In this video, actress Tasha Smith of the movie Why Did I Get Married Too speaks on acting, the importance of Black love on the big screen and how her faith has helped her in her career. In this Tyler Perry flick, she plays Angela a crazy wife always bickers with her husband and accuses him of cheating.
Lady And A Tramp (Terence "Tramp-Baby" Abney & Marcella Precise) are a production-songwriting team out of Brooklyn, NY. Their production/songwriting credits includes heavyweights and household names such as Pink, Stacie Orrico, Charlie Wilson, Brooke Hogan, Noel Gourdin, Luther Vandross & Jaheim. I had the exteme pleasure of chatting with Marcella Precise. We talked about how they started in the music business, the success of Jaheim's latest album "Another Round" and "studio singers".
EJae: How did you come up with the name A Lady And A Tramp?
Marcella: I've always been a Lady in my style of dress and conversations. Managing to see the brighter side of situations because to me, whatever I'm going thru... it is always about to get better. Since my teen years, my optimism had folks always calling me a Lady. Every woman is a Lady that respects herself. Also, I was one of a 5 female artist collective (including Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill, Uneek and Tripp) asked to do a song with international party dj, Big Kap. He dubbed us 'Da Ladies' too. Terence grew up around several famous jazz musicians that were friends of his parents and kept his own extensive record collection that crossed genres from rock, rap, r&b to soul, etc. The Otis Redding & Carla Thomas song "Tramp" and Salt N Pepa's "Tramp" were a part of his collection. Everyone called him Tramp-Baby-Jazz. Ish of Digable Planets still calls him Jazz but for the most part his crew and other producers call him Tramp. Lady And A Tramp was meant to be:)
EJae: How long have you been writing and producing?
Marcella: Music is Life!!! I can't remember not having music in my life ever. I wrote my first play and poem at 8. I wrote my first song at 10, my latest song ten minutes ago and LADY AND A TRAMP co-wrote our latest tv commercial for a South African health beverage campaign that my lyrics entitled, THE GOODNESS a few months ago. My God is so amazing that we prefer to live life and let someone else Time It when we're at eternal rest. I love being involved in the specifics of the details in the creative process. We throw ourselves all in, while appreciating what others bring to the table to keep fun yet focused.
In an recent interview with Funk Master Flex of Hot 97 FM in New York, Chris gave his ratings for the ladies in Hip-Hop/Entertainment industry. Funk Flex had a list of 10 ladies. Chris even slipped up and talked about Diddy and Cassie's relationship saying "He's got a bad lil shorty" ...SMH.
Here's Chris' ratings:
1. Cassie – 9 *** only because he’s seen her in person***,
2. Amerie – 6 *** she’s pretty but NO SWAG***
3. Trina – 7/8 ***she’s got the SWAG, but ummmmm***
4. Keri Hilson – 8/9 ***she has a nice little body, her demeanor is chill***
5. Kim Kardashian – 7 ***the sex tape gave her points***
Side Bar – Kardashian sisters… *** the pregnant one is cute***
6. Amber Rose – 8/9 ***she’s bad though, her swag is there and her body is crazy***
7. Mary J. Blige ***She’s a queen, so I don’t want to put her in that***
8. Lil’ Kim- 7 ***aggressive, but still sweet though***
9. Beyonce – 9 ***I seen her in that video phone video, SHE DID THAT…”
10. Alicia Keys – 9 *** Her swag there and her body is crazy***
11. Nicki Minaj – 8/9 ***Her swag is definitely a factor, you your own person when you turn that swag up***
Ladies, have you ever had your own rating system for men? Tell me about it.
Via: Dropitlikeitspop
Akon was on the Today Show discussing with Meredith Viera how it felt to work with Michael Jackson. This interview becomes emotional. I almost shed a tear.
In case you missed the Kanye West interview on The View yesterday. Here it is. I gotta love this dude. He spoke very articulate, he's talented and he looked great. The freestyle was cute too.
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