Archive for the ‘Highly Average’ Category

Like most new artists, R&B singer LeMarvin Harris has been through his share of major label ups and downs.

In just five years, the California native and Navy veteran saw deals with Tracey Edmunds and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis both fall through. Luckily, he bounced back in ‘07 as one of the first signees on the Brookland/Universal Republic imprint and will finally release his debut Confusion in the spring.

The album features production from Keri Hilson’s crew (more…)

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I Am…Sasha Fierce is finally out, and honestly, I am majorly disappointed. (more…)

Is it just us or is Beyonce about four months too late jumping on the “A Milli” bandwagon? It’s always been our pet peeve when singers try to rap (or vice versa), and the Beyonce as B-girl thing just isn’t working. We love you, but leave the street-corner thuggin’ to Jay, please.

Listen to ”Diva” after the click and tell us what you think. (more…)

Slim and Mike ain’t the only members of 112 going for self. Q’s been working hard on his own solo debut, Real Talk, which is scheduled to drop in 2009.

His new joint is just highly average to us, but with all the controversy going on in the 112 world these days, we figured it deserved a posting just the same.

Listen to Q’s “Crazy Crazy” featuring Rock City after the click and let us know what you think… (more…)

After “Uh Ohh” featuring Lil’ Wayne and “Body” failed to make an impact in ‘07, Ja Rule keeps pressing on with new group and solo projects.

His latest crew, New York rappers The Guap Boyz, just released “Million Dolla Jewelry” from their upcoming mixtape with DJ Absolut. (I don’t know about you, but that song title alone has me uninterested.) (more…)

You may have heard murmurs about a new Ashanti album dropping soon called The Vault and wondered, “Why is the album coming out now and how far back do these ‘unreleased’ songs go?”

I’m not really an Ashanti fan, but in the name of journalism, I headed to New York’s Chung King Studios for the listening session on Tuesday to find out the real deal. (more…)