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Makeba - Deja Vu (Demo Beyonce) (NEW RNB SONG MAY 2015)

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Jennifer Lopez - All I Have (Official HD Video) ft. LL Cool J  February 8, 2003 - 21 Years Ago Today: Jennifer Lopez Featuring LL Cool J began a 4-week run at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with the single, "All I Have." This was Lopez's 10 charted single and her 9th Top 20, 8th Top Ten and 4th No. 1. To date, Lopez has scored 24 singles on the Hot 100 which include 15 Top 40's, 9 Top Tens and 4 No. 1's. The song was written by Lopez, Makeba Riddick, Curtis Richardson, and Ron G.

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You Me And The Radio EP by Megan Rochell, released 24 October 2018 1. Anything I Would Do feat. E. Ness 2. Betcha 3. Floating 4. Heartbreak 5. I Still 6. Let Go 7. My Mistake 8. Outta My Mind 9. The One You Need feat. Fabolous 10. Who Are They 11.

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Def Jam started paying for Rihanna's recent single, "Man Down," more than a year ago. In March of 2010, the label held a writing camp in L.A. to create the songs for Rihanna's album, Loud.

At a writing camp, a record label hires the best music writers in the country and drops them into the nicest recording studios in town for about two weeks. It's a temporary version of the old music-industry hit factories, where writers and producers cranked out pop songs.

"It's like an all-star game," says Ray Daniels, who was at the writing camp for Rihanna.

Daniels manages a songwriting team of two brothers, Timothy and Theron Thomas, who work under the name Rock City. "You got all the best people, you're gonna make the best records," he says.

Here's who shows up at a writing camp: songwriters with no music, and producers toting music tracks with no words.

The Thomas brothers knew producer Shama "Sham" Joseph, but they had never heard his Caribbean-flavored track that became "Man Down."

According to Daniels, the brothers listened to the track and said, "Let's give Rihanna a one-drop! Like, a response to 'I shot the sheriff!"

They wrote the lyrics to "Man Down" in about 12 minutes, Daniels says.

To get that twelve minutes of inspiration from a top songwriting team is expensive — even before you take into account the fee for the songwriters.

At a typical writing camp, the label might rent out 10 studios, at a total cost of about $25,000 a day, Daniels says.

The writing camp for Rihanna's album "had to cost at least 200 grand," Daniels says. "It was at least forty guys out there. I was shocked at how much money they were spending! But, guess what? They got the whole album out of that one camp."

A writing camp is like a reality show, where top chefs who have never met are forced to cook together. At the end, Rihanna shows up like the celebrity judge and picks her favorites.

Her new album has 11 songs on it. So figure that the writing camp cost about $18,000 per song.

The songwriter and the producer each got a fee for their services. Rock City got $15,000 for Man Down, and the producer got around $20,000, according to Daniels.

That's about $53,000.00 spent on the song so far-- before Rihanna even steps into the studio with her vocal producer.

The vocal producer's job is to make sure Rihanna sings the song right.

Makeba Riddick didn't produce Rihanna's vocals on "Man Down," but she's one of the industry's top producers, and has worked with the singer on many songs, including the two number one hits in 2010: "Rude Boy" and "Love the Way You Lie."

When Riddick works with a singer, she'll say, "I need you to belt this out, I need you to scream this, as if you're on one end of the block and you're trying to talk to somebody three blocks away."

Or maybe: "Sing with your lips a little more closed, a little more pursed together, so we can get that low, melancholy sound."

Not only that, the vocal producer has to deal with the artist's rider. The rider is whatever the artist needs to get them in the mood to get into the booth and sing.

"They'll have strobe lights, incense burning, doves flying around the studio," she says. (Yes, Riddick has had doves circling her head while she's working.)

Rihanna is "very focused" Riddick says. So no doves.

Riddick's fee starts at $10,000 to $15,000 per song, she says.

The last step is mixing and mastering the song, which costs another $10,000 to $15,000, according to Daniels.

So, our rough tally to create one pop song comes to:

The cost of the writing camp, plus fees for the songwriter, producer, vocal producer and the mix comes to $78,000.

But it's not a hit until everybody hears it. How much does that cost?

About $1 million, according to Daniels, Riddick and other industry insiders.

"The reason it costs so much," Daniels says, "is because I need everything to click at once. You want them to turn on the radio and hear Rihanna, turn on BET and see Rihanna, walk down the street and see a poster of Rihanna, look on Billboard, the iTunes chart, I want you to see Rihanna first. All of that costs."

That's what a hit song is: It's everywhere you look. To get it there, the label pays.

Every song is different. Some songs have a momentum all their own, some songs just break out out of the blue. But the record industry depends on hits for sales. Having hits is the business plan. The majority of songs that are hits — that chart high, that sell big, that blast out of cars in the summertime-- cost a million bucks to get them heard and played and bought.

Daniels breaks down the expenses roughly into thirds: a third for marketing, a third to fly the artist everywhere, and a third for radio.

"Marketing and radio are totally different," he says. "Marketing is street teams, commercials and ads."

Radio is?

"Radio you're talking about . . ." he pauses. "Treating the radio guys nice."

'Treating the radio guys nice' is a very fuzzy cost. It can mean taking the program directors of major market stations to nice dinners. It can mean flying your artist in to do a free show at a station in order to generate more spots on a radio playlist.

Former program director Paul Porter, who co-founded the media watchdog group Industry Ears, says it's not that record labels pay outright for a song. They pay to establish relationships so that when they are pushing a record, they will come first.

Porter says shortly after he started working as a programmer for BET about 10 years ago, he received $40,000.00 in hundred-dollar bills in a Fed-Ex envelope.

Current program directors told me this isn't happening anymore. They say their playlists are made through market research on what their listeners want to hear.

In any case, to return to our approximate tally: After $78,000 to make the song, and another $1 million to roll it out, Rihanna's "Man Down" gets added to radio playlists across the country, gets a banner ad on iTunes ... and may still not be a hit.

As it happens, "Man Down" has not sold that well, and radio play has been minimal.

But Def Jam makes up the shortfall by releasing other singles. And only then-- if the label recoups what it spent on the album — will Rihanna herself get paid.

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Powerhouse Singer Melissa Bethea Drops “Awesome” Single || @melissacbethea1

Houston, TX: Former Jersey Girl Melissa Bethea’s debut radio track, “You’re Coming Out,”  snatched over a half million digital streams in 2021. The mesmerizing gospel belter who shot to church fame as the soloist on the GRAMMY® Award nominated group JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise hits such as “No Holding Back” and “You Are Worthy,” is ready for her next close-up. On August 26th, the Houston, Texas transplant will release the bouncy track, “Awesome” (New Flavor Entertainment/ Tyscot), on all digital music platforms. “Awesome” was written by Bethea’s production duo of Eric Davis ((known for writing and producing for JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise) and Clarence Singleton (known for writing and producing for Marvin Sapp, Hezekiah Walker)  along with Makeba Riddick-Woods who has co-written pop hits such as Beyonce’s “Déjà Vu,” Jennifer Lopez’s “Holding Me Down,” and Rihanna’s “Rude Boy.” The close of summer track boasts the zest of a Jamaican street festival with a soulfully commercial flavor that should bring Bethea a diverse audience of new fans. In 2021, the 30-something singer was recruited to join the music department staff at the 28,000-member New Light Church in Houston where she is now one of the worship leaders. Bethea, her husband Joseph, and their four-year-old daughter Jade packed up their belongings and moved to H-Town where they have made a new life for themselves. The life isn’t that different from the one she knew in her hometown of Newark, NJ. Her world revolved around church and music. Her mom was a singer with regional choirs. Her dad didn’t sing, but he loved music. “My father loved music,” she says of the man she lost to diabetes when she 13 years old. “Because of him, I listened to blues, a lot of Motown. I feel like a 90-year-old person because I know all about ZZ Hill, The O’Jays, The Temptations.” On the church side, Bethea became a fan of worship music when she started attending her uncle, Bishop Charles Harris Jr.’s Bethel Church of Love and Praise in Bloomfield, NJ. “I had gone to church all my life, but I never heard praise and worship music before that time. Their music department showed me that there’s another way of getting God’s attention.” “Initially, I did not want to sing,” Bethea admits. “I went to the New Jersey Institute of Technology to become a pharmaceutical engineer with a minor in biology. I was good at math, but that wasn’t my purpose. When I learned about  praise and worship, that became my calling.” Bethea began singing with gospel artists in the New York Tri-State area such as Hezekiah Walker and Lance Williams. She also began to develop her own style. “Cece Winans and Oleta Adams are my favorites,” she confesses. “With Oleta, I like the tonality of her voice and how she approaches a song. She doesn’t do a whole lot, but when she does add a little sauce, it’s impactful, and on top of that, she plays piano.” Bethea and Singleton have known each other since they were teenagers, running into each other at various church services in New Jersey. Singleton formed New Flavor Entertainment with Eric Davis in 2017. They have since collaborated on recorded music by gospel megastars such as Marvin Sapp, Ricky Dillard, and Bryon Cage, among others. Now, the duo is working together on Bethea’s first full-length project. “I believe the album will be used to encourage, uplift, and inspire,” she says. “So many people need hope because they’ve lost so much with this pandemic This is going to refresh, revive, renew, and point people to Jesus.” Watch Video Below; https://youtu.be/NZdxMUBIrks Connect WIth Artiste Facebook || Instagram || Twitter Read the full article

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Rihanna - Rude Boy genre: pop r&b / download: here

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2018 Singapore National Figure Skating Championships

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FS - Ave Maria (Medley) by Franz Schubert, performed by Amanda Ghost, Ian Dench, Makeba Riddick, Beyonce

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Jennifer Lopez - All I Have (Official HD Video) ft. LL Cool J  February 8, 2003 - 20 Years Ago Today: Jennifer Lopez Featuring LL Cool J began a 4-week run at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with the single, "All I Have." This was Lopez's 10 charted single and her 9th Top 20, 8th Top Ten and 4th No. 1. To date, Lopez has scored 24 singles on the Hot 100 which include 15 Top 40's, 9 Top Tens and 4 No. 1's. The song was written by Lopez, Makeba Riddick, Curtis Richardson, and Ron G.

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BMF Entertainment Inc Release Chloe Riley Debut Hollywood Playground Mixtape Album Created By Slip N Slide Records Publisher Data Capture Systems Here’s an artist I want to share with you… Chloe Riley Here’s an album for you… Hollywood Playground Mixtape (Original) Chloe Riley

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Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Kelontae Gavin and More Added to 50th Annual GMA Dove Awards

The 50th annual GMA Dove Awards just got a little bit more exciting!

The Gospel Music Association (GMA) announced this morning another round of performances for the 50th Annual GMA Dove Awards, including performances throughout the evening from all New Artist of the Year nominees, including Riley Clemmons, Aaron Cole, Austin French, Josh Baldwin, and Kelontae Gavin. In addition, there will be a tribute celebrating Bill and Gloria Gaither. Bill Gaither along with the Gaither Vocal Band, Matt Maher, Mark Lowry, Bart Millard, Michael English, Russ Taff, and David Phelps will collaborate for this special segment. GMA also announced the first round of their star-studded presenter lineup, including Lauren Daigle, John Crist, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Zach Williams, Blanca, Brown Bannister, Don Moen, Evan Craft, Gloria Gaither, Nicole C. Mullen, Point of Grace, Shirley Caesar and William McDowell.

The awards show will be held 'live' on October 15 in Nashville, Tennessee and will air exclusively on TBN October 20 at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST. Previously announced performers include Lecrae, Kirk Franklin, and CeCe Winans to name a few. More performer and presenter announcements are forthcoming. Lauren Daigle leads all artist nominations with six and Kirk Franklin leads Gospel categories with five, followed by Tasha Cobbs-Leonard with four nods, and Lecrae and Koryn Hawthorne with three each. Top nominated songwriter Makeba Riddick-Woods scored 3 nominations including the coveted Song of the Year for Koryn Hawthorne's "Won't He Do It." View the full list of nominees here. Read the full article

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Megan Rochell – The One You Need – Radio Edit (Music Track) on Frogtoon Music

The One You Need – Radio Edit From Megan Rochell – Enjoy all the music albums and top video tracks of Megan Rochell here on Frogtoon Music. Video Tracks include: The One You Need, Floating, Let Go, Betcha, Still, Heartbreak, My Mistake, Caught Up, My Mistake (Prod.

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Megan Rochell – The One You Need – Radio Edit (Music Track) on Frogtoon Music The One You Need – Radio Edit From Megan Rochell – Enjoy all the music albums and top video tracks of Megan Rochell here on Frogtoon Music.

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RCA Inspiration's Koryn Hawthorne Releases Debut Single Today

RCA Inspiration’s Koryn Hawthorne Releases Debut Single Today

“Won’t He Do It” is the feature track on OWN’s Greenleaf: Season 2 soundtrack available this fall. (more…)

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GRAMMY® nominated hitmaker, Koryn Hawthorne, releases new EP, The Worship Project!

On April 30, 2021, two-time GRAMMY® nominated inspirational artist, Koryn Hawthorne, released a heart-rending EP, The Worship Project, featuring six worship ballads, including “How Great”and “Know You” (featuring Steffany Gretzinger) from her #1 album I Am. The Worship Project includes performances from the songstress’ Essential Worship Song Session series including “Know You,” “How Great,” a cover of Elevation Worship’s “Graves Into Gardens,” and features a newly-recorded co-artist release between Hawthorne and Matt Maher, on “How Great (Single Mix),” which is being released to radio. Composed of a mixture of studio and intimate live band performances, the EP showcases Hawthorne’s boundless vocal artistry and ability to shift the atmosphere through worship. In addition to the six tracks, a bonus video “How Great (Essential Worship Song Session)” is available for Apple A/V bundle subscribers.

Released in 2020, I Am, marks the second album released by the Billboard Music and NAACP Image Award-winning hitmaker. Instantly dominating the charts, the album debuted at #1 on Nielsen’sCurrent Gospel Album Chart and #2 on Billboard’s Gospel Consumption Chart. Featuring melodic mixes of various genres including gospel, pop, hip-hop and R&B, I Am, features collaborations with the music industry's most talented songwriters and producers including, Maher, Johntá Austin, Makeba Riddick, Troy Taylor, Jeremy "TryBishop" Hicks, Daniel Breland, Jason Ingram, Steffany Gretzinger and Dahryl “DJ” Camper.

Continuing to deliver infectious, chart smashing hits Hawthorne’s lead single “Speak to Me” is currently playing on both Gospel and R&B radio in partnership with Epic Records, and hit #1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay Chart, top five on the Gospel Billboard Radio Charts, and top fifteen on the R&B Radio Charts. Hawthorne also recently teamed up with R&B artist Queen Naija to release “Speak to Me (Queen Mix)” in celebration of Women’s History Month. Outside of releasing her new EP, Hawthorne celebrates two 2021 Billboard Music Awards nominations for Top Gospel Album (I AM) and Top Gospel Song (“Speak to Me”), and she is returning to the TV screen starring in the OWN Network unscripted series “Young & Gospel,” which is currently in production.

The Worship Project Track Listing

1. How Great (Single Mix)

2. Graves Into Gardens (Essential Worship Song Session)

3. Know You (Essential Worship Song Session)

4. How Great

5. Know You (featuring Steffany Gretzinger)

6. How Great (Essential Worship Song Session)

Koryn Hawthorne: The Worship Project is available now.

https://KorynHawthorneMusic.lnk.to/TheWorshipEP!W&W

Koryn Hawthorne: I Am is available now.

https://KorynHawthorneMusic.lnk.to/IAM!W&W

To connect with Koryn Hawthorne, please visit:

Website: https://korynhawthorne.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/korynhawthornemusic/

Instagram: @KorynHawthorne

Twitter: @KorynHawthorne

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Makeba Riddick Height

5 feet 2¾ inches (158.4 cm)

American singer-songwriter; noticeable for the song “Higher” from the album “Cruel Summer.” In a newspaper, Makeba Riddick hints, “I’m 5 feet 3 inches.”

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The Dave Matthias Tribute

Ready To Love (Dave Matthias Club Mix) - Katrina Turn It Up (Dave Matthias Club Mix) - Kwanza Jones Flashback Rewind (Dave Matthias Deeper Down Remix) - Lisa Williams Tell You (Dave Matthias Club Mix) - Holly Lois Higher (Dave Matthias Club Remix) - Shaxa Shatterproof (Dave Matthias Club Remix) - Kwanza Jones Lithium (Dave Matthias Remix) - Athena Love Overdose (Dave Matthias Mix) - Nikki Lund Bring Me A King (Dave Matthias Club Remix) - Makeba Riddick Special (Dave Matthias Vocal) - LIz Hill When It All Falls Apart (Dave Matthias Club Remix) - D'Lannie In Common (Dave Matthias Remix) - Alicia Keys Recovery (Dave Matthias Club Remix) - Kristii I Got You (Dave Matthias Ibiza Sunrise Mix) - Bebe Rexha Be The One (Dave Matthias Remix) - Dua Lipa Pose (Dave Matthias Vocal Dub Remix) - Rihanna Too Sophisticated (Dave Matthias Remix) - JoAnna Michelle