Urban-Reviews.com is a new online resource for open and honest opinions on some of today's latest and greatest releases, whether it's AA Fiction, Hip-Hop or R&B Music. Our goal is to provide an insight for visitors to decide on whether or not they should consider getting any of the featured releases.

Urban-Reviews.com provides elaborate reviews of recent works, Exclusive Interviews with today’s Black fiction writers, an Extras page of internet links to online vendors, and a Forum for visitors to give feedback on our reviews or the website itself. The Forum is also meant to encourage everyone to take part and share information with each other and submit their own opinions on books or urban music that they have evaluated themselves. You can also learn about industry news, online bargains, and much more in our Forum. There are also pages on the site devoted to New Release Information as well as Book Excerpts.

Urban-Reviews.com has already receive much praise for marrying AA Fiction with Urban Music, a concept that most might consider to be totally exclusive from one another. We here at Urban-Reviews.com feel that both things go hand-in-hand in the African-American community and can be one of the best vehicles for getting informed on what’s hot and what’s not.

Charles Hubbert
Co-Founder / Music Reviewer

Well, My name is Charles Hubbert and I am a 30-something native of Milwaukee, WI. I graduated from Marquette University where I majored in Communications and minored in History. I am a former deejay (both special events and radio) and I have been doing websites for about 10+ years now. I was the online editor for the Marquette Tribune newspaper in college and currently work for an Insurance company.

I have always had a fascination with Hip-Hop and R&B music and have been doing music reviews since 1990. I had my own column in my high school newspaper and college newspaper. I maintained my own personal website dedicated to music reviews during my years in college under my former dj name DJ Charismatic.

Now I have resurfaced on the internet (still a music enthusiast at heart) but no longer as DJ Charismatic. I have joined forces with my wife of 5 years to launch a website devoted to giving our perspective on the latest releases and classics from the past as well as resources for you to get more information regarding your favorites in each genre. I will handle the music reviews for the website, while my wife Radiah will tackle the majority of the African-American Fiction.

Radiah Hubbert
Co-Founder / Book Reviewer

Hello, my name is Radiah Hubbert and I am a 30-something native of Milwaukee, WI too! I graduated from Rust College where I majored in Mass Communications/Broadcast Journalism. I was an on-air personality at 93.3 WJZI-FM for 3 years & was also a member of NABJ. I have been reading AA fiction for about 10 years. I'm a member of Cultural Circle Book Club & read about 4 to 6 books monthly. (UPDATE: Since the site launched, I now read an astonishing 8 books a month!  That's like 100 books a year!) I also currently work at an Insurance company.

I love to read and have done some reviews on Amazon. I am excited that I can share my opinion on my own website. I will feature a variety of authors every month including interviews. Hopefully, in the future we will post info on local & national book events as well as host our own events.

Jackie H.
Associate Book Reviewer

Jackie is an avid reader born and raised in Milwaukee, WI. She is a member of a book club and very active in family and church activities.

Her favorite authors include: Carl Weber, Maya Angelou, Zane, Eric Jerome Dickey, and Jacqueline Thomas. Her favorite books include Defining Moments by Jacquelin Thomas, The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama, and everything by Carl Weber.

Nardsbaby
Associate Book Reviewer

Chicago born Crystal (a.k.a. Nardsbaby in cyberspace) has always enjoyed reading, writing, and (believe it or not) questioning what she was reading early on.  In the third grade was when she determined she would write.  Her teacher praised her for writing a poem for Mother's Day.  After winning the class award, Crystal found mistakes in the poem and before giving the prize winning poem to her mother, she had to correct all of the errors and asked her teacher to proofread it for her.  From that moment on, Crystal has always been a big reader and writer.  She's kept a journal and says that someday she's going to join the author ranks.

Crystal, an avid reader, has had the privilege of not just reading but working with some of the hottest authors known today.  Though she's often criticized for her hard approach, Crystal finds that a lot of the authors respect her honesty and utilize her comments in an effort to correct their next projects.

She is married to her very best friend where her online moniker derives from.  The couple have three children.  Spending quality time together as a family is very important to Crystal.  While she reads continuously, it never interferes with their family time.

Some of her favorite authors are Crystal Lacey Winslow, Crystal Perkins-Stell, Al-Saadiq Banks, and Keith Lee Johnson.