2/25/17 O&A NYC WITH GOING BACK TO AFRICA WITH WALESTYLEZ: Newen Afrobeat feat. Seun Kuti & Cheick Tidiane Seck – Opposite People

Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti, born on January 11,1983 in Lagos, Nigeria, commonly known as Seun Kuti, a Nigerian musician, and the youngest son of legendary afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Seun leads his father’s former band Egypt 80. Continue reading

8/5/17 (REPOST) O&A NYC ITS SATURDAY- ANYTHING GOES: Naomi Campbell Supermodel

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Naomi Elaine Campbell, an English-born model, of African Jamaican descent and Chinese Jamaican ancestry through her paternal grandmother, who carried the family name Ming. Recruited at the age of 15, she established herself among the top three most recognizable and in-demand models of the late 1980s and the 1990s, and she was one of six models of her generation declared supermodels by the fashion world. Continue reading

2/24/17 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Belly – Ballerina Featuring Lil Buck and Jessica Keller


Lil Buck and Jessica Keller have a shared love of high fashion and dance. The duet offered their version of recording artist Belly’s recent release Ballerina.  Continue reading

2/23/17 O&A NYC WITH THROWBACK THURSDAY SONG OF DAY: Barry White – Practice What You Preach

Practice What You Preach, the number-one R&B single by singer Barry White from his 1994 album The Icon Is Love. The hit song spent three weeks at number-one on the R&B chart and reached 18 on the pop chart.The 1994 single also won a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Song of the Year. Continue reading

2/17/17 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez SONG OF THE DAY: Solange – Cranes In The Sky

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.

Cranes in the Sky is a song by Solange. Released on October 5, 2016 by Saint Records and Columbia Records, it is the first single from Solange’s third album, A Seat at the Table. The song was written by Raphael Saadiq and Solange, and produced by Sir Dylan along with Raphael Saadiq and Solange. Continue reading

2/17/17 O&A NYC WHAT THE FUNK: James Brown – Say It Loud I’m Black And I’m Proud

Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud performed by James Brown and written with his bandleader Alfred Pee Wee Ellis was released as a two-part single in 1968. The single held the number-one spot on the R&B singles chart for six weeks, and peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100.

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2/16/17 O&A WITH WaleStylez SONG OF THE DAY: Neon Indian – Slumlord Rising

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.

Neon Indian is an electronic music band from Denton, Texas.The music is composed by Mexican-born Alan Palomo (born July 24, 1988), who is also known for his work with the band Ghosthustler, and as the solo artist VEGA. Continue reading

2/15/17 O&A WITH WALESTYLEZ HIP HOP WEDNESDAY: Wale – Groundhog Day

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.

Today being Groundhog Day, Wale sees fit to release a new video for his track of the same name, Jake One produced the cut that he used to respond to J.Cole’s False Prophets back in December. Continue reading

2/15/16 WHAT THE FUNK!: Sly & The Family Stone – Higher And Higher Live (1969)

I Want to Take You Higher, a song by the soul/rock/funk band Sly and the Family Stone, which also featured Stand! on the B side. Unlike most of the other tracks on the Stand! album, “I Want to Take You Higher” is not a message song; instead, it is simply dedicated to music and the feeling one gets from music. Continue reading