Prince talks to Ebony

June 8, 2010 No Comments

Tweet His Purple Badness, Prince, talks to Ebony Magazine in the new edition on shelves in July. Ebony was invited inside Paisley Park (have you even heard that name since, like, 1999?) to talk to the Miniature One. The 52-year-old talks about what it means to be old school in music today, his new protege ...

Jahcoozi: Music that’s Cooz like that (VIDEO)

January 12, 2010 No Comments

Tweet Straight outta Berlin, the anything-goes trio made up of Sri-Lankan/British MC Sasha Perera, Robot Koch and Israeli born Oren Gerlitz are rocking the music world with their blend of hip-hop, raggae and electronica. They are fun, brash and totally averse to what you hear on the radio. And while they’re not new (the group ...

Raphael Saadiq: Lonesome Soul Singer

October 28, 2009 No Comments

Tweet Wow, it seemed like yesterday when the sweet sounds of Tony! Toni! Toné, the Oakland-based family trio, engulfed urban radio. Raphael Saadiq, formerly, Raphael Wiggins, has always had a lonesome streak. Hard to believe that Saadiq’s “Ask of You,” his biggest song to date, was released in 1995 (on the “Higher Learning” soundtrack no ...

Honestly, Do You Want the Old Maxwell Back?

September 22, 2009 3 Comments

Tweet I struggled with my feelings for weeks now; trying my darndest to come up with an excuse, a valid reason why I should keep “BLACKsummer’s night” in the CD player.I finally took it out last week.In the end though it was simply about the music. Truth be told — and I love Maxwell — ...

Maxwell Finally Explains His Long Absence From Music

June 30, 2009 No Comments

Tweet In case you missed it, Maxwell was featured in Sunday’s New York Times. The crooner said the last set in the trilogy that is Black Summer’s Night is so hot “like you might have to include condoms in it.” He also finally explained his long absence from music when he said: “When we all ...

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