Ronnie Herel Blogizm

SWV – ‘Co-Sign’ (Video)

YawOwusu — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:30:02 +0000

Fresh off their UK Tour, here is the new video by SWV for ‘Co-Sign’…
I love the throwback sound and the chorus is butter…

What you sayin?

Incisive ft Shakka – This Groove

YawOwusu — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:27:44 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve heard something with such a nice groove…
Check this
Shouts to Soul Culture

Daley – Alone Together ft. Marsha Ambrosius

ronnie — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:06:15 +0000

Hey Soulsters,
check out this piece of Daley magic featuring the incredible voice of Marsha Ambrosius.
Available on Daley’s “Those Who Wait” mixtape….This is total musical bliss.
Enjoy
RH

DivaGeek – He Said, She Said (live)

ronnie — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:59:54 +0000

Yes Soulsters,
Here’s a live version of a seriously heavyweight tune first played on my 1xtra R&B show back in mid January.
It’s live musical bliss courtesy of Diva, Vula Malinga (Basement Jaxx) & her partner in crime, Geek of the duo, Ben Jones. Recorded at Recorded @ Fish Factory studios London, i know you’ll enjoy this moment captured by the Pinboard Blog crew.
The DivaGeek project looks like it’s going to be a big one so make sure you watch this space.
I’ll keep you across all things DivaGeek in the future. In the meantime get into it!

STRESSED OUT – a.k.a. SUBLIMINAL ft. Juliette

ronnie — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:42:59 +0000

Hey Soulsters,
here’s something nice and chilled to soulfully embrace.
Featuring the sweet vocals of UK songstress Juliette (Love Me And My Hair). a.k.a Subliminal hailing from Toronto deals with this Dilla-esque beat in fine floetic style.
Indulge and feel free to leave a some opinions about the video.
Blessness
RH

New Drake! (Explicit Lyrics)

josh — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:38:45 +0000

Drizzy drops the video for ‘Practice’.

I can’t lie, I never liked this tune before I Watched the video. It’s not got a ‘Scream’ or ‘Thriller’ budget but Sir Mix-A-lot!

- Silver J

Rian Peters – Start Something EP

ronnie — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:02:06 +0000

RIAN PETERS releases his debut EP, START SOMETHING on February 6th 2012
Click the cover for the opportunity to cop it early!
Bless up
RH

MIKE HOUGH – GET GONE (LIVE FROM BBC MAIDA VALE) (ORIGINAL SONG)

ronnie — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:47:51 +0000

Hey soulsters,
this was a new music session recorded exclusively for BBC Radio 1xtra at the legendary Maida Vale studios in London. I presented Mike Hough to represent for the R&B fraternity as i know he’s going to make a massive contribution to everything soulful in 2012 and beyond.
Here is his performance. It’s incredible!
Enjoy
RH

Rebecca Ferguson – Too Good To Lose

ronnie — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:15:12 +0000

Yes Soulsters,
I love this tune and i’m loving the album…yep i’ma a Bex Fergs fan!
Here’s the new video…enjoy
RH

RIP Don Cornelius – a Chicago original

ronnie — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:15 +0000

RIP to a Chicago legend. Don Cornelius. My parents would always tell me about how he started his career on Black-owned radio station WVON-AM in the 60s (VON=Voice of the Negro) that eventually evolved to Soul Train on Channel 26 & later syndicated nationwide. Reading Questlove’s post on Okayplayer made me remember the times I met the man himself. The first time was at the Monkey Bar in Los Angeles. Imagine a group of Black college kids with a chaperone in a room full of white guys in suits. We were on break from AFI (American Film Institute) seminars we’d won in a Sony Film college contest. We got bored & decided to leave & who was near the door inviting us in a familiar midwestern accent to stay was Don himself. “Y’all leaving? Y’all just got here.” Starstruck, we all chatted briefly with the legend before moving on to a restaurant.

Years later, while working in production at a local television station, a dear friend of mine had in his possession, a VHS copy of 2 vintage episodes of Soul Train airing on the NHK TV network. He had a friend on tour with Chaka Khan and had acquired them during a 1 month stay in Japan. There they were, 2 presenters, b-boys dressed head to toe in urban gear – baseball cap, large sunglasses, one even sporting a gold tooth – that introduced each episode in Japanese. He gave me a copy & I treasured it as a family heirloom. A few months later, I found myself at the National Association of Television Programming Executives conference in New Orleans. On my way back from a lunch break, who do I see in the hallway but Mr. Cornelius speaking to one of the affiliate TV station reps airing Soul Train. I waited patiently until he finished his conversation & said hello & asked him the burning question that my peers and I needed to know. “Sir, when are you going to air old episodes of Soul Train like you currently do in Japan?” He smiled and laughed “Now how do you know about that young lady?” You see it was either 1999 or 2000, years before youtube was born. I told him jokingly about my “informant in Japan.” Of course, after sharing how much the show meant to our generation, he told me to “wait patiently, it’s coming soon.” Well of course now you can catch re-runs in syndication & order clips from Time-Life video.

Don Cornelius was a pioneer. Without him, you wouldn’t have the many facets of Black music and culture on television. Clearly he paved the way for many of us. RIP and thank you. I’ve found a youtube clip from NHK, sans our Japanese b-boy presenters but you can clearly see the NHK logo in the upper-right hand corner at the 23 second mark.

Chicago viewers! Watch WCIU, Saturday, February 4th….WCIU and BounceTV will air a 7 hour Tribute to Don Cornelius with some of his best and most memoriable episodes of Soul Train. This Sat, 6pm-1am, WCIU, Channel 26 The U…….Tell a friend….and DVR it. Plan a Soul Train Party at your house…….
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