Monday, August 22, 2011

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT : JMOSS "THE PRAYER"



FROM THE FORTH COMING FORTH CD "V4" FROM JMOSS .
THIS IS JMOSS' 4TH CD THAT FOLLOW GREAT CD'S THAT COMBINE R&B, A LITTLE HIP HOP, WITH CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ONLY GIVES A NEW CUTTING EDGE OF THE WORD ONLY THE WAY JMOSS CAN BRING !

ONE DAY THE RAYDIO TWINS HOPE TO GET THE PRIVILEDGE TO WORK WITH JMOSS AND DAWKINS&DAWKINS ONE DAY !!!





CHECK OUT THE NEW SINGLE "THE PRAYER" FEATURING HEZEKIAH WALKER AND LFC .
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NICK ASHFORD 05/04/42-08/22/11 of Ashford & Simpson passes away





Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1942 – August 22, 2011) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in The Bronx) were a husband and wife songwriting/production team and recording artists.[1] They met at Harlem's White Rock Baptist Church in 1963. After having recorded unsuccessfully as a duo, they joined aspiring solo artist and former member of the Ikettes, Josie Jo Armstead, at the Scepter/Wand label where their compositions were recorded by Ronnie Milsap ("Never Had It So Good"), Maxine Brown ("One Step At A Time"), as well as the Shirelles and Chuck Jackson. Another of the trio's songs "Let's Go Get Stoned" gave Ray Charles a number one U.S. R&B hit in 1966. That same year Ashford & Simpson joined Motown where their best-known songs included "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "You're All I Need To Get By", "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", and "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)". As performers, Ashford and Simpson's best-known song is "Solid" (1984 US and 1985 UK). The duo was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002.

The duo essentially had two careers: one as a successful writing and producing team and the other as singers and performers themselves. They started their career in the mid-1960s, writing for artists such as The 5th Dimension ("California Soul"), Aretha Franklin ("Cry Like A Baby"), and Ray Charles ("Let's Go Get Stoned" and "'I Don't Need No Doctor"). Their work with Charles brought them to the attention of Motown chief Berry Gordy.

Joining the Motown staff in 1966, Ashford & Simpson were paired with the vocal duo of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and they wrote and/or produced all but one of the late-1960s Gaye/Terrell singles, including hits such as the original version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Your Precious Love", "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", and "You're All I Need to Get By". According to Gaye in the book Divided Soul, Simpson did most of the vocals on the last album he did with Terrell, Easy, as a way of Terrell's family to have additional income as she was battling an ultimately fatal brain tumor. (Simpson is quoted as denying this in a book written by Terrell's sister Ludie Montgomery.)

Ashford & Simpson wrote and produced almost all the songs on three 1970s albums for former Supreme Diana Ross including her first solo album Diana Ross ("Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"), Surrender ("Remember Me"), and The Boss.

Other Motown artists that Ashford & Simpson worked with included Gladys Knight & The Pips ("Didn't You Know You'd Have to Cry Sometime", "The Landlord", "Bourgie, Bourgie", and "Taste of Bitter Love"), Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ("Who's Gonna Take the Blame"), The Marvelettes ("Destination:Anywhere"), The Supremes ("Some Things You Never Get Used To"), and The Dynamic Superiors ("Shoe, Shoe Shine").

Other artists with whom Ashford & Simpson had hits were Teddy Pendergrass ("Is It Still Good to You"), The Brothers Johnson ("Ride-O-Rocket"), Chaka Khan, both on her own ("I'm Every Woman" and "Clouds,") and with Rufus ("Keep It Comin'" and "Ain't Nothin' But a Maybe").

REST IN PEACE ....

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT THROWBACK: Eric B & Rakim






Born William Griffin Jr., Long Island, New York, USA most came to know this lyricist as RAKIM. Between 1987 and 1992, Rakim released four influential albums in partnership with Eric B that have accorded him the status of one of rap's greatest figureheads.Some of there Cd's are...

Paid In Full


Follow The Leader


Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em


Don't Sweat the Technique

Here is an example of some Rakim bangin lyrics
>>>>The 18th Letter, a smooth soulful album that earned praise for Rakim's imaginative and intelligent rhyming on tracks such as 'The 18th Letter' ('Nobody's been this long-awaited since Jesus/I heard the word on the street is/I'm still one of the deepest on the mike since Adidas') and 'The Mystery (Who Is God).



All I will say is both put a face to HIP HOP most importantly NEW YORK....nuff said.We have MUCH RESPECT 4 these 2 as a solo artist RAKIM could drop a CD today and u can bet all my money I will have that joint!!!! I still rock the hitz these 2 had.And to this day "Microphone Fiend" is still FIRE !!!! If you don't believe me check out some of there hitz/videos.