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Best of Songs 2008 (So Far)

As of this week, the year 2008 is just about halfway over, so its time to take a look back at the first six months of the year and revisit some of the best music that 2008 has given us so far.

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Best R&B Love Duets

Sunday July 6, 2008
Luther and Mariah: Endless LoveWhether you're making a mixtape for your significant other, looking for songs to sing with your baby on Karaoke night, or just love hearing male and female voices lifted in harmony, this list of some of the best R&B duets from throughout history is for you. Let it be known though, that input is always welcome. At some point in the future, yours truly will revise and update the list, so if you've got a favorite romantic duet and are mad (or sad, or puzzled) that it wasn't included on the this time, then please feel free to express your feelings and opinions by leaving a note with your suggestions in the Comments section at the bottom of this blog post.

R&B News N Rumors: 07/05/08 Edition

Saturday July 5, 2008
Some of the more interesting news and rumors from the past week:
  • Robin Thicke's third album, Something Else, comes out Sept. 9 via Star Trak/Interscope. Thicke says the album's a cross between "classic Philly, Motown and '70s black disco meets the creativity of the Beatles and Bob Dylan."
  • The R&B trio Labelle - Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash - is hitting the studio for a reunion album. The currently-untitled set is the group's first since 1976. It's due Sept. 23 via Verve.
  • Young Jeezy says Keyshia Cole once proposed to him, but that he turned her down because he wasn't ready for marriage.
  • New Edition have teamed up with New Kids On The Block for a new single that will be on NKOTB's upcoming reunion album.
  • Slim of R&B quartet 112 is set to release his solo debut album, Love's Crazy, soon. The first single's called "So Fly."
  • Lloyd's new album, Lessons In Love, has been pushed back from July 15 to Aug. 5.
  • U.S. presidental candidate John McCain is a fan of Usher?!

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