The Urban Network Tune Towne Vol. 16 (Audio CD) - Various Artists (Case, Big Mike, Donell Jones, Ja-Rule, Raphael Saddiq, more)
Narrowcast (Free subscription) | yesterday
26. Trick Daddy - Thug Matrimony: Married To The Streets (Slip-N-Slide Records/Atlantic Records, 2004) Trick’s made so many good albums, but this is the one that has a perfect balance of filthy sex raps (“J.O.D.D.”), fight music (“Fuckin’ Around”), bass jams (“Down Wit Da South”), pop singles (“Sugar”) and adorably gruff inspirational songs...
Celebutopia (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
In the late 80’s/early 90’s, Raphael Saadiq was part of a well-known R&B group called Tony Toni Tone and had a string of popular hits including, “If I Had No Loot”, “Anniversary”, and “It Never Rains In Southern California”. Towards the mid-90’s, Raphael parted with the group and started a semi-successful solo career beginning with [...]
...my own true Hollywood story.... (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Imagine that you have a time machine. Which deceased musician would you most want to travel back in time to watch perform live? Submitted By crazyprotein View 123 Answers AMADEUS!!! But tonight I saw Raphael Saadiq LIVE... and his show is kind of like time in a bottle too... but infused with genius and not at all like a 60s cover band, he has the gift to make it NEW and vibrant and real and his sidemen...
BmoreFab! (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
R&B crooner and one of my favorites, Raphael Saadiq will be performing at Rams Head Live (20 Market Place) on December 6th. This is a perfect for a girls night [...] Find out more on Bmore Fab!
The Liberators of Hip Hop (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Gogoluver I know this has been mentioned for a while now but New York hip hop has been dead for some time now. Fabolous' music has gone way down the drain to the point of return. Cory Gunz was on the classic XXL Freshmen cover but is just as important to the industry right now as his fellow classmate Ace Hood. Let us not even get on Charles Hamilton... Okay, but possibly Skyzoo could be the Savior...
Scooter McGavin's 9th Green (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
There have been a couple of videos that have caught my eye lately so I thought I’d give them some love since the death of Musical Television left a void for a forum on the art form. If you are interested in buying the video through iTunes, click the title link (where available). If you are interested in buying the song, look for a link in the analysis. Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart - Alicia...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Tickets are on AmEx presale (@ 11am) for the two Magnetic Fields shows happening at Town Hall. BAM tickets are currently on sale to 'Friends of BAM'. Tickets are on AmEx presale (@ 11am) for the Hot Chip / xx...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Music News: Recording artist lives the music that she writes -- When noteworthy recording artists pen songs for films, it's an opportunity for them to flex their creative muscles and brand themselves in another arena, but rarely do you hear about a hired performer exorcising their demons.
Line Out (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Audion, Pezzner, James Grindle, Travis Baron (Triple Door) Matthew Dear is best known for his morose, song-oriented tech-house output. But as Audion, Dear produces techno that's jacked up on amyl nitrite and Viagra (sample track titles: "Titty Fuck," "Just Fucking") and imbued with the springiness of Olympic high jumpers' quadriceps. For this tour (dubbed "Hecatomb"),...
SFist (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce , providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter . Too many choices are always better than not enough, and this week won't disappoint, concert-wise. Bay Area favorites Religious Girls and The Fresh & Only's play the Elbo Room tonight, supergroup-to-end-all-supergroups Them...
Soulbounce.com (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Although this song is more in the style of a classic duet, "Take Me" is all about Teedra Moses. The way she punches and lilts her voice during the chorus, her measured loftiness in areas where she could blow Raphael...
PUT ME ON IT (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Apologies for the bulk of this post but I've been busy. Again. Had to share a few videos that have been floating around and caught my eye... I like Pac Div . I like black and white videos. I like this song. Muhsinah is always on point of course and I broke my neck bopping the first time I watched this little teaser for "The Oscillations:Triangle" due for release on iTunes Dec 1st. Raphael...
COOL HUNTING (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
by Julie Wolfson Easily one of the most iconic landmarks in Los Angeles, the Hollywood Bowl Poster Art Show commemorates the memorable concerts that draw crowds of thousands each summer with an exhibition of the many colorful posters produced for recent and historic Hollywood Bowl performances. David Weidman's print—a bright yellow-and-fuchsia sun shining over the Bowl, surrounded by palm trees—perhaps...
Clutch Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Check out Raphael Saadiq's new video "Staying In Love". This is a content summary only. Visit http://clutchmagonline.com for the full text version! xoxo, Clutch
Black Voices Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Filed under: Gossip , Music R&B singer Brandy will not have to go to civil trial over her December 2006 car crash that killed Awatef Aboudihaj . The 'Full Moon' star has settled with the remaining plaintiff in the case, Aboudihaj's husband, though the terms of the settlement are sealed. Back in June, the 'Moesha' star settled with Aboudihaj's two children, who each received $300,000. A month later...
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soulfullvibes | 06/10/2008
Following two highly successful albums with her husband, Kenny Lattimore , Grammy nominee Chante Moore returns with her long awaited first solo CD in nearly a decade, Love The Woman, due June 17th on Peak Records.
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