Fantasia is leaving the drama behind and focusing on the music in 2013. Nearly a decade after making her debut on “American Idol,” the R&B songstress has announced her fourth album. During an interview with Steve Harvey, she revealed that the project will be titled The Side Effects of You and will arrive on March 13. The 28-year-old singer has worked mainly with producer Harmony on […]

Times are hard…The daughter of deceased music legend James Brown, Venisha Brown is accused of stealing a car on one side of the river and…

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By Tony Lamont Earlier this morning sad news came out about the apparent suicide death of Soul Train creator “Don Cornelius’. Here’s an episode of Soul Train featuring the God- Father of Soul “James Brown.” To show you how popular the show was, and how international, notice the Japanese subtitles. Plus the God Father performed […]

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The daughter of the late James Brown is not happy with the court system. She wants a judge to throw the book at one of her dad’s former trustees who was sentenced to house arrest. “Injustice,” said Deanna Brown. “A true injustice has been done.” RELATED: Join Us In Thanking Veterans The James […]

Via: Wikipedia.com Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground. Funk songs are often based […]

As part of our ongoing Black Music Month coverage legendary Producer and DJ Pete Rock to a break from recording with Camp Lo and Roy Ayers to  share with TheUrbandaily what exactly Black Music means to him. As Told To Jerry L. Barrow Black music to Pete Rock is like steak to a hungry lion. […]

Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) The Apollo Theater 253 W 125th Street When: October 24, 1962 What: The Godfather Of Soul records his live performance at the world famous venue, and it becomes the first Soul album to go platinum. «  PREVIOUS NEXT  » In celebration of Black Music Month, TheUrbanDaily’s “It’s All Black […]

Image courtesy of Joerg Koch/Getty Images Original story from Magic Baltimore The Legendary James Brown, better known as the Godfather Of Soul, is celebrating a birthday today. The prolific singer, songwriter, dancer and bandleader is the most sampled artist in history. He was recognized for numerous titles including Soul Brother Number One, Sex Machine, Mr. […]

With the increasing number of films aimed towards black audiences in the early 1970s, filmmakers realized that they couldn’t turn to Henry Mancini to provide the musical backdrops for these movies.

jungle boogie (jungle –oft attrib to Hindi jangal + boogie – prob alter of bogle – goblin, object of fear) a 1974 hit by Kool & the Gang, frequently sampled by hip-hop artists, perhaps the funkiest piece of music ever recorded.