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🔥 Bump & Grind Newsletter – March 26th, 2025

Hey there to all our new (and returning) subscribers! If you’ve ever grabbed a ticket to a Bump & Grind night, consider yourself part of the family. We’re here every week with your R&B fix—curated playlists, culture updates, plus more!

Inside this week’s edition:

💫 Vibe Check: A quick recap from the last Bump & Grind.

⏪️ R&B Rewind: This one might’ve slipped through the cracks, but it deserves a replay.

📡 R&B Radar: Glenn Lewis covers an Usher classic.

📆 On This Day: Someone was making Good Love on this date.

🔥 Hot Take: Forbes drops its Top 50 Black Female Vocalists.

🚨 Next Bump & Grind Date – When it is & what to expect 😄

💫 Vibe Check!

A HUGE thank you to everyone who came through for last weekend’s Bump & Grind! The vibes were immaculate, the energy was great, and y’all looked good. 💖

This night just keeps getting better.

Another sold-out night in the books—we don’t take that lightly. Your support means everything.

Quick heads up: we’re taking a little break in April as we gear up for our next Bump & Grind in May… and yes, we’ve got a headliner locked in. We’ll be announcing who very soon—and trust, you won’t want to miss this one. 👀

Until then, we’ll keep the newsletters rolling and the R&B flowing.

⏪️ R&B Rewind

Track: “Heard It All Before” – Sunshine Anderson (2001)

Still one of the best R&B anthems of the early 2000s. The bassline knocks, the lyrics bite, and the hook? Timeless.

Did you know?

• The track was produced and written by Mike City, but if you listen closely—that’s Jermaine Dupri on the ad-libs, an uncredited cameo that adds extra bounce.

• Sunshine Anderson was discovered by Macy Gray while in college. Macy passed her demo to a friend at Atlantic Records, and that move led to her first deal.

Kind of makes you wonder—do artists still get discovered like that?

📡 R&B Radar - Glenn Lewis Covers Usher

Grammy-nominated Canadian singer Glenn Lewis just dropped a cover of Usher’s “Superstar” on YouTube—and it’s a flawless reminder of how underrated his voice really is.

It’s the kind of soulful, stripped-back content we wish more artists would put out. Go run it up and show some love.

👇️ Click Here Or The Image Below To Watch 👇️ 

Have an R&B Radar pick? Reply to this email—we’d love to hear it!

🗓️ On This Day: March 26th, 2002

Avant dropped his second studio album Ecstasy, featuring slow jam staples like “Makin’ Good Love” and “Don’t Say No, Just Say Yes.” The project peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, cementing his place in early 2000s R&B.

Hard to imagine now, but Ecstasy moved over 713,000 copies, debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, and No. 2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

📉 Numbers like that are rare in today’s streaming era.

🔥 R&B Hot Take - Did Forbes Get It Right?

Forbes just dropped their list of the Top 50 Black Female Vocalists of All Time, and here’s how their Top 10 shakes out:

• 1. Whitney Houston

• 2. Aretha Franklin

• 3. Beyoncé

• 4. Ella Fitzgerald

• 5. Nina Simone

• 6. Etta James

• 7. Billie Holiday

• 8. Mariah Carey

• 9. Tina Turner

• 10. Patti LaBelle

Some people are raising eyebrows at Beyoncé cracking the Top 3—should she be ranked that high?

Who’s missing?

Do you agree with this list, or would your Top 10 look different? Let us know.

🗓️ Save The Date!

Mark your calendars—Bump & Grind returns Saturday, May 24, and it’s going to be a special one. We’ve got a headliner locked in, and trust us—you don’t want to miss it.

🎟️ Tickets go on sale soon!

As always, newsletter subscribers (that’s you!) will get early access and exclusive promo codes not available to the general public.

Keep an eye on your inbox—perks are coming your way.

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