YO-YO, MC LYTE, TREACH, PHIFE, Q-TIP, FU-SCHNIKENS, CL SMOOTH, GURU, DAS EFX, WU-TANG, KRS-ONE, AND MAD LION JOIN FOR AN INCREDIBLE CIPHER ON THE FINAL EPISODE OF “THE ARSENIO HALL SHOW.” PEEP Q-TIP DROPPING LYRICS FROM “MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS” AND CL SMOOTH DROPPING SOME FROM “THE MAIN INGREDIENT.”
IN 1988, FISHER PRICE RELEASED A SERIES OF MINIATURE CASSETTE PLAYERS CALLED POCKET ROCKERS. THE DEVICES PLAYED MINI TAPES THAT FEATURED POPULAR SONGS OF THE TIME AND COULD ONLY BE PLAYED ON A POCKET ROCKER. MY FAVORITES INCLUDED LEVERT “CASANOVA/FOREVER LOVE,” THE FAT BOYS “WIPE OUT/ROCK RULING,” THE JETS “CROSS MY BROKEN HEART/YOU GOT IT ALL,” WHITNEY HOUSTON “I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY/SO EMOTIONAL,” TIFFANY “I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW/COULD’VE BEEN,” LISA LISA AND THE CULT JAM “HEAD TO TOE/LOST IN EMOTION,” DEBBIE GIBSON “SHAKE YOUR LOVE/ONLY IN MY DREAMS,” AND THE BANGLES “WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN/MANIC MONDAY.”
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GINGER ROSE IS SINGER/SONGWRITER JOEY DELLAMEDAGLIA AND MUSICIAN/PRODUCER/SONGWRITER CHRIS LIGGIO. AFTER FORMING THE DUO A FEW YEARS AGO, THEIR DEBUT ALBUM “YOU’LL LOVE IT IN THE MORNING” WAS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2008 IN JAPAN ON MANHATTAN RECORDS AND HIT THE NUMBER ONE SPOT ON THE JAPANESE ITUNES ALBUM CHART. THEIR DEBUT SINGLE “RED LIGHT” REMINDS ME OF CLASSIC HALL & OATS AND FEATURES THE AMAZING ABSTRACT. CLICK HERE TO BUY THE ALBUM.
MICAH JESSE IS A NEW YORK-BASED CELEBRITY BLOGGER WHOSE WEBSITE MICAHJESSE.COM PROMISES TO “QUENCH YOUR THIRST FOR AMAZINGNESS.” ASIDE FROM THE GOOD-HEARTED, POSITIVELY SPIRITED GOSSIP BLOG HE HAS ESTABLISHED, HE BRINGS FUN VIBES AND HIGH ENERGY TO EVERY PARTY HE ENTERS. MICAH IS ONE-OF-A-KIND. SEE BELOW AS HE LIP SYNCS JENNIFER HUDSON’S “LOVE YOU I DO.”
ASIDE FROM THROWING THE LEGENDARY WEDNESDAY NIGHT PARTY AT SERAFINA A FEW YEARS BACK, OWNING HOTSPOTS PM AND BIJOUX, AND BRINGING SEXY PARTIES TO EVERY PART OF THE WORLD, UNIK ERNEST ALSO ESTABLISHED THE EDEYO FOUNDATION. Edeyo is an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the future of children in Haiti by rebuilding dilapidated schools, supplying students with learning materials, and providing them with nutritional support. LAST NIGHT I DEEJAYED EDEYO’S OPENING EVENT OF “HAITI: HUNGER & HOPE,” A PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM EXHIBITION BY NIGEL BARKER AT MILK STUDIOS. BELOW IS A PICTURE OF UNIK AND NIGEL IN HAITI.
ALTHOUGH I MET BIGGIE TWICE – ONCE AT SUMMERJAM AND ONCE AT THE PALLADIUM – I NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO DEEJAY FOR HIM SO THIS PARTY WAS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL. WHETHER YOU ARE A HIP HOP FAN OR NOT, “NOTORIOUS” IS A MUST SEE. A TRULY MOVING FILM ABOUT THE TRIUMPHANT AND TRAGIC LIFE OF A MUSIC LEGEND. WHILE EVERYONE WAS CLEARLY EMOTIONALLY DRAINED LEAVING THE THEATER, THE PARTY QUICKLY TURNED INTO A JOYOUS CELEBRATION OF BIGGIE’S LIFE.
AT THE “NOTORIOUS” PREMIER LAST NIGHT (I WILL POST AFTER-PARTY FOOTAGE AS SOON AS I HAVE TIME TO UPLOAD), I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW MUCH BIGGIE ACCOMPLISHED IN HIS FEW YEARS OF ACTUAL LIVING FAME AND IT CONTINUES TO BLOW MY MIND. HERE IS A CLASSIC APPEARANCE BY THE LEGEND ON “MARTIN” PERFORMING “ONE MORE CHANCE.” IN EIGHTH GRADE, I LOOKED FORWARD TO THURSDAYS WHEN I WOULD WATCH “MARTIN,” “LIVING SINGLE,” ” AND “NEW YORK UNDERCOVER” BEFORE BED.
BEFORE $5000 DESIGNER COATS, THERE WAS SCHOTT. FOR NEARLY A CENTURY, SCHOTT NYC HAS PRODUCED CLASSIC ENDURING ARMY & NAVY JACKETS INCLUDING PEA COATS AND BUBBLES JACKETS LIKE THOSE PICTURED ABOVE.
SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING MOMENTS OF MY CAREER HAVE BEEN DEEJAYING PARTIES FOR PUFFY. HERE IS A MONTAGE OF SOME HIGHLIGHTS DATING BACK TO THE YEAR 2000. BAD BOY CHRISTMAS PARTY AT OME, SEAN JOHN FASHION WEEK AND GRAMMY PARTIES AT LOT 61, NEW YEARS EVE 2003 IN MIAMI, “BAD BOYS 2″ PREMIER AT THE SUPPER CLUB, “RAISIN IN THE SUN” PREMIER AT MARQUEE, SEAN JOHN STORE OPENING AT RUBY FALLS, JUNE AMBROSE’ BOOK RELEASE AT TENJUNE, AND MORE. TONIGHT, I WILL DEEJAY THE “NOTORIOUS” PREMIER. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I’M SURE IT WILL BE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER AND ONE MORE MEMORABLE EVENT TO ADD TO THIS FOOTAGE.
THOU SHALL NOT CONFUSE NOSTALGIA WITH GIMMICK. THOSE WHO REMEMBER, FEEL SENTIMENTAL. THOSE WHO DO NOT, FEEL REFRESHED. IT’S A NEW ERA RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW IT’S A MOVEMENT…VOTE FOR “NEW ERA” TODAY ON BET’S 106TH & PARK AFTER IT DEBUTS AS THE NEW JOINT OF THE DAY.
