Nominations for the 9th Annual Lady of Soul Awards

[CarolinaCutie]

Floetry, Erykah Badu Top Lady Of Soul Nominations

Neo-soul duo Floetry and hip-hop priestess Erykah Badu came away with the most nominations for the 2003 Soul Train Lady Of Soul Awards, which were announced at a July 17 press conference at Spago in Beverly Hills.

Floetry earned nominations in four categories, while Badu was named in three. Badu will also be honored with the 2003 Lady Of Soul Aretha Franklin Award as entertainer of the year, at the ceremony which will be held Saturday, August 23, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California.

Other top nominees include singers Heather Headley and Vivian Green, who earned three nods each in the single, album, and new artist categories.

The show will be hosted by comedian Arsenio Hall and singer/actor Tyrese, who made the announcements at the press conference, as well as nominee Heather Headley and comedienne Aisha Tyler. Actress Vivica A. Fox, who was also on hand, will be presented with the 2003 Lena Horne Award for outstanding career achievement.

Producer Don Cornelius said he is excited by the quality of nominations this year, which were voted on by radio programmers, retailers, and artists themselves. "The largest vote-getters for the most part are people who are into melodies,” says Cornelius. “That's not to say that mostly guys talking on drum machine beats, that rap and hip-hop is not still important and still one of the important cultural phenomenons on the planet. It's just to say that singing and songs seems to be making a comeback."

The nominations for the 2003 Soul Train Lady Of Soul Awards are:

Best R&B/Soul Single, Solo:
Erykah Badu featuring Common, "Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop)"
Vivian Green, "Emotional Rollercoaster"
Heather Headley, "He Is"
Monica, "So Gone"

Best R&B /Soul Single, Group, Band, Or Duo:
3LW, "I Do (Wanna Get Close To You")
702, "I Still Love You"
Floetry, "Say Yes"
TLC, "Girl Talk"

R&B/Soul Album Of The Year, Solo:
Vivian Green, A Love Story
Heather Headley, This Is Who I Am
Whitney Houston, Just Whitney
India.Arie, Voyage To India

R&B/Soul Album Of The Year, Group Band Or Duo:
702, Star
Floetry, Floetic
TLC, 3D
The Jazzyfatnastees, the Tortoise & The Hare

R&B/Soul or Rap Song Of The Year:
Erykah Badu featuring Common, "Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop)"
Brandy, "Full Moon"
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, "Work It"
Floetry, "Floetic"

Best R&B/Soul Or Rap New Artist, Solo:
Vivian Green, "Emotional Rollercoaster”
Heather Headley, "He Is"
Oobie featuring Lil' Jon & The East Side Boys, "Nothin's Free"
Amanda Perez, "Angel"

Best R&B/Soul Or Rap New Artist, Group Band Or Duo:
Floetry, "Say Yes"
**Lovher, "How It's Gonna Be"**
TG4, "Virginity"

Best R&B/Soul Or Rap Music Video:
Erykah Badu featuring Common, "Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop)"
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, "Work It"
Lil' Kim featuring Mr. Cheeks, "The Jump Off"
Solange featuring N.O.R.E., "Feelin' You (Part II)"

Best Gospel Album:
Dorinda Clark-Cole, Dorinda Clark-Cole
Mary Mary, Incredible
Dottie Peoples, Churchin' With Dottie
Angela Spivey, Determined
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Wow! I DEFINITELY agree with Mr. Soul Train, himself, Don Cornelius that the nominations were all about quality this year!!! And big ups to my girl, Erykah Badu! She leans a lil' on the weird side, but that's why I love her music so much...it's different. Not to mention, Floetry who are also juss as good, IMO. And I also gotta give it up to Vivica Fox. She's a beautiful and outstandin' actress in her own right and deserves to receive the Lena Horne Award for Excellence!

[aDRUfan4LiFe]

Are the artists in red your opinion of who will win or they have already won?

[CarolinaCutie]

Oooop...my bad! I forgot to note that the artists in red are my opinions...sowwy!

[Xaimara]

Don Cornelius that the nominations were all about quality this year!!!

How come he didn't do that for the Soul train awards? In that case Dru had it in the bag and not those Immature trynabees called b2k.

[Jewlnmbr1]

CarolinaCutie said:

She leans a lil' on the weird side, but that's why I love her music so much...it's different.

LoL! Yeah you right...she definitely a little on the weird side. Mannn I remember when she came out and showed everyone that she shaved her head Say wha??? But I'm not so sure if she exactly deserved the Entertainer of the Year. I mean, she just really came out with "Love of My Life" (I love the scene in the vid when she's rapping against MC Lyte). But usually the winner of Entertainer of the Year had a huge past year. Erykah Badu didn't really have a huge year.

[DruDiamond]

That song by 702 "I Still Love You" hasn't even been played that much so how did it get a nomination Well anyway, congratz to all the artists (my select few) I have my fingers crossed on who I would like to win ;D

[CarolinaCutie]

Jewlnmbr1 said:

But usually the winner of Entertainer of the Year had a huge past year. Erykah Badu didn't really have a huge year.

I DEFINITELY have to agree on that! To tell the truth, I was thinkin' that Aaliyah could've easily been honored with the award even though she has passed on (R.I.P.). But ever since her "I Care For You" CD came out last year, it went platinum in no time and two of the unreleased tracks "I Miss You" and "Come Over" (I LOVE this one) both became instant hits. So in short, that's who I think the Aretha Franklin Award should have been given to.