Check out R. Kelly bringing that sexy disco flavor with “Share My Love”.

New Tigallo!  Phontigallo gets a little help from MomTigallo in the official video for “The Life Of Kings”.  Enjoy!

Phonte and 9th Wonder are on tour:

Phonte and 9th Wonder join forces on select US and international tourdates to celebrate the release of their respective albums Charity Starts At Home and The Wonder Years. Get your tickets now!

Thu May 17, 2012 The Door, Dallas TX · TICKETS with guests Rapsody & Median
Fri May 18, 2012 Warehouse, Houston TX · TICKETS with guests Rapsody & Median
Sat May 19, 2012 ND Venue, Austin TX · TICKETS with guests Rapsody & Median
Sat May 26, 2012 1904, Jacksonville FL · TICKETS with guests Rapsody & Median
Fri Jun 22, 2012 Mary Pop Club, Sao Paulo (Brasil) Tickets on sale soon
Sat Jun 23, 2012 Viaduct Negrao de Lima, Rio de Janeiro (Brasil) Tickets on sale soon

It’s YOUR Time! Check out the new video for “Go Get It” by Mary Mary!

Photo credit: www.kjonmusic.com

R&B recording artist K’Jon is back with his sophomore project and he is in a bit of a tricky spot. His first single of his first album was a MAJOR HIT. “On the Ocean” stayed on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Song Chart for 75 weeks, breaking the record set by Mary J. Blige’s “Be Without You”.  When an artist has that type of immediate success, the expectation is that he’ll duplicate it. Also adding to the pressure are fans like myself, who identified so readily with “On The Ocean” and adopted it as a personal theme. I’d be just fine with K’Jon recording “On The Ocean–Part 2-59″. But, not content to just rest on past success, K’Jon aptly named his second album Moving On.

Like the old albums and cassettes, K’Jon verbally announces ”A Side” and a “B Side” to the album. “Side A” has the uptempo cuts like “Bad Gurl”; a nod to his steppin’/ballroom/club fans. He even features a “Bad Gurl” choreographed dance in the video for the song.  In fact, all of the songs on “Side A” blend together as club tracks. One song doesn’t stand out more than the others. But, “Side B” offers more of the sound that many fans of the self-proclaimed “Ocean Man” enjoy from K’Jon–mid-tempo, smoothed out cuts like “Wonderland” and “Moving On”. K’Jon tackles the serious issue of suicide on the first single, “Will You Be There” and his vocal growth is evident on that song as well. “Take This Dollar” is refreshing and upbeat with a familiar, old-school melody. It would be nice to see that song emerge as a single. Overall, Moving On, especially the “B Side” is a good effort and further displays the musical personality we’ve come to recognize from K’Jon.

Listen to the interview below as K’Jon talks to Grown Folks Music about his musical journey, his new album and more… 

GFM Spotlight Interview – K’Jon by GrownFolksMusic

Check out the new video “At The Same Time”, by Eric Roberson, a song about a lost love. Read what Eric has to say about the song: “I’m elated about transitioning to this part of the album. I feel everyone who hears this, will be able to identify with it. We’ve all experienced being in and being loved but sometimes not at the same time.”

“At The Same Time” is lifted from Roberson’s latest album Mister Nice Guy, released via Purpose Music Group and Entertainment One (eOne Music) and available for download on iTunes.

ATL, tonight, April 20, catch the release concert for Darryl Reeves’ new album Mercury at the Southwest Arts Center Performance Theatre!

Somehow it never fails when one of the GFM team sends over a message to check out some great new music. This is definitely the case with the track “U & I” from *B~Free*, a 24 year old R&B/Neo-Soul singer from the Chicago area.

With a sound that is reminiscent of all that was beautiful, interesting and inspiring about 90′s R&B, “U & I” will certainly captivate the lover of great melodic and harmonic content. For me, it feels good to listen to well-crafted music and the fact that an actual bridge is employed here, just puts more icing on the cake.

Make sure to checkout the debut album from *B~Free*, which contains “U & I” and seven other great tracks right here.

A few weeks ago we gave you a lil preview of this new heat coming Cage Lu produced by friend to GFM Kensaye. Well, today we have the full on production and I’m encouraging you to press that play button and hit us up in the comment section to let us know how you are feeling the sonic landscape that has been put together here.

On The Scene by Cage Lu