Snakehips and Zayn take fans into a Cruel world in the colorful but gloomy video for their infectious collaboration. “It’s such a cruel world,” sings the former One Direction member. “I’m saving all my love for you / In such a cruel world, but maybe I’ve found something good.” Continue reading
Category: Music Video
8/9/16 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Usher – No Limit featuring Young Thug
No Limit, a song by Usher, featuring rapper Young Thug released by RCA on June 9, 2016. The single released online streaming through the streaming service Tidal, which Usher co-owns. Continue reading
8/7/16 SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Propellerheads featuring: Shirley Bassey – History Repeating
History Repeating, written in 1997 by Alex Gifford, and originally performed by the Propellerheads featuring Shirley Bassey. The track is a fusion of several different styles of big beat, breakbeat and jazz combined with the powerful vocals of Shirley Bassey. Continue reading
8/5/16 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Chris Brown – Back To Sleep
Back to Sleep, also known by the censored version title Sex You Back to Sleep, by Chris Brown from his seventh studio album Royalty. The song was released as the album’s third single and its first urban single on November 5, 2015. Continue reading
8/4/16 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: We are the World- USA for Africa
We Are the World is a song and charity single originally recorded by the supergroup United Support of Artists (USA) for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie (with arrangements by Michael Omartian) and produced by Quincy Jones for the album We Are the World. With sales in excess of 20 million copies, it is one of the fewer than 30 all-time singles to have sold at least 10 million copies worldwide. Continue reading
8/4/16 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: USA for Africa – We are the World
We Are the World is a song and charity single originally recorded by the supergroup United Support of Artists (USA) for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie (with arrangements by Michael Omartian) and produced by Quincy Jones for the album We Are the World. With sales in excess of 20 million copies, it is one of the fewer than 30 all-time singles to have sold at least 10 million copies worldwide. Continue reading
8/1/16 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Rihanna – Goodnight Gotham (Bonus Track)
Goodnight Gotham, Rihanna’s newest music video is one of the shortest (and sweetest) of her career. Shot on the fly in Dec. 2014, the minute-long clip begins with the singer exiting a promotional shoot for the LP in Paris’ Trocadéro Square as she admits she’s about to do “the craziest thing” she’s ever done: run (in slow-mo) toward a pack of fans, who hoist her high into the night sky as the Eiffel Tower frames looms overhead. Continue reading
7/31/16 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Yolanda Adams- This Too Shall Pass
7/29/16 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Oleta Adams – Get Here (c/w Courtney Pine sax solo)
Get Here is a pop ballad written by Brenda Russell in 1988. In 1990 vocalist Oleta Adams recorded the song which became a major international hit and her signature song. Adams performed with Courtney Pine on soprano sax in 1991 for the BBC. Continue reading
7/28/16 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Kurtis Blow – The Breaks
The Breaks, the critically acclaimed 1980 hit single by Kurtis Blow from his self-titled debut album, was the first certified gold rap song for Hip Hop, and the second certified gold 12 inch single in the history of music. Continue reading