jesse smallette late night attack
I’m going to be an asshole and have an opinion. Something about this attack does not sound right. I do hope that Jesse recovers and gets well. I know one thing I’m going to be keeping up with the story. Jesse may not have been looking for a late night snack in the food aisle. But he may have been looking for a hotdog and some nuts.
James Ingram, Grammy-winning R&B singer, dead at 66
James Ingram, the Grammy-winning singer who launched multiple hits on the R&B and pop charts and earned two Oscar nominations for his songwriting, has died, according to a close associate. He was 66.
Debbie Allen, an actress-choreographer and frequent collaborator with Ingram, announced his death on Twitter on Tuesday. Attempts by The Associated Press to confirm his death with Ingram’s family or representatives have been unsuccessful.
Ingram was born February 16, 1952 in Akron, Ohio.
He appeared on Quincy Jones’ 1981 album, “The Dude,” which earned him three Grammy nominations and one win for best R&B male vocal performance for “One Hundred Ways.”
In a statement Tuesday, Jones called Ingram his “baby brother.”
“With that soulful, whisky sounding voice, James Ingram was simply magical … every beautiful note that James sang pierced your essence and comfortably made itself at home,” Jones said. “But it was really no surprise because James was a beautiful human being, with a heart the size of the moon. James Ingram was, and always will be, beyond compare.”
In 1983 Ingram released his debut album, “It’s Your Night,” which included the hit “Yah Mo Be There.” The song, which featured Michael McDonald, became a Top 20 hit on the Billboard pop charts and won the Grammy for best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocal.
James Ingram, the Grammy-winning singer who launched multiple hits on the R&B and pop charts and earned two Oscar nominations for his songwriting, has died, according to a close associate. He was 66.
Debbie Allen, an actress-choreographer and frequent collaborator with Ingram, announced his death on Twitter on Tuesday. Attempts by The Associated Press to confirm his death with Ingram’s family or representatives have been unsuccessful.
Ingram was born February 16, 1952 in Akron, Ohio.
He appeared on Quincy Jones’ 1981 album, “The Dude,” which earned him three Grammy nominations and one win for best R&B male vocal performance for “One Hundred Ways.”
In a statement Tuesday, Jones called Ingram his “baby brother.”
“With that soulful, whisky sounding voice, James Ingram was simply magical … every beautiful note that James sang pierced your essence and comfortably made itself at home,” Jones said. “But it was really no surprise because James was a beautiful human being, with a heart the size of the moon. James Ingram was, and always will be, beyond compare.”
In 1983 Ingram released his debut album, “It’s Your Night,” which included the hit “Yah Mo Be There.” The song, which featured Michael McDonald, became a Top 20 hit on the Billboard pop charts and won the Grammy for best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocal.
James IngramThe Associated Press
James Ingram
Ingram also reached the top of the pop charts twice with the songs “I Don’t Have the Heart” and “Baby, Come to Me,” a duet with Patti Austin. “Somewhere Out There,” Ingram’s collaboration with Linda Ronstadt from the 1986 film “An American Tail,” reached No. 2 on the pop charts.
Ingram was also a talented songwriter: Alongside Jones, he co-wrote Michael Jackson’s “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing),” earning him a Grammy nomination for best R&B song. Ingram scored Oscar nominations for best original song with “The Day I Fall In Love” from “Beethoven’s 2nd” and “Look What Love Has Done” from “Junior.”
Both tracks also competed for best original song at the Golden Globes.
Elfen’s Neosoul Hip Hop New Music Tuesday January 27th 2019
It just amazes me how I can find good music just surfing on YouTube! I found this hip hop instrumental Banga on a YouTube tutorial on how to wash your LOCS! His name is Lakely Inspired. The song is called Alone. Take a ride press play. Or get ya mind fucked cause this song will surely send your mind to ecstasy………
Elfen’s What’s Old To You Is New To Me Underground Hip Hop Monday
This weeks What’s Old To You Is New To Me Underground Hip Hop Monday artist of the week is Marlowe.
“An artist afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong.”
Over a half-century later, the axiom remains true for hyper-kinetic hip-hop innovators, North Carolina’s L’Orange and Solemn Brigham—the hard-boiled duo behind the fun house fever dream, Marlowe.
Released on Mello Music Group, Marlowe is a triumph of ambition, a rap bricolage blending prohibition and civil rights-era samples with Asian psychedelic rock flourishes. Solemn Brigham controls the microphone like a general who can’t help but be right. His flow is a blitzkrieg. It’s an Olympian sprint, gliding over snares and kick-drums like hurdles. He’s a showman seeking revolution—resolute in his desire to strike equilibrium between awareness and entertainment.
Solemn applies the fictional protagonist’s search for the truth towards different ends. His crimes are existential yet specific, rooted in the injustices of the past and the attempt to redress them in the present. He’s an artist perennially seeking something to fight for, channeling energy from the music of the civic rights era, stealing timeless rhythms and inflection from classic funk and soul. An old soul with original ideas, tapping into the eternal reservoir of Sam Cooke to Ice Cube, Otis Redding to Chuck D, Curtis Mayfield to KRS-One.
Over the course of 17 tracks, Solemn hurls sharp darts at counterfeits trying to crack his religion, the onslaught of time, and prevaricating rappers—all while paying homage to those who paved the road for him. He bounces off the beats like a trampoline placed in a speakeasy, doubling up on the vocals, burrowing into dense cryptic tangles of slang and then stretching them out with melodic ease.
With dazzling cinematic mise en scene, L’Orange crafts a world that sounds like an old-time medicine show dropped into 90s Brooklyn, with Solemn summoning the holy spirit of Big L. Cymbals crash, drums pound, fuzzy guitars ride out, a bronze rain of horns cascade. This is gorgeous celestial dust, high-powered fuel with every syllable meticulously ordained. Marlowe cracked the case, but how they did it can only become clear under deeper investigation.
Solemn got some killa rhymes. Just click play and you can decide if this album Is garbage or a head banga!!
Marlowe Bio ———> https://www.mellomusicgroup.com/products/marlowe-lorange-solemn-brigham-marlowe-lp
HULU FYRE FRAUD
Watch HULU FYRE FRAUD. You will hear Billy McFarland’s excuses and defections on his life who,what where and when from him his family friends and others who tried to make it all possible. On Sunday January 27th our Miss Auntie Lovelyti will be having her documentaries and discussions episode 9. FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened. So pop your popcorn drink some tea. And watch Netflix Fyre The Greatest Party That Never Happened. Then watch HULU FYRE FRAUD. And then come join Ti on YOUTUBE LIVE on Sunday at 4pm y’all!! I know I’m gonna be in the first row to discuss sip some tea! And eat some chips and dip!!
Netflix Velvet Buzzsaw
This movie is about to lit!!! Streaming February 1st on Netflix
The Green Book A travelers guide for Negros
This is Black History that I knew nothing about.
The shutdown is about to bite
The very ones who voted for TRUMP are effected the most.
The government shutdown “is abstract for most Americans,” writes Axios’ Mike Allen, but it’s about to get very real very quickly. In the markets, nothing’s going to get SEC approval while the shutdown is in effect. That means no IPOs, just for starters.
What’s happening: The government also attempted to halt bankruptcy proceedings at a nursing-home chain, blaming the shutdown. Both debtors and creditors agree that would put patient health at risk. As Mike says, crunch time is coming. The shutdown will impose real hardship on the nation and its economy.
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Most government workers’ first payday without pay is fast approaching.
Food stamps for 38 million Americans could be reduced or even run out entirely.
Taxpayers who expect a tax refund want to file their taxes early. But with no IRS workers issuing refunds, that’s not going to help them. The absence of tax refunds, in turn, is going to remove a formerly reliable boost to America’s winter economy.
Our thought bubble: Mike thinks media coverage of those hardships could end up forcing the president’s hand.