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Teyana Taylor’s follow-up to 2018’s Kanye West–produced K.T.S.E. is simply called The Album. The 23-song effort has contributions from Erykah Badu, Missy Elliott, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Future, Kehlani, Quavo, Rick Ross, and others.

The Concert for New York City was a benefit concert, featuring many famous musicians, that took place on October 20, 2001 at Madison Square Garden in New York City in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks. The concert was organized by Paul McCartney and included many of his legendary British contemporaries, including The Who, Rolling Stones bandmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, David Bowie, Elton John, and Eric Clapton. American artists included Bon Jovi, Jay-Z, Destiny’s Child, The Backstreet Boys, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Melissa Etheridge, Five for Fighting, Goo Goo Dolls, John Mellencamp with Kid Rock, and a humorous performance by Adam Sandler.

All five projects to come from Kanye West’s summer 2018 creative spurt have appeared to be equal collaborations between West and his G.O.O.D. Music colleagues, but that balance manifests itself most clearly on Harlem singer Teyana Taylor’s K.T.S.E.. The project—eight songs, one more than its four predecessors—owes as much to Taylor’s airy melodies as it does to Kanye’s studied production ear; the producer utilises vocal samples as choruses, as bookends to her verses and as the backbone of beats. For her part, Taylor is the embodiment of the formidable, around-the-way-girl persona fans have adored since her debut in the late aughts. Addressing a one-time elephant in the room on “A Rose In Harlem”, Taylor sings, “N*ggas like, ‘You aint hot, you ain’t pop/Yet, sup with you and Ye?’” And in K.T.S.E., they have their answer.

The Tortured Poets Department (colloquially shortened to Tortured Poets) is the upcoming eleventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It is set for release on April 19, 2024, via Republic Records. Swift wrote the album with producers Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner.Swift announced the album at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards on February 4, 2024, after winning Best Pop Vocal Album for her tenth studio album, Midnights (2022). She conceived The Tortured Poets Department shortly after finishing work on Midnights and continued developing the former during the Eras Tour (2023–2024), her ongoing sixth concert tour. With a concept fashioned after the five stages of grief, The Tortured Poets Department is Swift's self-proclaimed "lifeline" album. It consists of sixteen songs, featuring collaborations with the American rapper Post Malone and the English indie rock band Florence and the Machine. The physical editions of the album include bonus tracks.

Anyone who has paid attention to Otis Taylor's career understands that he is not a conventional bluesman, yet his diverse music, for all of its ambitious instrumentation, odd rhythmic meters, minor pentatonic scales, and textural strangeness embodies the spirit of the blues authentically and unmistakably. His is an iconic and some would argue iconoclastic vision. Contraband is nearly an hour long and contains 14 songs. Taylor plays guitar as well as banjo, and he uses a familiar slate of players: cornetist Ron Miles, keyboardist Brian Juan, fiddler Anne Harris, guitarist Jon Paul Johnson, with Chuck Campbell on pedal steel, djembe player Fara Tolno, and two bassists: daughter Cassie Taylor and Todd Edmunds; Larry Thompson plays drums.

The record-breaking and award-winning artist has taken to Instagram on May 13, to share a story, promoting her new release; another chapter from her version of album ‘Fearless’, titled ‘Halfway Out The Door Chapter’.

JT is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor. It was originally released on June 22, 1977 via Columbia Records, making it his first album released for the label. The album peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States and was Taylor's highest-charting album since Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon.

The quartet, rounded out by the youthful Archie Shepp (playing only on "Air" and "Lazy Afternoon") and bassist Buell Neidlinger, is already quite comfortable at pushing the boundaries of the period, giving an almost cursory reading of the themes before leaping into improvisation.

"Sweet Baby James" is the singer-songwriter’s sophomore classic and first for Warner Bros. Records. The album was responsible for Taylor’s rise to stardom. It showcased his immense talents and features the hit single, “Fire And Rain”, which reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Sweet Baby James reached #3 on the Billboard 200 and was nominated for Album of the Year at the 1971 GRAMMY Awards. It is included on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” and VH1’s “Greatest Albums of All Time”. "Sweet Baby James" is one of the most influential albums of the singer-songwriter genre.

JT is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor, and his first album for Columbia Records. Released in June 1977, two hit singles were spawned from the album: "Handy Man", a Jimmy Jones cover, which peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and also topped the Adult Contemporary chart. At the 1978 Grammy Awards, Taylor won the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for his version of "Handy Man". JT itself was also nominated for Album of the Year, but lost to Rumours by Fleetwood Mac.