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Exclusive: Tha Feedback 2012 Blend Mix Is Here!

Written by The IPS in New Music & Reviews,Podcasts on Dec 31, 12

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That’s right, my boy nOvaMatic from nOvaSlim.com has created and curated another excellent R&B/soul music mix to wrap up the end of the year, just for the readers and supporters of Tha Feedback! I’ve listened to it and put it on ALL my devices, and I think you should do the same thing!

So, enough with the chatting — get the mix! You can either download it or stream it from the site. Share it, spread the word! You can peep the tracklist after the jump!

Much love to my friend and I hope you all enjoy the nice soulful mix while you get ready to party for the new year and beyond. Add it to your iPod and enjoy, courtesy of nOvaMatic & The IPS, and of course, Tha Feedback! Hit the jump for the tracklist!

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Live Performances: Gregory Porter Sings “Be Good (Lion’s Song)” On A Subway. Enough Said.

Written by The IPS in Videos on May 15, 13

Gregory Porter is one of my favorite voices these days, and his song “Be Good (Lion’s Song)” is such an amazing treat, but mostly, because of his voice. Mr. Porter’s voice is simultaneously commanding and relaxing. He sings with the ease of a jazz vocalist, but his voice has the gravitas of any of the great soul singers.

He’s recently signed with major label Blue Note Records for his 3rd album, and I’m looking forward to more of his music.

Also check out his song “1960 What?” if you like what you hear above!

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Imagine Dragons Highlight The Frailty Of Humanity With “Demons”

Written by The IPS in Videos on May 14, 13

If you’ve been living under a rock, then you may have never heard of Imagine Dragons. Their massive hit “Radioactive” still spins in the Top 20 of many radio stations around the nation, but the video for their song “Demons” really struck an emotional cord for me.

The video starts off with what you may think will be just another performance video, but you quickly see that is has a more poignant take on being at a concert. Imagine Dragons illustrates how you never truly know what people are going through in their lives, and how we are all connected by our pasts, secrets, innermost thoughts and life experience on some level. We’re taken through the crowd as we see people’s inner “demons” that they deal with while they are simultaneously at an Imagine Dragons concert for relief, entertainment, and who knows what else.

The lyrics of this song came to life even more for me through the visual proffered up by the band, and in my opinion, that’s what a video should do.

Are you a fan of Imagine Dragons? What do you think of this video?

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What Do We Think: The Preatures Ask “Is This How You Feel?”

Written by The IPS in New Music & Reviews on May 9, 13

Discovered this lovely track by new Australian band from Sydney called The Preatures, and they describe themselves as a “Gothic Soul / rock and roll band”, according to their Tumblr.

“Is This How You Feel?” is an easily enjoyable song, that features a nice pocket rhythmically, a relaxed and effortless vocal by female vocalist Isabella Manfredi, some great harmonies and some excellent guitar work. I look forward to hearing more from The Preatures. They have an EP out now as well, called Shaking Hands, which is available here.

Thoughts? I thought this was a great find and wanted to share it with my fam!

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I’d RSVP For Ciara’s “Body Party” Before I’d Purchase A Concert Ticket…

Written by The IPS in Videos on Apr 23, 13

I’ve always had a perverse fascination with Ciara’s musical discography. I loved “Goodies”, and one of my other favorites from her was “Get Up” from the Step Up soundtrack. Other than that, I tolerated “Work”, but mostly because she was in a Verizon commercial, well, twerking on a countertop. Wasn’t enough to make me switch carriers, but I enjoyed her twerk way more than her treble-clef whisper shenanigans.

Her latest single “Body Party” from her upcoming self-titled album is an ode and throwback to the 90′s, in more ways than one. The song has an interpolation of Ghost Town DJ’s “My Boo”, and the prominent scene in which Ciara is stripping for Future (her both on and off screen love) is straight from Jamie Lee Curtis’ star turn in the 90′s movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger, “True Lies”:

The song isn’t terrible — I don’t mind the record. And I’m always a fan of Ciara visually. She’s a beautiful woman, and her body and shape have always been the stuff that many a man’s dreams have been made of. Her voice has never been the strongest, but she’s done her best Janet Jackson impersonation for many a year now, and “Body Party” is no exception. There’s no tired back bends this video, but there’s plenty of twerking, gyrating and barely clothed dancing to truly see what kind of party Future is having with Ciara’s body.

The video should have stuck to the “True Lies” theme, because the party scene with the gratuitous placement of some random headphones really seems out of place. However, it gives Ciara a chance to do her best 90′s swag dress and dance, and allows for copious cameos (did y’all see Jazze Pha?! Where has he been?!) and to pay for some of the costs of renting that mansion via the Denon headphones. Twitter was abuzz with both dislike and like of this video, but what do y’all think? I’m torn between loving watching Ciara in a bra and panties and hearing a boring version of “My Boo” without the Miami bass that made it such a good (if not dated) 1-hit wonder…

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Fantasia Turns Her Tabloid Troubles Into Tremendous Melodies On ‘Side Effects Of You’

Written by The IPS in New Music & Reviews on Apr 23, 13

Fantasia – Side Effects Of You
4 stars out of 5

I’ve been Team Fantasia since she sung “I Believe” on American Idol many, many moons ago. And yes, she’s been through some very hard (and extremely public) times, from a relationship with a married man, another child, reading struggles, a Lifetime movie and more. All the while, Fantasia managed to keep the music coming, as pastiche and fragmented as it was. What always outshone even the most mediocre or tepid song however was her amazingly powerful and soulful voice. On Side Effects Of You, Fantasia has finally managed to meld the voice with song choice and has released her most cohesive, comprehensive, authentic and poignant album to date.

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Janelle Monáe & Erykah Badu Team Up To Show Their Girl Power With “Q.U.E.E.N.”

Written by The IPS in New Music & Reviews on Apr 22, 13

Janelle Monáe advances her funky sound to the next level with the added influence and bonus of the one and only Erykah Badu to her new single “Q.U.E.E.N.”

True fans of Janelle’s have no doubt been waiting to hear what her next musical outing would be like — and while it’s decidedly still funky, it’s taken a more of a tilted funk with the music bed that is “Q.U.E.E.N.”, and she’s also added more rapping to her repetoire (though she’s done it before on remixes and things). This song is full of guitars, tambourines, and synths. It’s as if Janelle has had a religious experience with some 80′s girl group sass, Prince & New Power Generation funk, with a dash of Nona Hendryx and Eryakah Badu thrown in for good measure.

Not to mention the vocal is still showing that Janelle packs a lot of voice into that petite body of hers.

Do you like “Q.U.E.E.N.”? What about that cover art?! Two of my favorite artists on one track is more than what I bargained for. My body is ready.

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“How Many Drinks” Will It Take To Get You To Download Miguel’s New Single?

Written by The IPS in Videos on Apr 22, 13

Miguel’s video for “How Many Drinks?” has come to us, and this time, with the addition of Kendrick Lamar.

“How Many Drinks?” was one of my favorites from Miguel’s Kaleidoscope Dream album, so I am glad to see it get the video treatment. The first thought that comes to mind when I see this video? Miguel is Prince meets Ziggy Stardust aka David Bowie with a little bit of urban braggadocio and machismo thrown in for good measure.

That being said, I really liked Kendrick’s verse on this version, and it was nice to see them showing their home city of LA love with their attire.

Not sure this video/single will make Miguel any new fans, but it’s a decent outing from an album that has greatly reached and surpassed many expectations. It’ll be interesting to see what Miguel’s next album will look like. How will he top Kaleidoscope Dream? Has he peaked?

I do have qualms with people calling both Kendrick and Miguel’s albums “classics” — they need to be a bit more time tested (both the albums AND the artists) before we start handing out superlatives such as those.

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Fantasia Hits The Trap In Her Club Clothes In “Without Me” With Kelly Rowland & Missy

Written by The IPS in New Music & Reviews on Apr 12, 13

Fantasia is trying to come back and in a major way. Her new album Side Effects Of You comes out in a few weeks (April 23rd), and while “Lose To Win” was inspirational and all that, it fell flat to many of her fans.

So she’s gone the way of trendy and has put out “Without You”, which embraces the minimalistic nature of hip-hop’s current scene of trap-rap, mixed with some swirling chords a la a synth or Wurlitzer, to bring some melody into the tuneless nature of the beat. The song features a guest vocal by Kelly Rowland, who actually really sounds very decent.

In fact, I’m going to go ahead and say that Fantasia has “dumbed” down her vocals for two reasons: because the beat calls for it — it’s a current sounding track on par with what radio is playing these days. The second, being that Kelly Rowland is also singing on the track. Fantasia’s trademark gut-busting, countrified soulful vocal would NOT mesh with a track like this, and, well, we know Kelly isn’t that type of singer.

Missy Elliott’s verse really adds no value outside of the fact that she’s probably the cheapest of female rappers to get a feature from right now, and of course, the most immediate choices for a rap on this joint are really overused (Tyga, Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, etc.). Overall, it’s nice club track. It’ll knock after a few drinks and if you’re standing by a subwoofer. But ultimately, after a few replays it falls flat fast and leaves me wanting more from the vocal powerhouse that is Fantasia. It was nice to hear something in which she holds herself back, however. It definitely makes her more accessible outside of R&B radio. “Without Me” fits real well in a mix right next to “I’m Different”….

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What Do We Think: Alex Isley Makes A Trip To “The Other Side” A Smoothed Out Affair

Written by The IPS in New Music & Reviews on Apr 11, 13

One of my favorite indie artists, whom I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and placing into a movie I worked on, “The Last Fall”, has released a new song that is the first look at her upcoming album DreamsInAnalog. Alex Isley is a singular talent in a crowded field of musicians and artists — she’s a self contained singer/songwriter/instrumentalist/producer that crafts amazingly lush, vibrant, downtempo and emotional accessible gems such as the new single “The Other Side”. If you like Jhene Aiko and Stacy Barthe, chances are you will dig Alex Isley.

One of my favorites (and the one that I placed) is “Set In Stone”. If you haven’t heard that, listen to it here.

Hit Alex up on Twitter and let her know where you heard her new single at!

NEW MUSIC: —-> The Other Side soundcloud.com/alex-isley/the…

— alex isley (@LoveAlexIsley) April 11, 2013

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Would You RSVP For “Dinner And A Movie” With Ronald Isley After Hearing This Song?

Written by The IPS in New Music & Reviews on Apr 10, 13

Now, I will forever and always be a fan of The Isley Bros. but, Mr. Big is definitely showing his age vocally in this song. Some of these notes that he’s struggling to really deliver on this song. “Dinner And A Movie” is not very an exciting song, in and of itself, either.

Ronald Isley has put out some decent songs in his later years however, but “Dinner And A Movie” is not compelling enough to make me run out and see what his latest album will sound like. His trademark falsetto is starting to sound a little long in the tooth, and he can’t deliver like he used to. However, he’s still a classic vocalist and one that we are honored to have around still.

That being said, do you like this song? Am I being too harsh? Would you gift your mother with this single on iTunes?

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