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Ex-Motown CEO Jheryl Busby Dies At 59

Jheryl Busby, the former president and chief executive of Motown Records who helped foster the careers of Boyz II Men and Johnny Gill, has died. He was 59.
Busby was found early Tuesday in a hot tub at his home in Malibu, said Los Angeles County Assistant Coroner Chief Ed Winter.
“It was a possible accident or [...]

Playlist Updates 10/6

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Here are the new titles that have been added to our radio stations this week.
Remember, you can make always make a request if there’s something you’d like to hear.
You may also post here if there’s something you want removed from one [...]

Playlist Updates 8/21/07

 
R&B
Who’s Zoomin’ Who? - Aretha Franklin
Can’t Leave ‘Em Alone - Ciara
Bed - J. Holiday
Got Me Bodied [REMIX] - Beyonce
Leaving Tonight - Ne-Yo
On My Own - Patti Labelle
Hippychick - Soho
Baby Hold Onto Me - Gerald Levert
Congratulations - Vesta
You For Me - Johnny Gill
I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
Cherchez La Femme - Dr. Buzzard’s Original [...]

Keith Sweat’s “Hotel” Rates Well

Live album now, new disc this fall.

If anyone has made the act of begging into a melodic sound, it’s R&B singer Keith Sweat. However, Sweat’s career has hardly been wanting.
 
      After honing his skills in his hometown of New York, he was discovered in the mid-80s and released his debut album, “Make It Last Forever,’ [...]

Essence Music Festival Returns to New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS: A New Orleans brass band led a procession of feathered dancers through the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, kicking off the three-day Essence Music Festival on Thursday.
“The party has officially started,” said Michelle Ebanks, president of Essence Communications Inc., which owns the event.
Fans and performers said the return of the festival to New [...]

Tyrese, Ginuwine, And Tank To Release Joint Album

Trio to call themselves TGT

   Introducing LSG for a new generation. Just as Gerald Levert, Keith Sweat and Johnny Gill joined forces in 1997 to form a supergroup, so are current R&B crooners Tyrese, Ginuwine and Tank.       
      TGT, as they are calling themselves, is currently working on a studio album, and plans to hold “American [...]

‘Crush On Obama’ Video Heats Up Web

Plus, Presidential hopeful to appear at Essence Music Fest next month

Michelle Obama better hold tight to her man. A new music video by a scantily-clad woman calling herself “Obama Girl” is the talk of YouTube for the way she professes her “devotion” to the Presidential candidate.
 
      “I Got a Crush on Obama” features actor and [...]