6/25/20 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY:   Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Wake Up Everybody (1975)

Wake Up Everybody is an album released by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on the Philadelphia International record label in November 1975.
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6/24/20 O&A NYC WaleStylez HIP HOP WEDNESDAY Pt.1: Lil Baby – The Bigger Picture

Lil Baby takes on police brutality and the nationwide protests in the wake of the officer-involved killing of George Floyd on his somber new track The Bigger Picture; which dropped on Friday June 12, 2020. Continue reading

6/24/20 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ HIP HOP WEDNESDAY Pt.2: Bris – Need Hammy

Rising Sacramento Hip Hop artist Bris shot and killed.The 24 year-old talent passed away just days after his latest release.Sacramento Hip Hop artist Bris, born Christopher Treadwell was shot and killed on June 21 according to confirmation by the Sacramento County Coroner. Continue reading

6/22/20 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Anderson .Paak – Lockdown

Brandon Paak Anderson professionally known as Anderson Paak also a Hip Hop artist and record-producer and multi-instrumentalist from Oxnard,California. He released his debut album, O.B.E. Vol. 1 in 2012, and went on to release Venice in 2014. Continue reading

6/20/20 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Deitrick Haddon- I Can’t Breathe

Gospel singer Deitrick Haddon performs I Can’t Breathe, a powerful musical tribute to George Floyd and a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement.
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6/3/20 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Jenifer Lewis Take Your Knee Off My Neck

The one and only Jennifer Lewis tells America take your knee off my neck! Continue reading

(Repost) 6/9/24 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Didn’t It Rain-Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Gospel Music’s First Crossover Artist)

GOSPEL SUNDAYSister Rosetta Tharpe

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, is a pioneer of twentieth-century music. Tharpe attained great popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings that were a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and rhythmic/early rock accompaniment.  She became gospel music’s first crossover artist and its first great recording star. Continue reading

5/20/20 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat (1941)- Racially Banned Cartoon

Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat (1941) is the racially banned cartoon for the hit boogie-woogie popular song written by Don Raye. A bawdy, jazzy tune, the song describes a laundry woman from Harlem, New York City, whose technique is so unusual that people come from all around just to watch her scrub. Continue reading