A remake of Minnie Riperton''s song of the same name, Inside My Love featuring the smooth vocals of Sy Smith is backed by a modem-Jamaican sound is the 2nd release from The Decoders first installment of modern-Jamaican Lovers Rock-inspired versions of soul classics they dug up from the vaults of the Music Sales publishing catalogue.

The Decoders are Los Angeles based producer duo Itai Shapira (producer/engineer & studio/live musician) and Todd Simon (Trumpeter/Arranger for mayer Hawthorne) w/ contributions from Quincy McCrary on keys (Mayer Hawthorne) and Blake Colie on drums (The Lions).

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Inside My Love is also in rotation on MO''Betta Music Radio.

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The "Shibuya Session" is a collaboration between the Grammy nominated producer Nicolay (of The Foreign Exchange) and the Raleigh NC-based exploratory jazz trio The Hot At Nights, led by 8-string guitar virtuoso (and The Foreign Exchange guitarist) Chris Boerner with Matt Douglas on sax/woodwinds and Nick Baglio on drums. Headlining this event will be a joint set between Nicolay (keyboards & synthesizers) and The Hot At Nights featuring the new interpretations and arrangements of eight instrumental compositions from Nicolay''s 2009 album "City Lights Vol. 2: Shibuya" as well as other compositions from Nicolay’s catalog. In most cities, the Hot At Nights will open with a short set of their own material from their album “Nice Talk”.

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Nice smooth remix of Amy Winehouse’s ”Just Friends” Feat. Nas, off her Grammy Award Winning Album Back To Black, By Urban Noize.

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Jay-Z welcomes and introduces baby Blue Ivy Carter to the world with this new track that also features cries from little Miss Blue.

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Scratch Johnson delivers a nice ATCQ tribute mixed in with some old school soul music.

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A Tribe Called Quest Tribute Live Set mixed by Scratch Johnson by HurricaneDrastic

CNN.com has an article asking "Where is the love in R&B music", and though it may not be in the R&B music that most radio stations choose to play. The love is definitely here. This year alone had releases from Jill Scott, Ledisi, Joe, Robin Thicke, Mary J. Blige, Eric Roberson, and now Carl Thomas, that proves love IS in the music. Soul music.

On his newest release, Conquer, Carl Thomas teamed up with top producers, Andre (formely of multi-platinum production duo Dre & Vidal), Rex-Rideout, and The Internz to create an album full of soulful sounds that will surely please the fans that he captured with his debut album Emotional.

The love isn''t gone, it''s just not being played on your local radio. And that''s where the problem lies. Call and request the artist that you love you so much. Demand the stores to stock their music. The power is in the hands of the listener and buyer.

You can check out his single "Don''t Kiss Me" below. It''s currently in rotation on MO''Betta Music Radio.

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You can purchase his album Conquer here.

Jeff Bradshaw is back with some hotness!! His new single "Til Tomorrow" features the self proclaimed "R&B Hippie Neo-Soul Rock Star" Raheem DeVaughn and rapper Ms. Jade. This song should be blowing up on all radio stations right now. If you don''t hear it, call your local stations and request it!

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Anthony Hamilton drops a new video for his single "Woo" off his upcoming album Back To Love which drops on December 13th on RCA Records, and his 19-city “Woo Tour” launches in December.

New Tigallo, New Tigallo New Tigallo! Grammy-nominated, Little Brother and Foreign Exchange affiliated, Phonte Coleman hits us with his solo release Charity Starts at Home.  The album manages to showcase the diversity of Phonte''s style without straying too far from it''s soulful, grass roots, hip hop center.  I like this. While a lot of today''s releases either favor a heavy pop influence or a hard edge, Phonte stays on task with witty rhyme delivery and sings saucy vocal hooks as heard on the lead single Not Here Anymore where he is joined by Detroit lyrical heavyweight, Elzhi. With 9th wonder extracting a soul sample from a classic Rose Royce track and adding crispy yet muted snares and a thumping kick drum, this song has all the ingredients of a banger!

One of the more positive, upbeat hip hop MC''s has passed away. Heavy D, real name Dwight Arrington Myers, died at the young age of 44. According to early reports, Heavy was found on the walkway near his Beverly Hills home, where the 911 call was placed from. Heavy D was mostly known for his role in the rap outfit Heavy D & The Boys, which included G-Whiz, "Trouble" T. Roy, and Eddie F, and had classic songs like "Nuttin But Love" and "Now That We Found Love."

Myers was also known as an actor where he appeared in many TV series, and had roles in the movie Life with Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence, and the Academy Award winner The Cider House Blues with Erykah Badu. He appears in the Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy film "Tower Heist.