Today, November 29th, marks the 25th anniversary of Mary J. Blige‘s 3x Platinum, Grammy nominated masterpiece, My Life. The record is named one of the top 500 albums of all-time by Rolling Stone, and top 100 albums of all-time by Time Magazine.
Rediscover the classic now on all streaming platforms via the following the link: https://lnk.to/MyLifeTwentyFive
On Thursday, December 12th, R&B / soul singer Kenny Lattimore will do two back to back shows at the City Winery (609 Lafayette Street) in Nashville, Tennessee. The early show will start at 7:00 PM CST, while the late show is scheduled for 10:00 PM CST.
Tickets for both shows are available via City Winery Nashville’s website.
For over two decades, Kirk Franklin has been one of the most prominent voices in gospel music. His unique way of combining hip-hop, pop, R&B and gospel has garnered him fans across multiple genres.
That being said, on Tuesday, December 10th he will be live at DPAC (123 Vivian St) in Durham, North Carolina. Tickets for this event is available via Ticketmaster.
So I just checked out Koffee‘s new video with Gunna, titled “W.” Initially the plan was to watch the video and simply write a brief article letting people know that it’s out so they can go view it.
Alas, after watching it I became a bit troubled as I struggled to understand the meaning behind it. The video starts with Koffee in church and a pastor preaching. It then showed clips of the news warning of a storm, while people run around as they get prepared for it. Additionally, and this is very important, there are some close up shots of people dressed in their church attire sprinkled throughout.
The aforementioned can be found pretty early in the video; what concerns me is that as we get deeper into the visuals the energy shifts, moving from what started out positive, spiritual etc. to negative and dark with everyone flashing money, including the pastor.
Now for the sake of full transparency I will say that I am not a religious person at all, but I was raised to have respect and reverence for churches and houses of worship. That being said, to see the director go that route with the video was really disturbing.
Anyways, click here or on the image above to watch it for yourself.
An observation by Maria Jackson.
A few days ago Alicia Keys shared the official video for her feel good R&B track, “Time Machine.” Released on the RCA Records label (a division of Sony Music Entertainment), “Time Machine” does exactly what the name implies; it takes us back to a different time when the world was not so chaotic and people didn’t need much to enjoy themselves.
If you have not done so as yet, click here to check out the video and remember to like, comment and share.
Heavy Weight Entertainment, in collaboration with Grown & Sexy, present a Thanksgiving Eve Party on Wednesday, November 27th, at Respectable Street – 518 Clematis Street – in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The event will feature a special performance by legendary story teller, Slick Rick, who will be supported by both Richie Rich and DJ KJ.
On Saturday, January 4th, the Emotional singer, Carl Thomas, will be performing live at Howard Theatre (620 T Street, NW) in Washington, DC.
This event is scheduled to start at 7:30 PM. Click here for tickets.
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