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    R&B album reviews

    JMSN, Velvet [Photo Credit: White Room]
    Album 💿

    JMSN, Velvet | Album Review 💿

    JMSN drops an enjoyable, well-rounded R&B album with ‘Velvet.’ “Levy,” “Talk is Cheap” & “So Bad” rank among the crème de la crème of the LP.

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsSeptember 28, 2018 ago
    Ne-Yo, Good Man [📷: Motown]
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    Ne-Yo, Good Man | Album Review 💿

    Grammy-winning R&B artist Ne-Yo returns following a three-year hiatus with an enjoyable, overall well-rounded seventh studio album with ‘Good Man.’

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsJune 12, 2018 ago
    Janelle Monáe, Dirty Computer [📷: Bad Boy]
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    Janelle Monáe, Dirty Computer | Album Review 💿

    Eclectic R&B artist Janelle Monáe delivers the most important, meaningful & transcendent LP of her career with Dirty Computer.

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsApril 30, 2018 ago
    Tinashe, Joyride [📷: RCA]
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    Tinashe, Joyride | Album Review

    Urban contemporary singer Tinashe shines on her short, sweet, and sexy third project and proper sophomore album, ‘Joyride.’

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsApril 18, 2018 ago
    Kali Uchis, Isolation [📷 : Virgin]
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    Kali Uchis, Isolation | Album Review

    Up-and-coming 24-year old Colombian-American R&B singer Kali Uchis impresses on her soulful debut album, ‘Isolation.’

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsApril 16, 2018 ago
    The Weeknd, My Dear Melancholy, (EP) [📷: Republic]
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    The Weeknd, My Dear Melancholy, (EP) | Album Review 💿

    Grammy-winning, Canadian R&B singer The Weeknd returns with a surprise EP, ‘My Dear Melancholy,.’ Here, he authentically and superbly captures the pain of the being heartbroken.

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsApril 2, 2018 ago
    Toni Braxton, Sex & Cigarettes © Def Jam
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    Toni Braxton, Sex & Cigarettes | Album Review

    Adult contemporary R&B veteran Toni Braxton delivers a tight, well-rounded eight-track album with ‘Sex & Cigarettes,’ her first solo album since 2010.

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsMarch 26, 2018 ago
    Joji, In Tongues (Deluxe) [📷: 88rising / EMPIRE]
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    Joji, In Tongues (Deluxe) | Album Review

    R&B artist Joji (aka ‘Filthy Frank,’ real name ‘George Miller’) releases the deluxe version – a full-length album – of his 2017 debut EP, ‘In Tongues.’

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsFebruary 20, 2018 ago
    K. Michelle, Kimberly: The People I Used to Know © Atlantic
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    K. Michelle, Kimberly: The People I Used to Know | Album Review

    ‘Rough around the edges’ R&B singer K. Michelle returns with an intriguing fourth studio album, ‘Kimberly: The People I Used to Know.’

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsDecember 13, 2017 ago
    Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Soul of a Woman © Daptone
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    Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Soul of a Woman | Album Review

    ‘Soul of a Woman’ is a fitting ‘final act’ for soul-revivalist collective Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, following the passing of Jones in 2016.

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsDecember 4, 2017 ago
    miguel-war-and-leisure-rca-1
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    Miguel, War & Leisure | Album Review 💿

    R&B standout Miguel delivers another sensational, sensual effort on his highly-anticipated fourth studio album, War & Leisure.

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsDecember 4, 2017 ago
    blackbear, cybersex © interscope
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    blackbear, cybersex | Album Review 💿

    Confident, tatted, singer-rapper-songwriter blackbear assembles an enjoyable, star-studded mixtape with ‘cybersex.’

    By the musical hype, 8 yearsNovember 28, 2017 ago

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