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New Album Spotlight- Usher “Raymond v. Raymond”

March 30, 2010

Usher returns with his new album “Raymond v. Raymond” today. A lot of people (including myself) have been down on Usher since his last album “Here I Stand.” Personally I didn’t feel like that was one of his better albums but, Usher has definitely come back strong on his new album “Raymond v. Raymond.” Check [...]

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YPRichB’s Songs of the Moment: Aloe Blacc & Laws

March 17, 2010

I never heard of Aloe Blacc before watching my new favorite show “How to Make It in America”. His song “I Need A Dollar” is the intro to the show and everytime the show comes on I wonder what song is playing in the background and I finally found out. Aloe Blacc is a soul [...]

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T.I. – I’m Back (New Song)

March 9, 2010

YPRichB: Well it looks like the self-proclaimed “King of the South” is back with his first song since being released from prison. T.I. has been one of my favorite rappers for the past 5 years or so and I’m definitely happy to see him back at it. His upcoming untitled album is due out this [...]

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Drake- It’s Over (First Single)

March 5, 2010

YPRichB: The wait is finally over!!! Check out “It’s Over”, Drake’s first single off his highly anticipated debut album “Thank Me Later”. Drake: It’s Over (Produced by Boi-1da) Download: Click Here

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New Album Spotlight: Raheem Devaughn- The Love & War Masterpeace

March 2, 2010

YPRichB: Raheem Devaughn has easily been one of my favorite R&B singers of the past few years. His previous 2 albums “Love Experience” & “Love Behind the Melody” were great albums and his newest album “The Love & War Masterpeace” follows suit. Although he’s always grouped into that whole neo-soul group (which can be a [...]

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Colin Munroe: “I Want Those Flashing Lights” (Video)

February 26, 2010

I ran across this video courtesy of American Dreaming Magazines myspace page and just thought “Wow” I must share this with YPBlogSpot.  Colin Munroe is Canadian artist, songwriter, and musician as well as another artist YPRichB aka “The Music Man of YPBlogSpot” made familiar to YPs.  He has collaborated with two of YPs favorite up and coming [...]

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K. Sparks- A Day in the Life Album

February 23, 2010

        YPRichB: As someone who truly loves music from all aspects (musical production to finished songs) I love gaining insight into artists inspiration and feelings on their projects. I’ve always been drawn to documentary style films because they are usually so insightful. I’ve never heard of K. Sparks before today but after watching this EPK [...]

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The-Dream “Love King”

February 19, 2010

When I first heard of The-Dream I had no idea that I would like his music as much as I do. His first album “Love/Hate” pleasantly surprised me and is a modern day R&B classic as far as I’m concerned. I really will put that album up against any R&B album that has dropped in [...]

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YPRichB’s Mixtape of the Moment: B.o.B “May 25th”

February 4, 2010

It took a while but B.o.B. has definitely gotten on my radar as someone to lookout for as far music is concerned. This dude is definitely talented and in celebration of his upcoming album “B.o.B Presents:The Adventures of Bobby Ray” B.o.B teams up with DJ Drama and DJ Sense for this mixtape “May 25th” (the [...]

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WritersBlocc: World Domination “La Familia”(Mixtape)

February 3, 2010

WritersBlocc Feat. Aganee: World Domination “We taking over the world, world, world.  Time for world domination.”           YPBlogSpot proudly presents and introduces WritersBlocc, a group of two hybrid artists that song write for multiple genres including R&B, Gospel, Pop, and alternative music.  Not only are these two hybrid artists gifted songwriters but they are singers and [...]

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Big Sean Interview

January 28, 2010

YPRichB: Check out Big Sean’s interview with Hiphopofficial.com where he talks about his upcoming mixtape (due out in February) as well as his debut album “Finally Famous” due out later this year.  Big Sean also shares his experiences working with Kanye and what to expect from the album.

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DJ Skillz:The Next Great American DJ(Interview)

January 26, 2010

          YPs I had the opportunity and honor to do a phone interview with North and South Carolina’s own, Skillz the DJ aka The Next Great American DJ aka The Mash Out Kid for YPBlogSpot’s first ever interview.  DJ Skillz’s resume is an indication that he makes it happen YPs.  I learned quite a bit about [...]

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YPRichB’s Songs of the Moment (featuring Reflection Eternal & Chip Tha Ripper)

January 5, 2010

Reflection Eternal Feat. Jay Electronica, J. Cole, Mos Def: Just Begun I’ve been a huge fan of Talib Kweli & DJ Hi-Tek for over 10 years and I’m extremely happy that they are dropping a new album in 2010. Their debut album together as Reflection Eternal, “Train of Thought”, is one of my favorite albums [...]

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Tomorrow (Better You, Better Me): Tevin Campbell

December 31, 2009

“I hope tomorrow will bring better you, better me. I know that we’ll show this world, we got more that we could be. So you should never give up on your hopes and your dreams. You got to get up, get out, get into it! Get it on to be strong.” Good day YPs I [...]

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R&B Wednesday (featuring R. Kelly)

December 9, 2009

R. Kelly just released his latest album “Untitled” last week and I’ve been playing the album non-stop. I gotta admit I fell off the R. Kelly band wagon for a little bit but he’s definitely redeemed himself on this new album. I think this song in particular has huge potential to be another hit. Check [...]

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