New Albums of the Summer

May 25th, 2009 | By Safiyyah

Starting off the summer are various R&B, soul and hip hop album releases. You can expect to hear some smooth tunes during the summer months. In June, expect to hear some new tracks from Genuwine on his album, “A Man’s Thoughts”. He’s been out the game for a minute and we’d all like to hear something new from the r&b king. In the 90s, he dominated the charts and the ladies of course. So in a few weeks (June 23rd) we will see if he can do the same this time around. Then we’re also expecting to hear some new songs from Al B. Sure. Now, we haven’t heard from him in a very long time — over a decade to be exact. His album is called “Honey I’m Home”. Also playing on our radios this summer will be Vanessa Williams, “The Real Thing”.

For some soul, you can keep an eye out for Teena Marie’s 13th album called “Congo Square”, which is a collaboration with her and Faith Evans. Evans’ single, “Can’t Last a Day”, is one of the tracks. Also featured on this album are MC Lyte, Howard Hewert and Shirley Murdock (singer of “As We Lay”). You can expect her album to drop on June 9th. Sharing this release date is Pleasure P, a former singer of Pretty Ricky. On the hip hop side, you can find Mos Def dropping an album called “The Ecstatic”. Also, releasing albums this June are Will Dowing, “Classique” and Laura Izibor, “Truth Be Told”.