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Jonathan Mannion: Desire Friday, April 04, 2008 - Meka Udoh | Comments: 11

Point. Squeeze. Click. No this writer is not referring to the sweet science of letting off a couple of metal lungies from a cannon, but rather the seemingly intrinsic yet wholly complicated world of photography. It’s one thing to simply point and shoot a low-megapixel camera phone, but today’s high-tech devices are a far cry from the pinhole cameras of centuries past, with photographs becoming the preeminent cornerstones in nearly every prominent profession. Pictures have always been the most powerful tools for propaganda as they bring an even greater life to the record hidden behind it, and without them albums from AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted to Nevermind may have...

Tiffany Villareal: The Realness Sunday, April 13, 2008 - Kevin Clark | Comments: 14

With the game in a stifling predicament, users, fans and industry elite, alike all look at your Myspace hits, first week sales and viral campaigns to gauge who is the next up to bat. Gone are the days of building up artists, the work has to be self-done. For Tiffany Villareal, the game is a bitch untamed. The beautiful singer has worked with everyone from the likes of Missy Elliot, Faith Evans and Alicia Keys – recording demos – to Raekwon and Dr. Dre. The Aftermath artist has more heart than your average artist. While others like Jae Hood are complaining about their label deals, the San Antonio...

Ray J: Talk Like Sex Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - Aliya Ewing | Comments: 17

Out from under the heavy shadow of his older sister’s singing success, Ray J has created his own self-sufficient fame. And while he still struggles to gain respect within the industry and media after being known as “Brandi’s little brother” for so long; this singer/ actor [and ex boyfriend of Kim Kardashian] doesn’t mind being laughed at; because all the while he’s laughing his way to the bank. After selling his infamous sex-tape with Kim and making millions, then penning a deal for his own record label, Knockout Entertainment [a multi-million dollar collaboration with Epic/Koch Records and Shaquille O’Neal’s Deja 34 Entertainment company] Ray J is now focused...

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