Love muffins, let me introduce you to a new artist that goes by the name of Zaho. She’s an Algerian R&B singer living in Canada who has managed to make a name for her self not only in France, but in also in other parts of the world. Her lyrics are in french, but regardless of the language her vocals are stellar! She can easily hold her own against many of the chart-topping R&B divas we have here in the states. After doing a few guest features in the French rap scene, she garnered enough attention to pursue her dreams of a solo record. Her debut album, Dima was released in 2008.

“Incomprise” and “Assassine” in my opinion, are the two stand-out tracks on the album. “Incomprise” is a nice mid-tempo R&B song with a strong baseline and the hard-hitting “Assassine” could easily be compared to any Timbaland production. She recently won both the 2008 MTV Europe Music Award for Best French Artist and the 2009 NRJ Music Award for French Revelation of the Year.

If you’re looking to venture out and expand your musical horizons, Zaho is a great artist and I think you will enjoy her. Take a listen to the tracks below, and to find out more about Zaho, please check out her website!

Zaho – Incomprise: Link
Zaho – Assassine: Link

Zaho – Kif’n'Dir: Link
Zaho – C’est Chelou: Link

As she promotes her new album, Fantasy Ride, Ciara displayed why she’s hands down the best dancer (with arguably the best body) in the music industry with her live renditions of “Love Sex Magic’” featuring Justin Timberlake and “Never Ever” on Saturday Night Live last night. View the above video and I know you will all agree that her “Love Sex Magic” dance performance was down right mesmerizing! “Go Girl” as you dance for your life!

I’m pleased to introduce you guys to the super talented Nikki Jane. With her unique voice and incredible style, Nikki manages to blend the sounds of old-school soul, hip-hop, R&B, funk and rock to create her own unique genre which has been described as “Bold ,sensual, confident and extraordinary….”

Hailing from Roswell, GA, 18 year old Nikki Jane (who’s real name is Valencia Burse) combines highly personal and philosophical lyrics, as well as unusual musical influences together to create a rich texture of sound. She provides a fresh, innovative, alternative to mainstream soul. Her debut single “I Love U” was released in January to online retailers and was also featured on the Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom soundtrack. Her debut EP was released shortly after.

Listen to another song from Nikki Jane called “Neva Again” below! For more information please visit her MySpace page and check her out on YouTube.

Nikki Jane – Neva Again Link 1
Nikki Jane – Neva Again Link 2

In the mist of my sleeplessness last night, I pleasantly ran across again these absolutely amazing live (2007) MSN Tamia performances of songs from her (2006) Between Friends album that she completely infused her heart into. Tamia is one of the most underrated singers currently in the music industry and that’s so terribly sad because she has a voice of an angel. For more information about Tamia visit TamiaWorld.com.

View the live performances after the jump – CONTINUE READING

In honor of the peaceful Christmas holiday approaching, I decided to start a diva battle (just like I did last year) with these three different renditions of “O Holy Night” performed by vocal greats Celine Dion, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey! So listen to each one of these stellar recordings and let me know who sang it the best, please leave comments!

Mariah Carey (From Merry Christmas Holiday Album)

Whitney Houston and Celine Dion’s versions after the jump! CONTINUE READING

R&B singer Ne-Yo decided to cover “Can’t B Good” Janet Jackson’s fourth overall and last single from her tenth studio album Discipline. I actually enjoyed both versions but which version do you prefer: Ne-Yo’s or Janet’s?

Ne-Yo – Can’t B Good [Link 1]
Janet Jackson – Can’t B Good [Link 2]

Love muffins I almost fell out of my chair when I heard this man’s voice. Take me higher Lord, he is the closest thing we’ve heard to Luther Vandross that has covered one of his songs. This is actually sung as a duet with Cheryl Lynn and Luther, and he did both of them beautifully. The only thing is that I wish it were a longer video. I could listen to that guitar and voice all night. To hear more of L’Debois, visit his YouTube channel for more of his beautiful voice. Thoughts?