Tag Archives: Contemporary R&B

The career of Atlanta, Georgia R&B singer and songwriter Algebra Blessett begun to take shape with background vocal credits on a set of 1998 releases: the remix version of KP & Envyi’s “Swing My Way” (which appeared for the soundtrack of Can’t Hardly Wait) and Babydoll’s EastWest single “Don’t Wanna …

Liv Warfield is a separate R&B vocalist with an enormous, soulful tone of voice and active stage persona. A indigenous of Peoria, Illinois, Warfield was raised in a spiritual family members as the girl of the deacon in the Pentecostal Cathedral of Jesus. Although gospel music, and secular performers such …

RichGirl were a four-member group assembled with the help of High Harrison, the maker/songwriter at the rear of Beyoncé’s “Crazy in Like” and Amerie’s “1 Point.” Like the majority of of the performers with whom Harrison collaborates, RichGirl held one feet in modern R&B as well as the additional in …

Modern R&B singer and songwriter Curtis Fields was created in Montgomery, Alabama but lived in several additional Southern cities, including Birmingham, Small Rock and roll, and Nashville. While going to Nashville’s Fisk University or college, he was area of the Fisk Jubilee Performers, an a cappella ensemble that started in …

Belgian rap and R&B star Brahim 1st found prominence like a television performer, building appearances about Belgium’s version of Pop Idol, and finally — in 2008 — he was presented in the initial rounds from the Eurosong Contest, using the track “What I LOVE On the subject of You.” Throughout …

No mere shiny gimmick, despite their youthfulness and their novelty hit, the brand new Boyz were labeled “the Youthful Teens of Hip-Hop” by the brand new York Instances before they actually had the official select. Earl “Ben J” Benjamin and Dominic “Legacy” Thomas fulfilled in the L.A. suburb of Victorville …

In comparison to Simply Red’s Mick Hucknall because of his Manchester, England origin, red hair, and R&B root base — the parallels end there, really — Gareth Daley kicked his job into tools once he posted a low-key but influencing ballad, “Rainy Day,” towards the BBC. BBC 1Xtra positioned the …

Rapper Kia Philips (K.P.) and vocalist Susan Hedgepeth (Envyi) teamed up as K.P. & Envyi for the 1997 solitary “Golf swing My Method.” An ideal example of past due-’90s Southern-style crossover, the EastWest launch, made by Michael “Mixzo” Johnson, reached quantity five on Billboard”s R&B/Hip-Hop graph and in addition reached …

From Oakland, CA, hip-hop singer Mystic merges literate rhymes billed with poetry and a lush performing tone of voice beaming with a feeling of soul. Authorized to the Goodvibe roster — also including Slum Town and Bahamadia — she caused a solid of well known underground hip-hop makers on her …

Davidson Pierre, a vocalist and songwriter referred to as Dark Dada, makes sleek anthems for the night clubs and roads. A Haitian-American designer located in southeast Florida, Pierre constructed his profile through 3rd party solo releases so that as a connect man on paths by several region rappers. His “Imma …