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Cypresss Hill to Release EP in April |
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Written by Staff
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Monday, 23 January 2012 16:06 |
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 Hip hop group Cypress Hill is set to release a five song dubstep EP, called Cypress x Rusko in April 2012.
The west coast hip hop/rap group is working with dubstep DJ Rusko. This will be a follow-up to their album Rise Up from April of 2010.
Hip hop rap artist B-Real, aka Louis Freese said: "This is one of those styles that we felt doing with Rusko would be a great match. We've always been the type of group to take chances on doing something radically different than what people expect from us. So this carries with the tradition of us going out of the box. If it's not something that we embrace then we don't dare mess with it and this is something we fell right into the pocket of."
DJ Rusko, aka Christopher Mercer; previously produced remixes for The Prodigy, The Temper Trap and Little Boots. In March of 2010, Rusko released his first album "O.M.G.!" on mad decent. As of December 5th 2011, Rusko's second album entitled "songs" was submitted for a mid-march 2012 release. "Songs" will be released on 23rd March 2012 |
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Last Updated on Monday, 23 January 2012 16:07 |
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Written by Staff
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 13:07 |
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 Madonna is having a huge party and everyone's invited. The Madonna 2012 World Tour begins May 29th 2012 in Tel Aviv, Israel it was officially announced by Live Nation Entertainment, the tour's international promoter. The shows will include arenas, stadiums and special outdoor sights including the Plains of Abraham in Quebec and a return visit to South America as well as Australia where she has not performed in 20 years. The tour will stop in 26 European cities including London, Paris, Milan and Berlin.
The first of 26 North American shows is scheduled for August 28th in Philadelphia and includes a September 6th show in NY's Yankee Stadium and an October 10th performance at LA's Staples Center. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale beginning February 10th in Tel Aviv and the United Kingdom, with North American tickets going on sale beginning February 13th. Tickets for North America are available at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com. A complete itinerary of Madonna 2012 follows this release.
Madonna's previous tour, the phenomenally successful "Sticky & Sweet" Tour reaffirmed her status as one of the most successful touring artists of all time. The historic tour included such incredible touring feats as a 70,000 seat sell-out in Werchter, Belgium, an 85,000 sell-out in Helsinki (the largest show ever in the Nordic countries by a solo artist), a 40,000 ticket sell-out in Oslo, Norway, and 72,000 tickets sold out in one day in Tallinn Estonia. Other record breaking ticket sales around the globe include 650,000 tickets sold in her series of South American dates, 72,000 tickets at Zurich's Dubendorf Airfield - the largest audience ever assembled for a show in Switzerland, 75,000 tickets in London and four sell outs in New York's Madison Square Garden (60,364 tickets).
The announcement of Madonna's 2012 World Tour follows an extraordinary week which included a monumental extravaganza of a performance at the Bridgestone Super Bowl Halftime which was seen in over 200 countries by over a billion people. Last week also saw the release of Madonna's new single, "Give Me All Your Luvin" from her highly anticipated new album MDNA on Live Nation Entertainment/Interscope Records - scheduled to be released on March 26th. Pre orders have already catapulted MDNA to No. 1 on iTunes in 51 countries including the US, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Canada, Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands. The single's video directed by Megaforce which also stars Nicki Minaj and MIA previewed on American Idol. Additionally, the Madonna directed Golden Globe Award winning film "W.E." opened in NY and LA with other markets to follow later in the month.
Madonna's recent Golden Globe winning song "Masterpiece" from The Weinstein Company film "W.E." as well as "W.E. Music From The Soundtrack "W.E." film have both been released digitally on Interscope Records. A physical release will be in stores in the UK on February 6th and on February 14th in the US.
US residents ordering tickets online to a US performance will receive their choice of a digital or physical copy of Madonna's new MDNA album with every ticket purchased. |
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Vol.41 of Now Thats What I Call Music |
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Written by Staff
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012 07:07 |
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 The world's best-selling, multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music!, will release NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 41 on February 7. NOW 41 will be available on CD and for download purchase from all major digital service providers.
NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 41 features 16 current major chart hits from today's hottest artists, including LMFAO, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Adele, Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine, Coldplay, Toby Keith, and more, plus four free up-and-coming "NOW What's Next" New Music Preview tracks.
The "NOW What's Next" bonus track program featured on each numeric NOW release continues to preview hot new artists with tomorrow's biggest hits. NOW 41 showcases up and coming tracks from Sammy Adams, Hunter Hayes, Susan Justice, and The Wanted.
NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 41 [CD; digital]
1. LMFAO Sexy And I Know It
2. Katy Perry The One That Got Away
3. Lady Gaga Marry The Night
4. Jessie J Domino
5. Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine Stereo Hearts
6. T-Pain featuring Lily Allen 5 O'Clock
7. J. Cole Work Out
8. Pitbull featuring Chris Brown International Love
9. Breathe Carolina Blackout
10. Selena Gomez and the Scene Love You Like A Love Song
11. Gavin DeGraw Not Over You
12. Coldplay Paradise
13. Adele Someone Like You
14. Nickelback Lullaby
15. Luke Bryan I Don't Want This Night To End
16. Toby Keith Red Solo Cup
BONUS TRACKS: "NOW What's Next" New Music Preview
17. Sammy Adams Blow Up
18. Hunter Hayes Somebody's Heartbreak
19. Susan Justice Eat Dirt
20. The Wanted Glad You Came |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 07:08 |
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“It’s Safe to Murder Negroes” in Alabama, “African-Americans in America” |
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Written by Lyle Russworm
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Monday, 26 March 2012 10:59 |
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“It’s Safe to Murder Negroes” in Alabama, “African-Americans in America”
Before there was a Civil Rights Movement God gave us Rev. Vernon Johns, who preceded Rev. Martin L. King Jr. as the pastor of Alabama Baptist Church in Montgomery, AL.
He gave a historic speech titled “It’s Safe to Murder Negroes” in Alabama at his church before the Deacons of the church was forced to fire him. The police chief and the White community framed him as being radical, but fear was the driving point for the Deacons. During his sermon he was removed from the church by the local police officers. He had been warned not to give the sermon that Sunday, yet, he had the courage to follow his heart. During the sermon, he told his congregation why Black men are killed and nothing happens. He said it’s because the Blacks just stand by without saying anything against it. It’s like they stood by while Christ was being crucified. Is it fear?”(Johns, 1994) During the sermon he berated the Black community for cooperating with the racist system. (Johns, 1994)
Decades later we are still fearful, yet Black men are killed and in so many cases no justice for the victim's family. Our community institutions should look at each murder that happens in our community to determine if the local law enforcement teams are investigating them with due diligence.
How many African-Americans males must die before we say enough is enough! I have been telling whoever would listen to me for a decade that it is safer for an African-American male to walk the streets of Bagdad than for us to walk on any street in America!
We have failed our children; it starts with fathers, then mothers, then the family, and then community leaders. It takes a village to raise a child and how many more Trayvon Martin’s must be killed before we take control of our children and our communities. Perhaps the greatest responsible we have as parents and community leaders is to protect our children and if we cannot do that, it is a clear sign that we are losing the war for the lives and soul of our children. We should be mad as hell that our children are attacked on day one in our educational systems especially our male children, that police officers profile our youth daily, that judges legislate from the bench by always providing sentencing higher for Blacks than Whites, that our legislative branch of government mandate laws that are discriminatory and greatly affect our people, that voting district are drawn to minimize our voting power, that lenders always charge our people a higher interest rate on loans, that grocery stores in our communities charge higher prices, and that there are more liquor stores than grocery stores in most of our communities. I say what does it take, how many new prisons must be built before you and all our leaders say that we need to begin protesting these not so random act of racism across this country. What does this type of internalized racism say to our children when they see no future and we, as caregiver or so called protectors of the community, say or do nothing to protect or help them!
What will it take before we realize that we are at war and that our children are the targets of millions of gatekeepers determined to marginalize their existence. We may as well call our children collateral damage. If that is the case, I ask you what is the risk analysis? How many must die each day before enough is enough, is the number 3, 4 or 10. How many must be imprisoned before enough is enough perhaps 1.5 million, 2.5 million or 3 million. What is the acceptable number for Black male dropout rate, 50%, 67% or 80%? How many Black men need to be unemployed or not in the workforce before enough is enough, 12 million, 16 million or 20 million. Does anyone give a damn?
What did Gandhi do? What did Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. do? What did Nelson Mandela do? Protest!!!!
I call for a National Day of Solidarity for change, a day of community action, a day of community service. My recommendation is that June 19, 2012 be selected for this purpose. I have planted a seed of hope and now what will you and all the community leaders do? My hope is cultivate this seed to rebuild our community and to protect our future which is our children!!!
If you agree in part or in whole in what you just read, please let me know and become active in your community. Please forward this letter to your local, regional, and state leaders, plus Black radio stations and Black newspapers. I will personally call, email, mail and fax 1000 community leaders in America. At this time I will not pass judgment about who will support this project or who will not, I will allow God and history to judge them!!!!!
Sincerely,
Lyle G. Russworm,
Founder of African-Americans For A Better Society (AAFABS)
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The Road to Freedom: The Vernon Johns Story (1994). http://www.vernonjohns.org/snuffy1186/vernjohn.html
Additional Sites to learn more about Internalized Racism:
http://www.rc.org/uer/InternalizedRacism.html
http://www.rc.org/publications/journals/black_reemergence/br2/br2_5_sl.html
http://www.thewtc.org/Internalized_Racism.pdf
http://racerelations.about.com/od/understandingrac1/a/internalizedracism.htm
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