Archive for October, 2007
This morning, I couldn’t write. Though I’m on deadline to finish a Village Voice critique about my favorite band Apollo Heights (whose disc White Music for Black People should be blasting from your boombox right now, since its the perfect soundtrack for the forthcoming narrative), I can’t wrap my mind around a review at this [...]
*A woman whose 29-second video clip of her baby dancing to Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” was removed from YouTube for copyright infringement filed a counter notice and was allowed to re-post the footage, reports ABC News. As previously reported, Prince hired legal muscle Web Sherriff in September to go after YouTube, Ebay and other Web [...]
Will.I.Am’s unapologetic pursuit of pop music gets him labeled “fake” by so-called hip-hop purists who hate his intersections of rhythm with dance floor stuff, capable songwriting, and the bohemian dress of his base group the Black Eyed Peas. These people would have preferred if the Los Angeles native had stayed on Ruthless Records and followed [...]
NEW YORK – October 24, 2007 – In the late ’60s and early ’70s, Frank Lucas was the king of the Harlem drug scene. He was also one of the toughest, dangerous and most unforgiving criminals in the country before he was caught. The real Frank Lucas – whose rise and fall is chronicled in [...]
Redhead Records/Koch Entertainment recording artist, platinum-selling Bizarre releases his 2nd CD Blue Cheese and Coney Island on October 23rd, 2007. He’s back with his signature shower cap along with his uncanny wit and clever musical tunes with production contributions from some of Detroit’s who’s who of producers such as Silent Riot, Dub Muzik, Kool Aid, [...]
NEW YORK – October 23, 2007 – R&B diva Keyshia Cole is back and more compelling than ever in the second season of BET’s hit docu-drama KEYSHIA COLE 2: THE WAY IT IS. During this season, which premieres on Tuesday, October 30 at 10:30 PM*, Keyshia attempts to deal with all of her family drama [...]
*ComingSoon.com is reporting that Jeffrey Wright has been tapped to play blues legend Muddy Waters in the upcoming Sony/BMG film “Cadillac Man.” Written and directed by Darnell Martin (“Their Eyes Were Watching God”), the film follows the rise and fall of Chess Records, which launched the career of Waters as well as Etta James and [...]