Just Wright Comes To UK Cinemas September 17th | Official Trailer

Just Wright stars Queen Latifah as Leslie Wright, a straight-shooting physical therapist who gets the dream job of working with NBA All-Star Scott McKnight (Common). All is going well until Leslie finds herself falling for Scott, forcing her to choose between the gig of a lifetime and the tug-of-war inside her heart. Oblivious to her [...]

John Legend x The Roots ft Common + Melanie Fiona – “Wake Up Everybody” | New Music

Check out the incredibly dope “Wake Up Everybody” ft Common and Melanie Fiona – the first single from John Legend & The Roots collaborative forthcoming album Wake Up!. This is a stellar reworking of the Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes‘ original. LISTEN HERE [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The video for this [...]

John Legend x The Roots – Wake Up! | Album Cover & Tracklist

I’m super excited about this! John Legend and The Roots collaborative effort, Wake Up! is due for release on September 21st. The 11-track album contains covers of songs from the ’60s and ’70s, including Marvin Gaye’s “Wholy Holy,” Donny Hathaway’s “Little Ghetto Boy,” and the Common and Melanie Fiona-assisted first single “Wake Up Everybody.” The [...]

Thursday Throwback: Bobby Caldwell “Open Your Eyes” x “Do For Love”

This Thursday I throwback to some blue-eyed 80′s soul for your listening pleasure. According to Wikipedia, Bobby Caldwell retains the title of: “The white guy most often mistaken for an African American vocalist.” While he was most relevant on the pop music scene in the 80s, hip hop fans will recognise my chosen gems this [...]

Common On His Leading Role In Just Wright Rom-Com & Guru’s Legacy

“You just hope that you can be as real as possible in the moments.” BlackTree TV‘s Jamaal Finkley goes one-on-one with the thinking man’s favourite artist and actor Common on the pressures of playing the leading man in new rom-com Just Wright, as basketball star Scott McKnight opposite Paula Patton and Queen Latifah. “I’ve been [...]

Just Wright Starring Common & Queen Latifah (Movie Trailer)

Common & Queen Latifah take the lead roles in the Romantic Comedy “Just Wright”, The movie is about a sports trainer (Latifah) who falls in love with a pro basketball player (Common) after injury nearly ends his career. Directed by Sanaa Hamri and starring Queen Latifah, Common, Paula Patton, Phylicia Rashad, Pam Grier, James Pickens [...]

Common Acoustic Performance of “The Light” w/ Colbie Caillat + Talks New Album, The Believer (Video)

Common performs an acoustic version of “The Light” with Grammy winners Zac Brown (Chicken Fried, Toes) and Colbie Caillat (Bubbly) before speaking to HardKnockTV about his new album – titled The Believer – due for an Autumn release with No Id, Twilite Tone and Kanye West on production duties. BMI’s Vice President Catherine Brewton also [...]

2 Turntables And A Microphone: The Life & Death of Jam Master Jay (Documentary)

Run D.M.C‘s Jam Master Jay would have celebrated his 45th birthday yesterday, had he not been murdered in a New York recording studio back in 2002. I was reminded today of the 2008 documentary 2 Turntables And A Microphone: The Life & Death of Jam Master Jay, featuring interviews with family, friends and business associates [...]

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