Flashback Friday Album Review: Ralph Tresvant, It’s Goin Down
In January 1994, the landscape of R&B had begun to shift when New Edition frontman Ralph Tresvant released his sophomore album It’s Goin Down. While Tresvant’s debut had gone platinum and he was fresh off a hit single in the form of summer 1992’s Mo ’Money soundtrack, featured “Money Can’t Buy You Love”, he was […]
Flashback Friday: Concert Review Thee Phantom & The Illaharmonic Orchestra
Thee Phantom & The Illaharmonic Orchestra brought their unique style of music the World-Renowned Kennedy Center on Sunday, December 31st Mixing the elements of Hip Hop & classical music, the show was the perfect way to close out 2017. Thee Phantom got his start at the wrote when his first rhyme at the age of […]
New Jack Swingin With Aqil Davidson of Wreck-n-Effect Part 2
Part 2 of my interview with Aqil Davidson Reviews & Dunn: August 25th 1992, the classic “Rump Shaker” hits the airwaves. How was it working with a pre-fame Pharrell in the studio? Aqil Davidson: Pharrell Williams has always been very talented and creatively inspired. From the time we met him and Chad Hugo they became […]
New Jack Swingin with Aqil Davidson of Wreck-n-Effect
Aqil Davidson took time out on working on new music to chop it up with Reviews & Dunn. This is the first of a two part interview. Reviews & Dunn: Growing up who were some of your early musical influences? Aqil Davidson: My earliest musical influence was Run-DMC, after hearing “Sucker MC’s” on the radio. […]
Soul & Success: An Interview with Santiago Firm CEO Melinda Santiago
Reviews & Dunn: Thank you for taking the time to speak with me. How did The SANTIAGO Firm come about? Melinda Santiago: It came about by me getting fired from my last Corp gig. In all my years and experience I was never terminated or even written up on a job before. I was terminated […]
Album Review: Portrait, Afro Trees
One of the most underrated R&B groups of the early nineties, Portrait returns to the scene with their new release Afro Trees. Since releasing the 2017 buzz single “In The Moment” (a grown folks bop) to a positive reception, Portrait have kept their fans waiting in anticipation for a new album. Serving as the group’s […]
Just enough laughs in Patton Oswalt’s Netflix special I Love Everything
Comedian Patton Oswalt returns to Netflix for his latest comedy special “I Love Everything”. Patton first came to my attention in his role as Spence on the classic sitcom The King of Queens. I knew Patton was a comic; however I’d never seen any of his stand up acts, preferring to enjoy his television work and voice-over work in animated films such as Ratatouille and more recently The Secret Life of Pets 2.
Throwback Tuesday Album Review: Shai, Blackface
The music industry has a phrase known as the sophomore slump, which means the second or sophomore album of an artist fails to generate an equal or higher level of acclaim than the first album. One notable example from a hip hop standpoint includes Mase’s 1999 Double Up, which failed both creatively and commercially. However, […]
Kenny Wesley: Journeys of A Soulful Nerd
Reviews & Dunn: What was the inspiration for you to purse a career in music? Kenny Wesley: I thought that I had gift to share with people that I believed could empower and inspire them. Reviews & Dunn: Unfortunately I missed the highly raved about tribute show to Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross and Prince that […]
Album Review: Smoke E. Diggelera, A Juke Joint
As the world’s deals with the current pandemic, some singers are still readily releasing music. No stranger to cover albums, Dru Hill & Playa member Smoke E. Digglera drifts away from R & B to show off his vocal chops on his new album, A Juke Joint. Taking on jazz standards is a difficult undertaking for […]
Liam Hemsworth & Clark Duke explore the criminal underworld of The Natural State in Arkansas
Supporting comedic actor Clark Duke makes his directorial debut in Lionsgate crime drama, Arkansas. Kyle Ribb (Liam Hemsworth) is a low-level drug dealer working for a Mcguffin Esque character known only as Frog. Kyle soon receives word that he has earned a promotion to work in Arkansas, where he will move & sell drugs for […]
The natural aura of Michelle Obama is highlighted in Becoming
Director Nadria Hall gives viewers an intimate look at one of the most prolific and admired women of this century, Mrs. Michelle Obama, in Netflix’s Becoming. Following Mrs. Obama on her 34 cities promotional tour for her 2018 same-titled memoir, this was one of my most anticipated documentaries in recent memory.