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?

I am sure many of you YouTube fanatics & music lovers out there have already heard of Dondria Nicole a.k.a. Phatfffat, but to those of you who haven’t, I’m here to tell you who she is! Dondria is a beautiful girl with a beautiful voice who started singing on YouTube a little under two years ago. Her popularity skyrocketed – she quickly gained many subscribers and millions of views. She caught the attention of Jermaine Dupri, and he signed her to his label, So So Def! She has been working on her debut album which will be out July 29th! The above video takes you on a journey from her beginnings on YouTube as an aspiring singer to becoming a So So Def artist! I wish her all the best in her new career!

Love muffins, I sat down and gave Angie Stone’s new album The Art Of Love & War a thorough listen before watching American’s Next Top Model. Her album was released last October debuting on the Billboard 200 at number 11 selling 45,000 copies.

Angie Stone was definitely good enough for the business, but to her, good enough was unacceptable. With a new sound and a new attitude, The Art Of Love & War defines who Angie Stone truly is; meant to be seen and heard. Which is probably why she felt compelled to write about 90% of the album. Also on the album, “Here We Go” and “Sometimes” are two of the six tracks produced by Jonathan Richmond.

“Take Everything In” is a beautiful song with a nice groove complimenting the spiritual words written for this track. “It’s time for me to step up, he gave me a reason, to walk into my season…,” yes love muffins, this is so true! This song helps confirm that I am on my way to where I need to be. “Make It Last” is about a person leaving the relationship but in the back of their mind, they are thinking if they made the right decision. I recommend you listen to “Sit Down” and “Pop Pop”. Both songs are super duper sexy! Don’t forget to pick up a copy of the album at your nearest music store if you haven’t done so already. Dim the lights, sit back, and sip on a good shut yo mouth potion!

Love muffins, my lovely girls Renée and Takiyah entered the Superstar Search contest and they both made it to the Top 21! I am so proud of these ladies. Two of my favorite Youtube singers and friends have a chance to receive a super duper telephone call from Jennifer Hudson herself! Take me higher Lord! Voting starts Wednesday, March 26 and ends the following Tuesday, April 1 at 11:59pm eastern time. So love muffins, vote for both ladies as many times as you want (copy and paste will be so much easier) HERE so we can get them in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place! Yes there will be THREE winners!

Check out the talented Renée singing an original song entitled “Goodbye”. Also check out Takiyah’s version of Usher’s hit song “Love In This Club”.