We have a treat for our ChokLit Community! A new Toronto-based artist named Trish is about to make some serious moves in the Industry, and we got the Exclusive on her here in the Choklit Factory! I spotted Trish performing at a show here in Toronto. She was on the stage with two of her [...]
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Before They Blow-PoP!: Introducing TRISH Pt. I
Posted by ChokLit Factory on June 3rd, 2009
Now Playing: Ciara – Fantasy Ride
Posted by ChokLit Factory on May 8th, 2009
Finally Fantasy Ride has landed! Are we excited? Not overly so, but we’re glad my girl was finally able to release this long-awaited album. I was so excited for Ciara’s new album after feeling her last album, Evolution, and hearing the concept for Fantasy Ride – a 3-disc compilation album that had three parts to [...]
Posted in ChokLitFactory Exclusives, Now Playing 
Tags: Album Review, Ciara, Fantasy Ride, Pollow Da Don, The Dream, Tricky Stewart 
8 Comments »ChokLit Factory Exclusive: Why do Men Front on R&B?
Posted by choklitfactory on April 17th, 2009
Disclaimer: This article is purely based on my opinion and does not represent ALL men, so if this does NOT represent you, speak your piece! So I was having a music conversation with a male friend the other day – one of my favourite topics of conversation. He was flipping through his collection of current [...]
Posted in ChokLitFactory Exclusives Tags: D'angelo, men and women, R&B music, relationships, Trey Songz, Usher 5 Comments »ChokLit Exclusive: Still on my Teedra Moses ish…
Posted by choklitfactory on April 3rd, 2009
Now don’t say I never did nothin for ya! As I was gushing about Ms Moses in the previous post, I decided to do a little more digging on her – since I assume some of my readers would appreciate that I found out that not only does Teedra have a new Mixtape out, Lionhearted [...]
Now Playing: Album Review – The Dream, Love vs. Money
Posted by choklitfactory on March 15th, 2009
I finally copped this CD today after snoopin around for it in Sunrise Records, after the HMV associate told me with a confused facial expression, “I guess we sold out of all our copies” To be honest, I was about to call it a day after that, but I hope knew my Readers are waiting [...]
Posted in ChokLit Fresh, ChokLitFactory Exclusives, Uncategorized Tags: Love vs. Money, Music review, R&B music, TheDream, Tricky Stewart 2 Comments »ChokLitFactory Exclusive: ChokLitFactory's Top 25 songs of 2008 Part III
Posted by choklitfactory on March 12th, 2009
Ok, we are back! Finally, we get rid of all the suspense and lace you the TOP 8 songs of 2008! It wasn’t easy crafting the top 8, but I believe I made the right decisions. Some of these songs, you may not even heard of before! What would ya’ll do without me? So check [...]
Posted in ChokLitFactory Exclusives Tags: Erykah Badu, Estelle, Jay-Z, Jazmine Sullivan, Raheem DeVaughn, Raphael Saadiq, Sean Paul, Solange 1 Comment »ChokLitFactory Exclusive: Top 25 R&B Songs of 2008 Part II
Posted by choklitfactory on March 6th, 2009
My apologies for the late post. Life is working me hard right about now…But lets keep this moving. Last post, we had Ne-Yo, Trey Songz and Lloyd holding their own on the list. While Beyonce and Keyshia Cole held it down for the ladies. Now we’ll get more upbeat as the next set of songs [...]
Posted in ChokLitFactory Exclusives Tags: 2008, Alicia Keys, Andre 3000, Beyonce, Jon Legend, Lil Wayne, R&B music, Rihanna, Ryan Leslie, Slim, Static Major, TheDream, Usher, Young Jeezy 2 Comments »ChokLitFactory Exclusive: Top 25 R&B songs of 2008 Part I
Posted by choklitfactory on March 2nd, 2009
This is EPIC! So big…we needed 3 posts! So, this list is a bit dated, I know. Most people start to post these around December or, more appropriately, January of the New Year. So I am slow on this, but better late than never! 2008 wasn’t the best year in R&B, but it wasn’t the [...]
Posted in ChokLitFactory Exclusives Tags: 2008, Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Joe, Keyshia Cole, Lil Wayne, Lloyd, Lyfe Jennings, Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Ryan Leslie, Slim, T-Pain, TheDream, To R&B, Trey Songz, Usher 4 Comments »ChokLitFactory Exclusive: Is Whitney Houston the G.O.A.T of Contemporary R&B? Part IV
Posted by choklitfactory on February 24th, 2009
We have now reached the fourth and final report on Ms Houston. This article focuses on the last recent highlights of her illustrious career, before her drugs troubles took over. In 1998, Houston would release her most critically acclaimed solo album, My Love is Your Love. This was her most modern, R&B-influenced album to date and [...]
Posted in ChokLitFactory Exclusives Tags: G.O.A.T, Grammys, My Love is your Love, Oscar, Whitney Houston No Comments »ChokLitFactory Exclusive: Is Whitney Houston the G.O.A.T of Contemporary R&B? PART III
Posted by choklitfactory on February 20th, 2009
Thanks for tuning in, now we are getting to the good stuff! Back in 1995, Whitney decided to go back to her R&B roots (her family comes from a long list of R&B royalty) and paired up with Babyface and the Greats in the game for her Soundtrack to the “Black-Women-Power” movie, Waiting to Exhale. Easily [...]
Posted in ChokLitFactory Exclusives Tags: babyface, Brandy, Mary J. Blige, Waiting to Exhale, Whitney Houston 3 Comments »
