10/14/16 O&A NYC WHAT HAPPENING THIS WEEK: Friday, October 14 through Thursday, October 20, 2016 Art, Dance, Film, Music, Theatre … And More

By Walter Rutledge

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Fall is in full swing and is quickly ushering in the holiday arts season. This week we honor dance in Brooklyn, celebrate Jazz on Staten Island, and watch Denzel Washington save a western town. Here are a few of the many events taking place in the city that never sleeps guaranteed to get you Out and About. Continue reading

9/30/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez SONG OF THE DAY:Beyoncé – Sorry

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.

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Sorry by singer Beyoncé for her sixth studio album Lemonade (2016) was written and produced by Wynter Gordon, Sean “Melo-X” Rhoden and Beyoncé. Hit-Boy served as a co-producer and Stuart White as a additional producer. 

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9/22/16 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Marvin Gaye- What’s Going On At Motown 25 (1983)

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What’s Going On, the first Marvin Gaye album credited as being produced by Gaye, is a unified concept album consisting of nine songs, most of which lead into the next.  What’s Going On became Motown’s fastest selling single, the biggest hit of 1971. Continue reading

9/19/16 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Love Unlimited- Walkin’ In The Rain With The One I Love

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Walkin’ in the Rain with the One I Love, is the R&B single created by singer/producer Barry White in 1972 for the soul trio Love Unlimited, a studio group . Continue reading

8/13/16 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Diana Ross & The Supremes with The Temptations

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Diana Ross & The Supremes with The Temptations is the 1968 Emmy-Nominated TV special starring Diana Ross with Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong with The Temptations.
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8/12/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez SONG OF THE DAY: Jodeci – Freek’N You

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.

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Freek’n You is a song by R&B group Jodeci recorded for their third album The Show, the After Party, the Hotel (1995). Continue reading

8/11/16 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Mary J. Blige – No More Drama

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No More Drama, the fifth studio album by R&B recording artist Mary J. Blige. The album was released on August 28, 2001 by MCA Records in North America. No More Drama,  was certified triple Platinum. Continue reading

8/1/16 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Rihanna – Goodnight Gotham (Bonus Track)

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Goodnight Gotham, Rihanna’s newest  music video is one of the shortest (and sweetest) of her career. Shot on the fly in Dec. 2014, the minute-long clip begins with the singer exiting a promotional shoot for the LP in Paris’ Trocadéro Square as she admits she’s about to do “the craziest thing” she’s ever done: run (in slow-mo) toward a pack of fans, who hoist her high into the night sky as the Eiffel Tower frames looms overhead.  Continue reading