‘Music’ Archives
Melvin Van Peebles Supports The Occupy Wall Street Movement With His 1971 Song From “Watermelon Man”
via Shadow and Act Famed director Melvin Van Peebles, who knows his share of controversy, decided to lend his support to the Occupy Wall Street Movement. His 1971 song “Love That’s America,” from his first Hollywood film Watermelon Man, has been used with [Read More]
Sylvia Robinson, Who Helped Make ‘Rapper’s Delight,’ Has Died : The Record : NPR
A little more than 20 years later she co-founded Sugar Hill Records and came up with the idea for the first commercially-successful hip-hop release, 1979′s “Rapper’s Delight,” by The Sugarhill Gang. Her label also signed Grandmaster Flash and [Read More]
Michael Eric Dyson’s Hour-Long Tribute to Tupac Shakur
We look back at the life and legacy of rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur on the 15th anniversary of his tragic death. We start by speaking with entertainment journalist P. Frank Williams the media coverage of Tupac’s life and death. For a more personal take on Tupac the young [Read More]
Chuck D’s “call to the troops”: Notice – Know This
This is a polite respect call to the troops, to continue to inspire but reflect the people better. OTIS Redding was a humble country man from Macon Georgia who bought a jet to work in, not flash. He perished in that plane. Heres to hoping that the J & K supergroup can [Read More]
R.I.P. Alphonso “Fonce” Mizell
By Rebecca Haithcoat via LaWeekly Alphonso “Fonce” Mizell, member of Motown hit-makers The Corporation and half of the production duo The Mizell Brothers, has passed away. He was 68 years old. The cause of death is unknown. Mizell was recruited by [Read More]
