The music world shocked by the
events of the terrorist attack
D
- day 1944, the day America was under attack from the enemy came full
circle last Tuesday when two boeing 767 airplanes hijacked by Afghanistan
rebels deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center buildings reducing
both buildings to mountains of rubbles and leaving hundreds maybe even thousands
dead. Also falling under the same circumstances was the Pentagon in
Washington D.C. where another 767 crashed into the side of the building
Superstars
of the music industry has come together to donate time and effort as well as
money to various charitable organizations to help in the relief fund for the
children who's loved ones was perished in the deadly disaster. Dr
Dre, Mary
J. Blige, Britney
Spears and Michael Jackson among others are just a few of the
many big names contributing.
This
senseless act of horror has awaken us all about our safety in airports, our
surroundings and our every day lives, makes us more suspicious of a distant person in our rear view
mirror or the person next to you on a bus or train. The music industry has
shown tremendous patriotism in canceling new releases of albums and concerts
in various major cities across the US. With the images still fresh in our minds of
the attack, the hardest part for us all is to keep moving forward and become
whole again which I'm sure both Americans and America will do without fault.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks
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Newcomer
Mystic gives her music just that
She
is a young lass who's name you will soon hear alot of. Originating from
Oakland, CA, this young hip-hop singer known only as Mystic merges
really tight rhymes fueled by poetry and a beautiful sexy singing voice to boot as well.
Signed to the
Goodvibe label which includes Slum Village and Bahamadia --
she worked with a cast of respected underground hip-hop producers including Shock-G,
Adam F and Manifest to bring forth her debut album, Cuts
for Luck and Scars for Freedom. A delightful album that is reminisce
of an MC Lyte or Queen Latifan. She took part in the summer 2001 Tree of
Life tour with her label mates to promote the album.
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Philip
Bent - a soul star in the making
One
listen form this young man's debut release "The State of Blue Eyed
Soul" had me sold and to think that he's not yet discovered by
the general public (but don't worry because he will be if I have anything
to say about it).
Philip
who hails from New York (the sight of the terrible tragedy of last Sept 11th)
truly shines on this set with delightful tracks like '20 days', 'It's
only love' and 'Romeo and Juliet'. Every track is a winner in my eyes
here and I'm sure they will be with you too. No domestic release or major label
deal but shouldn't be too far behind. CHECK OUT Philip Clark - a soul star in the
making.
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Miami
mourns the loss of DJ Uncle Al.
It's a sad
week all round as Miami mourns the loss of one of their own in Albert Moss aka
DJ Uncle Al. Uncle Al was shot and killed last weekend (Sept 9th) although
friends say he was killed by mistake.
Moss, 31, died
Monday after he answered the door of the duplex home he split with an other
disc jockey. Three men opened fire, hitting him in the hip, arm and side. He
died in surgery after being rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital. A friend of
Moss, Roderick Lee, said the three assailants were looking for the other
disc jockey _ whom authorities so far have identified only as Joe _ who
lived in the other unit of the duplex. It seems that Joe was operating a hip
hop pirate radio station from his apartment which was interfering with
another pirate station's frequency.
Moss gained
local fame as a guest jock on Luther
Campbell's radio show with Miami radio
station WEDR. He also mixed hundreds of original songs and produced nearly a
dozen albums for the Miami bass scene, and mixed at underground radio
stations and clubs.
(The Miami
Herald) .