Joi Cardwell is a New Yorker who started singing when she was a child. She became a five time Apollo Amateur night winner and joined an all girl group produced by Kashif in 1989. The Promise recorded one album that was never released and Cardwell decided to go solo. Lil Louis immortalized her voice when [...]
Frankie talks to 5 Magazine about how he has maintained in the dance music business all these years. But why so defensive because the househeads want more music with soul?
Cajmere AKA Green Velvet sat down with 5 Magazine to discuss his career beginnings and inspirations for the publication’s five year anniversary. For the uninitiated Curtis Jones is the man behind such house staples as “Percolator,” “You Got Me Up,” “Brighter Days,” “Tee Dum,” “La La Land” and a host of other hypnotic tracks that [...]
Lil’ Louis’ “French Kiss” was a defining moment in house music when it arrived in 1989. The Chicago DJ/producer made a song that seemed to transfer its ecstasy onto every dancefloor resident who heard it. Unlike most underground dance music “French Kiss” scored a number one spot on the US club chart and number two [...]
5 magazine is celebrating its 5th anniversary starting August 16th with 40 interviews with 40 of Chicago’s key house music artists.
Sandra St. Victor is back! Ms. Mack Diva Saves The World has released a new EP produced by broken beat guru Mark de Clive-Lowe called At My Spheres. Victor plans to release more EPs in the near future with another one on the way before the year is out.
Stanley Kirk Burrell, earned his stage name from famed baseball player Reggie Jackson when he was a bat boy for the Oakland A’s. Jackson thought Burrell, who was already dancing in the Oakland, Coliseum parking lot as a boy, resembled the legendary ‘Hammerin’ Hank Aaron.’ In the ’80s Burrell honed his natural talents for dance [...]
Will.i.am is a good match for Kelis but some of her best work is still with The Neptunes.
