Didn’t get a chance to post yesterday, but here we go with this week’s edition of DJ Carisma’s “Cookie Jar.” On Monday night’s show Carisma and Abby were joined in the studio by up and coming singer Sabi, who performed live and spoke about all sorts of topics, you know how they they get down on the Cookie Jar. Check out Sabi live above, and listen to the full show below… Enjoy!

Taking a break from their video shoot for “Ready,” the collaboration between Texas R&B artists Bertell and Dondria, the two discuss the current state of R&B, and give their opinion on R&B artists who rap.

Bertell, who was discovered by Bryan-Michael Cox, is currently working on his debut album. Dondria, the princess of So So Def, is currently working on her forthcoming sophomore album.

For your listening pleasure, here is this week’s latest episode of DJ Carisma’s “Cookie Jar.” The now 2 hour show brings you that unique R&B mixshow vibe, that you can’t get anywhere else. If you missed it live last night, tune into the full show now below… Enjoy!!

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Tank’s brand new album This Is How I Feel hit retail and online stores today! ThisIsRnB is proud to bring you this exclusive acoustic performance from the singer-songwriter, live at Atlantic Records. The “R&B General” delivers a moving performance of his touching ballad “Next Breath,” the first single off the new album.

Watch the visual above, and pick up Tank’s This Is How I Feel on iTunes or Amazon NOW!

ThisIsRnB TV Presents: The Acoustic Stoop with Jared Lee. The LA based singer-songwriter stopped by to lay a quick acoustic rendition of his fan favorite cut “Hold You Down,” off his debut EP ‘Falling Through Holes.’

ThisIsRnB is branching out a little bit with this new series, but don’t worry. If you are into other types of music besides R&B, give Jared a try, check him out at href="http://www.jaredleemusic.com/" target="_blank">www.jaredleemusic.com and follow him on Twitter @JaredLeeMusic

In the last clip from our in-depth interview with Claude Kelly, the multi-Grammy Award nominee talks to us about his inherent need to always “chase the chills.” As he describes, and as all music lovers should know, that feeling when a song makes the hair on your arms or neck stand up. Claude describes his need to always fill that feeling as an addiction similar to drugs.

He tells us his most recent chill was during a session with X-Factor US alum Chris Rene, who, although he doesn’t have a perfect voice, connected with the perfect combination of “a voice, with emotion, and a back-story,” as he was writing a song about his son.

He continued on to talk about his role as a songwriter to bring forth that talent and emotion from artists, as he calls it “courting talent.” “A lot of it is therapy, and getting these artists to talk about stuff, and share with me stuff that will give me the feeling to write a song that represents them.”

Check out clip above and stay tuned for much from the super talented songwriter.

During our in-depth interview with Claude Kelly we had to take a moment to discuss his work with two of music’s all-time legends, Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston. Claude spoke briefly about his biggest personal accomplishment, which was penning one of MJ’s last songs,

“He was my favorite artist of all time period, so number one for him to cut my song was crazy…I feel like I’m apart of a legacy that many people both before me and after me will never get to say they were apart of, so that’s a blessing.”

But, it was his time and personal relationship with the recently deceased Whitney Houston, that really influenced him. “She was very very supportive of my career, before anything was going on, before she had to be…For someone of that magnitude to be that down to earth to me, really blew me away, and taught me a lot about how I wanted to be and how I wanted to be perceived.”

The hit songwriter continued on to address the void in music Whitney’s passing has left, “She was a whole brand of excellent, and we’re not training them like that now…They’re not rolling them out to be icons now…”

Check out the clip above and stay tuned for more…

ThisisRnB recently caught up with 3x Grammy nominated songwriter Claude Kelly for an in-depth interview. In this clip Claude talks about flourishing R&B singer Luke James.

“I want more people to see Luke do what he does … the more people that see him live and what he can do, they are going to be blown away. Luke can sing anybody out of the water…and he is charming, he’s a star, he has stage presence, he’s a cool dude, very humble, very nice. If all’s fair in this world, he’ll get the shot that he deserves, and he’ll be a very successful artist.”

Claude is not only a huge fan of Luke, but they have collaborated together on 3 songs for the New Orleans native’s debut album. “They are R&B records, and the focus was his voice, everyone else is trying to be slick, auto-tune it up…I was like dude just sing! It’s a melody and he is saying honest stuff… it wasn’t complicated.”

Watch as Claude co-signs Luke, and talks about their studio session. Stay tuned for more from our interview with Claude Kelly coming soon!

For the past year my fam over at ThisIsRnB have had eyes on a young burgeoning singer/songwriter named August Alsina. Last October ThisIsRnB introduced you to him with the release of his “Untitled” covers EP, and since then he has been busy with frequent leaks of new material, a digital release of his “Party & Bullshit” maxi-single, and a steady dose of viral videos. The New Orleans native has recently drawn comparisons to Trey Songz by AllHipHop.com, who proclaimed him “R&B’s New Thug.”

Now, ThisIsRnB is proud to bring you the world premiere of August Alsina’s debut mixtape, the DJ Scream assisted, “The Product.” Hoping to carve out his own path to musical success. The 19-year old singer/songwriter has chosen to release the project today Sunday, April 15th, in honor of the birthday of his late brother, who was gunned down in New Orleans in 2010. A fitting dedication to the brother who inspired him to leave the street life behind and make music his full time hustle.

TapemastersInc.net & ThisIsRnB.com are highly co-signing August Alsina as one of the break-out R&B stars os 2012.

Follow the jump right now for the tracklisting, stream and download link!

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The Cookie Jar was back last night as they usually do. Carisma and Abby were joined by up and coming singer Micahfonecheck as well, who delivered a live in-studio performance. Listen to the full hour of R&B mixed live below. Enjoy!!

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