LALATE fav celebrity Clay Aiken is sending congratulations to his fellow American Idol contestant, Ruben Studdard, who got married this Saturday. LALATE was the first celebrity news site to break details of the Studdard wedding. Now Aiken is sending big congrats to Studdard.
“Ruben is one of the most wonderful guys I have ever known. He [...]
American Idol winner (season 2) Ruben Studdard married Surata Zuri McCants today at noon at Canterbury United Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.The Birmingham News reported that Surata wore white and ivory Casablanca wedding gown while Ruben sported a custom-made black tuxedo, white vest and a white hand tied bow tie. All 300 guests (give or take a few) wore black and white.The couple will r
OK! magazine has learned 'American Idol' season two winner Ruben Studdard and his fiancé Surata Zuri McCants were married on Saturday just outside the R&B singer's hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. The couple wed at the Canterbury United Methodist Chu
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The former “American Idol” winner Ruben Studdard has been dropped from J Records according to a rep from the label.
His debut album Soulful, which was released in 2003, is certified platinum. His gospel follow up I Need An Angel, also did well and reached gold status. His latest album The Return however was met with lackluster sales, moving barely 235,000 units.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, he is set to play the Jazz pianist Fats Weller in a national theatre tour of Ain’t Misbehavin.
Studdard will be making a holiday appearance with his old band Just a Few Cats, at the WorkPlay soundstage this weekend in his hometown Birmingham, Alabama.
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The first full-length effort from second-season American Idol winner Ruben Studdard is an unassuming album that will surely please his fans. Studdard works in the vein of mainstream R&B crooners like Luther Vandross; here, he even covers "Superstar," the Leon Russell/Bonnie Bramlett song associated with Vandross. Other familiar material includes a close, if foreshortened, copy of Al Green's version of "How Do You Mend a Broken Heart," and the standard "For All We Know," so memorably sung by Billie Holiday on Lady in Satin. A fair bit of time is spent making sure we know that despite his success, Ruben hasn't changed. Indeed, he comes off as modest and charming; as for electrifying, he's less so. As a CD that could've easily pandered much more to the whims of casual TV viewers, though, Soulful is a perfectly acceptable debut. - Rickey WrightSongs on Album:1. Sorry 20042. No Ruben3. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart4. Take The Shot5. What Is Sexy (feat. Fat Joe)6. What If7. Superst
If anybody ought to be hugging the velvet teddy bear for releasing I Need an Angel, the follow up to the Idol 2 champ's 2003 Soulful debut, it's the top brass in the gospel music biz. Not only does Ruben Studdard give the genre its props by reinvestigating his roots and turning in an entire disc's worth of well-loved renditions, he also, by virtue of his celebrity, will spawn a new audience of secular listeners for the music. Because to hear this stuff--whether you were raised in the church or outside it--is to love it. The spiritual build-up starts with a light touch: Studdard lays his impeccable musical timing and Luther Vandross-like pipes all over the R. Kelly-penned title track, an anthem that recalls Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly."Later come gospel-soul hybrids ("Goin' Up Yonder"), spiritual ballads ("Center of My Joy," the Marvin Winans-penned "Restoration"), gorgeously interpreted traditional numbers ("Amazing Grace" and "Shout to the Lord") and a single twirl-toward-the-pu
I really like this cd. It's missing some super super songs, but there are a few great ones here though. I love One Side, Get U Loose and Make Ya Feel Beautiful. Vocally, Ruben Studdard sounds amazing as always, physically he is looking better, but the one thing stopping him from being a much bigger sensation is the material he has. As someone with such an outstanding voice, he needs better song writers to really come up with some gems for him to release and make him the star he should be. He's so talented, but I just don't feel like there are any major hits on this cd. The songs that are good are just good. It is an enjoyable cd to listen to, but it's not earth shattering. - Little Miss CuteySongs on Album:1. The Return (Of The Velvet Bear)2. Change Me3. Make Ya Feel Beautiful4. Get U Loose5. Our Story6. One Side7. What Tha Business Is8. Rather Just Not Know9. Ain't No Party10. Listen To Ya Heart11. I'm Not Happy12. To Da Crib13. Blow Ya Mind14. If Only For One Night
