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SoleMannKing Presents Donald Goines

Donald Goines (December 15, 1937 – October 21, 1974) was one of the first African American writers of urban fiction. His novels were deeply influenced by the work of Robert Beck (Iceberg Slim). For Those Of You That Have Read His Books, You Need To Checkout The Two Autobiographies I Have In My Hands..

DONALD GOINES...DONALD WRITES NO MORE…

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Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on April 27, 2010 at 11:34pm — No Comments

SoleMannKing Presents Iceberg Slim

Iceberg Slim (August 4, 1918 – April 28, 1992), also known as Robert Beck, was an African American author of books variously categorized as urban fiction, street literature, and black pulp fiction. Iceberg Slim was an important influence on hip-hop artists and rappers such as Ice-T and Ice Cube and Pittsburgh Slim and ...Slim Thug, who adopted their names in part from reading the author.

ICEBERG… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on April 27, 2010 at 11:35pm — 2 Comments

KLYMAXX.....AFTER UNSUNG

If you saw the Unsung episode on the group Klymaxx, you know the show stopped at the breakup of the group. Exactly why they broke up is unclear to me. But it seems like they all thought they didn`t need the other members of the group. They could make it on their own. Well, it turns out they were unique as an all girls group. But individually, they were nothing special. They destroyed their gravy… Continue

Added by KnightD12 on April 3, 2010 at 11:53pm — 1 Comment

Uncle Ricky D At It Again....LOL

Uncle Ricky D is off the chain...LOL He started off with some Mariah Carey, then finished it off with The Temptations "Ain't To Proud To Beg" and "Get Ready"...Checkout The Temptations Dance Moves....LOL.

Mannnnn everybody needs a Uncle like my Uncle Ricky D....LOL. In that pic up above, he had some wine in that glass...ROFLMBO

UNCLE RICKY D AT IT… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on August 16, 2009 at 7:32pm — 12 Comments

Hidden Beach Recordings

Hidden Beach is an American independent record label specializing in Urban Alternative, R&B, Soul, Inspirational and Contemporary jazz music genres. Hidden Beach was formed in 1998 as the vision of its founder and Chief Executive Officer, Steve McKeever and currently holds a distribution deal with Universal Music Distribution Group.

Steve McKeever, CEO,… Continue

Added by Edie Antoinette on February 13, 2010 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

Chicago Soul Train

The origins of Soul Train can be traced to 1965, when WCIU-TV, an upstart UHF station in Chicago, began airing two youth-oriented dance programs: Kiddie-a-Go-Go and Red Hot and Blues. These two programs—specifically the latter, which featured a predominantly African American group of in-studio dancers—would set the stage for what was to come to the station several years later.

Don Cornelius, a news reader and backup disc jockey at… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on February 27, 2010 at 6:49pm — 6 Comments

The Masked Man & The Agents

By Terence McArdle

Washington Post Staff Writer

Sunday, January 10, 2010

While holding down a day job as an Army Department mail clerk, Harmon Bethea struggled for decades to achieve a breakthrough singing group. He went at it so long, and through so many changes in pop vocal trends, that he tried to become famous in jive, doo-wop, rhythm-and-blues and Motown-tinged soul. At one time, he led a gospel group.

"If… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on February 1, 2010 at 4:24pm — 5 Comments

California Jam...1974

California Jam, also known as Cal Jam, was a rock music festival concert held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California on April 6, 1974 l.It was produced by ABC entertainment, Sandy Feldman, Don E. Branker and Lenny Stogel. Pacific Presentations, a LA based concert company headed by Sepp Donahower and Gary Perkins, coordinated the event, booked all the talent, and ran the advertising. It attracted 200,000 fans that paid, which at the… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on January 30, 2010 at 8:09pm — 10 Comments

The Sophisticated Gents

The Sophisticated Gents is a TV miniseries that aired on three consecutive nights from September 29 to October 1, 1981 on NBC. Its ensemble cast featured a number of African American stage and film actors, many of whom were customarily seen in Blaxploitation motion pictures in the 1970s. The miniseries is based upon the novel The Junior Bachelor Society by John A. Williams. Although production of the project ended in 1979, NBC did not air the… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on January 23, 2010 at 5:35pm — 4 Comments

The Temptations Live In Paris...1973

if you ever witness the Temptations In Paris video, you’ll become more aware that in 1973, they must have knew that live in concert no one was better with the steps, than they were and you’ll be amazed of Damon Harris, delivering his live version of I’m Gonna Make You Love Me, it make you wonder, why they never recorded it without the Supremes, when Kendrick was a member.

Plus, Richard Street blending with the harmony of First Time… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on January 19, 2010 at 8:53am — 31 Comments

New Haitian Revelation

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This post is in part an acknowledgement of an earlier post by an LLJ member.

All of us must begin to take a different and personal approach when disaster strikes our family (any of the African… Continue

Added by Lydell Jackson on January 15, 2010 at 8:04am — No Comments

Dorothy Dandridge

The Mystery And Real-Life Tragedy

Was her death an accident or suicide?

Did powerful men in Hollywood drive her to the edge?…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on January 11, 2010 at 8:30pm — 4 Comments

Carmen Jones (1954)

Parts 1 Through 10

One

Two…

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Added by Classical on January 11, 2010 at 2:00pm — 5 Comments

Musicology (Prince and Solemannking Collaboration) Club Radius Mix

I have always wanted to Collaborate with The Singers and Songwriters, i have always thought that this would be a unique way to do this plus it can be very creative....I hope everyone enjoys my Collaboration with The Legendary Prince Rogers Nelson...

PRINCE

Heard about the party now

Just East of Harlem

Sole's gonna be there

But I got 2 call… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on January 11, 2010 at 1:48pm — 4 Comments

The Harlem Cultural Festival (Black Woodstock)

The Harlem Cultural Festival (also known as "Black Woodstock") was a series of music concerts held in Harlem during the summer of 1969 to celebrate African American music and culture and to promote the continued politics of black pride. Notable participants included Nina Simone, B.B. King, Sly & the Family Stone, Jesse Jackson, Abbey Lincoln & Max Roach, The 5th Dimension, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson, and… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on January 5, 2010 at 10:38am — 6 Comments

An Interview With God

This is simply...beautiful!

Added by Edie Antoinette on December 29, 2009 at 11:30pm — 7 Comments

My Grandfather, The Cotton Club, And Billy Eckstine

As The Sunsets On Another Sweltering Hot Day

In Manhattan, New York. My Grandfather, 24

Year Old Ira Davis Gets Off The Bus After A Long

Ride From Chattanooga, Tennessee.

His Destination The World Famous Cotton

Club In Harlem, The Black Mecca Of

Entertainment Back In Those Days, Where

Many African American Jazz Stars Performed

Along With The Jazz Swing Bands Of That Era.

It Was 1944 And… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 23, 2009 at 6:23am — 3 Comments

Roger Troutman & Zapp-Unsung

Early life and career

Born in Hamilton, Ohio, Roger was the fourth of ten children. He was a late-arriving member of Parliament-Funkadelic and played on the band's final Warner Brothers' album The Electric Spanking of War Babies. Beforehand, Troutman had formed various different bands with his four brothers, including Little Roger and the Vels and Roger and the Human Body. In 1977, he and the Human Body issued their first single… Continue

Added by Edie Antoinette on December 20, 2009 at 8:03pm — 5 Comments

Ghetto City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)

This Is My First Poem In Nearly 3 Years, Inspired By Marvin Gaye's Inner City Blues

Hopefully This Will Be My Comeback Of Sorts. Can't Say That I Will Keep On Writing

Because Right Now I'm Just Not Feeling It Like I Use To, But When I Heard The Song And

Saw The Visuals In The Video, I Knew I Had To Do Something....LOL

GHETTO CITY BLUES (MAKES ME WANNA… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 17, 2009 at 12:30pm — 6 Comments

Jet Magazine Covers Part 3

To read the magazines cover-to-cover click here:

Okay, I see you have to write something so that the music player won't be in the Main Blog Queue..*sheesh*

So, yada yada yada yada yada wonk wonk wonk blah blah blah blah wee wika wika bloo blockers...LOL…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on December 14, 2009 at 6:00pm — 7 Comments

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