Archive for January, 2008
*In response to prevalent societal ills within the African American community, rapper KRS-One has decided to revive his Stop the Violence movement with a new slate of participants and an updated vision. The Bronx-born artist launched the movement nearly 20 years ago with the release of “Self Destruction,” a single featuring prominent rappers of the [...]
‘Country music didn’t buy that one,” Bobby Brown jokes, after you admire a diamond ring he’s wearing. ”Country music gonna buy the next two.” Actually, he may not be kidding. Brown is one of the seven artists competing on CMT’s new reality show, Gone Country, (Fridays at 8 p.m., starting Jan. 25). For two weeks [...]
Meshell Ndegeocello – The World Has Made Me The Man of My Dreams It started on Peace Beyond Passion when she declared all she ever wanted was a “Niggaman” over a static humming bass lick. The failure of this man to appear prompts the bassplayer poet to take his place. Moody and drawing from funk, [...]
(www.lukeentertainmentgroup.com) announced the launch of Uncle Luke TV (www.uncleluke.tv). Created by hip hop legend Luther Campbell, the site will serve as an interactive entertainment & social networking portal that offers consumers an extensive library of unique video content to watch, post, and download. Luke Entertainment Group will enter an agreement to carry musical content from [...]
*Will Smith says nothing is set in stone yet, but he has been contacted by director Steven Spielberg to star in his upcoming film “Chicago 7,” which will chronicle the 1969-70 trial of seven radicals accused of conspiring to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. According to he Brazillian Web site Omelete, [...]
Check out Ms.Badu’s “The Healer” produced by Madlib in Peterson’s mix from 1/17.
Legendary hip hop producer Pete Rock is preparing for the release of his new album, NY’s Finest, on February 26 via Nature Sounds records. The album is his first in four years, and was produced almost entirely by Pete Rock, with one track contributed by producer Green Lantern. “I called it [NY's Finest] because I [...]
During Bill Clinton’s first run for President, I appeared on a New York radio panel with some of his black supporters, including Paul Robeson, Jr., son of the actor and singer. I said that Clinton had character problems. They dismissed my comments and said that I didn’t know anything about politics and should stick to [...]
2007 was a big year for Brooklyn-bred MC Talib Kweli. On New Year’s Eve, he released the critically acclaimed “Liberation,” his collaboration with über-producer Madlib, free on the Internet and followed that up with “Eardrum,” a summer release that debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The masterful “Eardrum” beautifully bangs between mainstream sensibilities [...]
Brooklyn, NY (January 15, 2008) Successful and independent emcee, producer, and business man, One Be Lo will be releasing his second solo album, The R.E.B.I.R.T.H. via his own Subterraneous Records and Integral Music Group on February 19th, 2008. The R.E.B.I.R.T.H., (Real Emcees Bring Intelligent Rhymes to Hip-Hop) is the end product of growth and the [...]