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2008 is proving to be the year of the R&B comeback: Erykah Badu, Maxwell, Brandy, Labelle, and next up, D’angelo.

Since the singer’s last album Voodoo dropped in 2000, rumors have swirled about his excessive weight gain and alleged substance abuse. He’s also had several run-ins with the law, including an arrest for assault and disorderly conduct in ‘02 and another for drunk driving and drug possession in ‘05.

But Raphael Saadiq, his friend and frequent collaborator, says that the singer is now reinvigorated and ready to reclaim his spot in music. (more…)

Fabolous dropped a bomb on a recent YouTube video: “We got a Best of Both Worlds with Ne-Yo comin…Uhhh!”

My sentiments exactly. “Make Me Better” was cool, but do we really need 15-20 of those? Although they haven’t started recording yet, Fab says that the project is definitely in the planning stages.

“Ne-Yo and I keep talking about it and I think we definitely have chemistry when it comes to making records, so I thought it was only right,” (more…)

At 22 years-old, Washington, D.C. emcee Wale is one of the most interesting artists to listen to right now. Don’t let folks tell you there’s no more good hip-hop. It’s here; you just gotta look for it.

Check how he and Nick Catchdubs looped the Seinfeld theme into ”The Opening Title Sequence” off The Mixtape About Nothing.

And I never get tired of this one:

The Roots “Rising Up” featuring Wale & Chrisette Michele

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The Roots know what you think about them. They’re too serious, too lyrical, too old-school hip-hop, right? Although the band is one of the most universally respected groups in hip-hop, founder Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson still feels he and his Philly crew, and particularly lead emcee Black Thought, are often misunderstood.

“I felt people still didn’t know Tariq. A lot of critics are needlessly, unnecessarily gunning for him,” Questlove said in a recent issue of Milk Magazine. “What’s even crazier is that they can’t see their own addiction to what I see as the Neo-Minstrelsy movement taking over.” (more…)