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LAURYN HILL - Zion The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)

Happy B-Day!

I think Motown music is pretty much perfect in every way. Without Motown, who knows what music would be like today.

This is their biggest hit... THE MARVELETTES - Mr. Postman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nuEY6fQgzk

Check out this pic of JJ+FP and K'NP. The article based on this pic is kinda silly but I figured I'd share. Check it out. http://www.funnyordie.com/articles/bf1eda4af4/michael-jordan-kid-n-play-fresh-prince-picture?playlist=featured_pictures_and_words

I consider ANYONE on Motown during that time a legend. R.I.P. ---------------------------------------------- Gladys Horton of the Marvelettes Dead at 66 Gladys Horton, the powerful soul singer who co-founded the all-female Motown ensemble the Marvelettes, died late Wednesday in a nursing home outside of Los Angeles. The 66-year-old's cause of death is unknown, though she was recovering from complications due to a stroke she suffered last year, her son told the Associated Press. Horton was born in 1944 in a suburb of Detroit and raised by foster parents. She joined a glee club in high school and almost immediately recruited four club members, including Georgia Dobbins, to create the modestly named the Casinyets (as in, can't sing yet). The group's big break came in 1961 with an audition for Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson of the then-startup label Motown. They weren't originally given the opportunity -- they had placed fourth in their high school's talent show, with the top three receiving auditions -- but were granted an exception. The quartet wowed the label with a second audition, performing what would become their first hit single, 'Please Mr. Postman,' co-written with Dobbins' friend and songwriter William Garrett. They settled on a new band name, the Marvelettes, and recorded the song with the famous Funk Brothers backing them. The song and its eponymous album skyrocketed to the top of the charts. While the group released several records over the next six years, with successful singles such as 'Playboy' and 'Don't Mess With Bill,' they failed to reach the top of the charts again. During that time, one member, Juanita Cowart, had a nervous breakdown and quit. Another, Georgeanna Tillman, was diagnosed with lupus and left. At the same time, Motown began to shift its focus to newer artists better positioned to compete with suddenly popular English rock bands like the Beatles. Horton left the group in 1967 to get married, and never returned fully to music. She devoted herself to taking care of her handicapped son, and largely stayed out of the public eye, even during the controversy that surfaced when the Marvelettes chose to continue performing with no original members. She performed only occasionally in the ensuing decades with no apparent interest in launching a solo career, billing herself simply as "Gladys Horton from the Marvelettes." "My mother died peacefully," Horton's son, Vaughn Thornton, said Thursday morning in a statement released by the Motown Alumni Association. "She fought as long as she could." She is survived by Vaughn and another son. Funeral arrangements are pending.

This guy has skillz!! I wouldn't label it as a "history" in Hip-Hop but it's definitely a crazy mix. I'm gonna have 2 share this!!

MARY J. BLIGE - Sweet Thing What's The 411? (1992)

Matter of opinion. Craig Mack had a lot stronger presence in his music. His subject matter had a lot more variety. Craig's beats were also much doper. I always thought Biggie was average at best. MARY J. BLIGE + HEAVY D - My Love (Remix) What's The 411? Remix Album (1993) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT-v-CwZVd0 Uptown Records was one of the greatest labels ever. It actually set the blueprint for Bad Boy Records...except Bad Boy wasn't as picky with actually signing more talent.

CRAIG MACK - Flava In Ya Ear Project: Funk The World (1993) The best album Bad Boy ever put out....and it didn't really have anything to do with Bad Boy...lol.

Now that is a good song!!!

One more thing...if you have to wait until Wednesday to find out if you ticket won, the "In 24 Hours" part is kinda misleading.

MADONNA - What It Feels Like For A Girl Music (2001) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6vVd0xE_Js Except I'm not listening to the mix used for the video.

Another thing, the sleeping on the park bench shot, the deadpan while getting one fortune cookie, and the "sit back..." bit are all good. Very much my kinda of humor.

I like the ravioli. And the time limit is perfect. Don't drag the videos out to make them longer. When it's all funny like this, it's perfect.

PHARCYDE - Passin' Me By Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde (1992) The local FYE went out of business this week. I stocked up on a lot of classic Hip-Hop albums that I never got around to getting. My love for real Hip-Hop is stronger than it has been in years. Life is good.

MARLEY MARL feat. HEAVY D + BIZ MARKIE - We Write The Songs In Control: Volume 1 (1988)

YO YO - Steady Risin' Total Control (1996) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKHqLJIC59o

LIN QUE w/ MC LYTE - Let It Fall (1993) Here's a forgotten one hit wonder. I think the reason I've never found her album is because it never came out...?

KRUSH - Let's Get Together Mo' Money Soundtrack (1992) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqwcM4-5BhA Mo' Money is one of the best soundtracks ever!! Listening 2 this while I work on the house...

BUSTA RHYMES, COOLIO, ILL AL SKRATCH, BONE, REDMAN, THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. - The Points Panther Soundtrack (1995) Here's another (somewhat forgotten) classic off that soundtrack.

QUEEN LATIFAH, MC LYTE, LEFT EYE, SALT-N-PEPA, YO YO, NEFERTITI, MESHELL N'DEGEOCELLO + PATRA - Freedom (Rap Version) Panther Soundtrack (1995) This is one of the best posse cuts ever. Period. Lil' Kim, Mia X, and Icky Minaj worked really really hard to undo all this hard work.

Singer Monica and L.A. Laker Shannon Brown are Married By Shirea L. Carroll on Jan 20th 2011 12:00PM It's been confirmed: R&B singer Monica Arnold has tied the knot with L.A. Laker Shannon Brown in a secret ceremony that possibly took place months ago. Rumors swirled that the pair had already jumped the broom this past November, when earlier this week Brown, 25, was captured on video discussing the Lakers win over the Knicks, wearing what appeared to be a wedding band. All the buzz and secrecy led Brown to finally admit on video to hiphoponstoptv.com that Monica, 30, is indeed his wife. When asked had he already married the songstress he responded, "Yes, that' true, and I really don't know what else to say about it." He continued, "You know that's my wife. I'm her husband, and we're going to continue to make positive things happen." Monica and Brown, who met on the set of her video 'Love All Over Me,' faced intense scrutiny last October when rumors of their engagement surfaced after pics on Monica's "Shannon" tattoo and 10-carat diamond ring were taken only four months after they began dating. The engagement drama was nothing compared to the scandal Monica had to endure months before when she was accused of coming in between a romantic relationship Brown allegedly still had with his 1-year-old son's mother. Monica has had publicly turbulent relationships in the past: incarcerated rapper C-Murder; G-Unit rapper Young Buck; and her most recent breakup with the Southern rapper Rocko, father of her two sons. The songstress now joins the ranks with Khloe Kardashian and LaLa Vasquez, as celebrities-turned-official-NBA-wives. However, it seems Monica could care less about the basketball lifestyle. She once tweeted, "I am the type of woman who will forever put my kids & family first. I thank God for placing Shannon in my life. He does all that and more ;-)." Well, all right, Monica, we guess all is well that ends well.

NADANUF w/ KURTIS BLOW - The Breaks Worldwide (1996) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqe3Z43Obkc One hit wonders...lol.

I thought this story was amazing and wanted to share... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abducted Baby Reunited With Parents 23 Years Later Jan 19, 2011 – 5:27 PM AOL News A 23-year-old woman who was snatched from a New York City hospital as a 3-week-old infant has been reunited with her parents after tracking down baby pictures of herself on a missing children's website. Carlina Renae White National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Carlina Renae White was kidnapped as an infant on Aug. 4, 1987. She was reunited with her parents after she found pictures of herself on a missing children's website. "It's a wonderful feeling. Now I can sleep," mother Joy White told the New York Post after meeting her grown-up daughter over the weekend. "I've been worried for all these years. I never took her picture off my dresser. I never gave up looking for her." Carlina Renae White was not yet a month old when she was kidnapped on Aug. 4, 1987. She had spiked a 104-degree fever and her worried parents took her to Harlem Hospital, where she was admitted, the Post and the New York Daily News reported today. Joy White, then 16, said a woman dressed as a nurse approached her in the emergency room and told her everything would be fine. Joy went home to rest. When she returned to the hospital, Carlina was gone. Authorities believed the "nurse" who had comforted Joy stole the baby, but they were unable to find any trace of the missing infant. Meanwhile, a girl known as Nejdra Nance grew up in Bridgeport, Conn. As a teenager, she began to suspect that she wasn't actually related to the the family who raised her. And she was puzzled that she was never able to get a copy of her birth certificate. Finally, she began to do some research on the Internet and found the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's website. On the site, she found a photo of a missing baby named Carlina Renae White. The center contacted Joy White on Jan. 4 and forwarded her a baby photo taken by the family who raised Nejdra Nance. "I was screaming, I was so excited," Joy told the Daily News. "As soon as I saw those pictures I said, 'That's my daughter.' I saw myself in her." DNA tests confirmed Nejdra, who now lives in Georgia, is Carlina -- the biological daughter of Joy White and Carl Tyson, who was 22 years old when his baby was kidnapped. Sponsored Links Tyson told the Daily News he wept tears of joy when a New York City police detective told him the DNA was a match. "I already knew in my heart that this was my daughter," he said. "All I could do is shed tears." Nejdra, now 23, traveled to New York this weekend with her 5-year-old daughter, Samani, to finally meet her family members. "We ate and talked and got to know each other ... I feel great," Joy White told the Daily News. The Post said the people who took baby Carlina could still face federal prosecution. They have not been publicly identified, but the investigation is still open.