Archive for May, 2010
Ali Ollie Woodson mostly known for singing with The Temptations passed yesterday in California after a battle with cancer. Woodson’s professional career started when he became the lead singer of The Drifters in the 1970′s. Most Motown fans would agree that the classic Temp lineup of David Ruffin, Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin and [...]
Rodney Franklin is a native of Berkeley, California where he began jazz piano lessons at Washington Elementary School under the tutelage of Dr. Herb Wong. He worked with Freddie Hubbard and Marlena Shaw before he got a recording deal with CBS Records in 1978. His debut album In The Center from that year received a [...]
Here is Dwele’s commercial for the W.omen part of his album W.W.W. (W.ants. W.orld. W.omen) dropping June 29th.
Lyfe Jennings controversial new single, “Statistics,” is #1 most added at Urban Radio this week. The song will be featured on his fourth and last studio album “I Still Believe” to be released by his own label Jesus Swings through Asylum/ Warner Bros Records on July 27. In his “blunt” but truthful style, Lyfe breaks [...]
1. What did America think of Janet Jackson’s hair on American Idol? 2. Now that we’ve seen 50 Cent’s focus and dedication to acting with a serious weight loss for a role will he become a very good or great actor? 3. Will Gary Coleman finally have peace in the media and the afterlife now [...]
Gary Coleman died today of a brain hemorrhage sustained from a fall he had last week. None of us who grew-up watching “Diff’rent Strokes will ever forget when Arnold Jackson said ‘Whatchu Talking Bout Willis?’ Despite having success as a child Coleman transformed into a very unhappy adult. It seemed that the industry could never [...]
Kanye West has a new song called “Power” with Dwele on the chorus.
It’s “So Good!”
Janelle Monae’s star power is growing.