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Diamonds and
Pearl relea ed
1 t of October
Pai ley Park
Record /Warner Bros.
relea ed Diamond And
Pearls, the new album from
Prince and Th New Power
Generation,on October 1st. It
is the prolific arti t' fir t
non-film related LP ince
1988. Featuring 13 tracks, the
di c finds Prince blazing a
musical trail once agian with a
selection of ongs a
innovative and diverse a his
talent.
'Diamonds and Pearls'
innovations are also evident in
the accompanying cover
graph! . For the fi t time
ever, the cover image for the
disc and cassette will be an
elaborate full coolor, full
motion hologram. The 3D
artwork display 100 degrees
of motion when turned to the
light and finds Prince attended
by "Diamonds" and "Pearl;"
the two female characters
already introduced in the
controversial "Get Off' clip.
The women are also featured
in the "Get Off" Maxi-video
and the clip for "Cream."
Sporting a new look, a new
sound and a new band, Prince
and his music continue to
provoke cr i tics and
aggre sively challenge taboo .
Mending fences
with Murphy
It's no secret that Eddie
Murphy was unhappy with his
Paramount deal and looking to
leave, but it seems that new
. Paramount chief Brandon
Tartikoff is changing Eddie's
mind. Word is Murphy' will
stay at Paramount and is
currently in talks with the
studio about Beverly Hills Cop
III:
In the meantime, Murphy
is getting set for
"Boomerang", which will get
underway in November with
the Hudlin Brothers ("House
Party'') at the helm.
"Boomerang" is about a man
who changes his life in
purrsuit of the "perfect
woman" when the right one is
really under hi nose.
On the
home front
Angel right fielder Dave
Winfield is the latest "fresh
prince of Bel Air", as the
39-year old celbrity and his
wife Tonya recently
purchased a five bedroom
home in the exclusive area.
The house is et in 4,500
square feet features an
elevator. wine cellar, a pool.
and there's even room for a
batting cage ... We ley Snipe
recently returned home to
New York after completing
work on "White Men Can't
Jump", and 8 week' vacation
in the Islands with pals Anna
Horsford ("Amen'') and her
boyfriend.
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WBBD BOOT CITY! - (front row l-r): Johnny Gill, Ronnie DeVoe and Michael Bivin. (back row I-r): Bobby Brown, RIcky Bell and Ralph
Tresvant.
EULOGY FOR
MILES DAVIS
alcoholic tones
addicts
sometimes submerg
themselve In;
to be bllst red IIca/es
creativity bathe Itself
In;
to be hustled;
to be In the aura of
a Blackman
who understood
some Black men can't
hake
nigger hackle
UNJVI�R AL en I A - Th Bell
Biv D v. jug ernaut continue
with th r I of WBBD - Boot
City!: Til R mix Album, a new MeA
Record album that collects on cl
ingle di many of th and' r l:ll
recordin , in luding the group'
current in le r le , "Word To The
Muthat," featurin pia! gu st
vocal by Bobby Brown Ralph
Tre vant and Johnny Gill.
Formatted a day in th life of
fictional radio t tion WBBD, the
album of e re-mix d versions of all
Bell Biv De� I old hits - uch
a "Poi on (London Styl )," "DoMe!
( moothej," "Do M ! (Mental)" and
"She' Dop ! (EPOD Mix)" - all
inte ersed with interview of the
band and a pecial "Introllr.J,
Op ning."
Bell Biv D Voe ' n w album,
WBBD - Boot City! take th'
innovative blend of hip-hop R
and pop a notch higher wi
brand-new ver ton of BBD'
runaway rut ingle. The remix
album feature production work by
ome of today' hotte trap
producer. Hank and Keith
Shocklee, Marley Marl, Dr. Freeze
Wolf & Epic, Bell Biv DeVoe, plus
The Throwd wn Twin (Ron
De Vbe' youn r brothe ) all take
turns behind the re-mixing console.
Plus both th "IntrollrJ, Opening"
and "Intervi wlllhb Ahh" were
produced by Ron DeVoe.
With the triple-platinum Poi on,
Bell Biv DeVoe staked out new
musical territory. With WBBD -
Boot City!, they let the world know
that they're here to tay, proving in
the process that their creativity
talent and tyle take a backseat to no
one.
horld
eye and
My word are muslc,
Mlle.
I play bebop with
yllables.
Punctuation are my
whole notes;
the funky blue
'Round About Midnight
shatters my mind w/�h.
.,
Miles Davis Is dead;
ton cold gone.
HI arrogance,
with and without his
"ax,"
blew cold/hot fusion
Mile' way. '
� can see him now,
back to hi audience,
saying with dl da/n:
"They came to hear;
not see me."
They came to hear
the oul of a mal)
who lived the note he
played;
to walk the wild Ide of
life
steeped
sight and sounds of
a twelfth street lac d
I met you when
Bird Land/the Royal
Roost!
the Bird walled
and you Mile ...
searched for the Miles
we must live with.
That's It Mil s.
My tribute.
Alii can add Is:
You did It Miles' way.
NA THANIEL SCOTT
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