Bilal

Today is the anniversary of Prince‘s death and many people around the world are still mourning the icon’s untimely passing. In a week that is sure to be filled with purple-themed parties, we at Global Grind recall some of the best tributes following the passing of the GOAT — as well as the not so […]

BET delivered on their promise to rightly honor the Purple One

R&B, Soul, and Jazz music will be brought to the forefront in Durham, NC the weekend of April 25-26 at the Art of Cool Music…

We have woken up to some trying times in this country of ours and some morning inspiration just may be needed.  R&B singer Bilal has released…

A few weeks ago Bilal Oliver released a video to the song, “Little Ones” a loving ode to his sons that appears on his latest album, Airtight’s Revenge. Bilal used the accompanying video as an opportunity to address an issue that is dear to his heart, Autism. His oldest son Bashir was diagnosed with the […]

Cee Lo Green‘s “Bodies” is one of our favorite tracks from Green’s latest album, The Lady Killer.  The dramatic slow jam gets an animated video directed by Mikael Colombu and features “appearances” from Kerry Washington, Janelle Monae, Raphael Saadiq, Common, Bilal, and fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.

Bilal‘s latest video from his Airtight’s Revenge album is for “Levels,” one of the album’s true highlights.  The video, directed by producer Flying Lotus, is a space cadet’s fantasy and features some of The Urban Daily’s favorite musical space cadets, Erykah Badu and Shafiq Husayn of Sa-Ra.

Naughty By Nature just dropped a video for their brand new single “Flags” featuring Jaheim and Bilal.

As years for music go 2010 ended up pretty damn good. I personally plunked down my hard earned money for at least ten CDs in this calendar year, partially out of a sense of obligation but mostly because there was that much good music out. Much of it flew below the radar but some of […]

Last night the 2010 Soul Train Awards aired on Centric after being taped earlier this month.

Watch Bilal's "Restart" video from his new album "Airtight's Revenge," in stores now!

If you’ve gotten someone pregnant in the last decade Steve McKie is probably partly to blame. The veteran Philadelphia based producer has put the “O” in Neo soul gems like Jill Scott’s “My Love” and tracks for Bilal, Lizz Fields, Vivian Green and Kindred The Family Soul.