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''Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?'' is the second studio album by American R&B recording artist K. Michelle. It was released on December 9, 2014, by Atlantic Records. Background Following the release of her debut album ''Rebellious Soul'' and her departure from the VH1's reality hit shows '' Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta'' and ''Love & Hip Hop'', Pate revealed that she is getting her own show, titled '' K. Michelle: My Life'', while she's working on the album's lead single for her second album, titled "Love Em All". The trailer for her second album was released, along with the album cover artwork, which revealed few hours later. Upon the album's release, she performed the single "Hard to Do" at the 2015 BET Awards. Singles "Love 'Em All" was released as the album's lead single on September 16, 2014. The album's second single "Maybe I Should Call" was released on November 3, 2014, and also it was made available on iTunes, when the album was pre-ordered. The album's fourth single "Hard to Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music. The genre features a distinctive record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, pitch corrected vocals, and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. Electronic influences are becoming an increasing trend and the use of hip hop or dance-inspired beats are typical, although the roughness and grit inherent in hip hop may be reduced and smoothed out. Contemporary R&B vocalists often use melisma, and since the mid-1980s, R&B rhythms have been combined with elements of hip hop culture and music and pop culture and pop music. Pre-history According to Geoffrey Himes speaking in 1989, the progressive soul movement of the early 1970s "expanded the musical and lyrical boundaries of &Bin ways that haven't been equaled since". This movement was led by soul singer-songwriter/producers such as Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Life
My Life may refer to: Autobiographies * ''Mein Leben'' (Wagner) (''My Life''), by Richard Wagner, 1870 * ''My Life'' (Clinton autobiography), by Bill Clinton, 2004 * ''My Life'' (Meir autobiography), by Golda Meir, 1973 * ''My Life'' (Mosley autobiography), by Oswald Mosley, 1968 * ''My Life'' (Trotsky autobiography), by Leon Trotsky, 1930 * '' My Life: A Spoken Autobiography'', by Fidel Castro, with Ignacio Ramonet, 2006 * ''My Life'', by Isadora Duncan, 1927 * ''My Life'', by Lyn Hejinian, 1980 * ''My Life'', by Magic Johnson, 1992 * ''My Life'', by David Lange, 2005 * ''My Life'', by Burt Reynolds, 1994 * ''My Life'', by John Starks, 2004 * ''My Life'', by Alfred Russel Wallace, 1905 Music Albums * ''My Life'' (Alan Dawa Dolma album) or the title song, 2009 * ''My Life'' (Don Chezina album), 2007 * ''My Life'' (Grace Griffith album) or the title song, 2006 * ''My Life'' (Iris DeMent album) or the title song, 1994 * ''My Life'' (Jake Shimabukuro album), 2007 * ''My Lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifton "Jiggs" Chase
Clifton "Jiggs" Chase (born 1940) is an American jazz-funk organ player, composer, and influential record producer from New Jersey, United States. One of the earliest known recordings is his organ playing on the 1967 Buddy Terry recording ''Natural Soul'' (Prestige Records), alongside Woody Shaw. Career In 1976, he did a record date in New York as a side-man to tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders on the album " Pharoah". Jiggs Chase would go on to become the Music Director for Pharoah Sanders Ensemble and as such would bring to his attention, Rickie Byars (Boger) who became lead singer in the Pharoah Sanders Ensemble and who for a time replaced Phyllis Hyman. Jiggs Chase was very influential in the career of Rickie and continued to expose her talents in bands where he served as Music Director which included the Joe Thomas Band and various jazz trios in the New York and New Jersey area. During the 1980s he was an in-house arranger and producer for Sugar Hill Records. Although his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lil' Ronnie
Lil' Ronnie (born Ronnie Jackson) is an American record producer from Kansas City, Missouri and Atlanta, Georgia, who has produced tracks for artists R. Kelly, T.I., Bow Wow, Britney Spears T-Pain, Usher, Mary J. Blige, Ciara, Reuben Studdard and many more. In 2009, he released the single "Addicted" featuring Lil' Bow Wow. He was a producer on R. Kelly's album ''Untitled'', released on October 13, 2009. Production credits *Scotty McCreery – "I Love You This Big" * Lupe Fiasco – " Out of My Head"; off the album ''Lasers'' *Musiq Soulchild – "Back to Where", "Good Girl"; off the album '' MusiqInTheMagiq'' * Bow Wow – "I'm a Flirt" feat. R. Kelly; off the album '' The Price of Fame'' * Reuben Studdard – "Sorry 2004"; off the album '' Soulful'' *R. Kelly – "I'm a Flirt" remix feat T.I and T-Pain; off the album '' Double Up'' *R. Kelly – " Same Girl (R. Kelly and Usher song), Same Girl" feat Usher; off the album '' Double Up'' *R. Kelly – "Hook it Up" feat Huey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bianca Atterberry
Bianca Deiandra "Blush" Atterberry is an American songwriter and producer. Atterberry has co-written for Demi Lovato, Blackpink, K. Michelle, Mary J. Blige, Macy Gray, and Meghan Trainor, among others. In 2021, Atterberry co-wrote Demi Lovato single "Dancing with the Devil (song), Dancing With The Devil", which charted on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as three additional album cuts from album ''Dancing with the Devil... the Art of Starting Over''. Career Early life Atterberry moved frequently in her childhood, as her mother was a member of the United States Armed Forces, residing in New Jersey and Mississippi before finally settling in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While there, Atterberry attended the Pittsburgh High School for Creative and Performing Arts, and performed with the Pittsburgh Festival Opera. At 19, she decided to pursue a music career after being offered the opportunity to participate in the Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards, Emmy Award-winning soundtrack from ''Fly Boys: West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard 200
The ''Billboard'' 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine and is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its " number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, and acquired its current name in March 1992. Its previous names include the ''Billboard'' Top LPs (1961–1972), ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums (1984–1985) and ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums (1985–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales – both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, tracking week begins on Friday (to coinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its coverage of rock music and political reporting by Hunter S. Thompson. In the 1990s, the magazine broadened and shifted its focus to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music. It has since returned to its traditional mix of content, including music, entertainment, and politics. The first magazine was released in 1967 and featured John Lennon on the cover and was published every two weeks. It is known for provocative photography and its cover photos, featuring musicians, politicians, athletes, and actors. In addition to its print version in the United States, it publishes content through Rollingstone.com and numerous international editions. Penske Media Corporation is the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Washington Post
''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large national audience. Daily broadsheet editions are printed for D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. Financier Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy in 1933 and revived its health and reputation, work continued by his successors Katharine and Phil Graham (Meyer's daughter and son-in-law), who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post'' 1971 printing of the Pentagon Papers helped spur opposition to the Vietnam War. Subsequently, in the best-known episode in the newspaper's history, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the American press's investigation into what became known as the Watergate scandal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Philadelphia Inquirer
''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The newspaper's circulation is the largest in both the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley metropolitan region of Southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey, Delaware, and the northern Eastern Shore of Maryland, and the 17th largest in the United States as of 2017. Founded on June 1, 1829 as ''The Pennsylvania Inquirer'', the newspaper is the third longest continuously operating daily newspaper in the nation. It has won 20 Pulitzer Prizes . ''The Inquirer'' first became a major newspaper during the American Civil War. The paper's circulation dropped after the Civil War's conclusion but then rose again by the end of the 19th century. Originally supportive of the Democratic Party, ''The Inquirers political orientation eventually shifted toward the Whig Party and then the Republican Party before officially becoming politically independent in the middle of the 20th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Complex (magazine)
Complex Networks is an American media and entertainment company for youth culture, based in New York City. It was founded as a bi-monthly magazine, ''Complex'', by fashion designer Marc (Ecko) Milecofsky. Complex Networks reports on popular and emerging trends in style, sneakers, food, music, sports and pop culture. Complex Networks reached over 90 million unique users per month in 2013 across its owned and operated and partner sites, socials and YouTube channels. The print magazine ceased publication with the December 2016/January 2017 issue. Complex currently has 4.55 million subscribers and 1.3 billion total views on YouTube. As of 2019, the company's yearly revenue was estimated to be US$200 million, 15% of which came from commerce. Complex Networks has been named by ''Business Insider'' as one of the Most Valuable Startups in New York, and Most Valuable Private Companies in the World. Complex Networks CEO Rich Antoniello was named among the Silicon Alley 100. In 2012, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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