May 2009 R&B/Soul Albums

Two years after releasing her Grammy-nominated debut album I Am, Chrisette Michele is at it again. This time she's changing things up with a more edgy, youthful and urban album, which is due in stores May 5 via Island Def Jam. Collaborating with Compound Entertainment - which includes Ne-Yo, Claude Kelly and Chuck Harmony - her jazzy vocal style has been augmented with more of a Pop and Hip-Hop Soul feel.

Tracklisting:
1. Epiphany (I'm Leaving)
2. Notebook
3. What You Do (feat. Ne-Yo)
4. Blame It on Me
5. All I Ever Think About
6. Playin' Our Song
7. Another One
8. On My Own
9. Fragile
10 Mr. Right
11 Porcelain Doll
12 I'm Okay

The latest from the Velvet Teddy Bear is due out May 19 via Hickory Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Together
2. More Than Words
3. Song For Her
4. How You Make Me Feel
5. Don't Make `Em Like U No More
6. I Can't Help It
7. Just Because
8. My Love is a Rock
9. The Long and Winding Road 10 For the Good Times
11 We Got Love (That's Enough)
12 Footprints in the Sand
13 Wet Pillows (Bonus track)

Ciara returns to the scene with her high energy third album, Fantasy Ride, which drops May 5 via LaFace Records. The album features production by Justin Timberlake (who also appears on the single "Love Sex Magic"), Rodney Jerkins, Tricky, Polow Da Don and Danja. Also appearing: Missy Elliott, The-Dream, Young Jeezy, Ludacris, Chris Brown and T-Pain.

Tracklisting:
1. Ciara To The Stage
2. Love Sex Magic (feat. Justin Timberlake)
3. High Price (feat. Ludacris)
4. Turntables (feat. Chris Brown)
5. Like A Surgeon
6. Never Ever (feat. Young Jeezy)
7. Lover's Thing (feat. The-Dream)
8. Work (feat. Missy Elliott)
9. Pucker Up
10 G Is For Girl (A-Z)
11 Keep Dancin' On Me
12 Tell Me What Your Name Is
13 I Don't Remember

The 2009 sophomore album from the fomer American Idol (Season 5) contestant spotlights a number of songs co-written by Eliott, as well as writing and production by Johnta Austin, Stargate, Jermaine Dupri and JR Rotem, among others. It'll be in stores May 5 via Hickory Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Let Love Be
2. Know Better
3. Fight for Love
4. You
5. Can't Keep on Loving You
6. Don't Be Afraid
7. You Say
8. Apart from Me
9. Cold Heart
10 How Do I Know
11 This Step Alone
12 Someday

All-girl singing group Electrik Red, paired with writing/production team The Dream and Tricky Stewart, have an edgy brand of R&B and hip-hop that they say will define the future sound of music. The girls' debut album is out May 26 via Def Jam.

Tracklisting:
1. Muah
2. So Good
3. Devotion
4. Freaky Freaky
5. Bed Rest
6. Friend Lover
7. P Is For Power
8. W.F.Y.
9. 9 To 5
10 On Point
11 Drink In My Cup
12 Go Shawty
13 Kill Bill
14 So Good (Remix) feat. Lil Wayne

Five-time Grammy award-winning singer Lionel Richie gets into a new groove on Just Go, his first new studio album in more than two years, which arrives in stores May 19 via Island Records. The album features some of today's biggest writers and producers, including Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Stargate and Akon. Lionel also shares songwriter credits with Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Ne-Yo, Akon, Johnta Austin and Taj Jackson.

Tracklisting:
1. Forever
2. Just Go (feat. Akon)
3. Nothing Left To Give (feat. Akon)
4. Forever And A Day
5. I'm Not Okay
6. Good Morning
7. Through My Eyes
8. I'm In Love
9. Think Of You
10 Into You Deep
11 Pastime
12 Face In The Crowd (duet with Trijntje Oosterhuis)
13 Somewhere In London
14 Eternity

Nino is an Italian-American Funk/Soul artist from Northern California and Boomshadow is the follow-up to his brilliant 2006 debut album, The Fix. Boomshadow is named after a fictional super-hero created by Nino and some friends about a decade ago. The album will be in stores May 19 via Ubiquity Recordings.

Tracklisting:
1. Begin
2. Sleep
3. Time Of Day
4. We Fight
5. Looking at Your Face
6. Continue To Call
7. Running
8. New Orleans
9. Stella
10 Something Like
11 What U Do 2 Me
12 All Around The World
13 I Love Myself

Naomi Shelton is no ordinary Gospel singer; although she grew up singing with her sisters in their Alabama church, she's also spent much of her life in the Soul clubs around New York, and the album reflects that. What Have You Done, My Brother? - the group's first official full-length album - drops May 26 via Daptone Records.

Tracklisting:
1. What Is This
2. What More Can I Do
3. I'll Take The Long Road
4. What Have You Done?
5. I Need You To Hold My Hand
6. Trouble In My Way
7. Jordan River
8. He Knows My Heart
9. Am I Asking Too Much
10 By Your Side
11 Lift My Burdons
12 A Change Is Gonna Come