By UrbanBridgez.com | December 20, 2011 at 4:20 pm | One comment
Knew You Were Waiting: The Best Of Aretha Franklin 1980 -1998 is the ?rst comprehensive overview of her productive and ful?lling association with Clive Davis and Arista Records where Aretha made some of her most commercially successful urban, pop and dance music from 1980...
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By UrbanBridgez.com | December 1, 2011 at 8:35 am | 4 comments
Building off the success of the scripted movie "Single Ladies" and its follow-up hit series, VH1 is getting into the TV movie business with a series of scripted bio-pics featuring musicians and pop culture icons. The dramatic story behind the legendary '90s R&B/hip-hop/pop...
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By UrbanBridgez.com | November 9, 2011 at 8:28 am | 7 comments
"I just love being an entertainer, I love being Heavy D. When I hear the screams, the appreciation, it's like alright, I've done something!"
"I've been doing this since I was a teenager, but now I've had a chance to see and experience the world and it all comes down to...
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By UrbanBridgez.com | November 2, 2011 at 6:33 am | One comment
An all-star World Premiere of David Gest's new film 'Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon' is in London TODAY at Empire Leicester Square.
In attendance will be Michael Jackson's brother Tito, sister Rebbie, David Gest, the film's director Andrew Eastel, the event will...
Posted in: DVD, Music, New Releases
By UrbanBridgez.com | October 25, 2011 at 5:56 am | 3 comments
His debut and now classic album "Make It Last Forever" sold more than three million copies, producing four R&B hit singles, including “I Want Her,” which also landed at #5 on the Pop charts. The album stats also include a nomination for the 1989 Soul Train Best R&B/Urban...
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By UrbanBridgez.com | October 3, 2011 at 9:06 am | One comment
On November 21, Epic Records in conjunction with the Estate of Michael Jackson, will release IMMORTAL – the highly anticipated musical tapestry for Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour. IMMORTAL will be released as both a deluxe double disc version...
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By UrbanBridgez.com | September 27, 2011 at 2:00 pm | 4 comments
Morris Day, Jesse Johnson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Garry "Jellybean" Johnson, Jerome Benton and Monte Moir revitalize the sound of Minneapolis Funk! In their first new album together in 21 years, CONDENSATE features 14 brand new but instantly familiar Minneapolis funk songs...
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By UrbanBridgez.com | September 13, 2011 at 2:15 pm | 2 comments
Kevin Powell still remembers being in the Las Vegas hospital where Tupac Shakur died 15 years ago today.
“Given that he had survived the first shooting in 1994, a lot of us just believed it wasn’t that bad. When we got the word he passed, we convened at the hospital,”...
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By UrbanBridgez.com | June 16, 2011 at 9:54 am | One comment
On June 16, 2011, Tupac Amaru Shakur aka 2Pac, the biggest selling rap/hip-hop artist in history with more than 75 million albums sold worldwide (more than 38 million in the U.S.), would have celebrated his 40th birthday. On July 5, five 2Pac albums (Interscope/UMe),...
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