In between live sets, press conferences and visiting booths in the NOLA Convention Center, we found time to check out the new artists roaming around the 2016 ESSENCE Festival. For this week’s five-track selection, we rounded up videos by the noteworthy up-and-comers we had the chance to see. Get acquainted below.   BJ The Chicago Kid – “Turnin Me Up” (Live) BJ The […]

ESSENCE Festival 2016 is finally upon us, and with festivities just hours away, ESSENCE has announced they will celebrate the life of Prince with a New Orleans-themed tribute on Sunday (July 3).

  Rapper Nelly is taking it back to the pop charts. On a new track entitled “Heaven,” Nelly recruits British soul singer Daley. The song is driven by acoustic guitars. “Heaven” is set to appear on Nelly’s upcoming album “MO,” which is slated to hit the streets on September 30. The album features appearances from […]

When Adele swept the Grammy Awards in 2012 with her now zillion selling album “21” we were in awe.  Of course it was one of the best albums of the year and from the moment we heard “Rolling In The Deep” most knew it would go the distance.  While Adele is still winning Grammys she […]