BET Awards:
and the winner is....
BET
(Black Entertainment Television) held its 1st annual awards ceremony
last Tuesday (June 19th) @ the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, NV and the big
winner on the night was Atlanta's own Outkast
who won 2 awards for
'Best Male Group' and 'Video of the Year'. This was a major coo for the lads
who's current album 'Stankonia' (on Laface records) has surpass the 3
million units plateau according to Soundscan.
Other
winners on the night include Lil' Bow Wow who performed live with
surprise guest Shaq Diesel (aka Shaquille O'Neal) he took home the
'Viewers Choice Awards' for 'What's my name',
Musiq Soulchild
for Best Male R&B Artist, MJB aka
Mary J. Blige for
Best Female R&B Artist and Nelly for Best New Artist.
Whitney
Houston was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for her
contributions to music and film.
Here
are the list of winners on the evening
Lifetime
achievement: Whitney Houston.
Male group: Outkast
Female group: Destiny's Child
Male R&B artist: Musiq Soulchild
Female R&B artist: Mary J. Blige
Male hip-hop artist: Jay Z
Female hip-hop artist: Eve
New artist: Nelly
Gospel artist: Donnie McClurkin
Video of the year: Outkast, "Ms. Jackson'"
Actor in a film: Denzel Washington, "Remember the Titans"
Actress in a film: Sanaa Lathan, "Love and Basketball"
Male athlete of the year: Allen Iverson (Philadelphia 76ers)
Female athlete of the year: Marion Jones
Viewer's choice: Lil Bow Wow, "What's My Name"
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Welcome
return for 'Gemini' Sandra St. Victor
Sandra
St.Victor was the shining sexy voice behind the group
'The Family Stand' in the early 90s and shined ever so bright on
their smash
hit 'Ghetto Heaven'. Her solo debut set
'Mac Diva saves the world'
released in '96 went virtually unnoticed to most of us but it was good
nevertheless. Let's face it the girl is blessed with a voice.
Now 5
yrs on Sandra, a lil' older, a lil' wiser releases her sophomore effort 'Gemini - Both
Sides' a true reflection of love and heartbreak from her
soul. The singer/songwriter works with some of the biggest names in the
industry with the likes of Roy
Ayers, Donald Byrd and
The Roots and
tackles issues of the social and spiritual matter. Look for the set coming
to your shelves next month.
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Capitol
talks of issuing DVD version of Maze's 'Live In New Orleans' concert
among other acts
Capitol
Records have hinted that in the near future they will be issuing Maze's
'Live in New
Orleans' concert on DVD. Capitol/The Right Stuff is gearing
to release titles coming from deals with Solar,
Philadelphia
International, and
Salsoul, as well as digging into their own vaults to
release not only Maze's first DVD release but also a remix collection on
First Choice, a Solar Records boxed set, a
Whispers anthology, the
Stylistics' "Hurry Up This Way
Again," a compilation
featuring the Songs of producers extraordinaire Jimmy Jam
& Terry Lewis and "Slow Jams Christmas, Vol.
3."
Other
notables forthcoming include "The Complete Caron
Wheeler,"
set (props definitely due there), a Nancy Wilson boxed set commemorating
her 50th year in entertainment, a Natalie Cole anthology, and reissues of
two classic Minnie
Ripperton albums, "Perfect Angel" and
"Adventures in
Paradise." that features one of my personal
Minnie tracks 'Baby, this love I
have'
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Aaliyah's
self-titled set drops July 17th
Aaliyah
(whose given name is Aaliyah
Naughton) is back with a new look, a new
label (Virgin) and a new album. The self-titled set reflects a more
personal, mature side to the sexy temptress who said "Yes it's all
her own natural hair".
Timberland
returns
as producer on the album cooking up his usual array of crafty beats and
synths and Aaliyah is truly in fine form. The first single is "We Need A
Resolution." which went to radio a few weeks back and
has garnered modest airplay across the board. Notable tracks include
"Rock The Boat", "Those Were The Days" and "Loose
rap" "Never No More" followed by the move slow groovers
"I Care For You" and "It's whatever". The album will
be in stores July 17th. Do get a copy you won't be disappointed