5/4/15 O&A With WaleStylez Song Of The Day Mariah Carey – Angels Cry ft. Ne-Yo

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Angels Cry by Mariah Carey from her twelfth studio album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009). The remix version featuring  Ne-Yo released as a single by Island Records on February 23, 2010. Continue reading

4/22/15 O&A Music: The “Hoff” Is Back- David Hasselhoff – True Survivor

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True Survivor is the ultimate homage to the decade of excess, featuring David Hasselhoff belting out a power anthem that would be right at home during a training montage in Rocky, The Karate Kid, or just about any buddy cop movie from the ’80s. Kung Fury is an insane-looking martial arts/comedy movie that’s been generating a fairly large amount of Internet buzz thanks to its plotline involving a renegade cop going back in time to kill Hitler, the Kung Fuhrer Continue reading

4/9/15 O&A DIVA ALERT!!!: Madonna – Ghosttown featuring Terrence Howard

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Madonna appears to have survived a global nuclear disaster in the music video for Ghosttown. There appear to be no other signs of life. But then, wait, there is a boy, a rat, a dog and … Terrence Howard. At first, things are a little scary as the two adults go on the defense: She is ready to beat him with a golf club as he points a rifle to her head. After a few tense moments, things calm down. Madonna and the actor who plays Lucious Lyon on Fox’s Empire do a sexy dance. Continue reading

3/21/15 O&A With Walestylez: Kendrick Lamar i and preview The Blacker The Berry

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Kendrick Lamar surprised the world by dropping a new single from his still-secretive follow-up to good kid, m.A.A.d city, the Isley Brothers–sampling i. The “I love myself!” chorus and the funky vibe propelled the track into the culture and got everyone equally parts excited and curious about Kendrick’s new album.

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In Kendrick’s new song The Blacker the Berry, the sound and content of the still-untitled new album gets a whole new side. Everything from the verses to the vibe to the hook is pushing K.Dot’s artistry to a new limit. Even the cover art is distinctive, featuring (NSFW warning? Maybe?) two brown babies breastfeeding from their gold-bracelet-wearing mother.

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1/12/15 O&A Music: Childish Gambino – Sober

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Childish Gambino’s video for Sober, one of the best tracks from his great STN MTN/Kauai mixtape, is equally bizarre. In it, an inebriated Childish Gambino dances like a fool in a take-out restaurant while relentlessly trying to hit on a woman waiting for her food. Continue reading

12/13/14 O&A Music: Evan Ross – How To Live Alone (Lyric Video)

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Evan Ross is following the the footsteps of his famed mom, Diana Ross. It’s not secret that Diana Ross is a triple threat. She sings, acts and dances. Now, the second generation of talented Ross(es) is up to bat. Evan Ross is ready to step up and claim his place on the entertainment throne. He’s already nailed some pretty high-profile acting gigs (CrazySexyCool: The TLC Movie; The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1) and now he’s in the studio making music. Watch his first video, How To Live Alone, inside and check out cameos from Miss Ross and his wife Ashlee Simpson. Continue reading

10/31/14 O&A Throwback Thursday Halloween Edition: Michael Jackson’s Thriller

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Michael Jackson’s Thriller is an American 13-minute music video for the song of the same name released on December 2, 1983. It was directed by John Landis, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Jackson. It was MTV’s first world premiere video.

Voted as the most influential pop music video of all time, Thriller proved to have a profound effect on popular culture. It was named “a watershed moment for the music industry” for its unprecedented merging of filmmaking and music. Guinness World Records listed it in 2006 as the “most successful music video”, selling over nine million copies.

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9/27/14 O&A Listen Up: Janelle Monae- Electric lady

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The Electric Lady is the second studio album by recording artist Janelle Monáe, released on September 6, 2013 by Wondaland Arts Society and Bad Boy Records. It is the follow up to her critically acclaimed debut studio album, The ArchAndroid (2010), and like that album, it has received universal acclaim from music critics.

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