Amerigo Gazaway releases the Aretha Franklin and Black Star project Young, Gifted & Black on what would have been Franklin’s 77th birthday. Gazaway took the title from Franklin’s 1972 album and the actual single and blended it with Black Star’s “Hip-Hop (Screamixx)” lyrics from The Boondocks official mixtape. Franklin passedContinue Reading
Amerigo Gazaway has remixed Miles Davis’ “Rubberband Of Life” with a feature from Ledisi. Davis recorded “Rubberband Of Life” in 1985 and 1986 for Columbia Records and there were plans for Al Jarreau and Chaka Khan to be included but the project was shelved and Davis went on to recordContinue Reading
[youtube id=”FJHi0eborcw”]Amerigo Gazaway commemorates the 20th anniversary of Lauryn Hill’s debut album by imagining a recording session between Hill and Nina Simone. The Miseducation Of Eunice Waymon is almost a flashback to Hill’s performance of Simone’s music earlier this year at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame’s induction ceremony.Continue Reading
Kanye West has been the biggest topic in media because of his outrageous interview with TMZ where he described 400 years of slavery as a “choice.” This comment along with the other admissions about liposuction and being a “free thinker” have a lot of people saying they “Miss the oldContinue Reading