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T he A rtis t- F o r m e r ly - K n o w n - A s -
T h e -F re sh -P rin ce . M r. S m ith . B ig
W ill. O r ju s t p la in B ig W illie . N o ne
o f these snazzy m o n ik e rs can begin
Io fu lly describe W ill S m ith . A na tu­
ral in an in fo rm a tio n crazed age -
w a rm , w h im s ic a l, te le g e n ic, c h a ris ­
m a tic - S m ith has cu t a tr a il across
and in c re a s in g ly c o m p le x e le c tro n ic
f r o n tie r :
L P . C D .M T V . N B C . C D -
R O M . and D V D . H e 's a m u ltim e d ia
phenom enon w ith a m illio n - d o lla r
sm irk.
B u t th ro u g h his va rio u s in ca rn a ­
tion s - rapper, actor, b o x -o ffic e d e ity
- W ill S m ith has c o n s ta n tly c h a l­
lenged h im s e lf. So a return to the
w o rld o f m usic was alm ost expected.
C o n s id e r fo r a m o m e n t, h o w e ve r,
w hen S m ith began ra p p in g at the age
tw e lv e , h ip -h o p was a sm a ll part o f
B la ck c o u n te r-c u ltu re , but o v e r the
last seventeen years h ip -h o p has be­
M ic h a e l B o lto n s " A l l T hat M a tte rs ’’ In Stores N o v e m b e r 4 th R & B /P o p F la vo re d C o lle c tio n Is S in g e r's
com e an in te rn a tio n a l c o m m o d ity .
F irst F u ll-L e n g th S tud io A lb u m In F o u r Years
In te rn a tio n a l superstar M ic h a e l B o lto n has taken Ins patented blend o t s o u l-s tirrin g R & B grooves and pop
S m ith was tro u b le d by the e sca la ting
m e lo d ic in v e n tio n on to a w h ole new le vel w ith A ll T hat M atters, the C o lu m b ia R ecords a rtis t’ s firs t lu ll-le n g th
vio le n ce associated w ith h ip -h o p and
studio album o r o rig in a l m aterial since 1993 s R I A A trip le p la tin u m release. T h e O ne T h in g (w h ic h has sold
the tragic deaths o f Tupac and B ig g ie .
m ore than seven m illio n records w o rld w id e ). M ic h a e l's new reco rd is lu ll o l the Iresh sounds, m e m o rab le
F ra n k ly he was unsure o f h is role.
Will Smith
hooks, and undeniable B o lto n M a g ic that have m ade h im . w ith sales o f m ore than 45 m illio n albu m s, one o f
the m ost po p u la r entertainers in the w o rld A ll T h a t M a tte rs is on sale now .
Ships Of Slaves: The Middle Passage
Sherri Jackson
Although Jackie Cochran made a name for herself racing planes In
the thirties, she seized her claim to fame later by becoming the first
woman to break the sound barrier. Here, she poses next to her old
bi plane. The Aviators make its North American Premiere from
Tuesday, December 16, through Friday, December 19, from 9-10
(ET) and from midnight-lAM (ET). Pictured: Jacqueline Cochran,
1938.
Photo by Crobis Bettmann
The H istory Channel examines the
N e w W o rld where they were sold into
brutality and business o f the T rans-A t­
slavery. As the m iddle leg o f a triangular
lantic Slave Trade.Thursday, December
trade route, the journey became known
11 at 10pm E T / 11 pm PT.
as the " M id d le Passage.”
“ Ships o f Slaves: the M id dle Passage,
Fam ilies were ripped apart. Villages
a painful tim e in history when m illio n s o f
were destroyed. Cultures were erased.
Africans were captured and forced to
Cram m ed into the stinking, putrid holds
cross the A tlantic in slave ships. I t ’s a
o f slave ships, shackled inchains, stripped
period o f history that needs to be told.” -
naked, beaten and hum iliated, some 15
- Steven Spielberg
For fou r hundred years, m illio n s of
m illio n A fricans began a perilous sea
Africans were systematically kidnapped
T w o o f every ten captives died along the
from their homeland and shipped to the
way.
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W e ll, not e n tire ly . A fte r a ll. as
son d o e s n 't w a n t a n yo n e to read
her new albu m a m p ly proves, Sherri
to o m u ch in to h e r w o rk . Y e t b e ­
is an in co n te sta b ly g ifte d w rite r, a
h in d the ly r ic s fro m her lu m in o u s
riv e tin g p e rfo rm e r, and a re fle c tiv e
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Huw Edwards, conductor
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