CLASSIC VIDEOS: November Rain

Guns and Roses fans unite – ESM is featuring “November Rain” as their current Classic Video.  Put on that bandana on and waive that lighter in the air.  The GNR boys are alive and well again, if but for one moment.
Do you need some time
On your own
Do you need some time
All alone
Everybody needs some time
On [...]

FEATURE: Sade

Smooth.  Sexy.  Soldier.  Sade is a true artist.  Her sound is original.  She makes the music that she wants (and we need), and in her own time.  That also means that the rest of us have to wait, not so patiently, for her artistic process.  On her latest offering, Soldier of Love, we waited almost [...]

ICON: Maxwell

These days it’s rare to find modern day icons because there are so few people whose style is so consistent and timeless it makes us stand up and take notice.
Maxwell is one of those exceptions.
We’ve already given him props for his first album and considered it a classic.  Now it’s time to give him props for his [...]

CLASSIC VIDEOS: Juicy

Juicy is one of my favorite songs from Notorious B.I.G.  Whenever I want to remind myself how far I’ve come from where I used to be, I throw this song on and let the lyrics take me back to when times were tougher.  It definitely makes you appreciate where you are today and where you [...]

THE DIME PIECE: Nicole Sherzinger

As I was cruising through TV channels last night I checked out a new show on NBC where everyone has to sing accapella for a recording contract and $100k in prize money.  The actual show was of no interest to me, but the big news was seeing Nicole Sherzinger as one of the main judges.  I have to say, [...]

CLASSIC VIDEOS: Hot for Teacher by Van Halen

If you’re old enough to remember watching this video, you will probably get brought back to a time when MTV played videos and when you thought David Lee Roth was pretty cool.
Well, he was pretty cool around the time this video came out.
As someone from VH1’s Greatest Hard Rock Songs of All Time said, “It’s [...]

FASHION: William Rast

So I’ve been dying to check out the William Rast fashion line started by Justin Timberlake and his good friend, Trace Ayala.
There was a lot of buzz going around when the line first came out – well – mostly because of the fact that Justin Timberlake was one of the founders.  Since they opened a retail [...]

MUSIC: New Clipse

Yessur.
The Clipse have had a tumultuous career.  They sold cake (the paddy type), clapped gats, sold records, dropped labels, sold more records, etc.  And now they are back where they need to be – under Pharell’s wings making hits.  Then again, Pharrell himself has been a bit dry lately, so maybe they need each other.
Either [...]

ICON: Shawn Carter (Jay-Z)

So it was inevitable that we would write about Shawn Carter (a.k.a Jay-Z) and label him an ESM icon.
An entreprenuer, business man, artist, designer and most importantly a hustler, Shawn Carter has changed the game for every endeavour and industry he touches.  He knows how to do everything right – down to the matching shoes [...]

MUSIC: Remix Your Friday!

Sorry to take you away from your shoe and car porn for a second, but it’s time for the weekend.  And if you’re like me the weekend means it is time to turn up the speakers to the freshest hip hop.  But if you really wanna get your weekend started right, I suggest you take [...]

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