Archive for May, 2013

First Look: Kandi Breaks Down The Tracks on ‘Kandi Koated’

“I am giving you a little taste of me,” says Kandi of her hotly anticipated sophomore album, Kandi Koated. “When I think of candy coated, I think of adding a little sugar to something and making it better.” And that’s...


First Lady Michelle Obama’s TV One Special

First Lady Michelle Obama brings her personal effort to fight childhood obesity to TV One Friday, Oct. 29 at 10 PM ET with the premiere of the TV One original special, Let’s Move with First Lady Michelle Obama. In a candi...



First Look: ‘Uncle Charlie’ Returns w/ New Release

As one of the most distinguished voices in R&B music, Charlie Wilson needs no introduction. The Tulsa, Oklahoma native and former lead singer of the funkadelic brotherly trio, the GAP BAND has proven with his last two solo...


UB Full[access]: For Colored Girls

UB Full[access]: For Colored Girls The story behind The film & production! In 1974, a San Francisco-based poet and dancer named Ntozake Shange put pen to paper to describe the pains, struggles and paradoxes of being a woma...



First Look: Eric Benet’s ‘Lost In Time’ Tracklisting Feat. Faith Evans, Chrisette Michele & More

If Eric Benet’s career can be defined by anything, it’s the purity of emotion. He’s consistently made music that speaks to love and speaks from the soul and on Lost In Time he does it once again. Featuring duets with Fait...


Video: Prince’s ‘Welcome 2 America’ Tour

What would a Prince press conference be without a little smoke and mirrors? Yesterday afternoon, the Purple One beckoned reporters to the Apollo Theater in Harlem for a brief press conference so he could unveil a new “ser...



President Barack Obama’s Town Hall Meeting Today on BET

The MTV and BET networks say President Barack Obama is scheduled to take part in a youth town hall meeting broadcast from Washington today. The one-hour program will air live at 4 p.m. Eastern time. It also will be seen on the ...


Diddy Sets December 14th for ‘Last Train to Paris’

Diddy-Dirty Money‘s Last Train To Paris album has officially announced its time of arrival. The debut album from the new super-group of multiplatinum-selling, three-time Grammy-winning Sean “Diddy” Combs, sing...



Video: Eric Benet’s ‘Sometimes I Cry’

If Eric Benet’s career can be defined by anything, it’s the purity of emotion. He’s consistently made music that speaks to love and speaks from the soul and on Lost In Time he does it once again. Featuring duets with Fait...