D-Day and black soldiers: Excluded heroes
Today marks the 70th anniversary of D-Day — the day of the Normandy landings initiating the effort to liberate mainland Europe was from Nazi occupation
June 6, 2014
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Today marks the 70th anniversary of D-Day — the day of the Normandy landings initiating the effort to liberate mainland Europe was from Nazi occupation
It was 20 years ago today that Nas released his seminal debut album, Illlmatic. It wasn’t the huge crossover hit that, say, The Chronic or Doggystyle had been in the previous years. And it didn’t quite re-ignite the East Coast’s hardcore aesthetic, either; acts like Redman, Onyx, Das EFX, Black Moon had started doing that as early as 1992. But what Illmatic did was introduce the world to a thoughtful and gifted rhyme-writer from the Queensbridge Projects, and in doing so, it returned the traditional New York City emcee to hip-hop prominence.
Darius Jones is passionate about music. The alto saxophonist has received rave reviews from publications such as the New York Times and All About Jazz for his rich, soulful musical approach; and that approach is rooted in his love for expression and his respect for history.
Produced by Steve Stoute and featuring commentary from luminaries ranging from famed emcee Nas to civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton, the project took a look at how hip-hop’s emergence into a major cultural force shaped a generation and American culture over the past 40 years. But the documentary, an ambitious and engrossing look at hip-hop as both art and commodity, virtually ignores the contributions and histories of hip-hop locales outside of the mecca of New York City. Even the participants themselves, save for hitmaking superproducer Dr. Dre, tended to be mostly from the Big Apple.
Avoids African-American History to the very end Every year you can count on the TV game show Jeopardy having their College Championship series. This week
In 2013, a list was compiled of the 10 richest black people in the world: Robert L. Johnson- $550 million Sean Combs-$550 million Michael Jordan-$650
One individual who was important to the real TLC story is Crystal Jones. Jones founded TLC (originally 2nd Nature) with Tionne Watkins and Lisa Lopes, the future T-Boz and Left-Eye, but was unceremoniously ousted early on in favor of Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas. The film portrays Jones as a talentless footnote to the group’s beginnings, and she spoke to RO about the way the film portrayed TLC and her history.
In a recent interview with Shade 45s “Sway In the Morning,” Timberlake revealed that he and Kanye had run into each other at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards last week and there was no hard feelings. In fact, he said that he went out of his way to make sure Kanye knew just how much he admires his music.
The photographer who Kanye West attacked at LAX this past Friday (July 19th) is actually the same photographer who provoked Britney Spears to go postal with an umbrella back in 2007. Spears was in the middle of a very public meltdown six years ago, when the photographer–who simply refers to himself as “Dano”–began to get aggressive with her on the street.
With the current national unrest regarding the George Zimmerman verdict and the murder of Trayvon Martin, we decided to look at some of the great protest songs throughout music history.
Jay-Z and Timbaland have worked together numerous times over the past decade-and-a-half, most recently on Jay’s platinum-selling new album Magna Carta Holy Grail. But shortly after the project was released, it was revealed that Jay and Tim had been estranged for several years following their work on Jay’s 2010 album The Blueprint 3.
The multiple Grammy winner posted a lengthy statement on Tumblr regarding racism.
It’s hard to find MJ songs that haven’t been absorbed and dissected by legions of fans and critics.
We decided to pay tribute to the men and women who have penned the hits that have defined generations
Nicki Minaj has no idea why fellow “American Idol” judge Mariah Carey apparently can’t stand her.
Gucci Mane can’t seem to stay out of trouble. And that trouble has usually been violent.
The backlash against Rick Ross is justified. But critics shouldn’t be so quick to let hip-hop off the hook.
Bad Azz claims that he started a fight with Ray J because Ray lied to Suge Knight.
Meek Mill admitted that his history with 50 Cent and his current affiliation with Ross puts him in a unique position.
Check out the soulful Lolah Brown as she teams up with BJ The Chicago Kid in her latest music video, “History”.
