IL 7· ,1 I
Behind- The-Scenes
the ter). 'In term 0
violence", V n Peeble id,
"there' good peop Ie and b d
people. With Godf ther III,
you had thr peopl hot in'
the th t r. one 0 the
p ople involved in the e inci­
dent h d even een the movie
yet. "
But producer Dou c-
Henry and George Jack on
had me age for the rowdy
youth cuing violence t
their cr e e ni g. "St Y the
h c away," McHenry id.
"We're tired of thi film being
the capegoat for orne thing
that's 'much broader in our
ociety."
Speaking of New Jack City,
O-Uy' Teddy Riley h hi
own mi giving bout the film
back ta e , ven though he
and f llow member of the
group, Guy, ar featured.
Seems, Riley wanted more.
"I'd like to ay maybe it could
have been more but it j u t
didn.'t happen. We are the re 1
While the bi inn
t i ye r' Soul in
A ard -M.C. H mmer,
ari h C r e y, nd Johnny
Gill came no bi surpri e,
ne medi keyed in M rio
V n Peeble , who e film,
"New Jack City" t qu re in
the middle of fire torm of
controver y.
Van Peeble ought- fter
BI c director in Hollywood,
ev if he doe n't like the
term. "I define myself a a
director, r ther than let Hol­
lywood define me a a BI ck .
director. That' very impor­
tant. I saw that happen to my
father." However, getting
bac to New Jack City, V n
Peeble blame limited eat­
ing and his film' popularity
for thc riot that broke out in
Lo Angele .
(Incidcntally, it took 156
1 police to stop the violence
that broke out when the
theater ove rb o o ke d the
til to in: M ny 0 the
h 'd turned ut for
By th Way: Filmma �f'
Spi e Lee recently ccep �
an appointment to te ch film
cour e t H rv rd Unversity
pring .... The bigge t
in the record indu try
wa the pact Janet J c on
Igned with Virgin Record !,_
an e. tim ted $ 2 miliion,
three-album deal. The an­
nouncem nt m r ed the end
of pecul tion as to where the
multi-Platinum inger would
go. It wa bigge t recording �
contract itt hi tory. . ..
t tement th t threw
more th n a few off', sin" th
ubject of hcr herita chad
been a matter f ue t i o n .
Now gain, b a k s t a g c , 'he
wa putting the matter t rest. .
ew Jack Swing." And while,
Riley do n't claim to have
coined. the phra e , he wa the
Papa 1.\ Got A Brand.' ew
DO
D O.G & DA
UL
and childhood fricnd , who e
very fir t endeavor together
in music was to ho t the radio
how, which t a n d s as the
longe t-running rap pr gram
in the world.
Life of a Kid in the Ghetto
is Awe orne 2' fir t full
album production project, and
con idering the duo's
pedigree, it's hardly urpri­
ing that the album is not only
diverse and to ta lt y up to date,
but al 0 te ep d in all the be t
qualitie tr ditionally a'-
ociated with rap.
Aside from the long Ii t of
artists whose car er
benefited from expo ure on
the Awe orne 2 radio how,
and at their legendary hip hop
partie at the Latin Qu r ie r,'
SpeCial K .... ·at1tJ Teddy Tt'lld
have contributed tu d i o ex­
pertise, remix work and even
occasional vocals to records
by such uti t a Divine
Sou n d , Roc k Mas t e r �S cot t-,
Tony Terry, Nice & Smooth,
Boogie Down Production and
the BDP project HEAL.
The Aweso me 2 a nd ED
0.0 met through family con­
nections, and while aware or
Ed' ambition to rap pro t'c -
sionally, Awe orne 2' b u y
. broadcasting c h e d u l e and
Tedd's tour with Real
Roxanne, Rebbie. Jack on,
Ready for the World,
Klymaxx and Lisa Li a kept'
them from hooking up profe -
sionally until last year.
"The energy Ed bring
making beat and what
wanted in the s t ud i ," Ed
says, and early in 1990, Ed
reteamed with T-Nyne from
the FTI crew n d met co-
produ er Joe Man field
through another member of
his own cr w, Money 1.
The combination clicked so
well that Ed set a timetable
for his own career launch.
"We set a date! We ta r te d in
January and aid that in
March we'd bring our mu ic
to New York, and we knew
that Special K. and Teddy
Tedd ere going to get us a
record deal! I aw the future,
exactly." And, in fact, it was
at the very fir t label their
demos were played - PWL
America, newly launched by
Mer ury nd �p L .:' ' the
Britlsh-based independent -
that ED 0.0 & DA
BULLDOGS were. igncd.
TilE AWESOME 2. Spe­
cial K. and Teddy Tc dd (Kevin
Bonner Te du Whiting), have
bee n 110 ted for 0 vcr e i g h t
years as ambassadors of rap,
thro ugh the i r con tr i bu tio ns to
MTV and their early-morning
radio show on the New York
station WNWK, which has in­
troduced an entire generation
of the young to rap.
The two are close' cousins
"l KNOW HOW TO SUR­
VIVE. Everybody in the crew
knows that it's all about sur­
vival." Common sense from
ED O.G (Edward Anderson),
the 20-year-old rapper whose
debut PWL America/Mercury
album, "Life of a Kid in the
Ghetto", is bound to establ ish
ED O.G & DA BULLDOGS as
one of 1991's mos t esse nti al
new rap acts.
The deb ut si ngle, "[ Got To
Have It," coupled with the
album title track, clearly
points out where ED 0.0 is
coming from: .clever 'and
penetrating, persuasive and
dead serious, it's just the first
irrepressible statement of
many on the album.
Throughout, ED'O.O score
poi n t aft e r poi ft i -i It "
.tough, 'expres Ive delivery
and the rockin' hip hop of
Special K. & Teddy Tedd
(well-known as radio'
Awesome 2) and Joe
Mansfield.
Like the best rappers, ED
O.G has a knack for making
sense whether he's comical
("Bug-A-Boo," "Feel Like A
Nut/I), observant ("Ootta
Have Money (If You Ain't Got
Money, You Ain't Got Jack),"
"Dedicated to the Right
Wingers") or sharply analyti­
cal ("Speak Upon It," "Be A
Father To Your Child").
HE XPLAINS, "Every-
thing on tne album i from my
heart. Where I come from i
rough, very rough. That's why
I entitled the album Life-of a
Kid in the Ghetto. When I step
out of my house, I see the
same thing every day. I'm
really just or qi nary."
ED 0.0 (Every Day, Other
Girl·s) and DA BULLDOOS
(Black U ni ted Leade rs Li vi ng
Directly On Groovin' Sounds)
came together in Boston'
Roxbury community out of a
shared love of music and rap­
ping. Ed recounts, "There
really weren't that many rap­
pers I admired becau e I was
a b rea k dan c era t t irs 1. ·T h e
'New o rk City Breaker were
my idols. ·When breakdancing
got played out, rapping wa
the next phase."
Ed beatboxed and rapped
for a numl1er of local groups,
including Fresh To Impress
and 3 Dcf Notes, making his
first record, Suzie Q, as early
as 1985, and meeting the
other eventual members of
DA BULf,..DOOS in MC and
OJ contests, but it eventually
sank in that the only way to
make 8 name as a rapper was
to leave Boston.
"I got better, learned about
ED O.G & DA BULLDOGS
New music sensatlon
a new, refreshing, more mus i-'
cal sound to rap, along with
subjects that "really matter." :
acros au rh t me," ay Spe­
cial K, Tc d d add that the
p r o d uct i n wa m nt to bring
by Derrick C. LewIs
'Staff Writer .
Music industry newcomer
Marva Hicks was recently in
the Motor City promoting her
new album "Never Been in
Love Before."
Marva has worked with a
who's who in the entertainment
field. Names such as Stevie
Wonder, Lena Horne, and
. Anita Baker easily associate
themselves with her.
One of the album's high­
lights features a duet with
Stevie Wonder called' "Strong
is Our Love." Wonder wrote
and produced the cut, but lets
not stop there, the album also
features a romantic cut called
"Never Say Never," which
Marva co-wrote, and lets not
forget the first cut (and first
single), "Never Been in Love
Before." ,
The cut on the album are in
the R & B tradition. She goes
over the whole range of R & B,
from romantic ballads to more
fast paced funky rhythms.
MARVA'S TALENT puts her
in the ranks with Angela Win­
bu h, Anita Baker, and Miki
Howard. She has a voice which
reaches out to you, and won't
let you go.
"When I perform, it's
definitely about good 01'
fa hioned singing, no
the tric . There's nothing like
touching people with your
voice, with that God-given
gift," ys Marva.
Li ten for Marva on the
radio nd don't forget to get
-Never Been in Love Before."
It will be a mu ical experience
to. cheri h.
Wina'ns Triumph.At Awards
By Margaret Man fleld
The Winans walked off
with top honors in the gospel
category at the recent Soul
Train Award. Says Marvin:
"This is our favorite award.
We won the first gospel Soul
Train Award, so thi is kind of
special. We re al ly wanted thi '
'one." Wi th word the ca te gor y
may be eliminated from the
ceremony .. the Winians said
they would talk to Don.
"We'll change that", said
Marvin. "Our music i soul
music".
Meanwhile, it took longer
than they planned, as it wa
hard to get off the road and
get down to business but Bebe
& Cece finally did. The re ult
is their new album, "Differ nt
Lifestyles" ,I a leo 1'0 r re I c as c
next month. "W 've done our
best, "Cece ays. "There was
a little pressure but we Just
knocked it off our houlder
and did the same thing we did
before, which i to put our
heart on wax aQd hop� for the
be 1."
Their best, the last time out
re ul1 d in a gold album -
"Heaven", and a highly su -
ce ful national tour. With
their commercial acce.p-tance,
ha come a va t growth in the
popularity of urban contem­
porary gospel mu ic, a we II
a sparki ng a whole new rop
of contemporary go p I ar­
ti t . Something that excite
Bebe.
own perspective."
. Come September: Sings8:'
tion,-a syndicated half-hour,
long, gospel mu lc 'how,� .
the opportunity to, air over 80"
CBS-TV affiliates. The show,
hos ted by Vi cki e Wi na ns , .
originated in Chicago in '
1989, is now seen in is .
markets including Chicago;
netroit, New York, LA,'
Philadelphia, Miami, Birmin­
gham, Memphis, and Hou -
ton.
. " l t ' no t hi ng but gr w th to
see what ha happened with
other 0 'pel arti t with ac­
ceptance. and there' no more
Ic ar of there being no more
room f r Be b e Ce c e b e­
cau e 1 think the more we
have, the m re trength we
have." The top gospe l duet is
al plea ed that the con­
trov r y behind their cross­
over uc s has faded.
"A L T 0 F people feel
tha t yo u ha ve a wide r a.ppeal
that you're definitely leaving
the go pel market", Cece
ta ted, Whe n the y reattze d we
were in sp e l to stay, they
accepted it much better."
Take ix, prcs e ntl y in rhe
t ud i o working' on a
Chri tma album, know all
too well at Be be & Cece
mean. "I lo v the fact that
pe pI arc tar t i n to broaden'
the ir mind. and not ay 'oh
no, the y . ret r 1 n g. t 0 d 0
reli I u mu, i' with rap or
that jan in l)�pcl doe n't
fit','" under laude Mc­
Kni ht ay .
"In t ad, people are tart­
ing to ay w w, that's the kind
o mu Ie I like. and it h a
reli i u me a c." Ac ord­
in t MeKnl ht, Take ix i
till adju,tln t a recent
member h,ang the replace-
ment M rvyn Warren with
J ibhlc), "It·� ne bl od
in. w ha vc to e t
him. plu he hrln . \,i
(
Just Briefly: The De Barge •
Family ls making their go pe ..
debut in June with "Back On
Track", their per onal te :
timony to the up and downs > '
that redirected them back Co'·
the ·church. Featurcd on the"
album are EI (courtesy of'
Warner Bro ,), Bunny, Randy,'"
Tommy, Marty, and young r . �
twins Daryl and Carol, along." .
with their mom. The family'
was brought to the attention· ,
of f'M Record by their uncle,' '
Rev. William Abney, who i ..
al 0 igned to the label.
Thi wuk's scripture: H DfJ­
not repay evil with evil 0' in:',
ult with in ult, but wit'" �
ble sin , beCIlI4$e to this ydu . -
were called so that you may'"
inh"it II blusin" . .
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