Hip-Hop and R&B Thrive in 2014

By Judah Blumenthal

According to an article recently completed by The Boombox, Hip-Hop and R&B, which have

both been very prolific in producing results thus

far in 2014, should continue to provide for

fans in July.

2014 has seen a steady stream of delivery from

both genres, a trend that should be continued

through the release of several new albums in over the course of the

next month.

The article starts by detailing the expected release of a new album from Robin Thicke. The album, entitled Paula, is clearly an entire track

list dedicated to apologizing to the

artist’s estranged wife, Paula Patton.

If the title of the tracks hadn’t been enough of an indicator, the lead

single and video, entitled ‘Get Her Back,’ has certainly confirmed

it; more often, the reaction of the public

has been a fair share of eye-rolling, instead of

the anticipated prompted sympathy.

The album is set to hit stores the first of July, which will allow the

public to see if ‘Get Her Back’ was the exception or the rule by which the success of the album will

be measured.

On the very same day, Trey Songz has a new album to be released, one that has

been much more positively received by critics and fans alike. ‘Trigga,’ which is set to feature a crazy cast of

contributors, such as Nicki Minaj, Ty Dolla $ign, Justin

Bieber and Juicy J, may actually have enough star-

power to match previous hit ‘Na Na,’ according to the

article.

‘Touchdown 2 Cause Hell,’ the first album to be

released by Lil Boosie since his release from prison

earlier this year, has had a fair share of promotion

from the Louisiana rapper himself, who claims that

the record will be the best double album to be

released since Tupac Shakur’s ‘All Eyez on Me.’

The article does caution that this is high praise for himself and indicates that

the rapper is nothing if not ambitious. The public will be able to decide on the comparison with its

release on the fifteenth of July.

Common’s next project, entitled ‘Nobody’s

Smiling,’ has grown a reputation of

anticipation, most notably for the eight

different album covers that are being produced.

The album, which will be the artist’s first work to be released since his 2011 hit

‘The Dreamer/The Believer,’ has notably been

inspired by the strife of Common’s hometown of Chicago, as seen by the

lead-in singles. The rest of the album will be available

for purchase as of the twenty-second of July.

Other smaller projects are noted to close out the

article. E-40’s ‘Sharp On All 4 Corners’ including all

four volumes, will be available in July. Krayzie

Bone’s ‘Chasing the Devil,’ and Cormega’s ‘Mega Philosophy,’ are

also both due out before the end of the month.