“I’m a guy who, fortunately, has good people around me and we just try to make some good music really,” says 23 year-old London native Kaleem Taylor. Quite an humble statement from someone whose immensely powerful voice gives off the feeling that he has wisely...
It’s clear that Pharoahe Monch has seen every side of the music industry since his time as one half of Organized Konfusion almost two decades ago. As a solo artist, his legacy is cemented as being one the greatest MCs to ever touch the microphone....
Films finding inspiration from video games have become synonymous with Hollywood’s current lack of creativity as 80s remakes for better or worse. For every success like Paul Anderson’s 1995 adaptation of Mortal Kombat, viewers have dealt with horrible video game-to-film conversions including 1993’s Super Mario Brothers, the surprisingly...
Director Denis Villeneuve re-teams with Prisoners star Jake Gyllenhaal for the chilling yet sensual thriller Enemy. Based on The Double by Portuguese writer Josè Saramago, there’s an air of confusion that works in the film’s favor. That notion extends to Enemy’s slowly shot opening scene involving some exclusive sex club and...
Before Beyoncé became Mrs. Carter and Kandi Burruss re-emerged as an Atlanta-based reality star, they both essentially represented the peak and unfortunate decline of one particular American musical staple: 90s R&B girl groups. Popular acts including Destiny’s Child, En Vogue, Xscape, SWV and TLC were...
Feeling halfway inspired by Rob Reiner’s cinematic adaptation of Stephen King’s Misery, Repentance is a serviceable psychological thriller that offers enough twist to keep things from turning formulaic. Anthony Mackie (Notorious, She Hate Me) stars as therapist/spiritual advisor Tommy Carter, a man who’s recently turned his brush with death...
VICTORVILLE • The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Victorville Station announced this week the start of its You Are Not Alone, or YANA, Program for seniors, handicapped or homebound people. According to a sheriff’s news release, the program will help ensure the safety of impaired citizens through...
New Jersey native and vibrant rapper/producer Christopher Porter, or C-Po for short, has been making much noise since making a hilarious parody of Sean Kingston’s “Beautiful Girls” entitled “Homicidal” several years ago. Since then, he’s gone on to release projects including debut album Music Impossible in 2009...
