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Edward T. Bowser

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Founder of SoulInStereo.com | Deputy Director of Communications at City of Birmingham | "Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have." - James Baldwin

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Bring back gospel interludes on R&B albums.

08.03.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The only thing that will heal us is X-Men 97 season 2

01.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Album Review: Bruno Mars, The Romantic Bruno Mars The Romantic (released February 27, 2026) Gotta admit, I always chucklewhen Bruno Mars’ critics claim that he’s predictable and formulaic. β€œEvery song sounds the same,” they tell me. My …

Just when y'all were ready to put Bruno Mars in a box, with the help of D'Mile he decides to evolve again. #TheRomantic is a little sadder, much more mature but as thrilling as always. He keeps winning.

27.02.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Album Review: Jill Scott, To Whom This May Concern Jill Scott To Whom This May Concern (released February 13, 2026) We often demand too much of our legends. Blame social media for giving overeager fans a platform to guilt artists into coming out of…

After a decade-long layoff, Jill Scott picked the perfect time to return. The result is one of her best albums to date, and with a discography as strong as hers, that's saying a lot.

13.02.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Album Review: J. Cole, The Fall Off J. Cole The Fall Off (released February 6, 2026) You can’t call yourself a legend in hip-hop without first solidifying your legacy. Look at the greats. Big Pun – a trailblazer for Latinos in hip-ho…

So, if this is really the end, what's #JCole's legacy? I think this album gives us the answer.

#TheFallOff is far from a perfect project but the journey winds up greater than the destination

soulinstereo.com/2026/02/albu...

08.02.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"But I don't understand what Bad Bunny is saying, how can I enjoy this?"

Y'all have been listening to SZA mumble for 10 years, you'll be fine.

08.02.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s why I didn’t comment

27.01.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My grandfather. 102 years old and still the flyest in the room.

Happy birthday to my inspiration.

27.01.2026 16:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you walk into your house of worship this morning and they're silent on the suffering in our country today, LEAVE.

Jesus was a table-flipping, anti-corruption, peace-seeking radical. If your minister can't relate, Jesus ain't in there.

25.01.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A queen

25.01.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dr. King was a the personification of revolution. He was the truth that sliced through webs of orchestrated lies. He was more than a dreamer, he was a disruptor.

He's the spirit of change our country desperately needs today. #MLKDay

19.01.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Despite what you'll see on these apps today, MLK was not an out-of-context quote. He was not a passive observer or watered down caricature.

19.01.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Best R&B Albums of the 2020s … So Far Somehow, we did it. By the eternal grace of God, we’re halfway through the 2020s. And let’s be real, this half-decade has been half-ghetto so far. But let’s stick to the positives…

I know it's easy to dismiss modern R&B as not as compelling as past decades, but we're halfway through the 2020s and the state of R&B is probably stronger than you realize. The 25 best R&B albums of the 2020s so far. #SoulInStereo soulinstereo.com/2026/01/the-...

15.01.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t wait for the very folks who have been violating civil rights for 365 days to start posting MLK quotes πŸ˜’

14.01.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We've seen an American murdered on camera while the gunman mocked her. The current occupant of the White House is spitting segregationist rhetoric in the face of the Civil Rights Act. I have friends – actual legal citizens of this country – afraid to walk the streets.

Y'all aren't angry enough.

14.01.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If Aubrey had more than two brain cells under those braids he should really be rethinking that ICEman album title right about now.

09.01.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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IT IS THE YEAR … 2026
*Transformers 86 movie voice*

#HNY2026

01.01.2026 06:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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First Richard Smallwood, now Clay Davis!? 2025 is acting a fool on the way out.

RIP Isiah Whitlock Jr.

30.12.2025 23:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you never ate Now & Laters with little bits of paper stuck to them you can't argue with me about music.

28.12.2025 21:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Merry Christmas Jim!

25.12.2025 22:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah this is just what his communications team wants right now

24.12.2025 22:05 πŸ‘ 4732 πŸ” 847 πŸ’¬ 124 πŸ“Œ 24

He had a puppy for like a week about 10 years ago. This is exactly how I felt.

24.12.2025 20:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Once a week I tell myself that I want a puppy.

Also once a week I talk myself out of it.

24.12.2025 17:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The 2025 Playa Please Awards: The Worst Celebrity Antics Of The Year I don’t know about you playas, but I’m ready to put 2025 in my rear view. I can’t think of a year in my lifetime filled with more chicanery, buffoonery and downright criminal acti…

From couples creeping at Coldplay to Young Money and Dipset down bad to whatever is going on with Jermaine Jackson's head, 2025 nearly drove me to drink. I might as well, because clearly these people are.

It's time for the annual Playa Please Awards. Watch me go off on the worst of the worst.

23.12.2025 15:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Live a life so undeniable that the bigots scramble – and fail – to discredit you in death.

17.12.2025 15:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Six months ago I would never think I’d make this statement, but in December 2025 I stand by it: 2025 is probably my favorite year in music since 2012. The year started out OK – a few very str…

2025: The year R&B began to find its voice again, legends received the spotlight they deserved and we witnessed comebacks for the ages.

I listened to *218* projects this calendar year. Here are the 50 best.

15.12.2025 16:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Album Review: Nas and DJ Premier, Light-Years Nas and DJ Premier Light-Years (released December 12, 2025) Spring 1999. It was the era Nas was supposed to go three for three. After recharting the course of rap with his debut Illmatic and cement…

Light-Years is the hip-hop White Whale that I've been chasing for literally half my lifetime. What we got wasn't what I expected, but what we needed – a beautiful ode to hip-hop culture and the perfect way to cap off this year's Legend Has It series. soulinstereo.com/2025/12/albu...

12.12.2025 16:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The main roster version of wargames just doesn't hit for me anymore. Feels like any ol' multiman match with video game weapons.

03.12.2025 16:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Witnessing the kids I mentored at age 10, 11 and 12 become mentors for the next generation a decade later is an amazing feeling.

Want to break generational curses? Revamp the cycle.

02.12.2025 23:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ranking the Best Omarion and B2K Albums It’s funny to look back at B2K mania in 2025. With those rose-colored contact lenses firmly in place, it seems like that group was the biggest thing since the Jackson 5 in the 2000s, dominati…

With the #Boys4LifeTour coming soon, let's look back at the solo career of B2K's frontman Omarion. It took awhile, but he's grown into one of R&B's more consistent artists. Ranking every Omarion album & B2K project. #SoulInStereo

soulinstereo.com/2025/12/rank...

02.12.2025 13:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0