New
TLC album gives 3D tribute to the late Lisa 'Left eye' Lopez
R&B
super group TLC
is set to release "3D" -- their fourth album and first since the
death of group member Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopez this past April. The album
which is due Nov. 12 via Arista, will be the follow-up to their
multi-platinum 1999 smash "Fanmail," which scored No. 1 hits
with 'No Scrubbs'
and 'Unpretty'.
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'3D'
was in production at the time of Lopes' death, and she had contributed
material to the album along with fellow group members
Tionne
'T-Boz'
Watkins
and Rozonda
'Chilli'
Thomas.
It was also Lopes who came up with the album's title, according to a
statement from Arista.
The first single from the forthcoming set will be 'Quickie,'
which is due to hit radio airwaves Oct. 21, but will be available now to
Internet users. AOL Music
First Listen (keyword: First
Listen) and Netscape
Music now has a sample of
the single.
Source
- billboard.com
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Singer
Al Jarreau undergoes emergency surgery
Legendary
jazz/soul singer Al
Jarreau underwent emergency
back surgery last Wednesday Sept 12th after he complained of pain in
his back and arms. The veteran vocalist underwent the procedure at Los
Angeles' USC Medical
Center to relieve
compression on his spinal cord.
Mr. Jarreau explained on his official website www.aljarreau.com
'This became urgent as I was not only experiencing a lot of pain in my
upper back and arms, but my walking and balance has progressively
worsened over the last eight weeks,'. He further detailed that
diagnostics indicated the surgery was needed to relieve "a
compression on the spinal cord between number 7-cervical vertebrae and
number 1-Thorasic vertebrae."
A statement issued from his label, GRP
Records, noted that
Jarreau's surgeon described the operation as a common procedure, and
said that "everything is expected to proceed without
complications." Jarreau's post said that he expects to update on
Sunday or Monday via his site.
Recently honored as Verizon's
National Literacy Champion
for 2002, Jarreau was in the midst of a tour in advance of the Sept.
17 release of his latest GRP
album, "All I Got."
Proceeds from the album are being donated to Verizon
Reads, a charity
established to benefit literacy across the country. Jarreau was next
due to perform Sept. 20 in Chicago and Sept. 21 in New York.
All of his upcoming U.S. dates, which included appearances through
early November, will be rescheduled as soon as possible. A European
tour planned for later this year will be pushed into 2003.
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Source - billboard.com
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Dave
Hollister switches labels, new album forthcoming
Former
Blackstreet
and R&B
singer Dave Hollister
has signed to a new label in Motown and will release his third solo album
and his Motown Records debut, Things
In The Game Done Changed on
October 15. The singer who
released two gold-certified albums with former label DreamWorks Records - (1999's Ghetto
Hymns and 2000's Chicago
'85...The Movie) believes
signing Motown will allow him to reach the platinum status that has
so far eluded him.
He recently explained why he parted ways with
DreamWorks Records: 'Well, I left DreamWorks because...they're wack, you
know what I mean? I'm just a straight shooter, man, so you know, that's
the real reason I left, 'cause they wack, man. They don't know what to do
with R&B music and I ain't got time to sit there for them to figure it
out, you know
what I mean? So that being said, I had to go somewhere else.' The lead off
single will be .
Source -
spotlightonrandb.com
