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Black Music History “Group Session” – Day 5: The Supremes

5 February 2010

6 Degrees of Soul: In 1970, Stevie Wonder & Syreeta Wright wrote and produced “It’s A Shame” for Day 5’s “The Spinners”. Before her solo career took off, Wright was slated to replace a rising solo star of an iconic Motown act. That star was Diana Ross and the group, Day 5’s The Supremes.   […]

Black Music History “Group Session” – Day 4: The Spinners

4 February 2010

6 Degrees of Soul: Before he became a legend with Parliament Funkadelic of Day 3, Bootsy Collins was in a Cincinnati based funk group, The Pacemakers. The band was comprised of Bootsy, his brother Phelps “Catfish” Collins, Kash Waddy & Philippe Wynne. After some success the band was picked up by James Brown as his […]

Do Better Thursday: Doing It Right! – 01.29.10 to 02.04.10

4 February 2010

  Doing It Right! Obama says House Republicans, “C’mon Son! Get phuck outta here with that bullsh!t”… Jon Stewart examines on the Daily Show. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Q & O www.thedailyshow.com http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:263107 Daily ShowFull Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis I don’t say this often… but […]

Black Music History “Group Session” – Day 3: Parliament Funkadelic (P-Funk)

3 February 2010

6 Degrees of Soul (or Funk in this case): The Main Ingredient from Day 2 had several songs written by Leon Ware. Before he wrote I Wanna Be Where You Are for Michael Jackson, Ware wrote songs for The Parliaments. This 60’s doo-wop group was spearheaded by Dr. Funkenstein. Also known as George Clinton who […]

Black Music History “Group Session” – Day 2: The Main Ingredient

2 February 2010

6 Degrees of Soul: From Day 1’s “Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes” we get Teddy Pendergrass, who played drums for a doo-wop group, The Cadillacs. A member of that group was J.R. Bailey, who crafted a beautiful album titled Just Me N’ You. In addition to that he penned the classic “Everybody Plays The […]

Black Music History “Group Session” – Day 1: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

1 February 2010

Kicking off the annual Black Music History Month celebration (yes… I know “officially” Black Music Month is June however… this is how we do it!) by remembering Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass.    Most know the story of the soul group searching of a strong voice, similar to Marvin Junior of […]

Do Better Thursday: Politics & Prose

28 January 2010

It was suppose to be simple this week… There was low traffic on the “Doing It Wrong” radar… just a couple of blips… So, the plan was to post up the State of the Union Address for those who didn’t get a chance to catch it yet… Follow that clip with one of Barack’s response […]

Do Better Thursday: Doing It Right! – 01.15.10 to 01.21.10

21 January 2010

Doing It Right! Grammy nominated rapper/singer/writer Phonte and partner-in-crime DJ Brainchild return to Gordon Gartrell Radio. It’s been awhile for these brothers… 5 months to be exact, but who’s counting? They kick the new year off as “Phonte discusses his first Grammy nod, Tiger Woods’ biggest mistake, the end of Little Brother, and Satan’s horrible […]

Do Better Thursday: Doing It Wrong! – 01.15.10 to 01.21.10

21 January 2010

“Doing It Wrong…” Basketball league seeks to level the playing field by making it “Whites Only.” OK, last I checked this wasn’t from The Onion and is indeed true. The league commissioner, Don “Moose” Lewis, states racism has nothing to do with having an all-white league. “There’s nothing hatred about what we’re doing, I don’t […]

Do Better Thursday: Doing It Wrong! – 01.08.10 to 01.14.10

14 January 2010

 “Doing It Wrong…” Carlos “Actual” Allen admits to actually being invited to the actual White House State dinner. I was hoping this crashing mess would be over and done with the Salahis, but no Brother Allen has been revealed. I’ve actually tried to watch his explanation of his attendance to the actual state dinner but it’s […]

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