Tag Archives: Jazz

‘The Game’: Season 4 Episode 8 Review

Posted on March 1, 2011 by tlewisisdope

My thoughts on episode eight of The Game Season 4 on BET.
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Posted in Television, The Game Episode Reviews | Tagged Alfonso Ribeiro, BET, Brick, Brittany Daniel, Coby Bell, Derwin Davis, Donte, dramedy, Eve's Bayou, Hosea Chanchez, Jason Pitts, Jazz, Kelly Pitts, Malik Wright, Mara Brock Akil, Meagan Good, Melanie Barnett, melodrama, Mo'Nique, Pooch Hall, Salim Akil, single-camera, soap opera, Tae Deckard, Tasha Mack, The CW, The Game, Tia Mowry Hardrict, UPN, Wendy Raquel Robinson | 3 Comments

Errybody Mad at Q

Posted on November 23, 2010 by tlewisisdope

My thoughts on why Quincy Jones’ latest moves ain’t so crazy.
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Posted in Music | Tagged Akon, Back on the Block, bebop, Grammy, hip hop, It's My Party, Jazz, Michael Jackson, Off The Wall, P.Y.T., Quincy Jones, Robin Thicke, sellout, T-Pain, Thriller, We Are The World | Leave a comment

Tigger’s 25 Best Albums of the Aughts (00s), Part 1

Posted on January 5, 2010 by tlewisisdope

The thing that is interesting to me about all the lists I’ve read about music in the Aughts is how little the lists reflect the impact of the internet. Reading most lists, you wouldn’t think that the industry changed as … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Aaliyah, adina howard, amerie, Anthony Hamilton, ashanti, bedtime stories, beethoven, benjamin bush, Beyonce, Bobby Brown, Bobby Womack, Brandy, Britney Spears, carlis p, Ciara, Cindy Herron, daily trade, dance of the sugar plum fairy, Dawn Robinson, Digital Black, dinah washington, En Vogue, Erykah Badu, freedom, Goodie Mob, jawann peacock, Jazz, Jill Scott, johnta austin, Joi, Joi Gilliam, klientel, lala brown, Latocha Scott, Latoiya Williams, Lil Kim, lina, Lyfe Jennings, Madonna, mama's gun, Mariah Carey, mark middleton, Maxine Jones, millie jackson, moonlight sonata, neptunes, operatic vocals, Organized Noize, OutKast, panther, pharrell, Playa, posh spice, Rich Harrison, Ricky Bell, Rihanna, rodney jerkins, ryan leslie, Sad But True, sean garrett, shanice, Smoke E. Digglera, Static Major, stephen garrett, steve garrett, stranger on earth, swing, tchaikovsky, Terry Ellis, Timbaland, Usher, Van Hunt, victoria beckham | 1 Comment

Best of the Rest: Rahsaan Patterson’s Humor

Posted on October 3, 2008 by tlewisisdope

Humor is the moment that one realizes as good a soul singer as Rahsaan Patterson is, he is really, at heart, a jazz singer. Everything that came after this song — and the album on which it appears, Love … Continue reading →

Posted in Best of the Rest, Music | Tagged Humor, Jazz, jazz singer, love in stereo, Rahsaan Patterson, soul, soul singer | Leave a comment

Great Songs in the Black Musical Tradition, 2000-2004

Posted on February 14, 2006 by tlewisisdope

This essay was originally written for Epinions.com on October 6, 2005. This version is slightly different, with some language clarification. The choices are identical to the original list. Like many writers on this site, and writers in mainstream and non-mainstream … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 112, Aaliyah, Alicia Keys, Amel Larrieux, Angie Stone, Anthony Hamilton, Aretha Franklin, black church, black music, black pop, black popular music, Calvin Richardson, Daron Jones, Destiny's Child, Erykah Badu, gospel, Jazz, Jill Scott, Kelly Price, Latoiya Williams, lina, Mariah Carey, Marvin Gaye, Meshell N'degeocello, Michelle Williams, neo-soul, Philly Soul, Q. Parker, R. Kelly, R&B, Rahsaan Patterson, Raphael Saadiq, rock and roll, soul music, Tank, Van Hunt, Vivian Green, Whitney Houston | Leave a comment