1. Press Release: Marva King Drops "Steppin"
(Matching tags: Celeb News,Steppin Music)

Los Angeles, CA – February 6, 2012 – The fabled lyrics “Steppin to the left, Steppin to the right” has renewed itself once again as a national dance mantra for female Vocalist and R&B Singing Star ...

2. Estelle Says Thank You
(Matching tags: Celeb News,Steppin Music)

Steppers all around the nation are jamming to the new Estelle record "Thank You," a new track off of her upcoming album "All Of Me" set to release February 28.  Estelle's super dope musically, but ...

3. Old vs New: Donny Hathaway vs. J. R. Bailey
(Matching tags: Old New,Steppin Music)

In this edition of Old vs New, we pit two Steppin’ classics against each other.  Donny Hathaway’s version of “Love, Love, Love” came out in 1973, on his classic “Extensions of a Man” LP.  J. ...

4. New Music From Noel Gourdin
(Matching tags: Celeb News,Steppin Music)

I first met Noel Gourdin during a listening party that I worked with Epic Records to put together with Sister 2 Sister magazine.  At the time, his record River had reached #1 on the Urban AC charts ...

5. Poll: Eric Roberson - Shake Her Hand
(Matching tags: Poll,Steppin Music)

This past week ChiStepper kicked it in the West Village of Manhattan at S.O.B.’s for the SingersRoom’s monthly set hosted by Eric Roberson.  Eric performed joints from his brand new album Mister ...

6. Mary J. Blige: My Life II
(Matching tags: Steppin Music,Celeb News)

I have to be honest, I haven't liked a full Mary J. Blige album since "Mary" came out in 1999.  I don't know if it was her stardom, which led to crossover appeal, or her relationship with husband ...

7. Poll: Vote On Black Cool's New Remix
(Matching tags: Steppin Music)

Michael "Black Cool" Thornton is a Stepper first, and while many know him to be a light-hearted jokester, he's dead serious about his music.  Black Cool reached out to ChiStepper to share one ...

8. Amy Winehouse: Half Time
(Matching tags: Steppin Music)

Amy Winehouse's posthumous album "Lioness Hidden Treasures" recently dropped and I love it.  Amy died in July of 2011 at the age of 27 allegedly from alcohol poisoning, and leaves a small body of ...

9. Old vs New: The New Birth vs Jamie Foxx
(Matching tags: Steppin Music,Old New)

In this edition of Old vs New, The New Birth’s 1974 hit “Wildflower” is pitted against Jamie Foxx’s 2005 hit “Unpredictable.”  Interesting tidbits:  The New Birth’s lead singer, Leslie Wilson ...

10. Old vs New: Ray Parker Jr. vs Blackstreet
(Matching tags: Steppin Music,Old New)

In this edition of Old vs. New we pit Ray Parker Jr.’s (Ghost Busters) 1980 track “Tonight’s The Night” up against the New Jack Swing era R&B group Blackstreet’s 1995 version of the same name.  ...

11. Turkey Day Jam With Shorty Smooth
(Matching tags: Steppin Music,Shorty Smooth)

Happy Thanksgiving ChiSteppers!  I know many of your are putting the final touches on your turkey and dressing, ham, candied yams, greens, macaroni and cheese, chittlins, and sweet potato pie.  ...

12. Remembering Sylvia Robinson
(Matching tags: Steppin Music)

To many of you I'm sure this is old news, but I was reading this month's issue of Vibe Magazine and realized that Sylvia Robinson passed September 29th, 2011.  With the contributions she made to ...

13. Anthony Hamilton: Love I Found
(Matching tags: Steppin Music,Anthony Hamilton)

Anthony Hamilton just dropped a new mix CD called the "Soul EP."  There's a track on their called "Love I Found" that I had to share with the ChiStepper fam.  It's in the "Would You Step To ...

14. Old vs. New: Isaac Hayes and Eric Roberson
(Matching tags: Steppin Music,Old New)

In this edition of Old vs New, we pit the iconic Isaac Hayes’ 1971 version of “(They Long To Be) Close To You” up against Eric Roberson’s 2007 hit record “Right Back To You.”  While they’re both ...

15. Tonight by Joe
(Matching tags: Steppin Music)

... on it in the "Would You Step To It" poll.  Also, vote and tell us what you think is Joe's Hottest Steppin' Record of all time. ...

16. Old vs New: Stevie Wonder vs. Carl Thomas
(Matching tags: Old New,Steppin Music)

In this edition of Old vs New, we take Stevie Wonder's track "Summer Soft" off of the classic Songs In The Key Of Life album in 1976 and pit it against the new skool banger "Summer Rain" ...

17. The Blackbyrds vs. Kurious
(Matching tags: Steppin Music)

For this Old vs. New battle we went way back.  The Blackbyrds dropped "Mysterious Vibes" in 1977 on their classic album Fantasy.  Kurious (Jorge) dropped the classic hip hop album "A Constipated ...

18. Talking All That Jazz
(Matching tags: Steppin Music)

I once heard someone say, Steppin’ has changed because the music has changed.  Instrumentation has been traded in for heavy baselines, and it seems that jazz steppers music has all but disappeared, ...