JOVM’s William Ruben Helms belatedly celebrates Lady Gaga’s 39th birthday.
Category: Pop
Throwback: Happy 56th Birthday, Mariah Carey!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Mariah Carey’s 56th birthday.
Throwback: Happy 81st Birthday, Diana Ross!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Diana Ross’ 81st birthday.
Throwback: Happy 78th Birthday, Elton John!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Elton John’s 78th birthday.
Throwback: Happy 72nd Birthday, Chaka Khan!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates the legendary Chaka Khan’s 72nd birthday.
New Audio: Zay’Marie Shares Lush “Open”
Zay’Marie is a Virginia Beach-born, Washington, DC-based artist, who has quickly established a sound that seamlessly fuses soul, R&B and pop rooted in raw emotion and undeniable energy.
The Virginia Beach-born, DC-based artist’s debut EP Natural was released earlier this month. Thematically, the EP’s material is a raw, authentic journey through love, embracing the highs, navigating the uncertainties while standing firm in self-worth and resilience.
EP single “Open” is a slickly produced track that strikes me as being a sleek mix of elements of Afrobeats, contemporary pop and R&B featuring skittering polyrhythm, atmospheric synths and a supple, sinuous bass line serving as an ethereal yet lush bed for Zay’Marie’s soulful, self-assured yet longing delivery. The result is a song that showcases a burgeoning talent, who can craft a hook-driven yet soulful tune.
New Audio: Baltimore’s Devin Nash Shares Swaggering and Strutting “Sounds Like Pain”
Devin Nash is a Baltimore-born and-based singer/songwriter and musician, who quickly established a sound that blends contemporary R&B and 80s synth pop with the release of his full-length debut, 2016’s Her.
Her achieved commercial success with the album’s songs appearing on VH1’s Black Ink Crew Chicago and MTV’s Teen Mom — and he performed at the BET Awards.
The Charm City-based artist released his latest EP Sounds Like Pain last month. “It is a soundtrack centered around love, relationships and heartbreak,” Nash explains.
EP single, title track and opening track “Sounds Like Pain” is a slickly produced, strutting bop anchored around a sinuous bass line, skittering cowbell-driven beats, atmospheric synths that serve as a lush bed for Nash’s yearning delivery singing lyrics about a love interest, who quickly proves to be cold-hearted and cruel — for no particular reason. But underneath the heartache are moments of self-reflection and pride, in which the song’s narrator realizes “Wait, what the fuck am I doing?”
Throwback: Happy 62nd Birthday, Vanessa Williams!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Vanessa Williams’ 62nd birthday.
Throwback: Happy Black History Month/Happy 62nd Birthday, Seal!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Black History Month and Seal’s 62nd birthday.
Throwback: Happy Black History Month: Janet Jackson
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Black History Month and pays tribute to Janet Jackson.
Throwback: Happy 73rd Birthday, Michael McDonald!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Michael McDonald’s 73rd birthday.
Throwback: Happy Black History Month/Happy 46th Birthday, Brandy!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Black History Month — and Brandy’s 46th birthday.
Throwback: Happy Black History Month/Happy 56th Birthday, Bobby Brown!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Black History Month and Bobby Brown’s 56th birthday.
Throwback: Happy 66th Birthday, Jody Watley!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Jody Watley’s 65th birthday,
Throwback: Happy 74th Birthday, Phil Collins!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Phil Collins’ 74th birthday.
