New Spice video: ‘Man on a cart’ = hilarious
July 15, 2010 No CommentsThe Old Spice man has been, well, everywhere these days, but he just got a run for his fragranted money with this New Spice video. “He’s on a cart.” Tweet This Post
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Nicki Minaj releases album date
July 8, 2010 No CommentsRapper Nicki Minaj said the date her long awaited, highly anticipated debut album will be released via Twitter on Thursday. “November 23,” Minaj tweeted Thursday to a shocked flock of followers. Two days before Turkey Day. Not since, well, a couple months ago, has a new artist’s initial album been so highly sought after. Before Minaj label mate ...
Alex Cuba, Afro-Cuban-Canadian Duda
July 7, 2010 No CommentsAlex Cuba (Alexis Puentes) has been rocking out since most of you have been in elementary school. He’s only been doing it 90 miles south of Florida. On an island. That’s okay, pull out a nice Cohiba and enjoy the Cuban-Canadian singer in this happy joint (his first video done in English) that reminds you of why ...
Billboard: Nicki Minaj is No. 1
July 2, 2010 No CommentsIt’s turning into the Summer of Nicki Maniacal. Young Money’s hottest artist has scored her first No. 1 record, with “Your Love.” And if this summer’s buzz and the Hatorade associated with it is any indication, Minaj will score again and again. You can put that on anything. Not since Lil Kim and 50 Cent’s “Magic Stick” has ...
Woman calls 911, saying she needs a husband
June 10, 2010 1 CommentBlame it on the alcohol. Or those silly love songs, or even, BP, at this point. At any rate, a woman in Ohio (where all those ‘Players‘ were) harassed 911 dispatchers so bad – calling them five times saying she needed a husband — that they called police to haul her to jail. The dispatcher’s words to ...
Prince talks to Ebony
June 8, 2010 No CommentsHis 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 Bria Valente ...
So, who’s the best R&B singer today?
May 24, 2010 No CommentsWe all know that Mary J. Blige is the modern day prototype for R&B singers today. That goes without saying and is not up for discussion. Tweet This Post
Introducing … the Carolina Chocolate Drops
February 23, 2010 No CommentsYou’ll have to excuse the ‘coon’ imagery and thick Mississippi Burning-like sensitivity around this this project, for the Carolina Chocolate Drops are not an R-n-B band; nor are they a funk band. Nada on the rock band either. They are a black jug band, and the only modern day African-American one, too. Has this been done before? ...
Nneka: Reppin' Africa
February 10, 2010 No CommentsIn the sea of new music that is on the horizon this winter/spring (Sade, Erykah Badu, Nicki Minaj are all skedded to drop) comes the Afro-beat/hip-hop/soulfulness of Nneka. Since Lauren Hill is still AWOL we’ve had a few activist-musicians step into the void, Nigerian-German singer-songwriter Nneka is the freshest face. Her music — to American ears ...
Before Nicki Minaj, there was Vita
December 18, 2009 No CommentsFew new hip-hop heads today have heard of LaVita Raynor, but the rapper better known as Vita, from Murder Inc., used to kill mics and was considered the heiress apparent to the lady rap throne. The Bermuda beauty had a sibling, Kima, in the Bad Boy group Total. Like so many of the other artists associated with ...
