the horizon, Estelle’s reloading from last go around, Goapele’s surprisingly still in the mix, Keri still has a way to go & Chrisette managed to actually drop a second album. Leaving Melanie Fiona in the pole position as the “next” one on the female R&B scene. Next what remains to be seen, but she’s off to a good start. Here’s the official video for her lead single “Give It To Me Right.” Read the rest of this entry »

The homie emailed MZ & cc’ed me, so I’m sharing.

Found in la inbox…

“Hey MZ,

I’m really impressed with this Melanie Fiona. I had insomnia the other night and caught her on Carson Daly, then saw your post yesterday. Anyway, today I’d put together this lil bootleg compilation with a few tracks from OnSMASH and some streams. Green Lantern hosted a sampler with 2 min snippets that was posted over on different kitchen. Couple of those, couple live versions, etc etc. SQ isn’t the best throughout, but its what’s out there right now. Thought u may be interested…”

Gracias tu amigo. I’m a little too lazy to clean up the tracklist but you’ll find that & the link after the break. Read the rest of this entry »

Melanie Fiona may be unfamiliar to many, as she was to me until a few days ago, but she’s definitely worth a listen. When I saw her name pop up several times while going through my Google Reader, I figured I’d give her a listen. I was mildly relieved and glad the Toronto bred artist didn’t waste my bandwidth. Read the rest of this entry »

Grandmaster Flash. Definitely not a name you expect to hear in 2K9 (let alone with a song titled “Swagger,”) but the pioneer is back looking to spread new messages in a new generation. Read the rest of this entry »