Saturday, January 21, 2012

ETTA JAMES 01/25/1938-01/20/2012



Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins; January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) was an American singer whose style spanned a variety of music genres including blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, gospel and jazz. Starting her career in the mid 1950s, she gained fame with hits such as "Dance With Me, Henry", "At Last", "Tell Mama", and "I'd Rather Go Blind" for which she claimed she wrote the lyrics.She faced a number of personal problems, including drug addiction, before making a musical resurgence in the late 1980s with the album The Seven Year Itch.



She is regarded as having bridged the gap between rhythm and blues and rock and roll, and is the winner of six Grammys and 17 Blues Music Awards. She was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001, and the Grammy Hall of Fame in both 1999 and 2008. Rolling Stone ranked James number 22 on their list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time and number 62 on the list of the 100 Greatest Artists.



James was hospitalized in January 2010 to treat an infection caused by MRSA, a bacterium that is resistant to antibiotic treatment. During her hospitalization, her son Donto revealed that James had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2008, and attributed her previous comments about Beyoncé Knowles to "drug induced dementia".

In 2008, James was portrayed by Beyoncé Knowles in the film, Cadillac Records, loosely based on the rise and fall of James' label of 18 years, Chess Records, and how label founder and producer Leonard Chess helped the career of James and other label mates, though it was noted that James was successful prior to her signing with Chess Records.In the film, Etta James' character is in constant search to seek the recognition as well as love from an infamous pool shark named Minnesota Fats, whom she believed to be her white biological father. The film also portrayed "At Last" as a huge pop hit, but the single only charted briefly when it was initially released and James had bigger hits. It also indicated that James and Chess, who were 21 years apart in age, were lovers but that was also inaccurate. Though James and Knowles were later seen at a red carpet event following the film's release embracing each other, James expressed her displeasure with Knowles at a Seattle concert in January 2009, a few days after Knowles sang her song, "At Last", at the first inaugural ball for Barack Obama. James claimed she "can't stand Beyoncé" and that Knowles would "get her ass whipped". James later said that her remarks about Knowles were a joke but admitted she was hurt that she was not invited to sing her song and that she could've performed it better.

She was diagnosed with leukemia in early 2011. The illness was announced as terminal by Dr. Elaine James (no relation) in December 2011, in a plea for prayers from fans. On January 20, 2012, longtime friend and manager, Lupe De Leon, stated that James had died with her husband and sons by her side at Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside, California.

GRAMMYS WON:
1995 Mystery Lady - Songs of Billie Holiday Best Jazz Vocal Performance
1999 "At Last" Grammy Hall of Fame Award
2003 Etta James Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
2004 Let's Roll Best Contemporary Blues Album
2005 Let's Roll Best Traditional Blues Album






RUFF RYDERS GOING ON TOUR SOON (2012) !!



RUFF RYDERS ENTERTAINMENT, BETTER WAS 1ST BROUGHT TO THE WORLD BY DARKMAN X aka DMX. IN THE YEAR OF 2012 IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED BY DMX THAT THE RUFF RYDERS WOULD INDEED BE GETTING BACK TOGETHER TO DO TOUR DATES.

PERSONALLY THE RAYDIO TWINS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOREVER (in our dmx voice) GRRRRRRRRRRRR !! LOL

JUST RECENTLY THE CEO OF RUFF RYDERS JOAQUIN "WAAH" DEAN WAS QUOTED AS SAYING:
"Everybody's on deck. It's just that we're making sure all of the schedules are intact," RR co-CEO Joaquin "Waah" Dean told MTV News. Dates are still being finalized, but Dean confirmed that he expects the tour to start between March and April. The plan is for the crew to begin their run overseas and then come over to the U.S. "We gonna take it nice and slow. We ain't gonna do like how we used to do, 30 or 40 cities; we not gonna go that far just yet," he said. "We gonna take it slow. Do a nice little five to 10 joints overseas and then some dates on this side just to build the momentum and have some fun with it." (MTV)

AND DMX TWEETED:
"I finally got my release from Ruff Ryders," Drag informed SOHH. "And now I got my own record label, Hood Environment. We're getting it popping. I have my own artists and we're putting out our own videos and sh*t like that. We're just working man. Word. Right now I'm feeling really good. A lot of people welcomed me back with open arms so at the end of the day, I'm just excited that the streets are excited [to hear new music from me]. A lot of people are really starting to catch on to my Hood Environment record label movement. Everything is gravy. I definitely cannot complain right now." (SOHH)


THE HISTORY OF RUFF RYDERS....
Ruff Ryders Entertainment was a record label founded by brothers Darrin "Dee" Dean and Joaquin "Waah" Dean, relatives or most didnt know they are the uncles of producer Swizz Beatz. It was a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, and was distributed by Fontana Distribution. The label was disbanded in 2010.

Ruff Ryders' founders were initially famous for managing PLATINUM rappers DMX, Ma$e and The Lox who became multi-platinum stars for Def Jam Recordings and Bad Boy Entertainment in the late-1990s. After DMX blew up, the management company started its own label through Interscope Records, and had success with releases from female rapper Eve, former Bad Boy Records group The L.O.X. and its main rapper Jadakiss, Drag-On, and newcomer Jin, winner of BET's 106 & Park freestyle MC battle competition. The Deans' nephew Swizz Beatz is the main producer for most of the acts on the roster. In 2001 Cassidy was signed to the label through Swizzy's (Swizz Beatz) label Full Surface labelmate Yung Wun.

In 2010, founders Joaquin and Darin Dean decided to change up the brand through a new venture known as Ruff Ryders Indy, as a Fontana/Universal affiliated distribution company. This marked the end of Ruff Ryders Entertainment.





DMX (Ruff Ryders/Bloodline/EMI)
The LOX (Ruff Ryders/D-Block/Bad Boy)
Jadakiss (Ruff Ryders/D-Block/Def Jam)
Styles P (Ruff Ryders/D-Block/E1)
Sheek Louch (Ruff Ryders/D-Block/Def Jam)
Drag-On (Ruff Ryders Indy/Hood Environment)
Grizz Roc (Ruff Ryders)
Flashy (Ruff Ryders/Hard Work)
Swizz Beatz (Ruff Ryders/Full Surface/Atlantic)
El-Gwoppo (Ruff Ryders Indy/Fetti Boy Nation)
Eve (Ruff Ryders/Full Surface/EMI)
Kartoon (Ruff Ryders)
Mook (Ruff Ryders Indy)







THROWBACK: SHAWN STOCKMAN "VISIONS OF A SUNSET"



THIS SONG IN (in our opinion..lol) WAS BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND SONG BY SHAWN STOCKMAN, ONE 4TH OF BOYZIIMEN(now one 3rd..lol).

THIS SONG IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST WRITTEN SONGS BOTH MY BROTHER AND I HAD THE PRIVILEDGE OF SINGING. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO R-E-A-L R&B MUSIC AND SINGING ?!?!

BOYZIIMEN WERE ONE GROUP WE THE RAYDIO TWINS HAD AND HAVE RESPECT FOR WHEN IT COMES TO BELTING OUT REAL SINGING.

CHECK OUT THE VIDEOS "VISION OF A SUNSET" AND "STAND" FROM THE KINGDOM COME SOUNDTRACK



VISIONS OF A SUNSET


STAND


Saturday, January 14, 2012

THROWBACK: NAS "ETHER"



THIS IS A THROWBACK THAT WENT DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THEE BEST RAP BATTLES CONSISTING OF TWO OF THE BEST MC'S OF THAT TIME PERIOD AND BOTH AS OF TODAY ARE STILL THEE BEST JAY-Z & NAS.
THIS WAS THE JOINT THAT CAME BACK AT JAY-Z LIKE A MISSLE. THIS IS WHEN BEEFS WERE OFF THE CHAIN.

NAS CDs
Illmatic (1994)
It Was Written (1996)
I Am... (1999)
Nastradamus (1999)
Stillmatic (2001)
God's Son (2002)
Street's Disciple (2004)
Hip Hop Is Dead (2006)
Untitled (2008)
Life Is Good (2012)





THROWBACK: SLUM VILLAGE "TAINTED"



SLUM VILLAGE WERE ONLY TOGGETHER FOR A SHORT TIME, 1999- THRU TO ABOUT 2010.
BUT WHILE TOGETHER THEY HAD AN UNDERGROUND FOLLOWING THAT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

CHECK'EM OUT TELL US WHAT YOU THINK ...

TAINTED


SELFISH f/KANYE WEST & JOHN LEGEND(video)


CLIMAX



NEW MUSIC: BRANDY "ESCAPE"




BRANDY's GOT A NEW JOB, NEW RECORD DEAL AND POSSIBLY A NEW LOVE.
AND SINCE PREMIERING ON THE B.E.T. TV SHOW "THE GAME" IT LOOKS AS IF BRANDY IS ON HER WAY PBACK(not that she ever left).
HERE ARE SOME CURRENT HITS AND OLD HITS FROM THE BEAUTIFUL BRANDY.AND FOR ALL YOU FANS BRANDY DID INDEED RECORD ANOTHER SONG WITH MONICA


ESCAPE


FEELS SO GOOD


I DONT CARE


APART





DEPARTED(video)


FULL MOON


WHAT ABOUT US(video)


THROWBACK: RAY-J f/LIL KIM "WAIT A MINUTE"




WAIT A MINUTE f/ LIL KIM



WHAT I NEED










DRAKE AND COMMON BEEFING, LOL ?!?!?



DRAKES VERSE WHERE HE TAKES A SHOT AT COMMON, COMMON TAKES A VERBAL SHOT AT DRAKE ..LOL
DRAKE I THOUGHT YOU WERE BEEFING WITH LUDACRIS...LOL
FELLAS KEEP THIS BEEF VERBAL !
NO NEED TO GET CRAZY WIT THIS BEEF (if one wants to call it a beef ...lol)
BOTH OF YOU ARTISTS ARE LYRISTS IN YOUR OWN RIGHT, SO LETS SEE HOW FAR THIS VERBAL BATTLE GETS BEFORE WE HEAR A WACK VERSE...LOL

WHEN I THINK RAP BATTLES SOME WERE GREAT, SOME WERE BOGUS AND SOME WERE JUST A JOKE ...LOL...

LL COOL J -vs- CANIBUS <<(( remarkable !!))
LL COOL J -vs- JAY-Z <<(( marketing genius one of thee best battles!!))
JAY-Z -vs- NAS <<(( ridiculous but a great battle!!))
50CENT -vs- JA RULE <<(( ja rule career was a rap after this ..lol !!))
50CENT -vs- RICK ROSS <<(( 50 cent for some reason could not take officer ricky out..lol !!))
50CENT -vs- JADAKISS <<(( we know who took this battle, jadakiss !!))
NICKI MINAJ -vs- LIL KIM <<(( the world is waiting on lil kim's return !!))
FOXY BROWN -vs- LIL KIM <<(( the world would rather see them on a record together..lol !!))
ICE-T -vs- SOULJAH BOY TELL'EM <<(( both rappers are WACK !!))
2PAC -vs- NOTORIOUS BIG <<(( this battle went toooo far !!))
TRINA -vs- JACKIE-O <<(( who really runs miami female rap scene..lol !!))
LUDACRIS -vs- T.I.<<(( who really runs the south ..lol !!))
T.I. -vs- SHAWTY LO <<(( verbal misunderstanding..lol !!))


AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON ...LOL

RAP BATTLES ARE COOL THEY JUST SHOW HOW WITTY AND VERBALLY ON POINT ONE CAN BE WITH THE WORDPLAY AND METAPHORS. SO AS WE SAID BEFORE LETS JUST LEEP THE WAR OF WORDS AS JUST THAT, WORD OF WORDS !!

DRAKES VERSE AND THEN COMMON's VERSE FOLLOWS WITH HIS RESPONSE TO DRAKES VERSE...LOLOL



NEW MUSIC: DRAKE f/ LIL WAYNE "THE MOTTO"



NEW DRAKE FEATURING LIL WAYNE.
YET ANOTHER BANGER FOR THE RADIO AND VIDEO !
DRAKE SEEMS TO KEEP THE HITZ COMING. AND WAYNE, AND NICKI AND BIRDMAN TEND TO JUST KEEP YMCMB THE LEADER....
FOR 2012 LOOK OUT FOR TYGA, LIL TWIST AND JAE MILLS !
ENJOY THE NEW MUSIC

DRAKE f/ LIL WAYNE "THE MOTTO"

Sunday, January 8, 2012

BEYONCE & JAY-Z WELCOME A NEW BABY GIRL INTO THE WORLD BLUE IVY CARTER





CONGRATS TO BEYONCE & JAY-Z !!!
TODAY AT NYC's LENOX HILL HOSPITAL BEYONCE AND JAY-Z WELCOME A NEW BABY GIRL INTO THE WORLD BY THE NAME OF BLUE IVY CARTER.
THEY(JAY-Z & BEYONCE) OWNED PARTICULAR FLOOR OF THE HOSPITAL...

FAMILY MEMBERS SUCH AS SISTER SOLANGE, TINA AND MATHEW KNOWLES WERE SEEN WITH PINK BALLOONS AND FLOWERS.

NEW SONG JAY-Z MADE FOR HIS NEW DAUGHTER BLUE IVY, "GLORY"




Thursday, January 5, 2012

NEW MUSIC: RIHANNA "YOU DA ONE"



RIHANNA HAS SOLD OVER MORE THAN 20 MILLION ALBUMS AND 60 MILLION SINGLES WHICH MAKES RIHANNA THE BEST SELLING ARTISTS OF ALL TIME. AND SHE IS THE YOUNGEST SOLO ARTIST IN BILLBOARD CHARTS HISTORY TO ACHIEVE 11 NUMBER ONE SINGLES ON THE HOT 100 CHART. IF WE TALK NUMBERS, RIHANNA HAS SOLD 47.6 MILLION DIGITAL SINGLES IN THE UNITED STATES

RIHANNA CD'S
Music of the Sun (2005)
A Girl Like Me (2006)
Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Rated R (2009)
Loud (2010)
Talk That Talk (2011)





Wednesday, January 4, 2012

THROWBACK: JADAKISS f/ NE-YO "BY MY SIDE"




ONE THIRD OF THE RAP GROUP THE L.O.X. JADAKISS IS ONE OF TODAY'S TOP LYRICISTS. HE'S DONE MANY RECORDS WITH MARIAH CAREY,P-DIDDY, NAS, FAT JOE AND MANY MORE HIP HOP AND R&B STARS.

CHECK OUT THIS THROWBACK VIDEO...






Sunday, January 1, 2012

NEW MUSIC: SKILLZ "2011 RAP UP"



THIS IS WHAT THE RAYDIO TWINS WERE WAITING FOR THE "2011 RAP UP" BY SKILLZ !!!

CHECK IT OUT TELL US WHAT YOU THINK !!

2011 RAP UP


2010 RAP UP


2009 RAP UP


2008 RAP UP


NEW VIDEO: PUSHA -T "MY GOD"



ONE HALF OF THE POWERFUL GROUP THE "CLIPSE" PUSHA T GAVE THE WORLD CLASSICS WITH HIS BROTHER MALICE LIKE "MR ME TOO" "GRINDIN", & "IM GOOD".

PUSHA T WANTED TO TRY THE SOLO THING AND AFTER LISTENING TO THE CD "FEAR OF GOD II : LET US PRAY"



WE ARE SURE HE'S GOT A FEW CLASSICS FOR THE WORLD ALL HIS OWN. WORKING WITH 50 CENT, PHARRELL AND KANYE WEST , PUSHA T IS DESTINED FOR GREATNESS !



NEW VIDEO: ISAAC CAREE "IN THE MIDDLE"



IF YOU HAVE THE CD "UNCOMMON ME" ...GET IT !!
IT WILL DEFINITELY INSPIRE AND GIVE A GREAT WORD THRU SONG.
ISAAC CARREE COMES FROM THE POWERFUL GOSPEL GROUP MEN OF STANDARD, AND SINGING WITH THE GREAT PASTOR JOHN P. KEE AND KIRK FRANKLIN YOU KNOW HIS BACKGROUND AND COMING OF AGE WITH THIS TALENTED VOCALIST IS SO ON POINT !!
CHECK OUT THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF ON SET OF ISAAC'S VIDEO "IN THE MIDDLE" AND THEN CHECK OUT THE ACTUAL VIDEO.

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK...


BEHIND THE SCENES WITH ISAAC CARREE'S "IN THE MIDDLE" VIDEO


"IN THE MIDDLE"


NEW MUSIC: DAWN RICHARDS "SAVE ME FROM YOU"



POWERFUL SONG!!
WE ALWAYS THOUGHT DAWN WAS THAT LADY IN THE GROUP DANITY KANE A COUPLE YEARS BACK. AND EVEN IN DIDDY DIRTY MONEY ALONG WITH OTHER LEAD SINGER KALENNA HARPER WHOSE A EXCELLENT SINGER/SONGWRITER HERSELF PROVED THAT DAWN HAD WHAT IT TOOK VOCALLY TO SOON GO IT ALONE FOR HER MIXTAPE CD, SOON HER DEBUT FULL FLEDGED CD (personally we cant wait).

DAWN RICHARDS HAD US WHEN SHE WAS ON MTV MAKING THE BAND AND SHE PLAYED THE PIANO FOR THEN BOYFRIEND Q(from the group DAY26) AND SHE WAS AFRAID TO JUST LET GO AND SING WHAT WAS IN HER SOUL. DAWN BELIEVE US WHEN WE SAY YOU CAN SING TO US ANYTIME YOU WANT..LOL

CHECK OUT HER NEW SONG "SAVE ME FROM YOU"


NEW MUSIC: 21:03 "FAVOR"







21:03 ARE 3 CD'S IN AND THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS POWERFUL CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL GROUP DEVELOPED AND BIRTHED FROM HIT PRODUCERS PAJAM (PAUL'PDA' ALLEN & JMOSS). THESE GUYS CAN SING THE PRAISES OF GOD AND HIS WAYS WITH TODAYS BEATS AND MUSIC !

CHECK OUT SOME THEIR MUSIC FROM THEIR LATEST CD "EVOLUTION....FROM BOYS TO MEN"

IF YOU DONT KNOW ABOUT THEM, GET IN THE KNOW !!
THEY WILL UPLIFT AND INSPIRE, AND THE RAYDIO TWINS GUARANTEE THIS !!

FAVOR


INCREDIBLE


FAVOR... (live)



FROM THERE 2ND CD "TOTAL ATTENTION"
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