Two hours of music from the legendary figures in ’80s urban contemporary (with a few surprises) that we lost in 2016.
Posts tagged "Kashif"
The Jheri Curl Chronicles Radio Show: A Tribute To Kashif & Rod Temperton
2 hours of your favorite jams from Kashif and Rod Temperton.
Blerd Radio Presents: The Jheri Curl Chronicles (Episode 5)
The Original Slick Rick (sans his Mary Jane Girls) is one of the artists spotlighted in the latest episode of the Jheri Curl Chronicles podcast. It’s a celebration!
New Season Of #UnSung Pops Off 10/7 With Nate Dogg, KC & The Sunshine Band & More
A new season of TvOne’s documentary series “UnSung” launches next week with episodes dedicated to Nate Dogg, KC & The Sunshine Band and more!
Jheri Curl Special: Ranking Every #1 R&B Hit Of The ’80s From Worst To First (30-21)
Let’s keep on movin’ to the top of our ranking of each song to hit #1 R&B on Billboard in the ’80s. In this installment-Soul II Soul and more!
Jheri Curl Fridays: Howard Johnson’s “So Fine”
A groove almost as stellar as the curl of the man singin’ it.
New Release Report 6/26/12: Maroon 5 Overexpose Themselves
Adam Levine and his Merry Maroons are back for Round 4 with “Overexposed.” It’s the biggest release in a week full of biggies. Read our latest New Release Report to find out who else has got new music out!
Discography Fever: Whitney Houston (Part 1 of 2)
Part one of our look at Whitney Houston’s discography.
Blerd Radio Episode 8: Me, Grandpaw Jimmy & The Mysterious Celebrity Porno Renter
For Blerd Radio Episode 8, I turned to Jimmy , who hosts his own show entitled “Funny Like Car Accident Funny”. Over a wide ranging hour, we combined to bellyache about pertinent issues including: -Christine O’Donnell’s love of witchcraft. -Our need for a publicist to get us on “Real Time with Bill Maher” -What happens when Derek Jeter’s contract runs out at the end of this season (you think perhaps us talking about the Yanks was a bad luck charm?) -Whatever […]
Blerd Appreciation: Kashif
Somewhere over the course of the hour and twenty minutes that me and my friend Jimmy blabbed (don’t worry, we taped the results and called it Blerd Radio Episode 8…posting soon) on Sunday night, the name “Kashif” came up, and I immediately resolved to do a piece on one of the most popular (and influential) producers of the early Eighties. Although he recorded five albums for Arista Records over the course of a decade (and scored a handful of R&B chart […]
The 5ive at 5: Top 5 Songs Featuring Kenny G. (#4)
Believe it or not, Kenny G. was not always a purveyor of bland elevator music. His first couple of albums had a little bit of bounce to them. They were more in line with the dance-flavored R&B music that was poppin’ on the radio and the clubs, thanks to collaborators like writer/producer Kashif (more on him in a more recent column). I didn’t hear “Hi, How Ya Doin’?” for the first time until checking it out on a compliation a […]