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| WIN
A VOCAL PERFORMANCE BY ERIC ROBERSON ON YOUR TRACK |
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11 December 2009
Judges of the remixes will be Grammy Award- winning producers Bryan Michael Cox (Mariah Carey, Mary J Blige, Toni Braxton and Usher) and Rich Harrison, (Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Amerie and Jennifer Lopez) producer Brett Baker (responsible for producing and co-writing much of Eric's current album "Music Fan First") and Eric himself. Full details of the competition are provided by Eric himself on his website, together with a link to download the acappella version of "A Tale of Two". Anyone wishing to enter needs to act quickly, as the closing date for entries is December 21. The top five mixes chosen by the judges will then be the subject of an online vote by Eric's fans. Eric's performance of "A Tale Of Two" is nominated in the Urban/Alternative category of the Grammy Awards, which will be held on January 31 in Los Angeles. Past winners in that category include India Arie, Jill Scott, Outkast and Gnarls Barkley. |
| USHER
ISN'T AFRAID TO CRY |
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3 December 2009
Usher returned to his home state of Tennessee to help build a new home for Clarksville resident, Trina Scott and her three daughters. Scott lost her husband, Dave, a Clarksville police officer, in 2002 when he and his partner were tragically killed while on duty. |
| RADIO
6 PRESENTEERT WEKELIJKS LIVE PROGRAMMA MET INTERNATIONALE ACTS VANUIT
CLUB PANAMA |
| Amsterdam
, 20 October 2009
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| Michael
Jackson Remix Suite IV Songs |
| New
York , 12 October 2009
Featured producers: Dallas Austin, Stargate,The Neptunes, Polow the Don, Salaam Remi, Frankie Knuckles, Steve Aoki, Emile Haynie, Wayne Wilkins, Rico Love, Tricky Stewart, DJ Cassidy, Jim Jonsin, Colin Munroe, Swizz Beatz, Ryan Leslie, Sturken & Rogers, Rodney Jerkins, No ID, Mark Hoppus, Q-Tip & DJ Skee The five part digital Suite Series of Remixes available online every 2 weeks beginning August 25th! Michael Jackson:
The Remix Suite I Aug 25th Listen to tracks form The Remix Suite IV I
Want You Back – produced by Kenny Hayes |
| GRAMMY-AWARD
WINNING WYCLEF JEAN To Release Explosive New 13 Song EP: DJ Drama Presents
WYCLEF JEAN AKA Toussaint St Jean “FROM THE HUT TO THE PROJECTS
TO THE MANSION” On November 10th |
| New
York , 12 October 2009
Toussaint St. Jean, the title character of Wyclef’s new EP, is a persona suggested to Wyclef by his friend and collaborator T.I. The character Toussaint is loosely based on the 18th-century Haitian revolutionary hero, Toussaint L’Ouverture, a figure who brought Haiti to significance on the international stage. Wyclef, who is originally from Haiti, inhabits the role of Toussaint and recreates himself in the spirit of a noble fighter, a man who says exactly what is on his mind. Toussaint’s rhymes hit hard, in a “militant style,” and make his words felt – and remembered. And so what’s the difference between Wyclef and Toussaint? “Toussaint is more direct,” Wyclef says. “He ain’t going to sugarcoat nothing. Whatever he’s thinking, he’s going to tell you. It’s like, I’ve still got this machete – my tongue is sharper than it’s ever been.” To help create suitable musical settings for the grisly tales Toussaint has to tell, Wyclef turned to DJ Drama, who has worked extensively with T.I. “I asked myself, ‘Who’s the toughest guy out there?’” Wyclef says. “Then I said, well, DJ Drama is pretty badass. So I called him and asked if he’d be interested in doing a mixtape. He heard what I was up to and he said, ‘We gotta do a book – this is a novel!’ He got excited, and it became more like an EP than a mixtape. The track that best captures the feelings that motivate “Toussaint St. Jean” is the intensely dramatic “The Streets Pronounce Me Dead,” a chronicle of Wyclef witnessing his own metaphoric funeral. It’s a commentary on Wyclef’s sense of himself as a forgotten man on the hip-hop scene, despite the groundbreaking impact of his former group, the Fugees, whose 1996 album “The Score” is the best-selling hip-hop album of all time, with sales of nearly twenty million copies worldwide. The song cites the flood of younger rappers – Akon, Lil Jon, Kanye West, among them -- who have risen up as Wyclef has gone onto prominence as a solo artist and producer for the likes of Shakira, Mick Jagger, Bono and John Legend. Tracks like “Warriorz,” “Letter From the Penn” and “Toussaint vs. Bishop” paint riveting pictures, “hood stories,” as Wyclef describes them, of street life and its consequences. The gripping storytelling in those songs recalls the raw environments in Haiti and Brooklyn from which Wyclef emerged – “from the hut to the projects to the mansion,” as he memorably puts it in “Slumdog Millionaire.” It’s a story arc that these songs make compelling. Wyclef views the message of “Toussaint St. Jean” as “not everything that appears bad is really bad, because the real bad men move in silence. So be careful what you emulate, because it’s could get you six feet deep. If you don’t see me with a gun, it doesn’t mean that the guy with the gun is badder than me. I’ve been in those communities, but you’ve got to rise past that world.” And, as always with Wyclef, there’s more to the story than meets the eye. “Toussaint St. Jean” represents just the first step on the road to another album he intends to release in 2010 titled simply “wyclefjean.” The album will reflect a three-dimensional portrait of an artist for whom the gritty sagas of Toussaint St. Jean are just one part. Wyclef, who is also known as one of the hottest music producers today has worked with every major artist from Bono to Shakira to Santana. His 2007 written and produced “Hips Don’t Lie” featuring Shakira was a #1 hit around the world, further expanding his utopian multi-cultural appeal. His extensive humanitarian work with his Yéle Haiti organization which he founded in 2005 has brought much needed worldwide attention to his native Haiti. His inextricable relationship with fans is unprecedented. In a matter of a few months, Wyclef’s Twitter following was over 1 million -- in a sense, his fans are considered an extension of him. Wyclef Jean is set to release his self titled LP "Wyclef Jean" in March 2010 through Columbia Records. DJ Drama Presents WYCLEF JEAN AKA Toussaint St Jean “FROM THE HUT TO THE PROJECTS TO THE MANSION” Track Listing: 01. Interlude –
From The Hut, To The Projects, To The Mansion |
| Raphael
Saadiq receives the first exclusive SaveOurSoul t-shirt |
| Amsterdam,
15 July 2009 |
To
celebrate his Grammy nomination for his song "A Tale of Two",
Eric Roberson has launched a remix competition via his website - with
the prize being a free vocal performance by Eric himself. 
R&B
singer Usher Raymond is best known for his soulful sensitive lyrics
and for being a notorious “mama’s boy,” but in a recent
interview with Fancast.com, Usher admits that there are other things
that make him cry besides his mother’s disapproval. Perhaps in
an attempt to make his female fans swoon as he takes time off the stage,
the music superstar told Fancast’s Todd Gold that it’s ok
to cry when watching ABC’s ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.’
An admitted fan of the show and this Sunday’s celebrity guest
volunteer, Usher said “I can’t say that I’m a crier
every time I watch, but this time I cried. They got me on camera crying.
I couldn’t help it.” 
De
NPS brengt vanaf aanstaande vrijdag 23 oktober iedere vrijdag van 16.00
tot 19.00 uur een speciale editie van het programma ‘Mijke’s
Middag’. Live vanuit Club Panama in Amsterdam ontvangt presentatrice
Mijke van Wijk (inter)nationale topacts uit Jazz, Soul en Wereldmuziek.
Deze spetterende muzikale radioshow is gratis toegankelijk voor publiek.
Michael
Jackson: The Remix Suites I-V a collaborative celebration of the music
industry's top producers remixing the best of Michael Jackson &
Jackson 5 classics!
Wyclef
Jean returns to his hip-hop roots with the gritty release of “DJ
Drama Presents Wyclef Jean AKA Toussaint St Jean From The Hut To The
Projects To The Mansion,” a collaboration with DJ Drama to be
released November 10, 2009 on Carnival House via Megaforce/RED. The
EP also features Eve, Timbaland, Maino, Cyndi Lauper, Lil Kim, among
others.
Your SaveOurSoul-crew was at the North Sea Jazz 2009 festival last weekend
in Rotterdam.