In memory of Bernie Mac (8/9/08) and Issac Hayes (8/10/08)....Rest In Peace to these soulful and comedic geniuses. We always say that the good die young and it is oh so true in these cases. Even though Issac, aka the "Black Moses" was 65, he wasn't old by anyone's standards. He and Bernie had just completed a feature length film, "The Soul Men" with Samuel L. Jackson. How ironic that God called them both home on the same weekend and said, "Well done my sons, well done."
We will miss you and cherish you always.
NEW MUSIC - AL GREEN & JOHN LEGEND
Oh how I love thee...let me counts the ways. I recently downloaded a few tunes from Al Green's new CD - "Lay It On Me" and I am loving most of what I hear. I especially love Al and John Legend's collaboration entitled "Stay With Me (By The Sea)". Oh my gosh...this is the new version of "Let's Stay Together" in my opinion. The melody and lyrics evoke that old soul down to the bone feeling and it feels so good. Mellow, easy smooth groove, make you wanna moan is what it sounds like to me. I am so serious. I play it almost every day...."LALALA...LALALA...LALALA - STAY WITH ME."
Mr. Green has also collaborated with Anthony Hamilton and Corrine Bailey Rae to name a few. His producer is none other than Questlove from the Roots and they put it down on this CD. You hear new music with old school reminiscing. Gotta love it.
JOHN LEGEND
I happened to watch a video on John Legend's website that promotes his new record label and the artists signed to it. Wow, was I blown away by the talent he has lined up.
His brother, Vaughn Anthony, is a rapper/singer and is going to blow up in a minute. That's right, keep it in the family, and show love always by supporting those who have talent and desire to make it in the business. There's room for everybody. Vaughn chose to use his first and middle names and not the Legend family name as he wanted to be recognized on his own merit.
Estelle is a young UK rapper/singer who has been bustin' up the charts with Kanye West and John Legend since last year. She's making a name for herself and I hope she continues to rise to the top with her unique style.
Check out the video post on this site "Touch Me, Tease Me" as it features Estelle doing her thang with the group 3 SL.And last but certainly not least is the awesome threesome that make up the performance artists called The Jones Gang. Oh my Gosh....they are incredible! You've got to see them to believe what they do...they sing, they tell stories, they beat box, they rap, they dance and they look good as hell doing it. Their style is OutKast unique, Andre 3000 cool and their musical style is like no other I've seen.
I applaud John Legend for his vision to bring these up and coming musicians and singers to the masses. I can't wait to see more of what I've already seen...they are phantastic!!
HATS OFF TO THE LADIES
I recently went on vacation to the ATL and had a marvelous time. I attended an affair to remember and wanted to share pics of the Queens who wear glorious crowns.
