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Issue 1000

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JEF LOREZ

THE CHANGING FACE OF R&B

Longtime B&S writer Jeff Lorez looks at the musical and economic realities of R&B from the halcyon days of yesteryear to the harsher commercial climate of the new millennium...

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EBONY EVANS

INTRODUCING: EBONY EVANS

B&S gets the skinny on Georgia’s rising R&B singer…

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B&S 1000

COMPETITION: THE B&S 1000 QUIZ: HOW SMART ARE YA?!

B&S magazine publishes its landmark 1,000th issue this month after an incredible 41 years in the game, making it the longest-running black music publication anywhere in the world! What better way to celebrate than to have a quiz! Eyes down...

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Tia Jean

TIA JEAN: BRITAIN’S BURGEONING R&B STAR

Fresh singer Tia Jean’s debut single is so hot that 1Xtra recently made it "Track of the Week". Michelle Adabra meets the 18-year-old Londoner about to blow…

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LAURYN HILL: LIVE @ HAMMERSMITH APOLLO: LONDON 08.07.07

LAURYN HILL: LIVE @ HAMMERSMITH APOLLO: LONDON 08.07.07

There was little hype surrounding Ms Hill’s second major visit to London Town following her appalling and self indulgent Coliseum outing in 2005...

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Lil Rascals

LIL RASCALS: BUSY RASCALS

With a combined age of 39 between them, and following in the footsteps of Kriss Kross, Lil Bow Wow, and even more recent debutantes like Chris Brown and Mario, Lil Rascals are the latest crew to represent for the urban ‘yoof'...

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Schwain

INTRODUCING: SHWAIN

B&S meets Britain’s freshest new R&B talent...

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UNKLEJAM

UNKLEJAM: JAM’S YOUR UNKLE, FANNY’S YOUR…

Unklejam are the new, boundary-pushing, ‘electro-soul’ group making major waves. B&S grabs ten with the trio’s Adonistar…

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R. KELLY: DOUBLE TALK

Going to interview R Kelly is an adventure in itself discovers Hattie Collins as she flys to Chicago to meet up with R&B’s most successful, and secretive, star in order to chew the fat about his new album 'Double Up'

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LUMIDEE: BACK IN THE GAME

Coming off a major hit single and into subsequent relative obscurity can't be good for a girl's pride or confidence. Seemingly, Lumidee Cedeno's made of stronger stuff...

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Featured Club

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SINTILLATE @ CC Club (every Friday, 10pm-3.30am) London

It’s quite an achievement for a night to last five years in the volatile and competitive world of Central London clubbing. It’s even more impressive when it doesn’t sell out musically in order to achieve such a status.

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Featured Club

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SATURDAYS @ Traks Complex, Soi (Every Saturday, 10pm-3am) Portrush

They say you can’t always get what you want. In clubbing circles, that’s not entirely true, as a visit to the sprawling Traks Complex in the pictureseque Northern Irish coastal town of Portrush will reveal.

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