ARTIST SPOTLIGHT : JULIE DEXTER (www.juliedexter.com)

This young lady 's voice will have you speechless,her beauty will take ya breathe away and her name is..(drum roll pleaseeeeee ...) Julie Dexter !


If you don't know that name, here is your chance to know it. Ms. Dexter IS a world renowned, award winning, British vocalist considered by many to be ONE of the MOST influential FEMALE VOCALISTS of our generation not to mention shes an excellent person to interview (my personal opinion).
Ms.Dexter was born and raised in born and raised in Birmingham, England and eventually she decided to take a chance and moved to the ATL (thats Atlanta,Georgia for those who may not know) where she launched her very own label (this is a business woman if you don't know by now...lol).


She is influenced by great legends such as Nancy Wilson, Abbey Lincoln, and Bob Marley, as well as popular icons Omar and and my personal favorite Sade. Ms.Dexter is a classically trained artist who composes and arranges her own music.( I think I said earlier ...she's a BUSINESS WOMAN...lol) .She's work with Mint Condition, Jill Scott, Bilal, and Rachelle Ferrell. Now you see why she is a POWERFUL ARTIST. She knows her stuff...and speaking of a great singer ,songwriter and above all performer check out her material which will no doubly blow-you-away !


And speaking of her music blowing you away check out her single that was featured in national radio ads for Democratic Presidential Candidate Senator Barack Obama.




Many of you know that he is our current United States President.This tune was created in a collaboration with Khari Simmons which was released in 2007 which was ‘Ketch a Vibe". Now do yourself a favor and catch her vibe.....

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT : VESTA WILLIAMS 12/1/1957– 09/22/2011

Mary Vesta Williams (December 1, 1957 – September 22, 2011) was an R&B singer. Originally credited as Vesta Williams, sometimes she went by the name of just Vesta from the 1990s forward. Vesta never had a certified gold album or any Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, Vesta managed to score six Top 10 hits on the Billboard R&B chart from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s. Vesta was best known for the hits, "Once Bitten,Twice Shy","Sweet Sweet Love", and her two biggest hits "Congratulations" and "Special".

Vesta secured a recording contract with A&M Records which released her debut album Vesta in 1986. The album became a modest seller on the R&B Albums Chart and it featured her first Top 10 R&B hit "Once Bitten, Twice Shy", which also became her only UK hit. Vesta's 1988 sophomore release, Vesta 4 U, produced the Top 10 R&B hits "Sweet Sweet Love", "4 U", and "Congratulations", with the latter peaking at #55 on the Hot 100 chart, her only single to appear in that chart. This would also be her most successful album, and her only album to appear on the US Billboard 200, peaking at #131. In 1991, Williams released her third album entitled Special, and the title track as a single. That single became her highest charting song on the R&B chart at #2, but sales of the album were less than that of Vesta 4 U. Her next album, 1993's Everything-N-More, produced only the minor R&B hit "Always".



In 1989,Polygram Records purchased A&M Records. Vesta released a 1998 album Relationships which was released under the Polygram name, and didnt sell as most would've thought but it appeared the R&B chart. After this album, A&M/Polygram Records parted ways with her. She continued to be a session singer, landing spots on albums by such artists as Phil Perry, Howard Hewett, and George Duke.In 2000, Polygram released a compilation album, featuring songs from Williams and CeCe Peniston, another Polygram artist.



In 2007, Vesta released an album of R&B songs on Shanachie Records entitled Distant Lover. Produced by Chris "Big Dog" Davis, it featured songs originally recorded by Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Sade, and Deniece Williams.Vesta portrayed a saloon singer in the 1993 film Posse, directed by Mario Van Peebles. She also had a hit with the SWV song, "Rain", with the smooth jazz musician, Norman Brown.



Vesta was a great singer or should I say "sanger" and her music will live on NO MATTER HOW MANY RECORDS SHE SOLD !!

Check out her music videos and tell us what you think.

THROWBACK: INTRO "LOVE THANG"

THIS WAS THE REMIX RIGHT HERE !!
THE REMIX TO COME INSIDE THE VOCALS ON THIS SONG WAS CRAZYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY !

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT : LEANDRIA JOHNSON "JESUS"

PLEASE GO GET THIS CD !!!


THIS LADY'S VOICE IS RIDICULOUS !!
THIS LADY'S VOICE IS ANOINTING !!
THIS LADY'S VOICE IS CRAZY OFF THE HOOK !!
SUNDAY'S BEST SEASON 3 WINNER, FINALLY HAS HER CD OUT.
IF YOU DONT HAVE IT .....GO GET IT !!
THIS IS A PERFORMANCE ON SUNDAYS BEST SEASON 4.
THERES NOT MUCH WE CAN SAY, HER VOICE IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE !!

WATCH AS LEANDRIA SINGS LIKE THIS IS WHAT GOD BLESSED HER TO DO !!

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: SMOKEY NORFUL "GOD IS ABLE"

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT : MUSIQ SOULCHILD "YES"

THIS IS MUSIQ SOULCHILD AND WITH EVERY SONG HE CREATES THERE IS ALWAYS A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO. THIS SONG "YES" DEALS WITH BREAST CANCER AND AS HIS LATEST CD IS TITLED "MUSIQINTHEMAGIC". LISTEN TO THE WORDS, WATCH THE VIDEO, TELL US WHAT YOU THINK. EVERYBODY KNOWS SOMEONE DEALING OR DEALT WITH BREAST CANCER OR SOME FORM OF CANCER. MUSIQ THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS SONG TO LIFE WITH AVIDEO THAT SAYS A LOT !

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: BIRDMAN f/ NICKI MINAJ & LIL WAYNE "Y. U. MAD"

LETS FACE IT, THIS TRACK IS COOL,NICKI AND WAYNE MAKE THE TRACK. BIRDMAN NO OFFENSE BUT(not hatin')BUT THE RAYDIO TWINS SAY MAKE YOUR MONEY CUZ RAPPIN AND IT ...LOL

CHECK THE SONG OUT !

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: J.COLE f/TREY SONGZ "CANT GET ENOUGH"

DESPITE THE "SUPPOSED" SEX TAPE WITH RIHANNA(even thought Rihanna is in this new video)J.COLE HAS A NEW CD BEING RELEASED THIS MONTH (SEPTEMBER 2011).RUMORS OF J.COLE BEING DROPPED FROM ROCNATION MAYBE A LITTLE BIT STRETCHED..LOL

BUT HERE IS THE VIDEO TELL US WHAT YOU THINK.

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: MONICA "ANYTHING" f/ RICK ROSS

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT : LEANDRIA JOHNSON "JESUS"

Le’Andria Johnson, the 3rd winner of B.E.T.'s Sundays Best Just like past winners this lady has a voice thats TRULY ANNOINTING and AMAZING. Her voice and looks which are equally as strong and beautiful command one to listen to her voice no matter what she is singing. After losing her house and being a parent its hard to believe that her testimony and story have given way for her to be exactly where GOD needed her to be!



CHECK OUT HER NEW SINGLE "JESUS" OFF THE NEW CD THE AWAKENING OF LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT : JESSICA REEDY "PUT IT ON THE ALTAR"

CHECK OUT THE NEW SINGLE FROM JESSICA REEDY !!!



For Season Two episode of B.E.T.'s Sundays Best tapings started with 20 contestants,afterwards 16 were eliminated. The final four were Zebulon Ellis, Latice Crawford, Jessica Reedy, and Y'Anna Crawley. Zebulon Ellis was eliminated, and in the following episode Latice Crawford was eliminated. America voted for the winner, either Jessica Reedy or Y'Anna Crawley. On May 11, 2009, the winner of Season 2 was announced as Y'Anna Crawley.



But Jessica Reedy still pushed for what GOD had for her, hence you have her new cd dropping Sept. 27th 2011.



THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES YOU MAY HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS BUT IF YOU CAN'T DO ONE THING ...YOU CAN EITHER PRAY ABOUT IT OR GO TO CHURCH AND GET ON BENDED KNEE AND LEAVE THAT PROBLEM, LEAVE THAT CARE AT THE ALTAR.







SOOOO CHECK OUT THE NEW SINGLE FROM JESSICA REEDY !!!

ITS GUARANTEED TO GET YOU UP AND PRAISING OR "GOING TO THE ALTAR"

THE NEW SINGLE IS "PUT IT ON THE ALTAR"

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK !!!

THE TWINS LOVE THIS RECORD !!

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT : DORINDA CLARK COLE "BACK TO YOU"

Dorinda Clark-Cole is a two-time Grammy Award winning American evangelist and gospel singer. She is best known as a member of The Clark Sisters and as a daughter of pioneering choral director Mattie Moss Clark.



Clark-Cole's self-titled solo debut CD Dorinda Clark-Cole,released in 2002,won two Stellar Awards and a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award(Best Female Gospel Artist).The CD featured the hit single "I'm Coming Out". Her second CD, The Rose of Gospel, was released in 2005. The live portions of both albums were produced by Asaph Ward, famous for his work with Kim Burrell, who counts Dorinda as well as the Clark Sisters as a direct vocal influence.Dorinda won one Stellar award.Dorinda was also featured on the title track of Kirk Franklin's Hero album.







After being pushed back from a prematurely stated date in fall 2007,Dorinda Clark-Cole's third solo CD Take It Back was released in April of 2008. The CD included the songs "Faithful", "Praise Your Way Out", "Yesterday", "It's Ok", "No Weapon", "If I Were", "Got To Hold On" and the current radio single "Take It Back".Producers Alex "Asaph" Ward, PAJAM, and Rodney Jerkins contributed to the project. Dorinda recently did a brand new (EP) CD entitled In The Face Of Change which was released in September. This project includes hit songs such as "Change" written by her son J.Cole, "This Is It" and "One World One Love". The CD consists of only six songs.It was released on her own ministry label "Harvestime Ministries".The CD was never heard of and was announced the day of its release. A video on YouTube has a preview of all of the new songs on the record.Dorinda Clark Cole has a funky and surprising blend with her sister Karen Clark Sheard.







Albums/CDs

DorindaClark-Cole (2002)

Live From Houston: The Rose of Gospel (2005)

Take It Back (2008)

In The Face Of Change (EP)(2009)

I Survived (2011)



TELL US WHAT YOU THINK OF THE NEW DORINDA CLARK COLE SINGLE OFF OF HER NEW CD "I SURVIVED"

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT : FRANK OCEAN "NOVACANE"

Christopher Francis Ocean (born Christopher Breaux; October 29, 1987),better known as Frank Ocean,he is a singer-songwriter from New Orleans,Louisiana. Ocean was evacuated from the University of New Orleans to Los Angeles California just as Hurricane Katrina hit in August 2005, and stayed in Los Angeles to pursue music. Ocean joined Los Angeles based collective OFWGKTA, who he met through his connections.At the end of 2009,he met Tricky Stewart, who helped Ocean sign a contract with Def Jam Recordings as an artist, however,he was initially unable to build a relationship with the company.







In 2010, he changed his name from Christopher Breaux to Christopher Francis Ocean via a legal website.Ocean has written songs for Justin Bieber(with whom he has recorded a song), John Legend, Brandy,and Beyoncé Knowles ('I Miss You' from the album '4'),Ocean has also worked with Nas (on whose 10th studio album Ocean is expected to feature, along with fellow Odd Future members Tyler, the Creator and Hodgy Beats) and Pharrell Williams. On February 18, 2011, Ocean released his first mixtape, nostalgia,ULTRA., to critical acclaim. His music mostly focuses on interpersonal relationships, personal reflection and social commentary.Rolling Stone magazine's Jonah Weiner calls Ocean a "gifted avant-R&B smoothie".In an April 2011 interview, Ocean intimated that his relationship with Def Jam has strengthened since the release of his mixtape.Ocean appeared in Tyler, the Creator's music video for the single "She", from Tyler's 2011 studio album Goblin.Ocean joined his OFWGKTA bandmates for the first time on tour from the beginning of May thru to May 19, 2011. They toured the eastern seaboard of the United States.On May 19, 2011 Ocean's record label Def Jam announced its plans to re-release Nostalgia, Ultra as an EP.







The single "Novacane" was released to iTunes in May and the EP originally was set to be released on July 26, 2011, but through his Tumblr blog on July 24th, he stated that it would not be released on that date.In June 2011, Ocean revealed on his Tumblr that he would be working on the upcoming Kanye West and Jay-Z collaborative album, Watch The Throne.Ocean was ultimately a writer and featured artist on the Watch The Throne tracks "No Church in the Wild" and "Made in America".Ocean released a new song titled "Thinking About You" on July 28.

T.I. OUT OF JAIL, NOW HE'S RIGHT BACK IN ONLY AFTER A DAY..

T.I. was released from prison (August 31st), after serving 11 months in prison for drug possession while being on probation.



It seems that the release date for T.I. was correct,but kinda secret as the rapper has officially been released from prison, one month early.



According to reports, T.I. was released from the Forrest city, Arkansas prison around 7:30 AM the morning of August 31st.



T.I. went on Twitter, where he expressed joy and showed love for being reunited with his family.



"Feels great to be back where I belong...Back in the arms of those who need me the most," T.I. tweeted. "The storm is over & da sun back out. IT'S OUR TIME TO SHINE SHAWTY!!!!! Welcome to the beginning of our Happy Ending!!!!"









T.I. has been taken from the halfway house he was in,to a "different facility" a day after he was brought to, apparently because of prison officials' objection over his using a tour bus to move between facilities in Arkansas and Georgia, his attorney said.



T.I. had walked out of a federal prison in Arkansas on Wednesday morning, August 31,2011, 10 months after he began serving a sentence for violating his parole on a gun charge. He had been expected to complete the last weeks of his 11-month sentence in a community service center, or halfway house, in Atlanta.Steve Sadow, T.I.'s attorney, said the issue that prompted his client's latest move related to how the rapper got from the Federal Correctional Center in Forrest City, Arkansas, to Atlanta.T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, had agreed to provide his own transportation between the two locales, but federal prison officials are reviewing how he got there -- in a tour bus -- according to Sadow.



He also immediately began taping a new reality TV show as he boarded his bus, a series that cable channel VH-1 announced just hours after his release.The as yet-untitled 10-episode series, which will premiere in December, will show T.I. "as he re-adjusts to life as a free man after being incarcerated for nearly a year in a federal prison in Arkansas." VH-1 said."Viewers will get a behind-the-scenes look at the most private and personal moments of one of today's hottest, most sought after Grammy winning artists as he is reunited with his wife and kids and thrust back into society at this crucial juncture in his life," the channel said.This was the rapper's second stint in the Arkansas prison. He served seven months there in 2009 as part of an unusual sentence negotiated two years ago to resolve federal gun charges. Those charges followed his attempt to buy three machine guns in the parking lot of an Atlanta grocery store.







T.I. word from TheRaydioTwins....now kill the world wit some good musick, trap style !!