Author: Bryan-Michael Cox
Bryan-Michael Cox is a Grammy Award Winning songwriter who has written and/or produced hits for Mary J. Blige, Usher, Mariah Carey, Aaliyah, Jermaine Dupri, Toni Braxton, Fantasia, Faith Evans, Day 26, Cassie, Danity Kane, Bow Wow, Ciara, Maxwell, Jessica Simpson, Janet, Joe, Ginuwine, Tyrese, The Isley Brothers, Trey Songz, Johnta Austin, Static Major, Brian McKnight, & Many Many More. He has won SESAC Songwriter of the Year 7 times in a row, he also has broken the record for most consecutive weeks on the Billboard charts. He has topped the Billboard R&B Year End Chart & Billboard Hot 100 Year Chart as a producer or songwriter multiple times. He has 25 #1 hits. Atlanta has honored him with his own day on June 24th. and inducting him into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.
DOPENESS: Jack Daniels presents new whiskey: Tennessee Honey
Yall know that the Texas Ranger is going to be on this like white on rice yo!!!!! Jack Daniel’s is about to roll out its first new expression in a generation: Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey. The new libation starts with Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 and mingles it with a special honey liqueur. The result is a smoother, sweeter version of Jack that is just 70-proof. It is a clear and understandable attempt to pull more women into drinking Jack. There is even a cute honeybee on the label. Older drinkers might take a shine to it, as well. I can see my late Aunt Letitia or even my North Carolina Gram sipping Jack’s Honey. The addition of liqueur does give the finish a vaguely medicinal, cough-syrup taste in the background of other flavors like butterscotch, pear and honey. Bartenders are just getting samples to play with, but I can see Old Fashions being made with Jack Honey, as well as Mint Juleps that are made with Old No. 7 instead of Kentucky Bourbon. The Derby is right around the corner, too. Price: About $22.00 for a 750 ml bottle.
Happy Birthday Q!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE ORIGINAL SUPER PRODUCER, MR. QUINCY D. JONES, II. WHAT OTHER PRODUCER HAS ACCOMPLISHED ALL THAT HE HAS. FROM SINATRA, TO MICHAEL JACKSON, TO THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR AND BEYOND. HE IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE WORLD. HERE’S TO YOU DOC.
Dope Art: Gus Van Sant & James Franco’s “Unfinished” At Gagosian Gallery L.A.
I think this is dope. -BMC Nearly 20 years after Gus Van Sant released My Own Private Idaho, the director revisits the film in a joint exhibition with James Franco, entitled “Unfinished,” on view at the Gagosian Gallery in L.A. now through April 9, 2011. The director and actor became interested in working on the project together while working on Van Sant’s Oscar-winning film, Milk. Van Sant had shared some of the dailies and other extraneous footage that never made it into the final cut of the My Own Private Idaho, and Franco, allegedly mesmerized by River Pheonix’s performance in the film, was inspired to splice together the outtakes into a new film, rather obviously titled My Own Private River with an accompanying soundtrack by Michael Stipe. Seven of Van Sant’s Peyton-esque watercolors will accompany the short film. Click here for the original post.
GQ.com presents Black Pioneers of Style: Miles Davis
GQ.com has a segment called Black Pioneers of Style. We have always set the bar when it comes to setting trends in each era. Looking back at some of these pics, it definitely proves to be true!!!! Here is a pic of the incomparable and legnedary Miles Davis circa 1953. click here for complete article
