Wax Poetics Issue No.38 explores the black cinema, with a not totally unexpected bent towards the blaxploitation genre...Curtis Mayfield is the prime subject of two different covers, augmented with a discussion of his epic soundtrack for "Superfly". Since they created both the score and soundtrack for the recently released film Black Dynamite, there is obviously some dialogue about that as well. The issue is rounded out with pieces on Spike Lee, and writer/hustler Robert Beck AKA Iceberg Slim..I can dig it...Available Now.
Yo, I just picked this up from Pinboard...A new album from Philly's Res (pronounced Reese)...and it's Free! According to them, the album was put on hold by Geffen, so Res just put it out herself! God bless her! I haven't heard it yet, but she's always ahead of the curve, busting out some mind blowin' stuff....Download Here and let me know what you think....
BTW, if you haven't heard her album with Idle Warship, (the group she's in with Talib Kweli and Graph Nobel) then you are missing out! The joint is called "Party Robot", and it is fiyah!!! Get that here!
Lol...everyone pretty much saying the same thing about this video...Lady Gaga looks sick and frail standing next to B .... But when did Lady Gaga ever care about how she looks? The song is hot tho...
Alicia Keys unveiled her new cover for the Dec/Jan issue of Uptown Magazine today, and she is looking as beautiful (and sexy) as ever in a low cut black jacket...The news coincides with announcement that she has been nominated for a People's Choice award in the category of "Choice" R&B artist, going up against Beyonce, J Hud, Mariah Carey and Usher.
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