DJ
Rogers Jr wants you to 'Smile'
 You've
heard the stories, it's hard to follow in your father's footsteps
in the same arena as you want to make your own mark on your own
terms without the help of your famous dad but for young DJ
Rogers Jr, he finds that statment to be a compliment.
You see DJ Jr has taken the path (so to speak) of his famous dad
but with dad's blessing rather than his help and is about to release
his debut set - 'Emosoul'.
His first single
'Lonely Girl' really is only
a climpse of DJ's raw natural ability as his latest release 'Smile'
has all the trademark charactoristics of his father style with the
range and tempo of a seasoned veteran, it's hard to believe it's
a debut effort from the talented singer, songwriter and producer.
Very smooth, very sensual with all the right elements in place -
a delightful ballad right off. The album is set for a February release
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Eminem,
Raphael Saadq and 6 others tops Grammy nods
 Eminem,
Raphael Saadiq and 6 other
artists have grabbed themselves 5 grammy nominations each for
the 2003 Grammy Awards to be held Feb. 23 at New York's Madison
Square Garden. The award ceremony will be broadcast live by
CBS on the night.
The other 6 artists Bruce
Springsteen, Sheryl Crow,
newcomers Ashanti and
Norah Jones, Nelly
and Avril Lavigne have
all had a big year in their respective fields. Album
of the year nods went to the Dixie
Chicks' 'Home',
Eminem's 'The
Eminem Show', 'Norah Jones'
'Come Away With Me', Nelly's
'Nellyville', and Bruce
Springsteen's 'The Rising'.
Canadian native Remy
Shand gathered four nominations (and rightfully so) and
a host of other acts earned themselves three nods, including India
Arie, Erykah Badu,
Dr. Dre and No
Doubt.
There are also several new
categories that will be introduced in this years ceremony. Nominees
for the inaugural best contemporary R&B album award include
Ashanti's 'Ashanti'
, Brandy's 'Full
Moon' and Meshell Ndegeocello's
'Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape'
as well as Faith Evans' 'Faithfully'
and Floetry's self titled set
(note no male artists listed). Not included is Conya
Doss or Ledisi.
Nominees for the first-time
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Grammy are 'Floetic' by Floetry,
'Love of My Life (An
Ode to Hip Hop)" by Erykah
Badu featuring Common,
'Little Things' by India
Arie, 'Gettin' Grown'
by Cee-Lo and 'Be
Here' by Raphael Saadiq
featuring D'Angelo. For the
full list, visit Grammy.com.
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Source: billboard.com
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Bee
Gee's brother Maurice Gibbs is dead at 53
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The Gibbs Brothers better
known to the world as The Bee Gees
lost one of their own last week. Maurice
Gibb died early Sunday morning (Jan. 12) at Miami
Beach Mount Sinai Medical Center, he was 53.
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Maurice, joined his older
brother Barry and his twin
Robin in one of the best
selling musical groups of all time, with several number one
hits and albums including the best selling albums in history
at that point with the Saturday Night
Fever soundtrack. Maurice suffered cardiac arrest
before undergoing emergency surgery for a blocked intestine.
He was admitted to Mount Sinai Medical Center Wednesday and
underwent surgery Thursday.
"To our extended family
friends and fans, with great sadness and sorrow we regretfully
announce the passing of Maurice Gibb this morning," Gibb's
family said in a statement. "His love, enthusiasm and energy
for life remain an inspiration to all of us. We will all deeply
miss him."
Gibb played bass and keyboards
for the group, whose name is short for the initials of the Brothers
Gibb. The Bee Gees have lived in South Florida since
the late 1970s. Their younger brother, Andy, who had a successful
solo career, died in 1988 at age 30 from a heart ailment.
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Dynamite is set to make US debut
 British
R&B princess Ms.
Dynamite will follow fellow British R&B singer Craig
David and will release her highly successful debut album
'A little Deeper' here in the
US. Ms. Dynamite whose birth
name is Neomi McLean-Daley has
had a phenonium run with her debut release in Europe and her native
UK selling millions and now looks to do more of the same on the
States side of the pond.
The album has enjoyed number
one status on the album charts and the single Dy-
na-mite being the heavy hitter on the singles chart.
Ms. Dynamite dominance started in 2001 after winning the prestigous
Panasonic Music Prize Competition,
she took the UK undergroud dance scene by storm with an appearance
on DJ Sticky's dance anthem
'Boo'. This got her noticed
and the rest is history (as they say). Plans to drop the album is
due for a spring release.
Source: billboard.com
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