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The-Dream explains why R&B isn’t meant to be mainstream and the music industry has become slavery
Posted on May 30, 2013 Leave a Comment
Excerpts from my recent interview with The-Dream, who dropped his fifth album “IV Play” last week: On the state of R&B: “R&B is never meant to be mainstream. It’s too close to what hurts and what love is. Love is few and far between, and what hurts — people don’t really want to talk about […]
Sleeping on The-Dream? 10 songs that prove the Radio Killa is a music genius
Posted on May 13, 2013 Leave a Comment
Terius “The-Dream” Nash has created megahits for a long list of artists and released a collection of high-quality solo albums — his fifth album “IV Play” dropped this week — but there are still an alarming number of people sleeping on his talent. I recently heard someone describe him as a more sophisticated version of […]
Justin Timberlake and the disappearance of black R&B artists
Posted on March 19, 2013 Leave a Comment
Justin Timberlake is everywhere. Or at least he seems to be. The actor and pop/R&B phenom recently hosted “Saturday Night Live” for the fifth time — a historic event that drew appearances from comedic heavyweights like Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase — and followed that up by co-hosting “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” […]
