5/17/23 O&A NYC WALESTYLEZ HIP HOP WEDNESDAY: Jim Jones ft. Sen City & Dub Aura – Gang

Joseph Guillermo Jones II, better known by his stage name Jim Jones is a Hip Hop artist and record executive. He is an original member of the hip hop collective the Diplomats alongside longtime friend and fellow Harlem native Cam’ron. Continue reading

5/17/23 O&A NYC WaleStylez DANCE PARTY: Lil Buck & LoJoWerkz Tulsa Race Riot Memorial -T21 Preview (2014)

Lil Buck teams up with LoJoWerkz to launch their T21 Project. This is an excerpt of a performance commemorating Black Wall Street and the Tragedy of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, performed on the anniversary of the Riot (May 31st) on the historic grounds where the events took place.
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5/11/23 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY- MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL: I’ll Always Love My Mama- The Intruders

 

I’ll Always Love My Mama is a 1973 single by the Philly soul group The Intruders. Released from their album Save the Children, the single is a song commonly played on Mother’s Day. Continue reading

5/10/23 O&A NYC WALESTYLEZ HIP HOP WEDNESDAY: Machine Gun Kelly – Renegade Freestyle

Machine Gun Kelly took aim at Jack Harlow in his latest Renegade Freestyle release. Released over the weekend, the two-minute track hears MGK deliver his own take on the Jay Z and Eminem Renegade beat from 2001. Continue reading

5/8/23 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Stormzy ft. Ayra Starr, Tendai – Need You

Stormzy shares his brand new video titled Need You in which he features Mavin Records artist Ayra Starr alongside Tendai. Continue reading

5/7/23 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Untamed Elegance Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (Full Concert) 

Watch the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis commemorate the Jazz Age with Untamed Elegance, a suite composed by master saxophonist and veteran JLCO member Victor Goines. The Roaring Twenties were defined by jazz. A grand decade when “the parties were bigger, the pace was faster, the buildings were higher, the morals looser.” 

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1/14/24 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: CeCe Winans – Goodness of God

The song was notably covered by CeCe Winans, who released her version of the song on her live album, Believe For It (2021). CeCe Winans recording peaked at No. 6 on the Hot Christian Songs chart and No. 3 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart.CeCe Winans rendition of “Goodness of God” was nominated for the GMA Dove Award Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year at the  2022 GMA Dove Awards. Continue reading

5/6/23 O&A NYC GOING BACK TO AFRICA WITH WALESTYLEZ: DJ Tunez – Banga ft. Portable

Michael Babatunde Adeyinka Also known as DJ Tunez is a Nigerian and USA based disc jockey. In 2015, DJ Tunez was asked by  Wizkid to join Starboy Entertainment as the official label DJ, DJ Tunez first production was in 2016’s Iskaba,a contagious hit song with Wande Coal. Continue reading

5/4/23 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Boyz II Men – A Song For Mama

A Song for Mama is a single by R&B group Boyz II Men. The song was written and produced by Babyface served as the theme song to the 1997 motion picture Soul Food and spent two weeks at number one on the US R&B chart. Continue reading