Jill Scott
hospitalized with a throat infection
Philadelphia's
beloved sweetheart of Neo Soul Jill Scott was hospitalized this
past week on the eve of her opening tour date with Pop legend Sting.
Jill who won the Soul Train Award for Best New Artist
was taken in for a throat injection. A
spokesperson for Jill said that she was suffering from a 102-degree
fever when she was admitted to the hospital on the morning of May 6.
She was scheduled to kickoff Sting's tour on Saturday in
Washington, D.C
Ms.
Scott became ill after an allergy developed into a bad cold, which
then lead to the lung infection. The 28-year-old songstress is
expected to join the tour soon, her spokesperson said, but it's
unknown when she'll be released from the hospital but doctors expect
her to make a full recovery.
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Foxy Brown ready to
'break her silence'
ILL
na an (aka) foxy
lady Foxy Brown returns to the limelight after a 2 year hiatus with her highly
anticipated release 'Broken Silence' (Def Jam). Foxy (who's given name
is Ingrid Marcard) takes a more deeper revealing look into her life on
this set that features some of rap, reggae and soul's brightest talent
including Jadakiss, Spragga Benz and Ernie Isley to name a few
The
debut single will the 'BK Anthem' a tribute track dedicated to
her home town of Brooklyn, NY. The single goes to radio this week and
the full length will drop in stores June 5th where as one would say
'Foxy breaks her silence'. Look for it in your local record
shop.
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English born Joy
Morrison the latest 'Neo Soul' star to shine
With
the likes of Erykah Badu, Maxwell, D'Angelo, Jill
Scott, Bilal among others leading the way in the Neo Soul
movement one ponders just where are the English crop that is also
pathing the way in this new gendre I call 'Neo Era Soul'. The fact
remains that this gendre is nothing new to the homegrowns of Europe as
this style of music has been natured there for the better part of a
decade with the likes of Omar, Lewis Taylor, Loose Ends
Mondo Grosso and more recently Hil St Soul, Attica
Blues and Shaun Escoffery
But
not to worry 'cos the Neo Era Soul is alive and well and flourishing
rather nicely in the form of newcomer Joy Morrison. The
21-year-old native of Northampton in London shines with her debut
single Run Away and ranks right up there with the likes of
Erykah and India . She's just been signed to Trinity Records and will
be making her live debut this very weekend when she plays London's Subterania
club. If you like what India Arie brings to the table then look out
for Joy.
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Destiny's Child to
headline 1st TRL Tour
Their
phenominum year continues and they would not have it any other way.
Destiny's Child will headline the first ever MTV'S TRL (Total Request
Live) tour. The tour will kick off July 18th in Albany NY and will
conclude on September 23 in Honolulu. But before heading out on that
tour, the group will appear June 17 at Finsbury Park in London
as well as make appearances in Milwaukee and New Orleans'
Essence Music
Festival in July.
Meanwhile lead
singer Beyonce will be making her acting debut in MTV'S Hip Hop's
version to the musical Carmen which will take place in Philadelphia.