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ILLI MO SPOTLIGHT
The 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards
will be televised SUNDAY on CBS.
The MAJOR ILL/MO-IANS who are nominated thsi year are kanye west (raised in chicago) and eminem (born in St Joseph, Mo). WEST is nominated for two grammies for best rap album for "Yeezus" and BEST rap song for "new slaves".....eminem is nominated for best rap performance for "bezerk." will they win? check out below our choices and the categories they are nominated.
1. RECORD OF THE YEAR
Get Lucky (ACTUAL WINNER)
Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, producers; Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers/mixers; Antoine "Chab" Chabert & Bob Ludwig, mastering engineers
Track from: Random Access Memories
Label: Columbia Records
Radioactive
Imagine Dragons
Alex Da Kid, producer; Manny Marroquin & Josh Mosser, engineers/mixers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer
Track from: Night Visions
Label: Kidinakorner/ Interscope
Royals
Joel Little, producer; Joel Little, engineer/mixer; Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineer
Track from: Pure Heroine
Label: Universal Music
Locked Out Of Heaven (WIN)
Jeff Bhasker, Emile Haynie, Mark Ronson & The Smeezingtons, producers; Alalal, Josh Blair, Wayne Gordon, Ari Levine, Manny Marroquin & Mark Ronson, engineers/mixers; David Kutch, mastering engineer
Track from: Unorthodox Jukebox
Label: Atlantic
Blurred Lines
Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell
Pharrell, producer; Andrew Coleman & Tony Maserati, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
Track from: Blurred Lines
Label: Star Trak/ Interscope
WE THINK BRUNO MARS WILL WIN IN THIS CATEGORY, HE HAD A BIG YEAR LAST YEAR, THE SINGLE WAS ONE OF THE TOP SINGLES OF THE YEAR AND HE IS A GRAMMY FAVE.
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2. ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Blessed Unrest
Sara Bareilles
Sara Bareilles, Mark Endert & John O'Mahony, producers; Jeremy Darby, Mark Endert & John O'Mahony, engineers/mixers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer
Label: Epic Records
Random Access Memories(ACTUAL WINNER)
Julian Casablancas, DJ Falcon, Todd Edwards, Chilly Gonzales, Giorgio Moroder, Panda Bear, Nile Rodgers, Paul Williams & Pharrell Williams, featured artists; Thomas Bangalter, Julian Casablancas, Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, DJ Falcon & Todd Edwards, producers; Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta, Guillaume Le Braz & Daniel Lerner, engineers/mixers; Antoine "Chab" Chabert & Bob Ludwig, mastering engineers
Label: Columbia Records
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre, Drake, Jay Rock, Jay Z, MC Eiht & Anna Wise, featured artists; DJ Dahi, Hit-Boy, Skhye Hutch, Just Blaze, Like, Terrace Martin, Dawaun Parker, Pharrell, Rahki, Scoop DeVille, Sounwave, Jack Splash, Tabu, Tha Bizness, THC & T-Minus, producers; Derek Ali, Dee Brown, Andrew Coleman, Dr. Dre, James Hunt, Mauricio 'Veto"" Iragorri, Mike Larson, Jared Scott, Jack Splash & Andrew Wright, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi & Brian 'Big Bass"" Gardner, mastering engineers
Label: TDE/Aftermath/Interscope Records
The Heist (WIN)
Ab-Soul, Ben Bridwell, Ray Dalton, Eighty4 Fly, Hollis, Mary Lambert, Baffalo Madonna, Evan Roman, Schoolboy Q, Allen Stone, The Teaching & Wanz, featured artists; Ryan Lewis, producer; Ben Haggerty, Ryan Lewis, Amos Miller, Reed Ruddy & Pete Stewart, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Brian Gardner, mastering engineers
Label: Macklemore LLC
Red
Gary Lightbody & Ed Sheeran, featured artists; Jeff Bhasker, Nathan Chapman, Dann Huff, Jacknife Lee, Max Martin, Shellback, Taylor Swift, Butch Walker & Dan Wilson, producers; Joe Baldridge, Sam Bell, Matt Bishop, Chad Carlson, Nathan Chapman, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland, Michael Ilbert, Tyler Johnson, Jacknife Lee, Steve Marcantonio, Manny Marroquin, Justin Niebank, John Rausch, Eric Robinson, Pawel Sek, Jake Sinclair, Mark ""Spike"" Stent & Andy Thompson, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Hank Williams, mastering engineers
Label: Big Machine Records
WE THINK MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS WILL WIN IN THIS CATEGORY. THE ALBUM WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY ALBUM IN BILLBOARD HISTORY TO SELL COMMERCIALLY WITHOUT A MAJOR LABEL TO DISTRIBUTE IT, AND THEY HAD FOUR MAJOR SINGLES INCLUDING TWO NUMBER ONE SINGLES....
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3. SONG OF THE YEAR
Just Give Me A Reason
Jeff Bhasker, Pink & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Pink Featuring Nate Ruess)
Track from: The Truth About Love
Label: RCA Records; Publishers: EMI Blackwood Music, Inc./P!nk Inside Publishing/Way Above Music/Sony/ATV Songs LLC/WB Music Corp./FBR Music/Bearvon Music
Locked Out Of Heaven
Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
Track from: Unorthodox Jukebox
Label: Atlantic; Publishers: Mars Force Songs, LLC/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BMG/Roc Nation Music/Music Famamanem LP/EMI April Music Inc./Toy Plane Music - Universal Music/Universal Music Corp.
Roar
Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry Walter, songwriters (Katy Perry)
Label: Capitol; Publishers: When I'm Rich You'll Be My Bitch/Kasz Money Publishing/MXM/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Inc./Bonnie McKee Music/Where Da Kasz At?/Songs Of Pulse Recording/Oneirology Publishing/Prescription Songs
Royals (ACTUAL WINNER)
Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor, songwriters (Lorde)
Track from: Pure Heroine
Label: Universal Music; Publishers: Copyright Control/Sony ATV
Same Love (WIN)
Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert)
Track from: The Heist
Label: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LLC; Publishers: Macklemore Publishing/Ryan Lewis Publishing
WE THINK THIS SONG WILL WIN BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH SAME GENDER LOVING LOVE AND EMPOWERMENT. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST BOLDEST SONGS TO BE RELEASED INVOLVING THE SUBJECT AND ITS ANTHEMIC.
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4. BEST NEW ARTIST
Ed Sheeran
WE THINK THEY WILL WIN BECAUSE THEY MADE THE BIGGEST SPLASH LAST YEAR WITH FOUR BIG SINGLES INCLUDING TWO NUMBER ONE SINGLES.
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5. BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
Brave
Sara Bareilles
Track from: The Blessed Unrest
Label: Epic Records
Royals (ACTUAL WINNER)
Track from: Pure Heroine
Label: Universal Republic
When I Was Your Man
Track from: Unorthodox Jukebox
Label: Atlantic
Roar (win)
Label: Capitol
Mirrors
Track from: The 20/20 Experience - The Complete Experience
Label: RCA Records
WE THINK KATY PERRY WILL FINALLY WIN A GRAMMY AND IT WILL BE FOR THIS SONG. IT WAS CATCHY, ANTHEMIC AND SHE IS LONG OVERDUE FOR IT.
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6. BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Get Lucky (ACTUAL WINNER)
Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Track from: Random Access Memories
Label: Columbia Records
Just Give Me A Reason (win)
Track from: The Truth About Love
Label: RCA Records
Stay
Rihanna Featuring Mikky Ekko
Label: Def Jam Records
Blurred Lines
Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell
Track from: Blurred Lines
Label: Star Trak/ Interscope
Suit & Tie
Track from: The 20/20 Experience - The Complete Experience
Label: RCA Records
WE THINK PINK AND NATE RUESS WILL WIN BECAUSE OF WHO IS SINGING PINK WHO IS A GRAMMY FAVE AND NOMINEE AND NATE RUESS OF LAST YEARS GRAMMY WINNING GROUP FUN.
8. BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
Paradise
Lana Del Rey
Label: Polydor UK / Interscope
Pure Heroine
Label: Universal Republic
Unorthodox Jukebox (win) (ACTUAL WINNER)
Label: Atlantic
WE THINK BRUNO MARS WILL WIN. HIS ALBUM WAS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, HAD FOUR MAJOR SINGLES INCLUDING TWO NUMBER ONES AND HE IS THE BEST SINGER IN THE CATEGORY--PLUS HE IS A GRAMMY FAVE.
Blurred Lines
Robin Thicke
Label: Star Trak / Interscope
The 20/20 Experience - The Complete Experience
Label: RCA Records
17. BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
Love And War
Tamar Braxton
Label: Epic Records/Streamline Records
Best Of Me
Anthony Hamilton
Track from: Back To Love
Label: RCA Records
Nakamarra
Hiatus Kaiyote Featuring Q-Tip
Track from: Tawk Tomahawk
Label: Sony Music Ent./Flying Buddha
How Many Drinks? (win)
Label: RCA Records / Bystorm Entertainment
Something (ACTUAL WINNER)
Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway
Track from: Family Dinner Volume One
Label: Ropeadope Records
WE THINK MIGUEL AND KENDRICK LAMAR WILL WIN IN THIS CATEGORY BECAUSE OF MIGUEL'S POPULARITY AND WIN LAST YEAR WITH "ADORN" AND LAMAR'S GRAMMY ACCLAIM OF SEVEN NOMINATIONS THIS YEAR.
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18. BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
Please Come Home (ACTUAL WINNER)
Gary Clark Jr.
Track from: Blak And Blu
Label: Warner Bros Records
Get It Right (win)
Fantasia
Track from: Side Effects Of You
Label: RCA Records/19 Recordings Limited
Quiet Fire
Maysa
Label: Shanachie Entertainment
Hey Laura
Gregory Porter
Track from: Liquid Spirit
Label: Blue Note Records
Yesterday
Ryan Shaw
Track from: Real Love
Label: Dynotone Records
WE THINK FANTASIA WILL TAKE THIS BECAUSE, WELL, SHE IS THE MOST WELL KNOWN IN THE CATEGORY AND SHE HAS WON IN THE PAST.
19. BEST R&B SONG
Best Of Me
Anthony Hamilton & Jairus Mozee, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)
Track from: Back To Love
Label: RCA Records; Publishers: Tappy Whyte's Music LLC/Songs Of Universal, Inc./Spuggy Bug Music
Love And War (win)
Tamar Braxton, Darhyl Camper, Jr., LaShawn Daniels & Makeba Riddick, songwriters (Tamar Braxton)
Label: Epic Records/Streamline Records; Publishers: EMI April Music Inc./Miserable Girl Inc./Campstar Music/The Book Productions/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Janice Combs Publishing/Yoga Flames Music
THIS YEARS COMPETITION IS LIGHT AND THE ONLY STRONG CONTENDER IS TAMAR BRAXTON'S HIT....IT WAS THE ONLY SONG TO CROSSOVER THE HIGHEST ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 AND SHE IS A BRAXTON WHICH THE GRAMMIES HAVE AWARDED IN THE PAST (AS IN TONI) AND THE SONG IS QUITE GOOD.
Only One
PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring Stevie Wonder)
Label: Cash Money/Universal Republic; Publisher: Fly Nerd Music
Pusher Love Girl (ACTUAL WINNER)
James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)
Track from: The 20/20 Experience - The Complete Experience
Label: RCA Records; Publishers: Tennman Tunes/Universal Music- Z - Tunes/Virginia Beach Music/WB Music Corp./Jerome Harmon Publishing/Warner-Chappell Music, Inc./James Fauntleroy Music/Almo Music
Without Me
Fantasia Barrino, Missy Elliott, Al Sherrod Lambert, Harmony Samuels & Kyle Stewart, songwriters (Fantasia Featuring Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliott)
Track from: Side Effects Of You
Label: RCA Records/19 Recordings Limited; Publishers: H-Money Music/RJ Productions/EMI April Music, Inc./Aristocratic Destiny Music/Penmanship Publishing/Songs Of Universal, Inc./Jogloe Music Publishing/Mass Confusion Productions, Inc.
20. BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Love And War
Tamar Braxton
Label: Epic Records/Streamline Records
Side Effects Of You
Fantasia
Label: RCA Records /19 Recordings Limited
One: In The Chamber
Salaam Remi
Label: Flying Buddha / Masterworks
Unapologetic (win) (ACTUAL WINNER)
Label: Def Jam Records
New York: A Love Story
Mack Wilds
Label: Louder Than Life / Sony Music
WE THINK RIHANNA WILL WIN BY DEFAULT BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE CATEGORY TO HAVE MASS APPEAL TO A POP AUDIENCE AND GRAMMIES LIKE TO AWARD ARTISTS THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH AND SHE IS A GRAMMY FAVE.
21. BEST R&B ALBUM
R&B Divas
Faith Evans
Label: Prolific Music Group/Eone Music
Girl On Fire (win) (ACTUAL WINNER)
Label: RCA Records
Love In The Future
Label: Columbia Records
Better
Chrisette Michele
Label: Motown Records
Three Kings
TGT
Label: Atlantic Records
AKIN TO RIHANNA, ALICIA KEYS WILL WIN BECAUSE OF HER MASS APPEAL TO A POP AUDIENCE AND SHE IS A GRAMMY FAVE.
22. BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
Started From The Bottom
Drake
Label: Young Money/Cash Money
Berzerk
Eminem
Label: Aftermath/Interscope/Shady Records
Tom Ford
Track from: Magna Carta...Holy Grail
Label: Roc Nation
Swimming Pools (Drank) (win)
Track from: Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
Label: TDE/Aftermath/Interscope Records
Thrift Shop (ACTUAL WINNER)
Track from: The Heist
Label: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LLC
IT WILL BE A BATTLE BETWEEN MACKELMORE AND KENDRICK LAMAR WHO HAVE SEVEN NOMINEES A PIECE....THE THRIFT SHOP GUYS WILL DOMINATE THE MAJOR AWARDS AND LAMAR WILL TAKE THE MAJOR RAP CATEGORIES....SO WITH THAT SAID, LAMAR IS THE MOST AUTHENTIC OF THE TWO RAP ARTISTS AND HAD THE MOST CRITICAL ACCLAIM LAST YEAR.
23. BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
Power Trip
J. Cole Featuring Miguel
Track from: Born Sinner
Label: Roc Nation/Columbia Records
Part II (On The Run)
Track from: Magna Carta...Holy Grail
Label: Roc Nation
Holy Grail (win) (ACTUAL WINNER)
Track from: Magna Carta...Holy Grail
Label: Roc Nation
Now Or Never
Track from: Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
Label: TDE/Aftermath/Interscope Records
Remember You
Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd
Track from: O.N.I.F.C.
Label: Rostrum/Atlantic
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY CATEGORY IN THE RAP FIELD THAT KENDRICK LAMAR WILL NOT WIN IN BECAUSE OF JAY Z (THE BIG NOMINEE WITH NINE) AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE WHOM ARE GRAMMY POWERHOUSES. SO WITH THAT SAID, THIS WILL BE THE ONLY GRAMMY THAT JAY Z AND JUSTIN WILL WIN,
24. BEST RAP SONG
F***in' Problems
Tauheed Epps, Aubrey Graham, Kendrick Lamar, Rakim Mayers & Noah Shebib, songwriters (ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)
Track from: Long.Live.ASAP
Label: RCA Records / Polo Grounds Music; Publishers: ASAP Rocky Music Publishing LLC/Sony/ATV Songs LLC/Mavor & Moses LLC/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Inc./Herbilicious Music/Black Fountain Music/Livewrite/EMI Blackwood Music, Inc./Ty Epps Music/Top Dawg Music/Hard Working Black Folks, Inc./WB Music Corp
Holy Grail
Shawn Carter, Terius Nash, J. Harmon, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl & Krist Novoselic, songwriters) (Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake)
Track from: Magna Carta...Holy Grail
Label: Roc Nation; Publishers: Carter Boys/Warner Chappell/WB Music Corp./2082 Music Publishing/Tennmann Tunes/Universal Music Z Tunes/VB Rising/ole/Jerome Harmon Publishing/Chrysalis Music/Let The Story Begin Publishing/EMI Virgin Songs Inc./Primary Wave Tunes/The End Of Music/MJ Twelve Music/Warner-Tamerlane PublishingCorp./Murky Slough Music
New Slaves
Christopher Breaux, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Louis Johnson, Malik Jones, Sham Joseph, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Travis Scott, Che Smith, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser, songwriters) (Kanye West)
Track from: Yeezus
Label: Def Jam
Started From The Bottom
W. Coleman, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Bruno Sanfilippo, songwriter) (Drake)
Label: Young Money/Cash Money; Publishers: Sandra Gale/EMI Music Publishing/Mavor & Moses Inc./Kobalt
Thrift Shop (win) (ACTUAL WINNER)
Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)
Track from: The Heist
Label: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LLC; Publishers: Macklemore Publishing/Ryan Lewis Publishing
OOPS...NO KENDRICK LAMAR'S SWIMMING POOLS? THAT WAS SHOCKING TO SAY THE LEAST...BUT OF THE SONGS NOMINATED MACKLEMORE AND LEWIS' ODE TO FRUGAL LIVING MAD ETHE MOST IMPACT ON BOTH RAP, R&B AND POP CHARTS.
25. BEST RAP ALBUM
Nothing Was The Same
Drake
Label: Young Money/Cash Money
Magna Carta...Holy Grail
Label: Roc Nation
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (win)
Label: TDE/Aftermath/Interscope Records
The Heist (ACTUAL WINNER)
Label: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LLC
Yeezus
Label: Def Jam
WE THINK KENDRICK LAMAR WILL WIN BECAUSE HIS ALBUM IS NOMINATED FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR AND WAS THE MOST CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AFTER YE'S "YEEZUS."
UPDATE: WELL WE DIDNT DO THAT WELL IN PREDICTING....OF THE SIXTEEN CATEGORIES WE SPOTLIGHTED WE GOT SIX RIGHT: BEST NEW ARTIST, POP VOCAL ALBUM, URBAN ALTERNATIVE ALBUM, r&b ALBUM, RAP ALBUM AND RAP.SUNG. SO THATS 37 PERCENT ACCURACY.
STL SPOTLIGHT
Last Saturday, St Louis native comedian Lavell Crawford and the rest of the cast of the AMC hit Breaking Bad won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama at the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, Calif.
Lead actor of the show Bryan Cranston accepted the award saying, “Thank you to every actor that has graced our stage…I would like to thank our creator Vince Gilligan. He’s not the God, but he is a God! What a way to go out in style!”
In a post interview with the St Louis American, Crawford said, "“When we won, it was a beautiful thing. It was on TV, and we all got to go up there. It was exciting. I was like, ‘I got a SAG award.’ That’s kind of prestigious for actors... I couldn’t believe it, because a lot of comedian-turned-actors don’t get that type of recognition..
Other cast members receiving the award were: Michael Bowen, Betsy Brandt, Bryan Cranston, Tait Fletcher, Laura Fraser, Anna Gunn, Matthew T. Metzler, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris, Bob Odenkirk, Aaron Paul, Steven Michael Quezada, Kevin Rankin and Patrick Sane.
So take that Mr-Comedian-who-won-Last Comic Standing-over Lavell! What was his name?.....enuff said. LOL
In related Lavell newz, it was reported that he will reprise his role as personal bodyguard Huell in the spinoff to Breaking Bad in Better Call Saul starring Berywn, Illinois native actor Bob Odenkirk who will reprise his role as the crooked lawyer Saul Goodman....It is slated to premiere in November.
Kinloch, Mo native actress Jenifer Lewis is joining forces with award winning choreographer/actress Debbie Allen s for a Sunset Boulevard campy takeoff entitled Ventura Boulevard, according toIndieWire. Written by Mark Alton Brown and Dee LaDuke, Ventura Boulevard will be directed by Allen, executive produced by Lewis and feature a score by Tony winner Marc Shaiman. Ventura Boulevardwill be a darkly comedic tribute to the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard, starring Lewis as a self-deluded queen of 1970’s blaxpoitation movies who uses her guile, money and sex to manipulate a young white scriptwriter into creating her comeback part.
“I am taking things into my own hands by producing Ventura Boulevard," said Lewis. "The Hollywood establishment isn’t going to finance a movie about a middle-aged African-American diva who deceives and beds a young white man.” She last appeared on Broadway in Hairspray as Motormouth Maybelle.
Hmmm. Sounds like this will be a mockumentary like her now classic film, "Jackie's Back". And if that is the case, we are sure it will be hella funny!
ADD: Ms. Lewis is also celebrating her bday this Saturday!
Last Wednesday, St Louis native rock legend Chuck Berry performed his milestone 200th concert at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room in University City, Mo.....a monthly concert that he does....
According to a review from Kevin Johnson of the St Louis Post Dispatch, his performance was just OK.
He wrote, ".Berry was light on lyrics and occasional on the guitar, as he is these days. But at 87, Berry should be applauded for getting out of bed, much less duck-walking across a stage, not once but twice as he did Wednesday night. And if he's not quite ready to retire despite some diminished capabilities, that's his business. He’s going to pack the joint regardless."
Johnson went on report that Berry's band included two of his children , Charles on guitar, his daughter Ingrid on vocals and harmonica and played for nearly two hours.
At 87, he is the Jack LaLane of music!
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
This week we feature St Louis native poet and music artist Corey Black. He has been on the grind on the spoken word scene since 2007 when he used to spit lyrics with his poet partner in crime Xplicit. But now, he has and is making a name for himself as one of the stalwarts of spoken word in the Midwest. He has been hosting poetry at The Blank space on Cherokee and a featured poet at various St Louis venues. He also took his talents to the East Coast, specifically the NYC last summer. Black can be seen in the upcoming reality show series Forever 21 that can be seen at
He also sports his own King of Kings gear and music CDs
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Next month, he will be performing at Speak On it Sundays at Troys Jazz Gallery on Feb 9
SELFIE PIX
This week we feature St Louisan AUTUMN GREEN who took a selfie of herself looking club chic. Looks like she is ready for the night on the town.
MAAT TIMED
Here's one of the highlights of my OUTTOWN travels. Here is YOURS TRULY, Maat Atkins hamming it up with comedian/actor and Chicagoan Rodney Perry in the lobby of the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St Louis after Monique's comedy show tour during her win of the Oscar in March 2010. Check out pics and a review from this show at
http://maatology.blogspot.com/2010/03/out-806-monique-fabulous-fox-in.html
FOOD BITEZ
This week we feature pizza
Pizza is an oven-baked, flat, round bread typically topped with a tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings. The modern pizza was invented in Naples, Italy, and the dish has since become popular in many parts of the world.[1] An establishment that makes and sells pizzas is called a "pizzeria". Many varieties of pizza exist worldwide, along with several dish variants based upon pizza. Pizza is cooked in various types of ovens, and a diverse variety of ingredients and toppings are utilized.
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This week we feature St Louis based model Sydney Paige. This McCluer North alum is seen
here in triple panel wearing a purple furry dress with black belt and bag and heels. It is accentuated by her simple swept back hair in a ball. She is definitely red carpet ready in this ensem.
DISHN
Which national R&B singer was in St Louis recently attending a very posh and private party held at a mansion
in the Chesterfield/Wildwood, Mo area.
We hear this party had a lot of mingling with the ratio of women to men 4 to 1.
Who was the singer?
HINT 1. The singer is a male
HINT 2. The singer was married to a very popular actress
HINT 3.His first name starts with a vowel.
Who is he?
Why is Justin Bieber getting into trouble these days? Why did that youngster call Kim Kardashian a n-word lover? Why is American Idol trying too hard to make us believe the new judges like each other? Why did Lebron James tweet out a pic of Chris Boesh and his daughter grabbing his private area? Why did Bey once crop out Kelly Rowland in a pic that they had taken with the late singer Aaliyah? Why did Madonna call her son the n-word when tweeting apic of him boxing? Why was Red Hot Chilli Peppers added to the entertainment with Bruno Mars for th4 Superbowl ? Why was Jennifer Hudson able to keep her cell phone during the First Lady's no cell phone policy party last weekend? And why is there such a debate over marijuana being legal ?
If you have or someone you know who has a selfie pic, an artist that you would like to spotlight or an event you want promoted send a comment in the comment box below or email snaphoney2011@gmail.com
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