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is bursting with the influence
of church, the one institution
that has turned out more in­
tense vocalists than any
other.
"I like Stevie Wonder and
Aretha Franklin," Patterson
says matter-of-factly. "I like
Jodeci an all of them but they
all got it from the same
place."
Although Jackson lounges
on some of the tracks, Patter­
son still carries the flavor of
Here And Now on even the
most mellow tracks.
The duo each do their own
writing and most of the pro­
ducing.
They look forward to doing
more producing. .
"We already had a lot to do
with the music arranging,"
Jackson says.
"1 Can Deliver" is a fair
start for Here And Now and
is jam packed with potential.
With tracks like "Hip-Hop­
Jazz-Religion", "Let's Start
Over Again", and "Tastin'
Love Agam", th duo are SUr
have &om oomm reial u
cess wi th the premiere 'en­
deaver.
have opened for groupe like
Big Daddy Kane, Gang Starr,
Nice Smooth and, the now '
defunct EPMD. 'We have a
very clear concept," Jackson ·
says, "a concept for all people.
What the Here nd ow
thing really is about is doing:
what you can here and now,
and being the most positive
and the best you can be Here
And ow." .
With more exposure and
more time, Here And Now
could possibly be the ones to
watch. Positively.
cal wor and musical," said
Patterson, a student of p0-
etry, theatre and the oratori­
cal arts.
"I want to go bac to hool
for anthropology. I want to
get a global unde tanding of
what's going. I believe that
when you know your history,
then you'll know your true
identity," said Jackson, a vet­
eran of the break dancing
group Domin which, back
in the day, opened for many
rap acts.
Here And Now themselves
ATLANTA CAP) - Rapper and
actor Tupac Shakur, criticized
by former Vice President Dan
Quayle for anti-police lyrics, was
arrested and charged with
hooting two off-duty police offi­
cers.
h kur, 2, Orr ted
Bund y, Oe obet" 81 on wo
counts of a ul
and one outstanding charge of
simple battery. That charge was
for allegedly lapping a woman
last summer when she ked for
his autograph, Atlanta police
Capt. Herb Carson said.
A preliminary hearing, origi­
nally scheduled for Monday in
Municipal Court, was postponed
until Dec. 1. The rapper was
freed on bond earlier in the day.
Clayton County Officer Mark
Whitwell and his brother, Henry
County Officer Scott Whitwell,
were crossing the street with
their wives early Sunday when
they were almost struck by two
cars and an argument ensued,
Carson said. Henry and Clayton
are uburban counties south of
Atlanta.
"One of the officers pointed a
gun toward the group," Carson
said. It wasn't clear if the men
identified themselves as offi­
cers, Carson said.
CURRENTLY, Here And
Now are on the BET Unity in
the Community Tour, which
dropped into Detroit Septem­
ber 18. The group won mad
props wi th the BET staff
when, one day, the sound
equipment got a mind of its
own.
"We didn't get upset like
some-artists. We had fun with
the audience and did our
thing. The staff said it was
definitely one of the best
shows yet. We stayed posi­
tive," they explained. Jack­
son and Patterson have big
dreams that go far beyond the
boundaries of the music in­
dustry, despite their long
commitment to it.
"I see myself directing mo­
tion pictur , doing theatri-
TUPAC SHAKUR
pIe who had mad flavor," he
says.
Patterson, on the other
hand, handles the soulful
melodies of the group. It is
apparent that on the duo's de­
but, "I Can Deliver", Patter­
son is a part of the old school
melody/harmony group that
can boast of members Ii ke
The O'Jays, The Four Tops
and, most recently, Aaron
Hall.
At a time when it seems
R&B/hip-hop duos are a/dy­
ing breed, Here And Now at­
tempts to make it a thing of
the future. Jackson is the
rapper with a voice that is
most definitely reflecting the
early Whodini flavor. Yet
Jackson looks to the old old
school for guidance.
"I look to old time vaude­
ville, Cab Calloway and the
tap dancers who used to do
their thing. They were peo-
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that Shakur fired at the officers,
Carson said. Three casings from
a 9mm pistol were found at the
scene.
The Whitwells were in satis­
factory condition late Sunday
night, said Grady Memorial
Hospital spokesman Emory
Baldwin. Mark Whitwell was
shot in the abdomen and Scott
Whitwell was shot in the but­
tocks, Carson said.
Shakur starred in the movie
"Po tic Justice" with inger
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I t's been a long road, seven
years. Derrick Patterson and
Wyatt Jackson have been col­
I aborati ng since continuously
bumping into each other
around Dudley Station, the
Boston mecca for Black peo­
ple. Finally, Here And Now
are trying their hand in the
music industry with some­
thing they call "a major burst
of flavor".
A WITNE S TOLD police