As recommended by Sean Ross in his "Ross On Radio" column of Thu. May 12, 2011, available here on http://www.radio-info.com/newsletters/ross-on-radio (http://www.radio-info.com/newsletter/html/ror-05122011.html):
The May 6, 2011 column by the Village Voice's Al Shipley examines the lack of Urban hits rising up on the Hot 100 Charts and the artists that have built a middle ground between pop and R&B.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/05/chris_brown_look_at_me_now_hot_100.php?print=true
or http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/05/chris_brown_look_at_me_now_hot_100.php
(Cross-posted in the Urban/Urban AC/R&B Oldies Forum)
The May 6, 2011 column by the Village Voice's Al Shipley examines the lack of Urban hits rising up on the Hot 100 Charts and the artists that have built a middle ground between pop and R&B.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/05/chris_brown_look_at_me_now_hot_100.php?print=true
or http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/05/chris_brown_look_at_me_now_hot_100.php
(Cross-posted in the Urban/Urban AC/R&B Oldies Forum)