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Friday Throwback – Criminal
When I was in college, I worked at Blockbuster Video. At Blockbuster, we had to play these promotional tapes that were created simply to promote Blockbuster the brand, movies and games that were out at the time, and for some odd reason, music videos. While running tapes one day (putting them back on the shelf) I noticed a skinny young woman with these mesmerizing eyes on the TV screen. I’d heard her music before, but […]
Friday (I Mean Monday) Throwback – The Pleasure Principle
I tried to get this done on Friday, but oh well. Monday it is. I’ll still try to write them on Fridays in the future.
Did you know that when Janet Jackson was 17, she did what people told her?
The Pleasure Principle was the last of the singles from her coming out party album Control. And while it might’ve only been the 6th single of a 9 song project, it’s video is one that I […]
Friday Throwback – Scenario
I was just 15 years old and heard a track called Check The Rhime. I was floored. I had no idea who A Tribe Called Quest, affectionately now know to me as simply Tribe, was. They were three guys who created this sound of rap music that was very jazzy and soulful. Q-Tip had this helium sounding voice and Phife Dawg called himself the Five Footer. DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad rounded out the group. But […]