Oscar Soul Power

By Tafari West

I am not mad at Mo’Nique. After months of buzz (and a little bit of back-biting) she represented at the Academy Awards last night, shouting out black Hollywood pioneer Hattie McDaniel as she collected the glittery gold statue for her performance in the Tyler Perry Oprah Winfrey production of Precious, based on the [...]

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Maxwell’s Twitter Love

By Sun Singleton

Twitter is all the rage and superstars like Maxwell are making use of the mobile social-networking platform to shine light on fellow visionaries making music beneath the mainstream radar.
Grammy-winning soul singer Maxwell’s much-ballyhooed return to music was 2009’s version of Sade’s divine comeback this year, it was like “okay, mainstream soul actually can [...]

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Ne-Yo Live in Paris

By Miles Marshall Lewis

The eight-piece D-Boys band—live backup for aughties R&B sensation Ne-Yo—tore the roof off Le Zénith amphitheatre in Paris recently (the singer was backstage changing clothes) with a trio of hits that first rocked the world when Ne-Yo was in diapers: “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’,” “Beat It,” “Thriller.” The manic scene of nearly [...]

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Laura Izibor Live

At roughly 10:30 PM February 24th, Laura Izibor creeps onto the stage at SOBs in New York City[...]

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C’Mon Son: The Russell Simmons Hypocrisy Continues

SOURCE: Optimum-Capital

Written By Manyell Akinfe, SVP of Optimum Capital Management, LLC
I recently read an article entitled “The Banks Are Bullying The Poor and I’m Not Having It” and I couldn’t believe my eyes. Russell Simmons was speaking out against predatory banking practices. While I’m all for getting riled up about the inequalities in [...]

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Sade’s Back!

Sade is actually a band. And yes, they are back with “Soldier Of Love”, their first in a decade.

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Groove Theory Back In The Groove

BREAKING NEWS EXCLUSIVELY ON SOULSUMMER.COM According to music mastermind and executive producer Jimmy “Henchmen” Rosemond, the hitmaking duo Groove Theory is back together and currently working on their reunion album.

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Michael Jackson’s Doctor Will Surrender To Police

Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician in care of Michael Jackson at the time of the music icon’s death, is reportedly ready to surrender to authorities in connection with Jackson’s death.

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