False accusations, fallouts, trademark infringement and confused fans across the globe: what is the story, where is the real Blackstreet and who the blank is BS2? Chauncey Black, co-founder and now sole owner of the Grammy-Award-winning group’s name and CEO of Blackstreet Entertainment, explains the conflict with super-producer and co-founder Teddy Riley as a greedy… Continue reading Blackstreet Or BS(2)? The Chauncey Black MOC/Soultracks Interview
Category: Contemporary Soul/R&B
Ledisi’s “The Truth,” The MOC Preview/SoulTracks CD Review Link
……The years since her stellar 2011 release Pieces Of Me have apparently been bittersweet ones for the Lousiana-born singer and songwriter, highlighted by a rise in recognition, record sales and respect from fellow peers. On the other hand, as the soul music crowd fell under the sway of her enthusiasm and effervescence, Ledisi and her… Continue reading Ledisi’s “The Truth,” The MOC Preview/SoulTracks CD Review Link
Ledisi Shares Her Brand New “Truth,” The MOC Preview & Knowshi.com Interview Link
……Since the CD is brimming with empowerment and gladness-filled songs like “Anything,” “Rock with You” and her current hit single, “I Blame You,” it’s hard to believe that Ledisi recorded the new album while terminating a love affair. “Most people go through things, but some people want to live in the pain and I don’t… Continue reading Ledisi Shares Her Brand New “Truth,” The MOC Preview & Knowshi.com Interview Link
Ruben Studdard’s “Unconditional Love,” The MOC Preview & ST CD Review Link
…..As uneven as the last few years may have been for Studdard, he isn’t the first artist who’s suffered missteps like declining sales, messy management drama or record label change-ups, but he’s got to be one of the few possessing gifts so resplendent that a veteran musical icon, the one-man hit producer/arranger/composer/songwriter David Foster, signs… Continue reading Ruben Studdard’s “Unconditional Love,” The MOC Preview & ST CD Review Link
Braxton & Babyface’s “Love, Marriage & Divorce” CD, The MOC Preview Link & Soultracks Review Link
….But what about the in-between or the aftermath? What’s left for the ones who are clutching love by a thread, unsure of the next step or those on the other side of through with boxes packed, leases broken and U-Hauls parked out front? Those infuriated, angst-filled and downright awkward moments are deftly examined in the… Continue reading Braxton & Babyface’s “Love, Marriage & Divorce” CD, The MOC Preview Link & Soultracks Review Link