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John Legend Says Some Rappers Sound Like A**holes

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John Legend takes hip-hop to task for misogny R&B superstar John Legend is riding high off the release of his fourth solo album, Love In the Future, but that doesn’t mean he’s afraid to push buttons with provocative remarks about the music industry. In a recent interview with Rolling Out, he called out some of his peers in hip-hop (without naming any names) about the misogynistic content of their lyrics. “Hip-hop has a strong misogynistic streak that we should try to get rid of. More rappers should be careful about what they say about women. I think they’re trying to … Continue reading John Legend Says Some Rappers Sound Like A**holes

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>VIDEO: John Legend and The Roots featuring Melanie Fiona and Common – “Wake Up Everybody”

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>http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:vh1.com:553433 Gotta love the video concept as a tribute to Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” and Black Thought’s portrayal of Samuel L. Jackson’s character from the movie, “Mister Señor Love Daddy”. Wake Up Y’all! Continue reading >VIDEO: John Legend and The Roots featuring Melanie Fiona and Common – “Wake Up Everybody”

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>John Legend and The Roots – "Wake Up Everybody" featuring Common & Melanie Fiona

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>http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Flolasmalls%2Fjohn-legend-x-the-roots-wake-up-everybody-feat-common-x-melanie-fiona& A remake of the 70’s classic song from Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass Continue reading >John Legend and The Roots – "Wake Up Everybody" featuring Common & Melanie Fiona

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>Slum Village Calls It Quits

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> T3 tweeted -“[Oh] yeah one more thing… This is the last Slum Village album.” Not sure what’s going on,” responded fellow member Elzhi. “I hope Slum Village’s label and T3’s manager respect what I do for SV. Either way I appreciate y’all support.” It’s been a rough road for the members of the Detroit rap group Slum Village. With two of the original members, J. Dilla & Baatin, now deceased, the group soldiered on with original member T3 continuing on with new member Elzhi. However it seems that it’s all come to a grinding halt with Hex Murda, Elzhi’s … Continue reading >Slum Village Calls It Quits

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>Video Coverage of the New York Post Political Cartoon Protest

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> Amy Goodman of Democracy Now interviews protesters outside the offices of the New York Post following the publication of the cartoon that critics say depicts President Obama as a chimpanzee. The cartoon shows a white police officer shooting dead a chimpanzee in the street. His partner, another white officer, says, “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.” After a number of civil rights activists and organizations called for a boycott of the paper, the Post issued a half-hearted apology on Thursday night. Goodman interviews Rev. Al Sharpton, Jeff Fox of 98.7 Kiss FM morning … Continue reading >Video Coverage of the New York Post Political Cartoon Protest