Monthly Archives: April 2009

CL HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN

JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN (1915-2009) was an educator and historian, best known for From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African-Americans, first published in 1947, and continuously updated.

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♫ THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW ♫

♫ Mario feat. Gucci Mane & Sean Garrett – Break Up (full) – listen
I’m a little confused about Mario’s project. From the sounds on the last updates he gave us, he said he was going to scale down the amount of producers that he’s working with on the new album, but it seems as though there are a lot of producers he’s working with this time around. The new song, “Break Up” is produced by Bangladesh, and is written by Sean Garrett. I’m not mad at the song, it’s just that something sounds a tad unfinished about it.

♫ Ciara – Kiss My Swag (full) – listen
Ciara’s Fantasy Ride finally has a solid release date of May 5th and it seems as though it finally has developed a definite sound too. Judging from this Darkchild production and the current single, “Love Sex Magic,” Ciara is going for a more pop/dance album, which isn’t surprising. There’s a lot of synths and electronic elements on a lot of the newer material that’s leaked. Although I’m pretty tired of the word “swag,” I can’t say that this song bothers me. Great dance track.

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WHITE HOUSE: PRESIDENT OBAMA & FIRST LADY CURRENTLY IN LONDON

US President Barack Obama and his wife First Lady Michelle Obama pose for photographs with Queen Elizabeth II during an audience at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, April 1st in London, England.

The President is in London meeting with the leaders for the G-20 summit and is also expected to visit France, Germany, C. Republic. Make sure to visit whitehouse.gov for the latest on this trip and view all the photos/captions for info on what they’ve done so far.

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TV BIT: KELLY ROWLAND GETS READY TO CO-HOST BRAVO’S ‘THE FASHION SHOW’

Just as news broke of her leaving Columbia Records, Kelly Rowland breaks into reality TV as the co-host and judge of Bravo’s new design show The Fashion Show.

She shares her hosting and judging duties with fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi and Senior Vice President of IMG Fashion, Fern Mallis. The series is set to premiere on May 7th.

View video of Kelly speaking about the new show when you continue reading..

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