Q-Tip & Abiola - the Renaissance Interview and real music!
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Category: Music
Hey Cupcakes, The rapper Q-Tip AKA Kamaal the Abstract has been around for 2 decades. We sat down to talk about his new album the Renaissance and his history... and future in music. I have so much respect for this man. Check it out! xo, a.
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The Renaissance
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Release date: 2008-11-04
Eric Benet & Abiola: His Love & Life and How to be Better After Breakups
Current mood: adventurous
Category: Music
.. Hey Loves, Confession. For the past couple of years I was not feeling Eric Benet, and truth be told, none of my girlfriends were either. To us, he embodied the epitome of doggiedom. (New Abiolacabulary. Doggiedom: The State of Dogging Out a Good Woman.) All I had in my head was that Halle Berry was our girl, and dammit Eric, how could you do it?? Upon deeper reflection, we weren't really angry at Eric, but angry at the men in our own lives.
FAST FORWARD. After spending an afternoon with Eric I have to tell you that we all make mistakes and he is a more thoughtful person and a fantastic musician who is intent on being a better man and an amazing single father. In the future we'll share his thoughts about "raising a queen" -- his words -- his daughter India. In this video Eric even has some dating advice, and well, what he seeks in love. This album is not about the past, but the future. One listen and you'll see why he considers Love & Life a tribute to R&B from the 60s and the 70s. For now, check out his interview, and then his new album, Love and Life.
Special thanks to Eric for his sensual single Chocolate Legs, which I think that ladies with all colors of legs will appreciate!! ;-) At a time when women who look like me have disappeared from movie leads, commercials, music videos and just our visual landscape in pop culture in general, we of the chocolate legs appreciate the love, Eric. Enjoy -- especially for THE TRUE EBs -- apparently the nickname for Eric Benet's dedicated fans.
xoxo, a. twitter.com/abiolatv
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Love & Life
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Release date: 2008-09-09
New! Abiola Talks to MTV’s Man & Wife: DJ Fatman Scoop & Shanda
Current mood: adventurous
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
Hey Loves, Man & Wife Comes to Planet Abiola: Fat Man Scoop and Shanda. Upon starting their new MTV version of their hit online show, DJ Fat Man Scoop and Shanda chat with Abiola Abrams about love, life, sex, marriage, dating, new media and relationships.As Scoop would say, it's time to Put Your Hands Up, Let the Music Play and Be Faithful! Read more on their SITE.
The show is the first of its kind - a monogamous couple talking love, sex, dating, and relationships from their bed. Hot monogamy!! Yeah! xoxo, Abiola Call me: (917)267-2607 www.TWITTER.com/abiolatv www.FLICKR.com/abiolatv www.YOUTUBE.com/user/planetabiola
Jean Baylor from Zhane & Algebra Blessett: "New" Women Artists
Current mood: artistic
Category: Music
Hello Loves, OK, so recently on the Planet Abiola Show we were asking about the women in hip hop. Here are 2 positive, beautiful singers - not rappers (still on the hunt for them) - that you should notice. Algebra Blessett is the newest artist from Kedar Massenberg, the producer who brought us Baduism, and Jean Baylor from Zhane.Check them out! xoxo, a.
JEAN FROM ZHANE & ABIOLA, BE A LIGHT
ALGEBRA BLESSETT & ABIOLA
Let me know what you think! xo, a. Links: www.blackplanet.com/planetabiola www.youtube.com/planetabiola
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Purpose
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Release date: 2008-02-26
Young Lloyd Interview - He talks about Lil Wayne, Girls Around the World & Lessons in Love
Current mood: artistic
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
Hey Loves, Sorry for the neglect. I am packing right now to head to Atlanta, then Washington DC and then Virginia. Detroit next week!
It's the Divas of Literature tour. Find dates/ locations at www.divasofliterature.com and photos at www.flickr.com/abiolatv. More goodies at www.thegoddessfactory.com. Enjoy -- Eric Benet, LL Cool J and more soon.
xoxo, a.
YOUNG LLOYD INTERVIEW LINK: http://www.youtube.com/user/PlanetAbiola
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Lessons In Love
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Release date: 2008-08-05
On the Down Low: Hiding in Hip Hop Author Terrance Dean
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Hey Loves, Glad you've been checking out Planet Abiola on Blackplanet. We just did interviews with Lalah Hathaway, actor Michael Beach and India Arie's new artist Anthony David, so look for those! For your convenience if you aren't on blackplanet you can find everything on www.youtube.com/user/planetabiola.
On this episode of Planet Abiola, I interview controversial author Terrance Dean about his book Hiding in Hip Hop. He discusses secret homosexuality. See what he has to say about David Banner, Chingy, Young Bird and Nelly. Looking forward to your thoughts!
ALSO Gay Teens PSA
I am checking voice mails right now at 917-267-2607. Call me on my Say now and you can hear my voicemails too or leave a comment of your own!
xo, a. flickr.com/abiolatv twitter.com/abiolatv thegoddessfactory.com youtube.com/user/planetabiola
Hello My Loves, Wanted to share with you a couple of Manville segments - these are from my online show with Blackplanet TV / One. You can see eps at planetabiola.com on Blackplanet - for viewers of all planets of course - or now for your convenience we just uploaded everything to youtube: www.youtube.com/user/planetabiola . Fun stuff coming ranging from Jermaine Dupri to Kedar Massenberg to Lloyd to Terrance Dean who writes about the Down Low in Hip Hop.
I tried to shut up long enough to hear men reveal how they really think!
WATCH THIS and COMMENT!
OH AND HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF A SLIDE HO? NEITHER HAD I!! PART 1 Beyond Mistresses
Hey My Loves, My advice column in Rolling Out Urban Weekly premieres nationwide today. If you live in ATL you should have seen a blurb last week. You know Rolling Out, right? The great free lifestyles and entertainment weekly paper seen in bodegas, barber shops, cute salons and KFCs (Kennedy Fried Chickens) everywhere! Just kidding-- I am very excited, and can't wait to roll down to my corner West Indian spot to grab a copy. ALSO-- while you're grabbing that, there is a sweet article about me in Carib News, but it has many errors such as me saying Maya Angelou is my mother in my head. I love Dr. Angelou but I have a GREAT mom and I would NEVER say that. My character Maya in my novel Dare says that Maya Angelou is her godmother in her head. All good though! More on that in my blog, and there is also cool Abiola stuff in Paper Mag and Upscale on your newsstands now.
ANYWAY, shameless self promotion aside, on my blog I give Unsolicted Celebrity Advice TM, and I wanted to share this one with you: Dear Akon, OK, I admit, I had no idea who you were when Verizon put you on posters everywhere, and I even had a personal snafu someone mentioned you in a meeting and I said, "he looks great" but the picture was of reggae artist Wayne Wonder. I learned about you through the news because of your various mishaps with humping underage girls accidentally and stuff like that. What I will say is that your mia culpas seemed more genuine than most -- and on one occasion, I read that you even put your sorries into a hit song. Kudos!
So now it appears that you have been outed as not having done a 4+ year soul searching bid in the pokey for a wild life of crime as you originally touted but almost 3 months for an erroneous charge which was dropped. Yikes! This is crazy on so many levels. I understand that street cred is sadly an important thing in your business - unfortunately. However, to manufacture prison time to build yourself up is just sad. You have so much going for you.
You are talented-- and how beautiful is it that you are repping the motherland Africa-- can't we let that speak for itself? Instead your songs and albums have names like Konvicted and Locked Up. One of my films has a character who is a rapper called Criminal -- Criminal is a Yale educated dude who pretends that he was doing a 4 year bid while he was in college. Hmmmm.
I am prescribing a course of immediate self evaluation. Stop, drop and roll. Meditate on this and get back to me.
positive energy with diddy’s girls: danity kane
Current mood: artistic
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
Special thanks to Kwasi Asare at Bad Boy. Episode directed and edited by Kristal Mosley. Filmed by Patrick Reis, Kanokon Sookaram and Harry Watson II. Love Cakes by Make My Cake in Harlem, USA.
Episode Directed by Tasha "Sashalicious" Morris & Edited by Kanokon Sookaram. Featuring Damali Abrams. Enjoy and join us at www.planetabiola.com AND myspace.com/planetabiola !
Thanks for all of your crazy emails about the Planet Abiola Theme Song-- hahahaaaa...
OK-- here’s the show open for Planet Abiola, produced in association with Blackplanet. It was shot primarily by Patrick Reis and Kristal Mosley. Edited by Kristal Mosley, Graphics by Anthony Pepe for Demonic Pumpkins and Theme Song Produced by Kwame. Check check it out!!!!! So much fun!
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That girl from the burbs wit a lil bit o’hood... Enjoy and join us at www.planetabiola.com AND myspace.com/planetabiola !
WATCH THESE NEW CLIPS- Fat Joe & Bad Boy’s Cheri Dennis Interviews for Planet Abiola
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Hey Y'all, Check out these sneak peaks at Planet Abiola, my upcoming daily online show that I will be hosting on Blackplanet. The new theme song "DREAM BIGGER" on my myspace page is the song Boy Genius Kwame produced for the show open. Fun, fun... We will also be posting at myspace.com/planetabiola, so don't forget to send a friend request there...
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