Read more R&B stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/34918/rb.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:23:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72860/bad-news-chris-browns-new-song-is-good.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChris Brown may be a reprehensible guy, but unfortunately, he can still sing. With the ink barely dry on his guilty plea, Brown released the lead single on his upcoming album last month, and it’s actually good, Jonah Weiner is sad to report. The instrumentals from Swizz Beatz lay a...http://www.newser.com/story/72860/bad-news-chris-browns-new-song-is-good.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 13:56:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71164/pink-is-ridiculously-underrated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter watching Pink dangle from a trapeze 60 feet above the Radio City Music Hall stage—while belting out " Sober " perfectly—James Montgomery had a revelation: "Pink is totally underrated." She's "the total pop-star package,” he writes for MTV: tattooed, clever, confrontational, and a damn good singer who has sold...http://www.newser.com/story/71164/pink-is-ridiculously-underrated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 11:32:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70103/british-rb-star-climbs-us-charts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag“It doesn't matter if we're from a little place called Hounslow,” Jay Sean tells the BBC. “If you have some good music, you can make it anywhere.” That’s how the British R&B singer found himself collaborating with Lil Wayne, and climbing to No. 2 on the US charts—making him...http://www.newser.com/story/70103/british-rb-star-climbs-us-charts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 14:12:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69585/brown-begins-community-service.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSinger Chris Brown today began the community labor that’s part of his sentence for beating girlfriend Rihanna, MTV reports, with the singer posting a photo from the work to his Twitter feed. His 6 months of labor will include picking up trash in his native Virginia; Brown, 20, also faces...http://www.newser.com/story/69585/brown-begins-community-service.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 19:10:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67817/woman-of-the-year-beyonce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHow fierce: Beyoncé has been named Billboard's Woman of the Year. The magazine singled her out as the most inspirational female recording artist of the last 12 months. The honor comes on the heels of a world tour to promote I Am...Sasha Fierce that saw the singer's philanthropic alter...http://www.newser.com/story/67817/woman-of-the-year-beyonce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Aug 2009 12:10:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67769/chris-brown-sentenced-to-5-years-probation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA judge today sentenced Chris Brown to five years' probation and six months' community labor for the beating of Rihanna, then ordered the R&B singer to stay away from his former girlfriend for the next five years. The judge told Brown he could be sent to state prison if he...http://www.newser.com/story/67769/chris-brown-sentenced-to-5-years-probation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 17:56:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66431/maxwell-and-kjon-force-soul-music-to-grow-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSoul music has always been adult, conveying mature themes like financial insecurity and emotional anxiety. Now, with the emergence of K’Jon and the return of Maxwell, it finally sounds adult, too, Jon Caramanica writes in the New York Times . “K’Jon and Maxwell represent a strain of R&B that has remained...http://www.newser.com/story/66431/maxwell-and-kjon-force-soul-music-to-grow-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 08 Aug 2009 15:52:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65780/ghostface-on-new-album-no-slinging-crack-in-rb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGhostface Killah is one of today’s most critically acclaimed rappers, and he doesn’t plan on quitting any time soon: “I’ma definitely be old in hip-hop. This is a mental thing. You can write music till you 70,” he tells New York . His new album, Wizard of Poetry , finds him exploring...http://www.newser.com/story/65780/ghostface-on-new-album-no-slinging-crack-in-rb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 11:42:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64873/brown-apologizes-for-rihanna-assault.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChris Brown breaks the silence on his alleged assault on Rihanna with a YouTube confessional posted today, E! reports. “I felt it was time that you heard directly from me that I am sorry,” the singer said, explaining that he had remained silent since the February incident on the advice...http://www.newser.com/story/64873/brown-apologizes-for-rihanna-assault.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Jul 2009 16:55:39 CDT