An artist dies, they’re buried…and then the “posthumous albums” start rolling out and such will be the case for Amy Winehouse. Spokesman Chris Goodman says there is “plenty” of material in the can and an unnamed source close to Universal records claims that prior to her death the singer had the “framework” of around a “dozen” new songs. Read the rest of this entry »

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Corinne Bailey Rae Talks Her New Album [SoulCulture UK]

Is Eye Candy The Fifth Element of Hip-Hop Now? [Clutch]

The 10 Real Reasons Why We’ll Never Seen Another 50 Cent Album [TWV] Read the rest of this entry »

Here in my Metro Detroit area, everyone has their own nonadjacent time frame for when they’d like to see the Motor City revitalized. While progress is happening around town ascetically, the framework of the extremely spread out city is far removed from the booming days of the Motown Sound. Mayer Hawthorne’s take on the turnaround can be found on his new single, “A Long Time.” Read the rest of this entry »

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