n 1973 the Stax label put out the initial funk opera from this group, a vanity project from classically trained former Motown staff arranger Dale Warren during the hey day of the Memphis label’s pre-bankruptcy success streak. The stark urban funk debut record remains relatively obscure despite an initial tour by the group, and being sampled years later by a slew of hip hop giants including Rakim,Dr. Dre & KRS-One. A more lushly layered and perhaps commercial follow up was in the works circa 1975 when the financial collapse of Stax postponed any future prospects for the project until Chicago’s Numero Group reissue imprint salvaged the remaining tapes for release approx 35 years later. The followup 24 Carat Black: Gone Are The Promises of Yesterday was released in 2009, featuring 6 resurrected tracks cut in the mid 70’s but never before released.
Dale Warren who died in 1994, is perhaps best known for arranging Isaac Hayes’s Hot Buttered Soul album, but he eventually abandoned soul for classical music, working as a composer and instrumentalist as well as conducting orchestras in LA and Atlanta. Other members of the group included Tyrone Steels, Bruce Thompson, and vocalists Robert Dunson and Princess Hearn ( who was also Warren’s new bride at the time). …Edited by dvoodoo on 30 Jul 2009.
Classically trained Detroit arranger Dale Warren got his start with the famed Motown label and, from the late ’60s throughout the early ’70s, composed the majority of string scores for soul artists on Stax Records (arranging for such artists as Billy Eckstine, Eddie Floyd, Isaac Hayes, Albert King, and the Staple Singers, among others). During this time, Warren befriended an up-and-coming Cincinnati soul outfit called the Ditalians. After he convinced them to change their name to 24-Carat Black, he took them under his wing — both composing and producing their lone album, 1973’s Ghetto: Misfortune’s Wealth, a conceptual work that focused on life in the inner city. The album went unnoticed and fell through the cracks shortly thereafter, as 24-Carat Black never issued any other recordings. But over the years, Ghetto: Misfortune’s Wealth became a sort of cult classic among hip-hop artists, as such acts as Heal, Young Disciples, and Digable Planets used samples from the album for their own tracks. Long out of print, Ghetto: Misfortune’s Wealth was finally issued on CD in 1995. The members of 24-Carat Black would later turn up in the group Shotgun. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide
Millie Jackson is much more than an entertainment legend. The shapely, charismatic and multi-talented entertainer is without a doubt, a music industry icon whose oft criticized career paved the way for many of today’s forward female recording artists and entertainers. Not only has her lengthy career attracted fans from all walks of life along the way; it’s rumored that Bette Midler and Roseanne took pages from Millie’s high voltage explicit approach to sex, to enrich their respective careers.
In spite of being stamped bawdy, brash and bad, Millie is the epitome of performance perfection on stage. She has no peer in this department!!! Several years ago, she added a new dimension to her established legendary career by creating, financing, directing and starring in a ‘hit’ musical stage play that was based on one of her previous recordings, “Young Man, Older Woman”. During the play’s touring years, audiences (old and new) discovered that Millie Jackson was equally at home as an actress, as she was singing songs in a musical mesmerizing manner.
“Young Man, Older Woman” broke numerous box office records and attracted countless SRO audiences in cities and venues it played during its close to four-year run. It’s overwhelming success prompted David Patrick Stearns of USA Today to write a feature article, citing Millie as an astute businesswoman and lauding her, for her ability to turn her brand of risqué music into stage play success. In Los Angeles, actor/comedian Martin Lawrence created a special role for her to play on his popular TV sitcom after seeing her perform in “Young Man, Older Woman” at the Wiltern Theatre.
It’s definitely no stage joke that her career was launched in a New York nite club on a bet. It happened in a Harlem nite club shortly after she finished high school. Winning the bet by performing resulted in Millie’s metamorphic rise from a fledgling performer to a world-renown electrifying entertainer.
Her first record release, “A Child of God,” on Spring Records, more or less set the tone for what was to come with sexual and social hypocrisy from the transplanted Georgia native. Her debut album resulted in Millie being named ‘Most Promising Female Vocalist’ by a NATRA a now defunct radio and record industry organization. The following year, her single, “It Hurts So Good,” was featured in the Warner Brothers film, “Cleopatra Jones”. The soundtrack album resulted in Millie winning ‘Best Female R&B Vocalist’ honors from Cash Box Magazine.
Both her powerful vocal prowess and her ability to gather material to fit perfectly into the philosophical tune trends of the times surfaced when her next album was released. Then, with the help of Brad Shapiro she started producing herself. Their team efforts produced ‘gold’ for the album “Caught Up”. They also wrote history in the annals of the recording industry. Over the ensuing years, Millie’s name became synonymous with a streak of hit albums. “Get It Out Cha System,” “Feelin’ Bitchy,” “Hard Times,” “A Moment’s Pleasure,” “Live and Uncensored,” “For Men Only,” “I Had To Say It,” “A Little Bit Country” and “Live and Outrageous” were some of the albums that earned Millie more ‘gold’ on Spring Records and added to her liberated lyrical approach. A few years later she produced and performed on an album with Isaac Hayes. The collaboration was entitled “Royal Rappin’s”.
Her next duet recording effort was in 1985 with pop recording star Elton John. The single’s release and music video, “Act of War” made the national pop charts and resulted in Millie becoming a crossover artist. The success of this duet with Elton paved the way for her first booking as a headline act at Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. Millie’s Amphitheatre performance earned her a tie for a ‘Best Concert Performance Award’ with Sting, in an annual poll conducted by the Los Angeles Reader Newspaper.
Jive/Zomba Records, an English-based record label distributed by RCA Records was Millie’s next label after Spring Records. Four albums and several singles were released during her tenure there. Two of the singles reached the national Top Ten R&B music charts. Ironically, “Young Man, Older Woman” was the last album Millie recorded for the label. It was also the title that caught her fancy when she decided to write and produce her first play.
To satisfy public demands for the play’s soundtrack album, Millie struck a deal with Georgia-based Ichiban Records to record and release the “Young Man, Older Woman” cast album. Its success prompted a second album, “Rockin’ Soul”. This album showcased her ability to successfully bridge the musical gap between ’soul’ and pop music..
Her third album with Ichiban Records was entitled “It’s Over!??” This was the soundtrack album for her second musical stage play, “The Sequel (It Ain’t Over)”. In her humorous innate way she described her third album for Ichiban, as. “Well, we finally got the punctuation dilemma settled!”
Promotional differences and directions resulted in Millie’s second musical stage play being short lived after successful runs in New York City and Detroit. It also robbed waiting audiences around the country from seeing and hearing the legendary R&B singing trio of Ray, Goodman and Brown; Douglas Knyght Smith (her “younger” co-star from the first play), Keisha Jackson, and Antonio Fargas (“Huggie Bear” from Starsky & Hutch) on stage with Millie Jackson, doing their acting and singing thing in her all new hilarious musical stage play.
Of the many songs recorded and released by Millie over the years, her “Phuck-U-Symphony” remains the most re-recorded. She appeared in the movie “Wigstock,” and was dubbed the Mother of Hip Hop by Da Brat who asked Millie to appear on her last album. This record session lead to Millie being called on to do a Sprite television commercial.
For the past several years Millie has been doing her daily radio show on KKDA in Dallas, Texas, from various locations around the country. More recently she was inspired to record again. Rather than go through changes with other record labels, she decided to launch her own label and record the types of songs and materials that made her the outspoken, sexually liberated Millie Jackson that people loved and flocked to see.
The name of her new record label is Weird Wreckuds – git it!! Her new single “Butt-A-Cize” is currently available, and her new album entitled “Not For Church Folk!” will be released shortly.
We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It’s not as easy as you think. It’s important to know how and when to eat.
What is the correct way of eating fruits?
IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS! * FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.
If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.
FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.
Let’s say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so.
In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.
So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining – every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet etc – actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat!
Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes all these will not happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.
There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.
When you need to drink fruit juice – drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans. Don’t even drink juice that has been heated up. Don’t eat cooked fruits because you don’t get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste. Cooking destroys all the vitamins.
But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!
KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.
APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.
STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.
ORANGE : Sweetest medicine. Taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.
WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene – the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.
Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer! Can u believe this?? For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this ’sludge’ reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.
A serious note about heart attacks HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE’: (THIS IS NOT A JOKE!) Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack . Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.. Sixty percent of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let’s be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive…
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we’ll save at least one life.
Probably one of the most loved kid stars in his hey day. Gary Coleman had it on lock for a minute. A successful television show(Different Strokes), a cartoon show(The Gary Coleman Show), movies, commercials… a lot of shit. So lets go into a little History. FANGGGGGGGGGG!!
African-American child star Gary Coleman grew up in Zion, IL, where his father worked for a pharmaceutical firm and his mother was a nurse. Before reaching the age of five, Coleman had undergone three operations for a congenital kidney defect known as nephritis. As a result of his medical condition, he would never grow any taller than 4′8″. His smallness proved to be a professional advantage when he began appearing in Chicago-area TV commercials; even at the age of nine, he could still pass as a precocious five-year-old. In 1978, Coleman auditioned for a proposed television revival of the old Little Rascals comedy series. Though the project fell through, ABC chief executive Fred Silverman was enchanted by the talented tyke. Silverman cast Coleman as Arnold Jackson on the upcoming sitcom Diff’rent Strokes, which moved to NBC along with Silverman in the fall of 1978.
It was this extraordinarily popular series, coupled with the precocious Coleman’s spirited TV talk show appearances, that catapulted the ten-year-old to stardom. Within a year of Diff’rent Strokes’ debut, Gary Coleman Productions was formed, for the purpose of starring the youngster in theatrical features like On the Right Track (1981) and made-for-TV movies like Scout’s Honor (1980) and The Kid With the Broken Halo (1982). This last project was spun off into the Saturday-morning cartoon series The Gary Coleman Show (1983), with Coleman providing his own voice. An instinctive comic performer and extremely quick study, Coleman rapidly grew weary with the rigors of show business. As he grew older, Coleman’s spontaneous cuteness faded. After the cancellation of Diff’rent Strokes in 1986, Coleman found the going decidedly rough. Occasionally he’d play a “stunt” part like a villainous gang leader on the TV series 227, but his short stature and ever-diminishing acting range made him difficult to cast. He still remained in the public eye, albeit as the central character in a bitter legal squabble between himself and his parents. Gary Coleman’s later TV appearances were largely confined to a series of late-night commercials for a “psychic” telephone service. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Funky Four Plus One (also known as Funky 4 + 1) was the first Hip-Hop/Rap group from The Bronx, New York, United States to receive a recording deal. They were notable for having a female MC, and were the first rap group to perform live on a national television broadcast. Jazzy Jeff from Funky Four Plus One is not the same artist as DJ Jazzy Jeff from DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. When Jazzy Jeff was setting up a solo career after the (3rd) Funky 4 split up around 1983 he sued Jive Records (who had subsequently signed DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince) and he won a lawsuit over the rights to the name “Jazzy Jeff”.
History:
Formed in 1976, the group was the first hip hop group to have a female MC, Sha Rock. Their most significant hit was the nine-minute “That’s the Joint,” which was sampled by the Beastie Boys on the song “Shake Your Rump.” “That’s the Joint” was sampled from A Taste of Honey’s “Rescue Me”. Their other notable recordings included the almost sixteen-minute “Rappin’ and Rockin’ The House”, and Jazzy Jeff’s recording of “King Heroin”, from which a beat was sampled for use in the theme of the “The Apprentice” which taken from the O’Jays’ “Money”. The group never recorded a full studio album.
They were the first hip hop group to appear on a national television show, Saturday Night Live, in a season six episode hosted by Blondie’sDeborah Harry (some have mistakenly reported that Run-DMC was the first rap group to appear on SNL – in fact, Run-DMC were first rappers to perform on MTV some years later).
The original members were The Voice of K.K. aka K.K. Rockwell (Kevin Smith), Keith Keith (Keith Caesar), Sha Rock (Sharon Green), Rahiem (Guy Todd Williams). Rahiem later left the group to join Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five. Sha Rock temporarily left as well, and they were replaced by Lil’ Rodney C! and Jazzy Jeff, who became the ‘New’ Funky Four and with the return of Sha Rock who became the Plus One More.
Career:
With the addition of Lil` Rodney C! and Jazzy Jeff, the group became the “New” Funky Four, with D.J. Breakout and D.J. Baron. None of the Emcees were older than 17 when they signed with the Enjoy label, with “Rappin’ And Rockin’ The House”. This utilized elements of Cheryl Lynn’s “Got To Be Real“, over which a 16-minute rap commentary was placed. The tracks were recorded by a live band led by drummer Pumpkin, arguably rap’s first production hero, and it was an impressive overall introduction.
Shortly afterwards they switched to Sugarhill Records, losing the “Plus One More” and adding 4 + 1 suffix. Prior to this cast D.J. Mark The 45 King would act as Breakout’s record boy after Pookie D, locating and passing records up to the decks as Breakout requested them. They made their debut for Sugarhill in 1980 with “That’s The Joint”, a song arranged by jazz-funk organist Clifton Jiggs Chase. Their performances at Bronx Club parties included full blown dance routines.
After a dispute with Sugarhill, Lil` Rodney C! and KK Rockwell left the group and started The Original Double Trouble, at which time Rodney C! would marry Angela (Angie B) Brown of The Sequence fame aka (Grammy Nominated) Angie Stone. Jazzy Jeff went on to have a solo career.
In 2008, their song “That’s The Joint” was ranked number 41 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.
Let me say, First of all… I am not one to get on the internet and speak my business, but since every body and their mothers is on my space; let me holla @ you. Don’t beleive the hype, don’t get it twisted, forget what you heard ,and no it didn’t start with Salt and Pepper… 30 something years ago a multi-billion dollar business was created we call Hip Hop. And yes… Right hear right now… you are witnessing the writings of the 1st Female Pioneer Luminary MC on the mic ever.. SHA-ROCK YALL… I am going to keep this thang short. Young SHA-ROCK use to live in the Bronx, but then move to Harlem USA. And that is where it started for me. I was introduced to artist’s such as James Brown, Nickki Giovanni and Sylvia to name a few. To all you older cats who may know who Sylvia is , but to all the young cats , let me break it down to you… She is CEO of Sugar Hill Records. The same record label that is still trying to rob me of my royalty checks after 25 years. Aint that a bitch.
Anyway I moved back to the Bronx. Back in the 70’s i use to sneak out of the house to go to Kool Herc’s parties who is the Father of Hip Hop. He had no Female MC’S at that time. So there was no one to set standards for me. I became a b/girl. I waited just like the fella’s did for that certain break beat of James Brown’s Sex Machine to began to hit the floor. I then became the 1st Pioneer Female Luminary MC ever to set the standards for any other female that came after me.. 1st Pioneer Female MC to be apart of a all male Hip Hop group/The Funky Four Plus One More… 1st Pioneer Female MC from the streets of the Bronx to go full circle in a MC battle mode… 1st Female Pioneer MC to use the echo chamber behind her voice, and every one followed… 1st Female Pioneer MC to have a record deal world wide… 1st Female Pioneer MC to introduce Hip Hop to other cultures and nationalities besides the Bronx… 1st Female Pioneer MC to be on national tv/Saturday Night Live with Blondie/aka Deborah Harry “1981″… 1st Female to be apart of the 1st organized/sychronized group… The Funky Four Plus One who set the standards for what Hip Hop is today… Know Your History…. SHA-ROCK 1ST Female Pioneer Luminary MC.
We taking it back people. The Force Md’s… a Hip-Hop Soul group. They was the first. A lot of brothers was using the sing’a'long routines back in the late 70’s and early 80’s. Fly shit! Check em’ out! FANGGGGGGGG!!!!!!
The Force M.D.s is a doo wop vocal group that was formed in 1981 in Staten Island, New York. They originally called themselves the L.D.s, then The Force MCs, but ultimately preferred “M.D.” which is short for “Musical Diversity.” Though they weren’t quite always as recognizable as other New York R&B acts when they first started, the Force M.D.s were among the first R&B vocal groups to intermix doo wop-affected consonances withhip-hop beats.
When they began performing as the L.D.s on Greenwich Village street corners and the Staten Island ferry, the group consisted of brothers Stevie D. and Antoine “T.C.D.” Lundy (b. February 3, 1964, d. January 21, 1998), their uncle, Jessie Lee Daniels, and friends Trisco Pearson and Charles “Mercury” Nelson (December 19, 1964–March 9, 1995). After they connected with DJDr. Rock, they also performed as Dr. Rock & the M.C.s and played at hip hop shows.
By the time the Force M.D.s made a record deal, signing with Tommy Boy Records in 1984, they had already developed into a pure quiet storm/urban R&B group, with their top-ten R&B hit “Tears” from the Love Lettersalbum and signified by their street attitude. They produced a collection of R&B hits throughout the ’80s, but their sole pop hit was the Jimmy Jam- and Terry Lewis-pennedlove song “Tender Love” from both their second album Chillin’ (1985) and the 1985 feature film and soundtrack Krush Groove. The single proved to be a huge success, peaking at #10 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart, which became and instant R&B classic,and stayed on the chart for 19 weeks. With the exception of their first album, the group was also the first act on Tommy Boy to have major-label distribution through its then-parent Warner Bros. Records.
The Force M.D.s’ finally scored their first R&B #1 hit in 1987, “Love is a House,” from their third album Touch and Go. However, their popularity began to wane the following year. A fourth album Step to Me was released in 1990, and its featuring production was by Full Force, Marley Marl, Monte Moir (of the Time) and others. Mercury and Trisco then left, only to be replaced by Rodney “Khalil” Lundy and Shawn Waters. Force M.D.s released the album Moments in Time in 1994.
Tragedy struck the group three times with the passing of three of its members: Charles “Mercury” Nelson suffered a fatal heart attack in 1995; Antoine “T.C.D.” Lundy died of Lou Gehrig’s disease in 1998; and DJ Dr. Rock died under unknown circumstances. The Remaining MDs returned with a comeback album “The Reunion” in 2000.
WASHINGTON – The estimated time when whites will no longer make up the majority of Americans has been pushed back eight years — to 2050 — because the recession and stricter immigration policies have slowed the flow of foreigners into the U.S.
Census Bureau figures released Wednesday update last year’s prediction that white children would become a minority in 2023 and the overall white population would follow in 2042. The earlier estimate did not take into account a drop in the number of people moving into the U.S. because of the economic crisis and the immigration policies imposed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
The 2050 estimate is one of four projections released that is based on rates for births and deaths and a scenario in which immigration continues its more recent, slower pace of adding nearly 1 million new foreigners each year. Demographers said that scenario offers the best look for now at the future demographic makeup based on current conditions, rather than other models which assume higher rates of immigration.
The United States has 308 million people today; two-thirds are non-Hispanic whites.
The total population should climb to 399 million by 2050, under the new projection, with whites making up 49.9 percent of the population. Blacks will make up 12.2 percent, virtually unchanged from today. Hispanics, currently 15 percent of the population, will rise to 28 percent in 2050.
Asians are expected to increase from 4.4 percent of the population to 6 percent.
The point when minority children become the majority is expected to have a similar delay of roughly eight years, moving from 2023 to 2031.
The population 85 and older is projected to more than triple by 2050, to 18.6 million.
The actual shift in demographics will be influenced by a host of factors that can’t be accurately forecast — the pace of the economic recovery, cultural changes, natural or manmade disasters, as well as an overhaul of immigration law, which may be debated in Congress as early as next year.
As a result, the Census Bureau said the projections should be used mostly as a guide.
The agency also released numbers showing projections based on “high” rates of immigration — more likely if more-flexible government policies and a booming U.S. economy attract large numbers of foreigners — as well as “low” immigration, a possible scenario if U.S. policies don’t change much while the economy substantially improves.
With high immigration, the minority “tipping point” is moved up to 2040, two years earlier than the previous estimate. At that time, Asians would have a much larger share, at 8 percent, since their population growth is more dependent on immigration than birth rates.
With low immigration, the “tipping point” arrives by 2045.
Under a purely theoretical “zero immigration” scenario in which the U.S. effectively does not take in any immigrants, whites would remain the majority in 2050, making up a solid 58 percent of the U.S. population. In such a case, the share of Hispanics would increase to 21 percent because of high fertility rates and a younger population.
Under a “zero immigration” model, the 65 and older population also grows substantially faster, comprising nearly 1 in 4 Americans.
“These projections show that immigration will serve to replenish our labor force as baby boomers age into retirement and make our population younger without overburdening our schools and other community resources,” said William H. Frey, a demographer at Brookings Institution.
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