The 2007 Super Bowl XLI halftime show featured Prince. The 12 minutes performance included both original songs and covers. He even made the Foo Fighters’s Best Of You sound amazing.
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4/21/16 O&A NYC ENTERTAINMENT- BREAKING NEWS: Prince Dead At 57
Music Icon Prince Rogers Nelson known simply as Prince has died at age 57. Just before 10 a.m. CST on April 21, authorities responded to a medical emergency at Prince’s Minnesota home and studio. The Chanhassen Sheriff’s department told the outlet that there has been a fatality, and they immediately informed Prince’s closest relatives about the death. It was later confirmed by Prince’s rep, Yvette Noel-Schure that Prince had passed.
Six days before the fatality occurred, Prince’s plane had to make an emergency landing while en route to a concert in Atlanta, Georgia. The singer was rush to the hospital, and Noel-Schure informed the media that a case of the flu was the cause of Prince’s hospitalization. Prince appeared at a concert the next day to assure his fans he was okay. At the show, Prince prophetically told the crowd, “Wait a few days before you waste any prayers.”
O&A NYC will keep you informed as news develops.
4/21/16 (REPOST) O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Donna Summer- Love To Love You Baby and MacArthur Park
Donna Summer, a five-time Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter gained prominence during the disco era of the late 1970s. Summer has reportedly sold over 140 million records, making her one of the world’s best-selling artists of all time. She hols the distinction as the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach No. 1 on the United States Billboard album chart and four number-one singles in the United States within a 12-month period.
Love to Love You Baby is a song by American singer and songwriter Donna Summer released in 1975. It became one of the first ever disco hits to also be released in an extended form. The final recording lasted over sixteen minutes, and contained the sexiest “simulated” orgasms ever found on vinyl. According to the BBC, the song contained 23 “orgasms”. In an interview in 1976, Summer responded to a number of questions that she claimed she’d been asked about the process of recording the song: “Everyone’s asking, ‘Were you alone in the studio?’ Yes, I was alone in the studio. ‘Did you touch yourself?’ Yes, well, actually I had my hand on my knee. ‘Did you fantasize on anything?’ Yes, on my handsome boyfriend Peter.
Love To Love You Baby-Soul Train (1976)
MacArthur Park is a song which Jimmy Webb originally wrote and composed as part of an intended cantata. Webb initially brought the entire cantata to The Association, but the group rejected it. Among the best-known covers are Donna Summer’s disco arrangement from 1978. In the autumn of 1978 Donna Summer released a multi-million selling vinyl single disco version of MacArthur Park. This reached number one on the American pop music sales charts for three weeks during 1978, and it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Summer was also nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Female at the American Music Awards.
MacArthur Park- Live (1978)
4/21/16 O&A NYC AUTOMOBILE: BMW Vision Next 100 – Interior Exterior and Drive
The augmented-reality display will also project hidden hazards into your field of view. BMW’s example is a cyclist obscured by a truck. An image of the cyclist is projected onto your windscreen, making the truck magically semi-transparent.
If even that is all too difficult, or you have other things to do, switch to ‘ease mode’. The steering quadrant folds away and the chairs swivel around so you can kick back and get on with life.
BMW Vision Next 100
Now, this shape-shifting business – or ‘alive geometry’ as van Hooydonk calls it. The armadillo-scales triangles on the dash let the car warn you, almost subliminally, of upcoming hazards by opening to reveal their red flipsides.
The external bodywork wears more of the same triangular motif. The wheels are faired in, so when the front ones turn to steer, the bodywork stretches to accommodate them. At the back of the car, the profile lengthens with speed, cutting aero drag.
At the front, the kidney grille is present and correct, but van Hooydonk points out it isn’t needed as an air intake – a clue that there’s no straight-six behind there. Instead they have re-purposed the grille as a porthole for all the sensors the car needs to drive autonomously
4/20/2016 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Rihanna – Work ft. Drake
4/20/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez Fashion: Reebok Ventilator Supreme X Cam’ron Purple Haze
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Reebok and Cam’ron are on a roll to celebrate 4/20 with the release of the Reebok Ventilator Supreme x Cam’ron Purple Haze. Cam’s classic Purple Haze album was the inspiration for the sneaker features an ultimate purple nubuck upper with a lenticular heel wrap and a white and teal midsole. Cam’s iconic pink fur picture is also emblazoned on the footbed. Release date is April 20, 2016 at a retail price of $125. He will make a personal appearance today at the Jimmy Jazz in Harlem 4pm. Continue reading
4/20/16 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Funny Elevator Poo Prank
4/19/16 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY WITH WaleStylez: Busta Rhymes – Pass The Courvoisier Part II ft. P. Diddy, Pharrell
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Pass the Courvoisier, Part II by Busta Rhymes features rapper P. Diddy, and R&B singer Pharrell. The video, inspired by Harlem Nights and Rush Hour 2, featured cameos from Mr. T, Spliff Star, Mo’Nique, Kym Whitley and Jamie Foxx.
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4/19/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Facing Evil With Maya Angelou
In this second of two programs celebrating the life and work of the late Maya Angelou, Bill Moyers revisits a 1988 documentary in which he and Angelou attended a conference on “Facing Evil,” held in the Hill Country of central Texas. Evil was a topic about which Angelou, the victim of childhood rape and virulent racism, had a lot to say. Continue reading
4/18/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez Dragon Ball Z And Bathing Ape Collection
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
A Bathing Ape and the Dragon Ball franchise have unveiled the full range of their collaborative collection, which looks to be the biggest co-branded release between the two thus far. The collection features graphics of Baby Milo alongside BAPE-ified Dragon Ball mainstays such as Kid Goku, Piccolo and Master Roshi, printed on a range of T-shirts, sweaters, hoodies and tote bags. Continue reading
