Picture it: Dallas, 2001. I was settling into my singleness and adjusting to the demands of working and raising my then-toddler son. Slowly dealing, but still feeling the weight of it all, but I sought solace in my friends, my family and my go-to elixir of choice, music. Mary J. Blige’s “No More Drama” and… Continue reading Can We Live: When Black Women Are Shielding, Yet Targeted By, Black Men
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Faith Evans’ “Incomparable,” The MOC Preview/ST CD Review Link
…..From beginning to end, The Notorious F.A.Y.E. packs Incomparable with sophistication, sex appeal and soul. Executive producing and co-writing on every track except one, Evans harnesses the skills of Mike City, Ben “Bloc” Briggs, Chucky Thompson, Jimmy “Gittum” Rogers and even her own daughter Chyna to lace up a satisfying set of jams. Some have… Continue reading Faith Evans’ “Incomparable,” The MOC Preview/ST CD Review Link
Faith Evans: Family, Ferguson & Her “Incomparable” Focus
Children to raise, home-cooking on the horizon and some last minute work details to square up before the holidays arrive? Faith Evans may be a Grammy-Award-winning singer and songwriter with new music to promote, but having an extraordinary career doesn’t cancel out the ordinary work she must put in, like the rest of us, to… Continue reading Faith Evans: Family, Ferguson & Her “Incomparable” Focus
Silver Linings, Second Chances: An Interview With El DeBarge
A 2010/2011 look back at one of the most rewarding and exciting chats I ever had, my published one-on-one interview with El DeBarge. Granted, it took months and months to get the precious few minutes that I did, but it was worth the time and effort to earn that dream Q&A with one of my… Continue reading Silver Linings, Second Chances: An Interview With El DeBarge
Faith Evans At EssenceFest: An Exclusive MOC Concert Review
Keyshia Cole and Charlie Wilson may have been entertaining on Essence Festival’s Mainstage, but that didn’t keep hundreds from packing out the Superdome’s Coca-Cola Superlounge to witness Faith Evans sing from her enviable arsenal of hits on Saturday night. Looking super-fit and super-fly in a glittering green dress and hot pink stilettos, the 40-year-old “R&B… Continue reading Faith Evans At EssenceFest: An Exclusive MOC Concert Review