Brother Ali’s “Undisputed First Week”
AN INCREDIBLE FIRST WEEK FOR AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST WITH… #6 ON BILLBOARD INDIE CHART #24 BILLBOARD RAP ALBUMS #48 BILLBOARD R&B/HIP HOP ALBUMS #69 ON BILLBOARD TOP 200 (10,781 SOLD) #1 SELLING ALBUM IN MINNEAPOLIS (2028 UNITS) #3 HIP HOP RELEASE ON ITUNES #63 TOP 100 ON ITUNES Brother Ali’sContinue Reading
Sly And The Family Stone
Now that Sly has resurfaced to perform with comedian George Wallace in Vegas we would like to remind people of how nice Sly is! No related posts.Continue Reading
New Book! THIRD COAST: Outkast, Timbaland and How Hip Hop Became a Southern Thing by Roni Sarig (May 07)
THIRD COAST fully explores the history of rap as it emerged out of the South through many crosscurrents. Sarig goes way back to the oral tradition of slaves in the South, field hollers, the blues and gospel, and connects the dots to early 20th century African American radio announcers whoContinue Reading
Vesta: Distant Lover
The industry’s obsession with the fluffy ingenue obscures grown women singers into the land of independents which gets richer everyday. Luckily for Vesta she started her career at a time when there was more appreciation for the Old School singer. Whitney Houston, Regina Belle, and Anita Baker were other singersContinue Reading