Archive for March, 2007



Lil Flip Releases “I Need Mine” March 27th

Published on March 24, 2007

New York, NY Mar 21, 2007 On March 27th, Warner Bros. Records/Asylum will release Lil Flip’s forthcoming album, I Need Mine as a two-disc set featuring 35 songs.
The Houston born and bred rapper started his career in 2001 with the release of Leprechaun, a CD that moved more than 100,000 units before […]


Musiq Soulchild Is Luvin’ The Charts

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LUVANMUSIQ,” the new album from Atlantic recording artist Musiq Soulchild, has made an impressive debut at #1 on the Billboard 200, as well as topping the “Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums” chart, with first week sales of nearly 150,000. “LUVANMUSIQ” marks Musiq’s Atlantic label debut and the multi-platinum artist’s first new album in over three years.


Curtains For Jurassic 5

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News of *Jurassic 5’s* breakup was confirmed on *DJ Semtex’s BBC
1xtra* show last Friday. The rumor began a few weeks back when the group’s
spokesman, *Soup* conversed with the *Golden Coast Bulletin* on their
tour to Australia and Japan, declaring, “after the tour, that’s
basically it. People see us as a harmonizing, loving group, but that’s
far from the […]


Flavor Flav:The Hypeman Cometh by Tamara Harris

Published on March 17, 2007

William Drayton’s performance alter ego Flavor Flav became the biggest star of reality TV last year with the hugely successful Flavor of Love. A house full of women vying for his affections created the right amount of drama to keep viewers interested in TV’s first Black bachelor’s search for love. The show came on the […]


Akon’s “Konvicted” RIAA Certified Double Platinum

Published on March 15, 2007

New York, NY Mar 15, 2007 The RIAA has certified SRC/Universal Motown’s global superstar Akon’s sophomore album Konvicted, double platinum. At the same time, the trailblazing Senegalese star is gracing the cover of Vibe Magazine’s April issue and is dubbed the ‘last hitmaker’ by the urban tome. Akon continues to live up […]


Mixtape Inc. Hip Hop Documentary Featuring Kanye, Gnarls Barkley, Lil Jon & more

Published on March 14, 2007

Director Walter Bell presents ˜Mixtape Inc. The Movie the controversial DVD documentary that takes an in-depth, unprecedented behind-the-scenes look into the gritty world of illegal Hop-Hop Mixtapes including up-close and personal interviews with Kanye West, G-Unit (Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Tony Yayo), Chuck D., Lil’ Jon, Fabulous, Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley), David Banner, Xzibit, Kool […]


Interview With Musiq by Tamara Harris

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Musiq Soulchild’s personal twerking of Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie and the Native Tongue influences inside his Philly home has made him neo-soul’s most beloved male singer since D’Angelo. It was 6 years ago that he debuted with his first album Ajuswannasing which earned a platinum sales status at a time when most R and B […]


Ford Presents Grant to F. Gary Gray Filmmakers Workshop at NAACP Symposium

Published on March 13, 2007

LOS ANGELES, March 2007 -Ford Motor Company continued its commitment to education with the presentation of a $10,000 grant to the F. Gary Gray Filmmakers Workshop: Project Watts at the recent NAACP Hollywood Bureau (NHB) 3rd Annual Symposium. Titled, Who’s Running the Show: Creating Heroes, the symposium featured diverse cast members of the popular television […]


Lyrical Heavyweights Lifesavas Emerge With New Album Entitled Gutterfly

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(Brooklyn, NY March 8, 2007) Straight outta Portland, Lifesavas stay ahead of the game with a new album entitled Gutterfly, a concept-driven ensemble of tracks that are both densely rich in production and stylistically beautiful. Gutterfly, the follow-up to the duo’s debut release Spirit in Stone, will hit stores April 24, 2007 on Quannum Projects.


Sha Money XL’s One Stop Shop Conference A Success!!

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G-Unit Exec Sha Money XL’s One Stop Shop Conference A Success
Attendance Exceeded Expectation!!!!
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Pretty Ricky Presents “Late Night Special Tour”

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Blue Star Entertainment International/Atlantic recording group Pretty Ricky has announced details of their upcoming U.S. concert tour. The BET Presents “Late Night Special Tour” will see the Florida-based foursome performing tracks from their #1 album, “LATE NIGHT SPECIAL.”


BET’s College Hill 4 Premieres To Record Breaking Numbers!

Published on March 10, 2007

Los Angeles, CA (March 9, 2007) – Tuesday night, a record number of viewers tuned-in to the premiere of COLLEGE HILL 4 featuring a special one hour debut with two back-to-back episodes, now the most watched episodes in the series’ history on BET. Produced by Edmonds Entertainment and BET, COLLEGE HILL 4 surpassed last […]


Raphael Saadiq Goes Solo

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Modern soul virtuoso *Raphael Saadiq* embarks on a solo expedition the
next few months, a quest to top his previous works */Instant Vintage/*
and */Ray Ray/*. After manning the production helm for soulster *Lionel
Richie* and soulstresses *Kelis, Joss Stone* and *Angie Stone*, Saadiq
notified Billboard.com of his plans to take “three or four months” to
create “a record that […]


Jazzy Jay Releases Ultimate Force’s “I’m Not Playin” Plus The Entire Strong City Catalog!

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Legendary DJ and producer, The Original Jazzy Jay has teamed up with Traffic Distribution to release the entire Strong City catalog. The Ultimate Force album feat. Diamond D and Master Rob is being released for the first time since it was produced 17 years ago!


News from Reggae Rising

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Humboldt County California, March 8, 2007
News & Updates
People Productions and the Dimmick Ranch are pleased to announce a new summer music festival, Reggae Rising. The festival will benefit the Southern Humboldt community and carry on the 23 year tradition of being one of the largest fundraisers for its non-profits. Reggae Rising will take place […]