It’s All Black Music
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Recorded at Chicago Recording Company 232 East Ohio St #1, Chicago, IL 60611-3641 When: November 11, 1993 What: R Kelly’s debut solo album, 12 Play, yielded his first number-one hit, “Bump n’ Grind,” which spent a record-breaking 12 weeks at number one on the Hot R&B Singles […]
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Magnolia Projects (since demolished) 3320 S. Robertson St., New Orleans, LA 70113 When: 1992 What: Though not as well known as their later successes, brothers Baby and Slim Williams’ first artist Kilo-G helped launch their fledgling record label with his debut, The Sleepwalker. Cash Money Records would […]
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Fifth Ward, 4300 Lyons Avenue, Houston, TX 77020 When: February 17, 1989 What: Rap-A-Lot Records releases Grip It! On That Other Level the first album to feature the line-up of Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill. Rick Rubin remixed ten of the album’s twelve tracks for the […]
Chris Brown is the latest celeb to cover Drake’s “Marvin’s Room” track! Chris takes the opposite approach on the viral hit and sings from the “n*gga she loves so much” perspective. Chris Brown released this message with the song: “Havent given yall free music in a while.. thought i would do something for the ladies!!! […]
Singer Toni Braxton grew up in a religious household and her first performance took place in church. Toni has a fall back plan in case her singing career every sinks like the titanic. She attended Bowie State University in Maryland and earned a degree in Education but followed her dreams to pursue a career in […]
It’s no secret that Beyonce Knowles is obsessed with ‘4’. So why waste the perfect opportunity to stamp the number on her fourth solo album? I must admit, “4” definitely exceeds my expectations. As a whole, the album is pretty cohesive; the songs evoke images of a lovesick Beyonce riding the ups and downs of […]
After killing her BET performance, Kelly Rowland releases her Here I Am album cover art. You can thank Atlanta photographer, Derek Blanks for the flawless photo. Kelly’s Universal Motown debut will feature Lil Wayne and Big Sean. Production and writing by David Guetta, Rico Love, Rodney Jerkins and Tricky Stewart. Here I Am in stores […]
Warner Brothers Records co-president/CEO Todd Moscowitz announced Friday that Common has signed with Warner Brothers Records. Common was once on Kanye West’s G.O.O.D music which just signed a deal with Def Jam. Common tweeted: “I’m very grateful to be a part of this family, to be a part of this team,” Common told crowd in […]
Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music has signed a worldwide label agreement deal with Def Jam music! Kanye brings with him artist Big Sean who is said to benefit the most from the new deal. Sean is the “first G.O.O.D. Music signee to have a project released via the label agreement, with his debut album Finally Famous […]
The Jackson kids were talented and I would assume they got it from their father. Joseph Jackson had a few talents of his own, boxing and music. He played guitar as a member of the singing group the Falcons during the 1950s. His brother Luther was also part of the group. After the group could […]
The main reason I even watched the BET Awards last night was because of the extremely funny tweets. I was literally laughing out loud at all the commentary from viewers on Twitter. Here are the tweets that sent me into a laughing frenzy: Free Responds To Her Booty Trending On Twitter [AUDIO] 10 Epic Fails […]
Free thinks she has a beautiful future ahead of her, not just behind her. The radio/TV host and recording artist has some mixed emotions about her butt becoming a trending topic on Twitter after the BET Awards after party broadcast. She told her co-host Big Tigger that she felt, “embarrassed, admired, objectified, celebrated and flattered…” […]
