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IN BRIEF
ter thr hit ingl , a
Soul Train a ard a d
Orammy omina 0 , it',
e de t t e ladi of Bn
Vo e ere definitely
"Born To Sing." d for
tho e ho thought they
ere j t cute qu rtet,
their Itt Ibum "Funky
Divas" unle h the
group re I voc I po cr.
Att c ing tandard ,
rap, R&B, nd fun rock,
En Vogu giv credence
to their title the new
"divas" ofR&B. Upon hit­
'ring the cene a few years
b c , they were mong
everal girl groups - in­
cluding Seduction nd The
Good Girl , m king wav ,
in music. But the wave
ha died, and just En
Vogue is still afloat
. 'U e the R&B div of
the sixtie , they have a
trong comm nd of vocal
harmonies nd rhythm.
It's no wonder why their
producers Denzil Fo ter
and Thomas McElroy
came up· with "Funky
Divas" for the title of their
second release. But En­
Vogue doesn't w nt folks
to think success has gone to
their heads.
Fact is, the diva image
for En Vogue goes far
beyond their physical
beauty and talented vocal.
The I die believe they
have a responsibility to the
community. They've
worted on a fe children'
projec includi I Walt
• •
AS FOR commercial
endorsemen , they refuse
to promote tobacco, drug·
and alcohol products.
For their econd album,
they admit that it was
something of a challenge to
top their platinum release
"Born To Sing". However,
after the project was
finished, they say they had
no doubts. Their single
"My Lovin" (You're Never
Gonna Get It)" is really
making headway on the
airwaves and the charts.
The tunes combine the
funk of R&B, the pizzazz
of pop, and the new ever­
popular En Vogue a' cap­
pell style.
The girls say they never
intended to popularize
dOO-WOp. Nor' did they
remake two of Aretha
Franklin' hottest numbers
from the "Sparlde"
soundtrack in dedication to
Aretha.
Instead Terry and Dawn
say, "it's our tribute to Cur­
tis Mayfield." As to the
movie, "Sparlcle": "we
looked at the girl group in
the movie. It's almost the
story about us. -
Before they became En
Vogue.Dawn, Terry, Max­
ine, and Cindy were wor -
ing on different aspects of
their career .. Cindy's con­
tinuing to pursue acting
and was recently featured
in the movie "Juice", but
there are no plans for 'the
group to split.
All the native-Califor­
nia girls landed a cameo
appearance in the movie
"Aces Iron Eagle III."
Tour plans are still in the
air. Of course, we'll let
you know as soon as we get
the scoop.
- compiled by K. Bub
Special contributor:
RadioScope ... The ColulDD
-,From Bailey Broad nl
Services Vi Serra Syndication
Who better 10 publish e new boo As Nasty As They Wanna Be:
� UncelUOred Story 01 Luther Campbell of the 2 Uve Crew by
Luther Campbell and John R. Milfer (Barricade Boo , March 16,
1992) than Lyle Stuart, the man The New ytri Times hu n med
publishing's "bad boy."
2 live Crew's Luther Campbell and his trend- ening hipOhop
music and sexually explicit lyrics have been the subject of many
lawaui and deba on censorship. Who is the man behind the
controversy? Some have called him Satan, but he prefers 10 be called
Luke. Campbell grew up in Uberty City, Florida, near Miami. "It i
one-in-a-million shot to escape the ghetto and make a place in the
world of comfort, " writes Campbell.
Beating the odds, at twenty- lx, he produces and performs hi first
single, "'I'larow the D, " with 2 live Crew under his newly formecllabel,
Luke Records. Selling them from the trunk of the car, the record sells
200,000 copies in i fust year. 2 Uve Crew's first two albums sell.
mo� than 500,000 copies each. Campbell becomea a mDUo reo
At .ftAa1·�_
MalCXl'tY IteppOd
IlUlPCClwi .
do . Their reeo are now baDDed in Broward Q)unty, Florida.
In h Ntllty A.r 77Iey Wanna Be Campbell and co-writer John R.
Mlller tell the personal story 0' Campbell and 2 live Crew; how they
began, their over-night rise to uccess, and their wild encounters with
groupiea, life on the road and the trials.
Campbell speaks candidly about how: Jesse Jackson accepted large
donations from Campbell, but would not agree 10 attend any of the
trials; George Lucas first. gave Campbell permission to use the nick­
name -Luke Sltywalker, - then reneged on the offer; and how CBS
vetoed the decision to cast Campbell in a role for the television pilot,
� Owl, and how nobody ever bothered to contact Campbell to tell
him he had been replaced.' .
Madonna, Spike Lee and Oeraldo Rivera are among the cele6rities
whom Campell ra . He also shares some fasciliating insigh on the
subject of money, Blacks, the music indUStry, censorship, drugs,
�mi politics and women.
Controversy has not hurt Luther Campbell. Today he lives in an
eight-thousand square foot pink palace built on a golf COUISC in Miami
Latea. He owns a number of luxury cars and a private jet.
His company Luke Records is worth millions and' the only
. entin:1y Black-owned record l�bel.
Luke (of 2 Live Crew)
will perform
a solo concert
in Detroit
Sunday, July 19th
8pm at the
State Fair Grounds
The Poision Clan
Detroit's Most Wanted
Two the Hard Way
The Joke Man
will accompy Luke
Tickets $15.50 at TicketMaster
368-1 000 State F;llr Grounds
I
LUKE
tatement from
Luther "Luke'" Campbell
. .
It figures that Bill Clinton
would choose AI Gore because of
the recent attack on RAPPERS.
This explains where he has been
getting his information.
Tipper Oore has been against
BLACK people and our music
, ince the Sugar Hill Gang. Once
he is elected, you can expect to
find her at the front door of Tower
Records - downtown, New
York, demanding ALL RAP
music be removed.
Look at the choices we have to
choose from: Perot wants to put a
fence around the inner city and
give a curfew. Clinton has
picked a man and his wife that are
against BLACK people and
BLACKm le,
people at all.
This could be the worst thing
that has happened to rap music.
If nothing else, this prov that
the WHITE HOUSE really i,
"The White House."
2 Uve Crew Omaha
ial hrown out of court
In an unexpected move, the trial scheduled in Omaha, Nebraska
over the sale of2 Live Crew'sSports Wukendw thrown out of court
by Judge Stephen Swartz. Charges against the retallers involved
also dismissed.
The judge aid he would di mi the case jf the attorneya
representing the retailers charged would ign agreemcn statina that
they ould make a tronger effort to prevent sal of explicit
recordings to minors.
The belief persi among Luther Campbell's alli that the cae
thrown out of court because the prosecution ould not have been
able to prove that a crime was committed by selling the recorda, dtiDa
the recent 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that overturned the
previous ruling on 2 Live Crew's music, The Appeal Court ruled t
month that the group' music w not obscene.
If convicted, the retailers could have been fined a maximum of a
thousand dollars each, and could have received up to a year in jail.
Campbell tate, "I am happy. Some people do have some
It's a mall tep for rap. It comes under so many different atlac
, why I put a tic er on my records."
SO ALL I can suggest is that
we all vote for Bush. Four more
years of this same bull is better
th n the other choices. AJ a
people, Blac usually vote
Democratic, but this is one time I
y we vote Republican.
P to realize that the
00 bout BLACK