Edward Dave

Dec 23, 2024 | ratedrnb.com | Antwane Folk |Edward Dave |Anders Hare |Keithan Samuels

The year 2024 offered a fantastic musical experience with the epic returns of Usher and Marsha Ambrosius, along with attention-worthy releases from indie artists like Durand Bernarr and Avery*Sunshine. Outside of the R&B genre, Beyoncé shook the music industry with the release of Cowboy Carter, which was denounced as a country album and simply a Beyoncé album.

Apr 15, 2023 | ratedrnb.com | Edward Dave

In April 2008, after the success of her comeback album The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey had nothing else to prove. While the last go-round was the victory lap that solidified Carey as a bonafide legend, her stunning follow-up, E=MC2, perhaps earned Carey the right to be an artist without the pressures to be heard. “I think that having the success with the last record allowed me to have more freedom… and just make records that I like.

Mar 31, 2023 | ratedrnb.com | Edward Dave

Two years ago, fans and critics were fixated on the solo push of Chloe Bailey, now simply known as Chlöe. “Have Mercy,” the first planned lead single from her then-untitled debut album, was synchronized with a solo appearance at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. It was where she first performed the chart-topping single, which subsequently went platinum the following summer.