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Revolutions Archives for October 2006

J-Shin - All I Got Is Love (Southbeat)

October 17, 2006

Onetime Slip N Slider and should-be soul heavyweight J-Shin updates for the digital age on his second album, bringing gospel gumption, Motown harmonies, and Instant-Messenger shorthand to glossy Miami bump ’n’ grind.... (read more)

Daz Dillinger - So So Gangsta (So So Def/Virgin)

October 16, 2006

Since 1998’s underrated Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back slid out from a deserted Death Row, Long Beach, Calif., icon Daz has been perfecting his indie hustle. This strong major-label comeback, though, finds him riding with an unlikely sidekick—Jermaine Dupri—and bringing his c-walk to A-town.... (read more)

Omarion - 21 (T.U.G./Sony Urban/Epic)

October 13, 2006

Omarion’s all grown up, or so he’d have you think.... (read more)

Alice Smith - For Lovers, Dreamers & Me (BBE)

October 12, 2006

Psychedelic soul is R&B’s future, Alice Smith’s brilliant, brainy, and refreshing debut reveals.... (read more)

Jim Jones - Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment)

October 11, 2006

Noted Diplomats philanthropist Cam’Ron once declaimed, “I just do the music because I’m nice.” Label C.E.O. Jim Jones, who once compared making albums to doing homework, raps because nobody’s figured out a way to cake off giving interviews yet: His Hot 97 (WQHT New York) call-in sonning of Mase in July 2004 was high art, no beat required. ... (read more)

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Critical Noir

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The Nappy Diatribe

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Speak Easy

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zentronix d+h

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