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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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ed“l Promise You” and “Can I Touch
You.. I here?,” the first single from
Michael Bolton-Greatest Hits 1985-
1995.
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