Black Voices Blogs (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Filed under: Music , Television , News soul train Although this year's annual 'Soul Train Awards' is set to air later this month , the star-studded event is already garnering lots of attention. Academy Award nominees Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard served as hosts of the popular awards show, celebrating achievements in black music. Beyonce -- who was a no-show to the awards -- won three awards,...
NewBlackMan (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Real Talk from Uncle Charlie: “Get a Prostate Exam” by Mark Anthony Neal In the late 1970s and 1980s, Charlie Wilson, lead singer of the Gap Band was one of the most recognizable voices in R&B. Wilson’s influence was easily witnessed in the music of artist like Aaron Hall, (of Guy) Keith Sweat and R. Kelly, whose vocal stylings were heavily indebted to Wilson. With the help of...
Blog on the Run: Reloaded (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Brilliance: Laurel & Hardy dance to The Gap Band’s “Party Train”: Posted in Fun Tagged: Gap Band, Laurel & Hardy
Pasadena Events Calendar (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Erica Ash, Paulette Ivory, Berlando Drake and Crystal Starr Knighton Wrapped in the sensational songs of the 60s, Baby It’s You! is the new musical about the groundbreaking girl group, The Shirelles and Florence Greenberg, the New Jersey housewife who discovered them. With the help of African-American songwriter, producer Luther Dixon, who became her lover, Florence [...]
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
BEYONCE ruled the 2009 Soul Train Awards on Tuesday (03Nov09) after taking home three top prizes at the ceremony.The Irreplaceable superstar was named Best Female...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest edition of the world's best-selling multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 32, and a new companion title, NOW That's What I Call Dance Classics!, will both be released November 3, 2009.
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Advanced Motorcycle Training (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
It is time to cheer everyone up, dark nights approaching and wet weather........ My favorites
The Sundries Shack (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
Matthew Vadum just dropped a bomb on ACORN that would make even a 70s supergroup say OWW! He published a memorandum, several months old, from a law firm that had conducted an inspection of the activist web’s operations and recommended a number of urgently-needed reforms. It is the Holy Grail for those of us who [...]
White Folks Get Crunk (Free subscription) | 22/09/2009
Man I love this pic! Shout out to my homey DJ Pussytive repping Finland. I’m coming! Grab your own F**K Me I’m A DJ Shirt over here. Keep looking its all the way over on page 6. I know the last joint I mixed was a classic Pitbull record but here I duz it again. [...]
There Goes The Fear (Free subscription) | 22/09/2009
Dickensian punks Jarmean? hail from south London and their jazzed up twist on rebellion is causing quite a ruckus around the capital. Their style is hard to explain, it’s working-class jazz as ‘Gin Riot’ displays. Pub sing-a-long brilliance, it’s simple jazz with catchy hooks. Their line up consisting of more than your 2guitaristbassistdrummer provides an edgy dimension [...]...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 18/09/2009
LOOSELY adapted from Alan Clarke’s seminal 1989 TV drama, The Firm is a brutal and unflinching portrait of hooliganism and male bonding, set to a funky soundtrack of The Gap Band, The Jam, Kool & The Gang, Donna Summer and Tears For Fears.
The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
In honor of Nas’ Born Day today, I’m using him as an excuse to post a few of my favorite samples. I decided to steer clear of the seven second loops. Instead, I picked the joints you can let ride in your speakers, the ones that can stand alone without the stamp of being “sampled.” By [...]
YesButNoButYes (Free subscription) | 24/08/2009
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Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 01/08/2009
Charlie Wilson and The Whispers proved more popular with the Macy's Music Festival crowd than headliner John Legend.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 30/07/2009
Charlie Wilson, who came to fame as lead singer for the Gap Band, has been bridging a generation gap between the R&B establishment and the rappers who followed.
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