Exercise Your Creative Control
December 4, 2011 by The Interpreter
Filed under TV and Movies
I would like to start this review with a bit of honesty – keeping it completely one hundred, as they say – I do not really understand the platform/content of the site I am about to review. Not all of it anyway. And more important, I don’t like some of it either. But what I do like, I love, and all of it is something that I appreciate and find refreshing. But I am getting ahead of myself, so let me start with the basics.
Creative Control is a website co-founded by music video directors Coodie and Chike, the creative minds behind Kanye West’s first video “Through the Wire” along with Erykah Badu’s controversial 2010 video “Window Seat.” The site is a part of the DD172’s portfolio, Damon Dash’s umbrella entertainment company. Read more
Mos Def signed with G.O.O.D. Music?!
November 1, 2010 by The Gentleman
Filed under Music
A record number of people were gathered in D.C. and burst into exaltations of joy and merriment to welcome… oops wrong awesome moment.
Okay, I think we are all familiar with G.O.O.D. Music… now add Mos Def!!
I’ll give you a minute to collect the pieces of your cranium and recompose yourself because, like mine, your head might have just exploded. Take a few seconds to look for gray matter.
If you don’t know why you should be hopeful for the future of music consider the following. The three current stars of G.O.O.D. Music are Common, Kanye West and John Legend.
We would like to thank a YouTube patron fond of reflection for the following phrase that sums up the signing:
“Mos Def just signed to G.O.O.D. Music? They’re starting to be something like Young Money, except the rappers on G.O.O.D. Music can actually rap.” © iceberggrebeci
Source:Mos Def signs to G.O.O.D. Music
A Letter to Mad Mel Gibson
October 24, 2010 by The Reverend
Filed under Editorials, Entertainment, Fail : Current Losers, TV and Movies
Dear Mel,
“You know you done f*cked up, right?” When you can’t even get a cameo in a farce, you know you’ve gone too far. That means you’ve officially fallen off of the movie level. Oh, sure you have some straight-to-DVD drops coming in the next year or more, but you have definitely maxed out your A-list credit. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Read more
Beyoncé: I Am… Sasha Fierce
December 21, 2008 by The Gentleman
Filed under Music
I’m going to forego any jokes about split personality disorder in reference to Beyoncé’s new album as not to upset half of the people out there with the affliction. Wait… oops. However, I will split this review into two parts accordingly. Marketing gimmick or not, there is an inescapable division within the concept of this release. Read more
John Legend: Evolver
October 29, 2008 by The Gentleman
Filed under Music
May I throw an ‘R’ before that album title, sir?
John Legend’s new album Evolver is what I like to refer to as mainstream soul. In fact, John Legend in general defines mainstream soul. He draws upon all that greatness that could make an artist iconic, but for some reason it never quite manifests into new greatness. Read more
Lil’ Wayne Sells One Million
June 18, 2008 by The Gentleman
Filed under Afrothought Salutes, Music
Your favorite raspy rapper has gone platinum in one week. Selling one million copies since its June 10 release “The Carter III”, Wayne’s sixth album, gives him the best debut so far this year. The last album to sell one million in its debut week was “The Massacre” by 50 Cent. No album in 2006 broke 800,000 copies sold in its first week out. Kanye West’s 2007 effort “Graduation” was a mere 50,000 shy of the platinum mark selling 957,000 in its first week despite the competition from Curtis (no pun intended). Read more



