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1 OH T he P ortland O bserver • O ctober 4, 1995 P age A 9 'J&t/A <ETI|c iLlnrthxnb (iDbseruer ENTERTAINMENT D e a d P r e s id e n ts Who Are Those GUYs? Pictured L to R : The Kin g s of New Ja c k Swing, Damion Hall, Aaron Hall and Teddy Riley, are se en here, at The Hit Factory in New York City, laying down tracks for Tell Me What You Like, their upcoming single on the New York U ndercover soundtrack. G U Y is currently working on their third oIRiim _ _ . . . album. Photo B y Ronnie Wright Super group G IJY is reuniting three successful individual ca platinum-selling ablum The Truth this fall to record a new album reers. which included the hit single I Miss slated for ‘96. The trio will give the Teddy isamemberof Interscope You, for which he won a Soul Train world a taste of things to come with recording group, BI.ACKstreet, and Music Award for best R & B video. the release o f Tell Me What You is currently producing projects for Damion’s album, Straight To Like on the New York Undercover MJJ recording group Vision, as well The Point, included the singles Sat soundtrack. as the G U Y album. isfy You, a duet with labelmate G U Y ’s m ulti-platinum suc Aaron and Damion both went on Chante Moore, and A Song For cess with their first two albums, to pursue solo careers with Silas/ You, in which he teamed up with Guy, and The future has lead to M CA Records. Aaron spawned the his brother Aaron. A Rose In Spanish I larlein (Left) During happier times, Anthony (Tate, left) and girlfriend Juanita (R o se Ja ckso n , right) make plans for their future. (Right) C o n cea led behind whiteface, Anthony (Tate) is p o ise d to hold up an arm ored ca r filled with d ead presidents - a slang term for cash. C h ris Tucker, N 'bushe Wright, Fred d y Rodrig uez and Bokeem Woodbine also star. Hollyw ood Pictures presents, in association with Caravan Pictures, "Dead P re sid e n ts." Pro du ced and directed b y The H ughes Brothers, from a screenp lay b y M ichael Henry Brown, and a story b y A llen & Albert H u g hes and M ichael H enry Brown. E xecu tive producer is Darryl Porter. Co-producer is M ichael Bennett. Buena Vista Pictures distributes. photo credit: K.C. Bailey L anita D uke "Dead Presidents", the second film by the Elughes brothers is sort of a “Menace II Society” robs a bank. Although, the story is broad er "Dead Presidents” still ends on a, “if you are a Black male why are you bom?” note. The B lack male in this mov ie is Anthony (Laren z Tate) and his evolution is the central theme. For those of us who en tered our teens in the late 1960s this film is a wonderful journey down memory lane with its music and fashion sense. Anthony’s world displays a sense of community with a pool hall, girl friends and the neighbor- bv hood pimp wantobe. Anthony's desire to be different lands him on the front lines in the Vietnam war. The Hughes brothers pays homage to Black Vietnam Vets with their visual description of Blacks who served disproportionately as scouts. This movie is one of the few to include leaflets from the North Viet namese urging blacks not to fight this war. For Anthony to survive he has to forget everything at home-girlfriend and daughter included. He returns to the States in 1973 to underemployment, male competi tion and a sense of hopelessness. It is within this hopelessness that he plans a robbery. Thus, the title “Dead Presidents" which is slang for dol lars. The Hughes brothers should be commended for their casting of N ’bushe Wright as the revolution ary sister o f this daughter’s mother. We need more images of Black women as strong tighter rather then always having babies or getting high. I recommend “ Dead Presi dents” as a current history lesson, as well as watching the movie mak ing abilities of these talented twin evolve. Lanita Duke is Producer/Own- er o f Grassroot News - video Pro duction Company. New York, NY.... Spanish Harlem 99th Street... This is the residence of one of the most sexy, talented, and person able new stars - J. Quest. Mercury Records new vocalist, J Quest, is com ing at you with straight up beats, bass line and lyrics, an artist to be reckoned with in both the urban and mainstream music arenas. His debut LP “The Quest Is On...”, hit the stores this September. J. began his professional career at the tender age of 10 as featured perform er in the New York Boys Choir. By sixteen J. was working in the studio producing demos with his manager who introduced J. to Lisa Lisa. “ I sang for her and she liked what she heard - then she hooked me up with Junior Vasquez who produces Ma donna.” J. worked with Vasquez to finish his demo and within months he was signed to Mercury. At eighteen years old. J. Quest has proven his ab ility to infuse classic R & B sounds with raw rap flava, and delivered an album that’s com pletely o ff the -hook. I he debut syigle, “ A n y thing," featuring Mecca Don/Per- spective rap artist Pudgee, is about to explode so don't sleep. J. and Pudgee are a perfect match, creating a song sweet on the sur face and injected with just the right bite o f hip hop flavor. In a musical genre dominated by African Americans J. knows the fact he’s Puerto Rican may raise some eyebrows, “My race always kicked a certain type ofmusic and there hasn’t really been anyone that has done something different and been suc cessful. I could make history like this.” To hear it is to believe it. He is history in the making and... the Quest Is Most Definitely On!!!!! Portland’s “Soul Diva” Portland’s “Soul Diva”, Linda Hornbuckle will be ac companied by her music di rector and keyboardist, Janice Scroggins, on a performance tour o f universities in Italy from December 3rd through the 13th, ’95. Her 1994 CD re le a se on the C rim in al Records label, “ Soul Diva Meets The Blues Monsters”, is making her a pretty popular item in Itlay as well as other European markets. In addition to her performances for the Itialians, She’s also slated for Paris, France in early 96. DIMENSION I I L M S / \ / ) tl.In- ^JortLitib (Olisi'vuci', Offer you' free passes Io see the new Hu ilier now playing al Ihealres all over Portland! TERROR NEVER RESTS IN PEACE The final confrontation with evil Michael Bolton - Greatest Hits 1955-1995 O v e r the last ten ye ars, M ichael Bolton has created an u ntroken chain o f smash hit records, becom ing one o f the w orld’s most beloved and popu lar recording artists. Whether singing his won material or pro viding new and fresh interpreta tions o f classic R & B and pop, Bolton has the ab ility to illu m i nate the essence o f a song and beam it into the hearts o f his listeners. M ichael Bolton --- Greatest Hits 1985-1995 celebrates a de cade’s worth o f music that’s be come a part o f people’s lives all over the world. T h is collection brings together not only some o f the biggest se llin g songs o f the 1980’sand 1990’s but five brand- new Bolton tracks recorded es p e c ia lly for this album . For Michael Bolton, writing and sin g ing “greatest hits" is an ongoing and lifelong process. On two ofthe new songs, M icha- el reunited with producer/co-writer Music Millennium 32nd & E. Burnside 231-8926 M ichael Bolton Robert John “Mutt” Lange (who worked with Bolton on the multi platinum the One Thing album in 1993). Bolton and Lange have creat- A nni C E L E B R A T IO N » / (T lj e X ß u r t l n n h ( O l i s r r l t r r ed“l Promise You” and “Can I Touch You.. I here?,” the first single from Michael Bolton-Greatest Hits 1985- 1995. y 23rd & NW Johnson 248-0163 H a ll the curse IM M U B 'IM H I cd WEEN IC H A E L M Y E R S J* Free tickets available now at One Stop Records. 1615 N E Killingsworth (Offer valid only while supplies last) ‘Halloween: Curse Of Michael Myers” is now showing at these theatres: ( >ak Grove * Rose M oyei - l.loyd M all Cinemas I I \ 11 KI St. tentici gum j «I lu I SI St, I I M all 205 - «2nd Ave Cinima S Washington Square t t )S S IK< .IS |<| < f )|{ |)s