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Download Gil Scott-Heron mp3

2008-09-04T21:28:00.001-07:00

Artist: Gil Scott-Heron: mp3 download

   Genre(s):

Rap: Hip-Hop
funk
Jazz

Discography:



Small Talk at 125th and Lenox

   Year: 2001

Tracks: 14


Free Will

   Year: 2001

Tracks: 20


Moving Target

   Year: 2000

Tracks: 7


Ghetto Style

   Year: 1999

Tracks: 21


Pieces of a Man

   Year: 1995

Tracks: 11


Spirits

   Year: 1994

Tracks: 10


Reflections

   Year: 1993

Tracks: 7


The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

   Year: 1990

Tracks: 17


The Real Eyes

   Year: 1980

Tracks: 8


Best of

   Year:

Tracks: 18

One of the close important progenitors of tap music, Gil Scott-Heron's aggressive, no-nonsense street poetry elysian a legion of intelligent rappers spell out his piquant songwriting skills placed him square in the R&B charts later in his calling, backed by more and more contemporaneous production courtesy of Malcolm Cecil and Nile Rodgers (of Chic). Born in Chicago just transplanted to Tennessee for his early years, Scott-Heron exhausted most of his high long time in the Bronx, where he knowing firsthand many of the experiences which later made up his songwriting material. He had begun perpetration to writing before achieve his adolescent eld, however, and completed his first volume of verse at the sure-enough age of 13. Though he tended to college in Pennsylvania, he dropped banned later on one year to reduce on his writing vocation and earned plaudit for his novel, The Vulture. Encouraged at the remainder of the '60s to start recording by legendary malarky manufacturer Bob Thiele -- wHO had worked with every major jazz great, from Louis Armstrong to John Coltrane -- Scott-Heron released his 1970 debut, Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, divine by a volume of poetry of the same nominate. With Thiele's Flying Dutchman Records until the mid-'70s, he signed to Arista shortly later on and launch success on the R&B charts. Though his jazz-based operate of the early '70s was toughened by a slicker disco-inspired intersection, Scott-Heron's message was as clear as of all time on the Top 30 individual "Johannesburg" and the figure 15 stumble "Angel Dust." Silent for nigh a decennium, later the discharge of his 1984 private "Re-Ron," the proto-rapper returned to transcription in the mid-'90s with a message for the gangsta rappers wHO had come in his wake; Scott-Heron's 1994 record album Hard deglutition began with "Message to the Messengers," pointed square at the rappers whose influence -- positive or negative -- meant much to the children of the nineties.

In a touching turn of irony which he himself was ready to joke some, Gil Scott-Heron was born on April Fool's Day 1949 in Chicago, the boy of a Jamaican professional association football musician (wHO exhausted time playacting for Glasgow Celtic) and a college-graduate mother wHO worked as a bibliothec. His parents divorced early in his life, and Scott-Heron was sent to live with his nanna in Lincoln, TN. Learning musical and literary instruction from her, Scott-Heron also well-read around prepossess firsthand, as he was one of trey children picked to integrate an unproblematic school in nearby Jackson. The ill-use proven to much to assume, however, and the eighth-grader was sent to New York to live with his mother, number one in the Bronx and afterward in the Hispanic neighborhood of Chelsea.

Though Scott-Heron's experiences in Tennessee must consume been hard, they proven to be the seed of his writing career, as his first volume of verse was written round that sentence. His pedagogy in the New York City school organization also proven beneficial, introducing the youth to the work of Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes as easily as LeRoi Jones. After publishing a novel called The Vulture in 1968, Scott-Heron applied to Pennsylvania's Lincoln University. Though he spent less than one year in that location, it was enough time to encounter Brian Jackson, a likewise minded musician wHO would afterwards become a all important collaborator and inherent division of Scott-Heron's banding. Given a minute of photograph -- largely in magazines like Essence, which called The Vulture "a strong start for a author with important things to read" -- Scott-Heron met up with Bob Thiele and was encouraged to start a euphony life history, indication selections from his script of poetry Small Talk at 125th & Lennox piece Thiele recorded a collective of idle words and casimir Funk musicians, including bassist Ron Carter, drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Hubert Laws on transverse flute and alto saxophone, and percussionists Eddie Knowles and Charlie Saunders; Scott-Heron also recruited Jackson to play on the book as piano player. Most significant on the record album was "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," an fast-growing polemist against the major media and white America's ignorance of progressively deteriorating conditions in the inner cities. Scott-Heron's mo LP, 1971's Pieces of a Man, expanded his kitchen range, featuring songs such as the title track and "Peeress Day and John Coltrane" which offered a more straight-ahead approach shot to song structure (if not content).

The following year's Free Will was his final for Flying Dutchman, however; later a conflict with the label, Scott-Heron recorded Wintertime in America for Strata East, then touched to Arista Records in 1975. As the number one creative person signed to Clive Davis' new label, much was riding on Scott-Heron to redeem top-notch material with a chance at the charts. Thanks to Arista's more focused agitate on the charts, Scott-Heron's "Johannesburg" reached number 29 on the R&B charts in 1975. Important to Scott-Heron's success on his outset deuce albums for Arista (Number one Minute of a New Day and From South Africa to South Carolina) was the influence of keyboardist and quisling Brian Jackson, co-billed on both LPs and the de facto loss leader of Scott-Heron's Midnight Band.

Michael Jackson left hand by 1978, though, going away the musical direction of Scott-Heron's career in the capable custody of producer Malcolm Cecil, a vet producer wHO had midwifed the funkier direction of the Isley Brothers and Stevie Wonder sooner in the decennary. The number one single recorded with Cecil, "The Bottle," became Scott-Heron's biggest strike yet, peaking at number 15 on the R&B charts, though he quiet made no waves on pop charts. Producer Nile Rodgers of Chic too helped on production during the 1980s, when Scott-Heron's political attack grew regular more fervent with a new target, President Ronald Reagan. (Several singles, including the R&B hits "B Movie" and "Re-Ron," were specifically directed at the President's conservative policies.) By 1985, however, Scott-Heron was dropped by Arista, exactly later the discharge of The Best of Gil Scott-Heron. Though he continued to hitch around the world, Scott-Heron chose to discontinue recording. He did reelect, however, in 1993 with a contract for TVT Records and the album Booze.

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LL Cool J - Exit 13 Tracklisting Revealed

2008-08-25T18:22:00.001-07:00

The competently named 'Exit 13' is the thirteenth release from LL Cool J and will be his last on Def Jam, termination a relationship with the label that has lasted more than twenty years.

'Exit 13' is the first LL record album in 8 years to get the Parental Advisory warning tag for containing swearing, the last unmatchable being G.O.A.T. back in 2000. LL has confirmed that thither will be a uncontaminating version featuring alternate lyrics in place of the explicit ones.

You'll find it in the stores on 9th September.

01. It's Time For War

02. Old School New School

03. Feel My Heart Beat (featuring 50 Cent)

04. Get Over Here (featuring Nicolette, Jiz, Lyrikal & Ticky Diamondz)

05. Baby (featuring The-Dream)

06. You Better Watch Me

07. Cry (featuring Lil' Mo)

08. Baby (Rock Remix) (featuring Richie Sambora)

09. Rocking With The G.O.A.T.

10. This Is Ring Tone M� (featuring Grandmaster Caz)

11. Like A Radio (featuring Ryan Leslie)

12. I Fall In Love (featuring Elan of The D.E.Y.)

13. Ur Only A Customer

14. Mr. President (featuring Wyclef Jean)

15. American Girl

16. Speedin On Da Highway / Exit 13 (featuring Funkmaster Flex)

17. Come And Party With Me (featuring Fat Joe & Sheek Louch)

18. We Rollin'

19. Dear Hip Hop

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Download Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

2008-08-15T19:04:00.001-07:00

Artist: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan: mp3 download

   Genre(s):

Other
Folk
Ethnic

Discography:



Sadaayen: Evocation

   Year: 2002

Tracks: 4


Sarod Recitals

   Year: 1994

Tracks: 2


Raag Yaman

   Year: 1991

Tracks: 3

The youngest boy of sarod theatrical role player Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan, Amjad Ali Khan has continued to enlarge on his father's bequest. Performing as a soloist and in collaboration with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Charlie Byrd, Igor Frolav, Glenda Simpson, and Barry Mason, Khan has brought a planetary follow to the sarod, a 25-stringed, violin-like, Indian tool. While The Gulf Weekly claimed, "(Khan) is in a family by himself, born with musical speech rhythm in his soul and fingers," The Lincoln Journal Star wrote, "(Khan is) far-famed for his elegant style and technique. After a lifespan of make on the instrument, he has disfranchised a new life to an ancient form." In a follow-up of a concert by Khan, The New York Times proclaimed, "(Khan) casts a kind of magic spell on audiences, sending out ripples of excitement." Tracing his family's roots to Mian Tansen, a 16th-century musician in the court of the Emperor Khan, Khan began playing the sarod at the old age of 10. With his beginner as his guru, under the strict field of Guru Shisya Parampara, he advanced cursorily. Performing his 1st class honours degree concert at the age of 12, he was a nationally known notable person in India inside trinity years. Khan's matrimonial woman, Subhalakshmi, a well-known Indian classic professional social dancer, retired from performing future their union. In addition to recording many award-winning albums, including Raga Bhairav, which stratified among the Top 50 classical albums of 1995 by BBC Magazine, Khan has been featured in several documentary videos including the Canadian-produced Amjat Ali Khan in 1971, and Live Concert In Tokyo in 1989.

Saints

2008-08-07T18:28:00.001-07:00

Artist: Saints

   Genre(s):
Rock: Punk-Rock

Discography:

(I'm) Stranded

Year: 1977
Tracks: 10

Singer Lisa Lisa: 'Memba 'Memba Her?!

2008-06-27T21:29:00.001-07:00

In the '80s, Lisa Velez had a number of pop/freestyle hits like "I Wonder If I Take You Home," "Lost in Emotion," "All Cried Out" and "Head to Toe" as part of Lisa Lisa with Cult Jam featuring Full Force. Guess what she looks like now!

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EniChkin

2008-06-23T06:39:00.001-07:00

Artist: EniChkin

   Genre(s):
Trance: Psychedelic

Discography:


Nightlife

   Year: 2007
Tracks: 5


Unreleased Tracks

   Year: 2006
Tracks: 5


The Test

   Year: 2006
Tracks: 5

Young Knives to play tiny London show

2008-06-16T16:13:00.001-07:00

Young Knives will play a gig in front of only 160 fans at the Star Of Bethnal Green venue in London on June 11.

Journalist in R Kelly trial ordered to testify

2008-06-15T00:04:00.001-07:00

A journalist who received the videotape at the centre of the R Kelly trial has been ordered to testify in court. Jim Derogatis, a reporter and music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, was due to give evidence yesterday but failed to show up in court. He had hoped to avoid taking the stand on the grounds that it would be a "serious breach of his statutory rights and his constitutional rights". Judge Vincent Gaughan responded to the request by DeRogatis's lawyer by saying, "I think you're making a little of Illinois law up today."

In 2002, DeRogitis handed a videotape to police that allegedly showed R Kelly engaging in sexual acts with an underage girl. DeRogitis claimed it had been posted to him anonymously. The judge rejected a claim from DeRogatis's lawyer that his rights as a reporter would be violated if he testified. The prosecution rested its case against R Kelly on Monday. They have so far called various witnesses to confirm the identity of the people on the tape and heard evidence from an FBI forensics expert to clarify whether the man on the tape is R Kelly. The singer denies it is him. The defence will begin presenting their case today.

R Kelly pleads not guilty to 14 charges of child pornography relating to the tape in question. If found guilty, he could face up to 15 years in prison. DeRogatis is due to testify today.

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Jennifer Connelly - Connelly Bettany Sell New York Home

2008-06-14T22:41:00.001-07:00

JENNIFER CONNELLY and her husband PAUL BETTANY have put their New York mansion on the market.

The couple bought the nine-bedroom property in 2003 for a reported $3.7 million (GBP1.8 million) with the house expected to sell for more than double its original price.

Connelly and Bettany are now reportedly in talks to buy a $7 million (GBP3.5 million) penthouse in the prestigious West Village's gold coast overlooking the Hudson River.

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Ne-Yo Handed Community Service Sentence

2008-06-14T22:40:00.001-07:00

R+B star NE-YO has been sentenced to 24 hours of community service after pleading no contest to reckless driving charges.
The So Sick hitmaker, real name Shaffer Smith, was booked for speeding and driving without a licence after traffic cops in Georgia flagged down his Range Rover in February (08).
He entered a guilty plea for the second traffic offence.
According to local newspaper the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Ne-Yo will be performing for the youth group Boys and Girls Club as part of his community service.
During sentencing at a Georgia court on Monday (02Jun08), he was also fined $1,000 (GBP500) and has been ordered to attend a defensive driving class.

Fox wins weeklong ratings with "Dance," "Idol"

2008-06-14T22:39:00.000-07:00

By James Hibberd

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - After winning the season
by a wide margin, Fox burst into summer last week with the
return of "So You Think You Can Dance," finishing in front of
other reality premieres.

Thursday's "Dance" (8.7 million viewers, 3.5 rating/10
share among the key adults demographic of 18-49) was up 59%
over Fox's previous four-week Thursday night average and was
only down a slight 5% year-to-year compared with the more
dramatically eroded season finales it ran against: ABC's "Ugly
Betty" (8.8 million, 2.8/9) and "Grey's Anatomy" (18 million,
7.0/19) were both down double digits. (Still, the "Grey's"
finale marked the highest-rated scripted telecast on any
network in four months.)

NBC's easing into its "All-American Summer" reality lineup
has been a bit bumpy. "Last Comic Standing" (5.9 million,
2.4/6) returned Thursday opposite the "Grey's" finale to match
its lowest rating ever. The second cycle of "American
Gladiators" (4 million, 1.7/5) continued to drop.

Also on Monday, the premiere of ABC's "The Bachelorette"
was down slightly from last year.

The week was led by Wednesday night's "American Idol"
finale (31.7 million, 11.4/30), which improved slightly among
total viewers and nearly matched last year's finish in the
demo. On Tuesday, ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" (20.1 million,
5.4/14) was the show's lowest-rated finale to date but was the
highest-rated results show of the spring cycle.

In addition to "Grey's" and "Betty," a flurry of other
dramas also had their finales last week.

The CW's "Gossip Girl" (3 million, 1.4/4) concluded its
freshman season with its best rating in months. The two-hour
"NCIS" finale (16.6 million, 3.4/9) delivered the show's best
performance for CBS since November despite competing against an
"Idol" finale. The fourth-season ender of ABC's "Boston Legal"
had its worst performance to date (6.5 million, 1.6/4). CBS'
"Criminal Minds" (13.2 million, 3.4/8) closer was up 10%
week-to-week, but "CSI: NY" (11.8 million, 3.2/9) matched its
second-lowest rating ever. The 18th finale of NBC's "Law &
Order" (8.6 million, 2.6/7) matched the previous week's season
low.

For the week, Fox came in first place (12.5 million,
4.5/14), followed by ABC (8.4 million, 2.6/8), CBS (8.5
million, 2.1/6), NBC (5.3 million, 1.6/5) and the CW (2.2
million, 0.8/3).

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

LL Cool J to design kids clothing

2008-06-14T22:38:00.003-07:00

LL Cool J has joined forces with US chain store Sears to create a range of clothing for juniors.

The line, called LL Cool J for Sears, will see the rapper create clothing for young boys and girls, and will be sold initially in 450 Sears stores across North America.

Speaking to WWD.com, LL, whose real name is James Todd Smith, says having three daughters helped him decide on his designs: "I was raised by a matriarch, I have a wife and three daughters, so I know what women are looking for when they shop for clothes. Clothes have to make a woman feel good, relaxed and sexy. We are going to be constantly looking at fine-tuning the fit and we'll get it right."

The clothes will feature personal elements of LL, from a tattoo embroidered on a jacket, to lyrics from his songs on a T-shirt.

The venture is the latest in a string of branching-out moves made by the rapper, who has dabbled in acting and has written several books including a children's book called 'And the Winner Is'; a keep-fit book entitled 'LL Cool J's Platinum Workout' and an autobiography called â�?��?I Make My Own Rules'.

The rapper previously designed a range of clothing for men called Todd Smith.

--By our New York staff.
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Haven Works On Father-son Relationship With Voight

2008-06-14T22:38:00.001-07:00

Angelina Jolie's brother James Haven has followed in the Hollywood actress' footsteps and reconciled with their estranged father Jon Voight. The siblings have shared a strained relationship with veteran actor Voight in recent years, but a heavily-pregnant Jolie recently revealed she was back in contact with her dad - six years after she severed ties when he told a TV interview she had "severe emotional problems". And now Haven also appears to have rekindled his relationship with his dad, after the pair was spotted attending the Los Angeles Lakers basketball game together in L.A. on Tuesday night . The basketball showdown between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics at the Staples Center also attracted a host of other stars, including courtside regulars Dustin Hoffman and Jack Nicholson, Steven Spielberg, Sylvester Stallone, Spike Lee and Eddie Murphy.

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Cameron Diaz - Diaz Pulls Out Of Premiere Over Dads Death

2008-06-14T22:36:00.002-07:00

CAMERON DIAZ has pulled out of the London premiere of her new movie following the death of her father.

Emilio Diaz died from pneumonia on Tuesday (15Apr08) aged 58, after the illness developed from a recent bout of influenza.

And the actress has cancelled all of her forthcoming engagements as a result, including the U.K. premiere of What Happens In Vegas next Tuesday (22Apr08) with co-star Ashton Kutcher.

The organisers say, "Sadly she won't be attending. We're waiting for more news but as far as we are aware the premiere is still going ahead as planned with Ashton."

Shooting on her latest movie My Sister's Keeper has also been temporarily suspended to allow Diaz time to mourn.

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Sandler returns to ridiculous with "Zohan"

2008-06-14T22:36:00.001-07:00

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - As a commando-turned-hairdresser with superheroic strength and a supersized crotch, Adam Sandler gets the Israeli accent and the disco swagger just right.

Laughs are less of a sure thing in "You Don't Mess With the Zohan," but the comedy star's legions of fans will welcome the cheerfully crude proceedings as a return to silliness after several earnest, lower-key character turns. The melange of Middle East diplomacy, action absurdity, sexual healing and, when in doubt, hummus, wavers between muscular and middling.

Columbia's Friday release is a surefire hit.

"Zohan" marks Sandler's first official big-screen collaboration with Judd Apatow, who had uncredited writing duties on "The Wedding Singer"; here they're co-scripters with longtime Sandler collaborator Robert Smigel. Tempering broad mischief with "why can't we all just get along" decency, the screenplay strikes a horndog posture with an utter lack of cynicism. Dennis Dugan, directing his fourth Sandler feature, choreographs the shenanigans with energy but doesn't avoid dead spots or jokes that fall flat. What keeps the audience engaged is the obvious glee Sandler and the rest of the cast bring to their ludicrous yet grounded roles.

A fine match for the Zohan is John Turturro's Phantom, an unstoppable Palestinian agent and fast-food entrepreneur. But after these two unlikely warriors face off yet again, Zohan, who has grown tired of fighting, fakes his own death and flees to New York in order to realize his hairstyling dream. Armed with a photo album of 1987 Paul Mitchell 'dos, he reinvents himself as Scrappy Coco and lands a job in a salon run by Palestinian beauty Dalia (Emmanuelle Chriqui). Before long, he's providing the elderly female clientele with the kind of full-service treatment that makes Warren Beatty's "Shampoo" hairdresser look like a prude.

As the adolescent philosophy of "Zohan" would have it, horniness can save the world. In the quasi-Old World neighborhood where Arab and Israeli shop owners coexist (nice work by production designer Perry Andelin Blake, as are his convincingly lived-in New York apartments), when the men argue politics, they're in easy accord on the desirability of politicos' wives (and Hillary). But peace is not quite within reach when a Palestinian cabbie (Rob Schneider) with a grudge or two is hot on Zohan's trail, and a neighborhood-destroying developer (Michael Buffer) will stoop very low to clear the way for his next megamall. Before its final explosion of lunacy, the film takes a well-placed dig at homegrown U.S. terrorists of the redneck variety.

The melting-pot production's bounty of cameos includes John McEnroe, Chris Rock and George Takei, with some (Mariah Carey, Henry Winkler) receiving too much screen time for far-too-little payoff. As one of the Zohan's special friends, the always game Lainie Kazan is a standout, as is Nick Swardson as her horrified son. Daoud Heidami shines as a friend who aids and abets the cluelessly plotting Schneider.

Amid the over-the-top stunts and a buff Sandler's spot-on strutting, there's an improvisational looseness to some of the scenes that partly compensates for tired jokes about hummus as the great equalizer. Given the comedy hot shots involved, though, "Zohan" should have landed more laughs.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

Scent Of A Woman Director Risi Dies

2008-06-14T22:34:00.001-07:00

Oscar-nominated Italian director Dino Risi has died at the age of 91. Risi died at his home in Rome, Italy on Saturday following a long spell of ill health. He received two Academy Award nominations for his 1974 picture Profumo Di Donna (Scent of a Woman) and the1993 remake gained Al Pacino a Best Actor Oscar. Rome's mayor Gianni Alemanno paid tribute to the moviemaker - insisting his loss will be greatly felt by the film industry. He says, "His legacy is pages of minute work by someone who loved the world and his country. "We have lost one of the masters of the most beautiful and intense seasons of the Italian comedy, which gave the world so much."

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