Because I couldn’t think of a clear cut favorite for this week’s 5ive, I’m gonna be a lame-o and give it to a general concept: The Family Group. When you’re in a group or a band, the natural order of things dictates that eventually you’re gonna spread your wings and fly solo-at least temporarily. Once ego comes into play, that need to fly alone increases, especially in cases where more than one band member feels as though they are most […]
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Blerd Appreciation: TVOne’s “Unsung”
Everyone has a story, they say. It seems that some of the more interesting life stories are those of celebrities. Actually, that’s not true-I know some regular people whose life stories would knock your socks off. So it’s probably better to say that celebrities have the forum by which they can have their stories told. It would be very easy to call the TVOne Network’s series “Unsung” an R&B version of VH-1’s “Behind the Music”. Truthfully, it kind of *is*. […]
Does El DeBarge Deserve a “Second Chance”?
The best thing about Sunday night’s BET Awards? The return of El DeBarge. Looking typically crisp and clean despite his recent incarceration, the singer/songwriter led the crowd through a medley of the hits made famous by his family group DeBarge-“I Like It”, “All This Love”, “Time Will Reveal” and “Rhythm of the Night”. Not only was he hitting impossible falsetto notes without breaking a sweat, but he turned the auditorium into a party with “Rhythm of the Night”, dancing through […]