Readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.

So, as our retrospective features ‘From the Vault’ and ‘TGJ Replay’  allow us the chance to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday of one artist, our newest feature Chart Rewind – a variation of our current Retro Rewind assay – accedes salutes to an entire era of music history.

This week we’ll turn our attention to ‘Soon As I Get Home’ – the second single from Faith Evans‘ 1995 eponymous debut album.  Written by Evans and produced by Sean “Puffy” Combs, the tune came as a worthy follow-up to the singer’s debut single, ‘You Used To Love Me’ (which peaked at #24 on the Hot 100).  ‘Home’ would not only best its predecessor’s chart success, but this week in 1996 became the highest charting release from her debut project when it peaked at #21.

Eventually securing a Gold certification from the RIAA, ‘Home’ – a precursor of her chart success to come – has secured a spot as fan favorite for followers of Evans and continues to endure as one of the 90’s best R&B offerings.  Relive the cut inside and see who joined her in the top 25 this week 23 years ago:

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When an actor stars in a movie its success (box office figures, reviews and the like) is accredited to them and used by their agents to determine how valuable they are to Hollywood’s lucrative system.

Now, the delightful actress Letitia Wright has learned that her star power drew in $1.5 billion in 2018 placing her on top of a list filled by the likes of Meryl Streep, Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt.

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With over 20 years of Pop cultural dominance, Beyonce is renown for having an impact that stretches far beyond the music charts.

And the latest measure of her mega-stardom comes from France.

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R. Kelly‘s lawyer has threatened to sue Lifetime if it doesn’t pull the plug on the docu-series it created to expose his alleged abuse of women and children.

This, as Aaliyah’s mother faces criticism for claiming that any talk of him molesting the performer when she was a minor is nonsense.

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The Pop & R&B-blending group B2K are ready to hit the road and have announced dates for their epic comeback show!

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Childish Gambino and Ariana Grande have signed up to headline this year’s Coachella Fest.

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Tiffany Haddish is still feeling the burn from disappointed fans who continue to weigh in on her disastrous showing at Miami’s James L. Knight Center on New Year’s Eve (as we reported here).

Raking in jeers and boos from audience members for her forgotten lines and flat jokes (as some even walked out of the performance in disgust), the backlash and negative press from the incident not only led the 39-year-old to offer an apology, but now an explanation.

Taking to TMZ, Tiff shared:

“See, your brain is an interesting thing when it don’t get the proper amount of rest,” she said. “You gotta understand, I’ve worked almost every day last year.”

Look inside to see what else she said:

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Are you among the many so enamored with Netflix’s wildly popular ‘Bird Box’ film that you’ve attempted to navigate a day in your life blindfolded (much like the movie’s main characters)?

If you are, the streaming giant has a suggestion:  don’t.

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Just two days ahead of the premiere of Lifetime’s controversial docuseries, ‘Surviving R. Kelly,’ it hit the press that one of the R&B king’s backup singers claims she saw him molest the young singer Aaliyah Haughton.

As we reported here, the vocalist – Jovante Cunningham – said Kelly “did things that an adult should not be doing with a child,” as she recounted witnessing him in bed with the then-underage Haughton.

When the story reached the desk of Diane Haughton, Aaliyah’s mother, she offered a fiery statement to defend her daughter’s honor.  Claiming she’s fed up with Baby Girl’s name being “dragged through the mud with lies” as it relates to Kelly, Diane had some serious words for Cunningham.  Read them below:

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It looks like music lovers aren’t ready to say “next” to Ariana Grande‘s latest megahit as its grip on the top of the Billboard Hot 100 has yet to loosen.

Nabbing the position for its 7th non-consecutive week, ‘thank u, next’ rings in 2019 as the year’s first chart-topper thanks to a handsome mix of sales, streams, and digital downloads.

Billboard:

Grande’s “Next,”…[enjoyed] 43,000 downloads sold in the week ending Dec. 27, according to Nielsen Music…

“Next” holds at No. 5 on Radio Songs (90 million audience impressions, up 4 percent, in the week ending Dec. 30) and tumbles to No. 9 on Streaming Songs, after seven weeks at No. 1 (37.9 million U.S. streams, down 13 percent, in the week ending Dec. 27).

Curious to see who else joins the diva in the top 25 this week?  Look inside to see the latest edition of TGJ’s Chart Check:  Hot 100:

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2019’s barely two days old and has already checked a new couple into “Splitsville.”

Grammy-winning beauty Toni Braxton and Birdman recently took to their respective social media handles to allude to a split, with the latter flat out saying “it’s over” on one of his now-deleted posts…

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With the New Year upon us, it’s only a matter of time before the Coachella 2019 line-up is announced.

Towards the climax of last year, it was reported that Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, and Childish Gambino had been lined up to top the upcoming instalment of the world-famous festival.

However, recent weeks saw Timberlake’s spot evaporate due to calendar clashes attached to the rescheduling of his ‘Man Of The Woods Tour.’

Now, it looks as though West is out of the picture too.

Find out why below…

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