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The equation is simple. Multiply original, melodic, hard-core
hip-hop by the Power ( )t~ 3. Epic’s new rising-star rap phenom
enon, and you get EVERYTHING - the Washington D.C. based
crew’s aptly titled debut album. Featuring the lethal lead single
“Best Of All The Worst,” PO”s impressive introductory effort
is a powerful mix of reality rhymes, bomb heats and street-
smart sensibilities.
“We’re straight-up street hut on the positive tip,” says Daoud,
who was horn in Brooklyn, New York, moved with his family
to Washington, D.C. (where Ouasim was born), moved again
to St. Croix, and later hack to D.C.’s notorious inner city, still their permanent
Power base. “Yeah, we rap on the real about the negative affects of the drugs,
violence and crime that are killing Every Ghetto, USA,” Quasim adds. “But we
also school black kids to the fact that self-destructive behavior like that will kill
them and the black community.
From phat old-school flavor to melodic hip-hoplr&b to straight-up hard-core
and more, EVERYTHING delivers the diversified goods, PO’ style it avoids and/
or discredits the played (hlunt-smoking, 40oz-guzzling, AK-47-bIasting) gangsta
rap clichés, yet manages to capture the complex mood and mindset of ghetto life.
CD highlights include: “Best Of All The Worst,” a serious saga of social and
cultural awareness, illustrating the Baptiste brothers’ substantial writing and
rap skills; “Nostalgia,” a lustful scenario flexing female flesh fantasies; “Ma
hogany Rhodes,” titled after a mountainous St. Croix area that still gives Daoud
and Quasim inspiration; and “Don’t Change,” a rhythm and rap tour-de-force
warning ghetto escapees to never forget where they come from.
Sharpening their skills and building up a loyal fan base, PO’ met hitmaker
Chucky Thompson while shopping for a deal. Thoroughly impressed with the
brothers' platinum potential, Chucky signed them to his Epic-distributed
( liu c k l.ife P ro d u ctio n s.
“ 1 have com plete confidence in
Daoud and Quasim,” Thompson avows. ‘‘They
are h ip -h o p 's fu tu re .”
Now, after patiently waiting their turn, PO’ finally has EVERYTHING to look
forward to...and the knowledge that from now on, the best is yet to come.
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Shoppers can start their holiday
shopping early and take advantage ot
the unique and unusual g ift items
available at the “ Christmas in July"
sale at the follow ing participating
businesses: J P ’s Custom Framing
& Gallery. 4 1X NE Kilhngsworth;
Looks Like M e Gallery. 5 4 17 N
W illiam s Avenue: Naira & Kobo
African Imports. 2232 NE Broad
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store . 446 NE K1111 ngs worth ; Shades
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Street; Slieha House o f Elegance.
2730 NE Broadway, Vessels. 2605
NE M L K Jr. Boulevard, and World
Village Gift Emporium. 5126 NE
M L K Jr Boulevard
Each store w ill offer itsown unique
selection of g ift items, including eth
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and figurines, Kwanzaa items, and
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AUGUST 2-3 , 1997
/A p is + k n c ts
Christmas is coming in July, be
lieve it or not! That s according to
eight Northeast Portland businesses
which have joined together to otter
the first annual "Christmas in July"
sales event, scheduled from Thurs
day, July 24 through Saturday. July
The African
Heritage Network
(AHN) "Movie of
the Month" series,
hosted by Ossie
Davis and Ruby
Dee presents
broadcast premiere
o f Slaughter for the
month of July
1997. Hall of
Famer. Jim Brown
(above) stars as ex
green beret captain
Slaughter.
The African Heritage Network
"Movie ol the Month" senes, hosted
by legendary film stars Ossie Davis
and Ruby Dee. presents the intense
broadcast premiere at Slaughter, a hot
summer action llick. stalling lootball
Hall of Famer Jim Brown, who pro
vales non-stop action, powerlul guns
and brute strength, while seeking re
venge for his parents' murder. AH N 's
"Movie of the Month ' series is brought
to you by A T & T. Slaughter aires on
KWBP, July 27. 1997 at 11:30 pm.
"I would not even to this day say
that Jim Brown ever became a great
actor to what a great football player
he w as One ol the greats, said Ossie
Davis. "1 think Jim Brown, comes
pretty close to making the true tran
sition from athlete to actor. I can live
with Jim Brown being the Black Ri
chard Gere." added Davis
With just as much action as any
Steven Segal or Jean Claude Van
Damme film . Slaughter is a action
tale full o f hand-to-hand combat and
fancy karate kicking Ex-green beret
captain Slaughter (Jim Brown) leads
an all-out assault against organized
crime with the assistance ol the 11 S
Treasury Department, in search ol
Ins parents’ killers
Slaughter's ensemble cast in
eludes Marlene Clark. Rip lorn
Stella Stevens and Don Gordon
The African Heritage Network s
hosts Ossie I Tas is and Ruby Dee. arc-
one of the entertainment industry's
most well-known and gilted couples
Their film , television and stage ca
reers extenil over 50 years
AH N 's "M ovie ol the Month sc
ries is the first anil only feature lilm
package which focuses on movie-
showcasing African American
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• Bela Fleck & The Flecktones with special guest Paquito D'Rivera • McCoy Tyner • Earl Klugh
• Jean Luc Ponty • Eddie Palmieri • The Heath Brothers featuring Jimmy, Percy, and Albert
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a sep arate Frid ay N ig h t B luet event w ill presen t
Guy, Robert Cray Band and Paul DeLay Band
Buddy
on Friday, A ugust 1.
288-8652.
Daily general admtssion tickets, as .well as a special 3-D ay Pass for $ 60 , are available
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