
Queen of Hip Hop Soul Mary J. Blige has released the inspirational and emotional single “Mighty River”, taken from the film “Mudbound.” The legendary singer showcases her acting chops in the Netflix film “Mundbound.” “Mudbound” tells the story of two impoverished families, one black, one white, who struggle to survive in the Mississippi Delta during World War 2. “Mudbound” also stars Jason Mitchell, Garrett Hedlund, Carey Mulligan and Jonathan Banks. Singer Miguel collaborated with rapper J. Cole on his latest single, “Come Through And Chill”, taken from his highly anticipated forthcoming album “War & Leisure.” On “Come Through And Chill”, the crooner reveals his rolling stone mentality as he attempts to bed women in different area codes. J. Cole supports Miguel’s views, but also uses his appearance to address social injustice issues. “Come Through And Chill” follows the singles “Pineapple Skies”, “Sky Walker”, “Shockandawe” and “Told You So.” “War & Leisure” is due on Dec. 1. Hip hop leads the pack in Grammy award nominations, but R&B isn’t far behind. 21-time Grammy winner Jay Z leads the nominations with eight followed by Kendrick Lamar (7), Childish Gambino (5), and producer No I.D. (5). As for R&B/Soul, Bruno Mars leads the pack with six nominations, followed by Khalid and SZA, both of whom received 5 nods. This year’s nominees were selected from over 2,000 submissions across 84 categories. The Grammys are voted on by the Recording Academy’s membership body, who represent all genres and disciplines, including recording artists, songwriters, producers, mixers and engineers. Final Grammy voting will take place on Dec. 7-21, 2017. The Grammy awards will air on Jan. 28, 2018 on CBS 7:30-11:00 pm EST/4:30-8:00 pm CT. One of the music industry’s hottest new stars will be hitting the road soon. Singer/songwriter Khalid has announced ‘The Roxy Tour”, his third North American tour. The trek will begin on Jan. 27 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and visit San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Philadelphia. The tour will conclude on Jun. 7 in Raleigh NC. Tickets for the tour will be available to the general public on Dec. 2. During the Soul Train Awards weekend, cable network BET launched the mini digital series “The State Of R&B.” The three episode panel discussion featured some of today’s R&B luminaries, including singer/songwriter Sevyn Streeter, singer/songwriter Elijah Blake, producer/songwriter LaShawn Daniels, English singer/songwriter Rachel Kerr and English singer/songwriter Harmony Samuels. During each episode, the group explores the cultural phenomenon of 90’s R&B, how technology has altered the music industry and finally, how music heals the soul. They also pay tribute to Brandy and Soul Train award honorees Toni Braxton and SWV. Fans who have been clamoring for the release of rapper Eminem’s “Revival” can rejoice. The album finally has an official release date. producer Dr. Dre, who executive produced Eminem’s forthcoming album, shared the date in a fake prescription drug commercial posted to his Instagram on Tuesday. In the clip, an actor named Trevor can be seen parodying a pharmaceutical advertisement. He later reveals that “Revival” is an album that will be released Dec. 15. Anticipation for new music from the Michigan native grew to a fever pitch after his scathing BET Hip Hop awards freestyle. Since then, he’s only released “Walk On Water”, his collaboration with singer Beyoncé. “Revival” will be Eminem’s first album since 2013’s “The Marshall Mathers LP 2.” Rap collective A$AP Ferg’s single “Mattress”, released in August, tells the story of how young Ferg wrote songs on the mattress that family members hid drugs and guns under. In the visual released today, Ferg and Rocky show the mattress who’s boss. Some of the footage looks grainy, as if it was shot during a school day sleep over years ago, and it actually looks like there was an A$AP Mob slumber party at the local Mattress Firm, but only Ferg and Rocky were invited. Well, money and women also. The two jump with glee on the sets mattresses, even one that’s been thrown outside in the snow and toss around dollar bills carelessly. The clip is worth watching.
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