Dr. Dre’s ‘Next Big Thing’ is the Marvin Gaye Movie In an interview with @diversementality podcast, Dr. Dre officially announces that he’s working on the Marvin Gaye movie and that it’s the next big thing people should expect from him. Dre says he’s been... Read More...
The Nelson George Mixtape: Artists Issues The creation of black music departments meant bigger advances, larger recording budgets, more coordinated national promotion, and better royalty rates. However, artists still didn’t own their masters, meani... Read More...
Nelson George Mixtape: The R&B World Circa 1979-Black Music Departments Starting in the early ‘70s all the major record companies made a commitment to being in the black music business. Up until then prolific independent labels like Detroit’s Motown, Memphis’ Stax, New York’s A... Read More...
The Nelson George Mixtape:The Funky Demise of Black Band Culture, Part One At the intermission of a performance in Boston in 1919, band leader James Reese Europe called an impromptu meeting with his two drummers, Steve and Herbert Wright. Apparently, Europe, a man who had high sta... Read More...
Group Sues Sony Over Royalties If you have a certain memory of hearing the TSOP “Soul Train” theme song as a beckoning to stop whatever you were doing and run to the TV or watching your sister and her BFF’s lip syncing “When Will I See You A... Read More...
Stevie Gets a Street in his name in Detroit A Detroit roadway has been renamed for Stevie Wonder. The Motown legend attended a Wednesday ceremony honoring him. Hundreds came to celebrate, including Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and U.S. Rep. John Conyers.... Read More...
Crazy, Sexy, Broke & Back: TLC’s Tour and Kickstarter Campaign After making the rounds of the major TV, radio and web outlets, the ladies of TLC are about to attempt to “TCB” again. In their desire to give their dedicated fans, new TLC music (again) over which they’ll hav... Read More...
Universal Music Group Shuffle Universal Music Group has reorganized its East Coast recorded music operations -- re-establishing Def Jam Recordings, Island Records and Motown Records as stand-alone labels within the UMG family. Effective imm... Read More...
The Voice… ATL Style If you have heard the booming bass voice of Myke Julius coming through your speakers, you will more than likely do a “triple double take.” Moreover, how ironic is it that the man with the bass for a voice is al... Read More...
