Articles By: ND McCray

ND McCray is a Houston-bred, Brooklyn-based music journalist, writer and Army Reservist who frequently contributes to shortandsweetNYC.com, Nu-Soul Magazine, and GhettoBlaster Magazine, among others. She is currently studying the New Media Journalism Master’s program through Full Sail University’s online campus. She also lives for three things in this life: music, food and Prince!
Meshell Ndegeocello:  Weather (Naive)

Meshell Ndegeocello: Weather (Naive)

Meshell Ndegeocell Weather (Naïve) The ninth studio release from singer-songwriter, producer, and performer Meshell Ndegeocello is an intimate room of alternative-pop sounds. [...]

Andre 3000: The Myth

Andre 3000: The Myth

Andre 3000 The Myth The Myth is an unofficial mixtape by Andre 3000, the eccentric member of hip-hop outfit Outkast. Hopefully this is [...]

We Talk with R&B-Pop Star on the Rise, Leonard Friend

We Talk with R&B-Pop Star on the Rise, Leonard Friend

The visuals alone for “Serious Music” will get you grooving (check ‘em out here); the man behind the passionate and creative choreography [...]

Yelawolf:  Radioactive

Yelawolf: Radioactive

Yelawolf Radioactive (Interscope) Michael Wayne Atha’s current release, Radioactive, may be one of the grittiest albums of 2011. Forget being signed to Shady [...]

Mary J. Blige:  My Life II…The Journey Continues (Act 1)

Mary J. Blige: My Life II…The Journey Continues (Act 1)

Mary J. Blige My Life II…The Journey Continues (Act I) (Geffen) http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/my-life-ii…the-journey-continues/id47844937 The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul brings signature talk of love, [...]

Buraka Som Sistema:  Komba

Buraka Som Sistema: Komba

Buraka Som Sistema Komba (Enchufada) Buraka Som Sistema’s latest effort Komba creates booty-bass music, Angolan style. Hailing from Portugal and Angola, the group combines [...]

Lalah Hathaway:  Where It All Begins

Lalah Hathaway: Where It All Begins

Lalah Hathaway Where It All Begins (Stax) Lalah Hathaway, R&B music’s hidden gem, delivers her sixth album, Where It All Begins, which is [...]

Daryl Hall:  Laughing Down Crying

Daryl Hall: Laughing Down Crying

Daryl Hall Laughing Down Crying (Verve Forecast) With the sound of late 70’s, early 80’s rock and soul that Hall and Oates [...]

Mayer Hawthorne:  How Do You Do

Mayer Hawthorne: How Do You Do

Mayer Hawthorne How Do You Do (Republic) Could it be I’m “Finally Falling” for Mayer Hawthorne? Not that I didn’t buy into [...]

Frank Ocean: Nostalgia, ULTRA

Frank Ocean: Nostalgia, ULTRA

Frank Ocean Nostalgia, ULTRA (Island Def Jam) Talented singer/songwriter/producer Frank Ocean went on an online rant earlier this year about his reasons [...]