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(July 1, 2002)
Lee Bailey's EUR/Electronic Urban Report
July 1, 2002 (Monday)
The EUR is factual online infotainment on today's hottest
celebrities, events and issues in urban/black entertainment
and culture.
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In This Issue:
* SUPER PRODUCER SEAN COMBS DETAILS MOVE
* SMITH SPEAKS OUT OF THE HOARSEST MOUTH
* 3 DOWN, MORE LIL'S TO COME
* SPRINGER SPRUNG ON AFRICA
* NAS SAYS, "NAH!"
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SUPER PRODUCER
The Making Of
*Though well known worldwide, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs can
certainly be called a super producer. The man has hundreds of
hits under his belt ranging form hip-hop to R&B to pop. He himself
is a top-selling artist, and had been crowned by many, including
himself, as the King of the Remix. As a matter of fact, his latest
CD is title "We Invented the Remix," and debuted at #1 when
released late May. Now P. Diddy is moving into new territory.
The hot producer and label head recently announced his departure
from Arista Records. The Arista giant has distributed P's label,
Bad Boy, for nine years, but P. says it's time for him to grow.
And Combs vows to make room.
"I went to L.A. Reid and told him that I would like to grow into
a major," Combs says about his meeting with Arista head Antonio
L.A. Reid. "'I would like to be the next major. I want to become
one of the next super-powers and I can't do that as a boutique
label in a partnership with Arista. I want my freedom, and I don't
want to renew my contract. I don't want any hard feelings.' We
came to a great agreement to stay in business with a couple
of acts."
The total details haven't been released, but P. Diddy left the
Arista fold with his entire catalog, sort of. He told the EUR that
Arista does hang on to a bit of the Bad Boy roster.
"They're keeping like 20% of my acts," he confides, "but
they're not keeping them on their own - we'll still be in a partnership
together. It's hard for people to understand. It's not like I'm walking
away. There is still a Bad Boy/Arista with Faith and Carl Thomas
and Dream on it. But where I'm going, I'm taking myself, G Dep,
and all my rap acts."
What's up for the super producer? Surely, more hits, but
in the meantime, P. is perusing scripts. You may have caught
his big screen debut in a little film called "Monster's Ball."
"I'm trying to be an actor, so I want to take real actor roles.
No matter if I gotta work for free or do whatever. I wanna do things
that you have to dig deep. Right now I'm negotiating some more
films," he says.
Well, P. Diddy's lead crooner Carl Thomas may still be shared
with Arista, but the singer's new CD will be ruled by an up-and
-coming producer by the name of Andre Harris. Harris produced
most of fellow Philly native Jill Scott's album, Musiq's hit single
"Love," Glenn Lewis' Album, "World Outside My Window," the
new Carl Thomas project, and the Michael Jackson ballad
"Butterflies." Whoa, a gig with the King of Pop? Where
has this guy been hiding?
"I'm just pretty low-key, just trying to get work done," admits
the self-proclaimed behind-the-scenes kind of guy. "I don't get
out too much, but I'm trying to get out now."
Harris doesn't have to go too far for talent, though. The
producer says that his homebase of Philadelphia has a bevy
of talented artists. With artists like Jill Scott, Musiq coming
out of the City of Brotherly Love there's no doubt about it.
"It's been boiling for awhile," Harris says about the re-emergence
of the Philly sound. "There's so much talent and so much going
on in Philly, it was just liable to happen."
But it's not just about the new neo-soul, he contends.
"It's well rounded. Me and my partner have been working
with Justin Timberlake, Hootie & The Blowfish, ya know, all
different kinds of acts. We've had a lot of artists come to Philly
to work with us. And the rap scene is pretty popping, too."
Sounds like what's poppin' is Andre Harris. Watch out, Diddy.
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NAS SAYS, "NAH!" TO SUMMER JAM
Rapper leaves Hot 97 concert and vents at rival station.
*Nas is definitely a battle rapper. And this time he's taking
on more than another MC, he's taken on a whole radio station.
The rapper was scheduled to perform at New York's Hot 97 Summer
Jam last week, but left the stage after he was told by the station
that he couldn't poke fun at Jay-Z.
Nas promptly headed over
to cross-town rival Power 105 to vent. Nas complained, for
several hours, mind you, that last year, Hot 97 allowed
Jay to do whatever he wanted.
Hot 97, however says they never told the rapper he couldn't
"say" anything against Jay-Z, but that he couldn't use his stage
props - which included gallows featuring a lynched Jay-Z. The
station called the stage set "objectionable" and felt it could
spark violence at the concert.
"We told Nas months ago he could say anything on mic, but
no videos or props," Hot 97 program director Tracy Cloherty told
the New York Post. "His people agreed. Then, two hours before
the show, they brought a 12-foot gallows on the stage. We have
a lot of love for Nas, but we had 16,000 people out there and
a lot of kids. There wasn't going to be a lynching on our stage."
SHARPTON AND COCHRAN HEAD SUMMIT
Music Industry Initiative Summit set to kick off soon.
*The Rev. Al Sharpton and attorney Johnnie Cochran
will soon launch the first ever summit under their newly formed
recording artists initiative, which falls under Sharpton's civil liberties
organization, the National Action Network.
The two are heading
up the Music Industry Initiative Summit, which will be held the
week of July 8 in Los Angeles and July 11 in New York.
The two community activists are calling "artists around the
country" to attend one of the meetings. Michael Jackson has
already jumped aboard, saying he will join the organization.
Jackson recently announced he would sever ties to his
current label, Epic Records, under Sony Music, due to what
he considers the unfair practices of label head Tommy Mottola.
SMITH SPEAKS, OUT OF THE HOARSEST MOUTH
Actor's rap side gets the best of him.
*Will Smith is getting ready to become bigger than life again
when his new film, "Men In Black II," hits screens this Wednesday.
But recently the actor's voice hasn't been very big.
At a press junket promoting the new film, Smith's voice was
particularly hoarse, according to a TV Guide report.
The actor
says it was because he was still recovering from performing
the "MIB" soundtrack hit, "Black Suits Coming," for the
"Today" show's summer concert series.
"Outside performances are always tough," he told
TV Guide Online. "You always end up pushing too much
to make sure you're projected."
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BET CALLING
Network's film division wants script submissions.
*BET's film division, BET Pictures, has joined with the American
Black Film Festival to host its first screenwriting fellowship.
The program hopes to "identify, mentor, and assist in the
creative and professional development of previously undiscovered
minority writing talent," according to a company statement.
It will be a 20-week screenwriting lab/mentorship program.
Applicants interested in becoming Writers Workshop Fellows
must submit the following materials: resume, bio, application, one
screenplay, a treatment, waiver and $30 processing fee. Deadline
for application is Sept. 30.
Send to BET Pictures/ABFF Screenwriting
Fellowship, c/o BET Pictures, 811 S. San Fernando Blvd.,
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questions to: Kai.Bowe@bet.net.
LASALLE PROJECT DEBUTS
Film shows at American Black Film Fest.
*Former "ER" star Eriq LaSalle joined
in on the celebration at the American Black Film Festival, and he
told People why he decided to leave the award winning series.
"I always said I left 'ER' to pursue film making, and here it comes."
That's right. LaSalle has just directed, produced, and starred
in the thriller "Crazy As Hell," which competed in this past
weekend's fest.
The film stars Michael Beach, and has
been described as "twisted and edgy."
It will be released in selected
theaters in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Atlanta and
Washington in September, and then heads to video.
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3 DOWN, MORE LIL'S TO COME
New group made up of young rappers.
*Bow Wow is in theaters (well, on Wednesday he will be) and Lil' Romeo
will soon be - it certainly seems a good time to cash in the tyke
talent.
Coming up is a new group of young lyric slingers called
3 Down.
The crew is made up of the sons of the late Big Pun, Made
Men's Benzino, and songwriter James Capra. They are Baby Pun
(8), Ray Ray (8), and Lil' James (12), and are scheduled to release
their debut album on Interscope Records.
Hey, they already have the hookup. Hope they have the talent!
BANDERAS PLAYS "HIMSELF"
Antonio takes on role of revolutionary.
*Spanish actor Antonio Banderas has accepted the role
of fabled Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa for the upcoming
HBO film, "Pancho Villa As Himself."
The film will begin shooting this fall and is based on the
real-life Mexican "hero" and his dealings with pioneer filmmaker
D.W. Griffith.
Villa is said to have allowed Griffith to film during battles
in the early 1900s, creating Hollywood's first action movies.
Griffith directed the first motion picture, the controversial
"Birth of a Nation."
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SPRINGER SPRUNG ON AFRICA
Host to have new South African show.
*Jerry Springer is heading to Africa, but he's not going on safari.
Instead he will be hosting a late-night show called "Jerry Springer
Saturday Night" on South African TV.
Unlike his stateside show,
Springer says that the new show will be more "traditional."
"This is a traditional show," the 58-year-old talk-show host
told People. "This is meeting fascinating people with a particular
talent. The idea of being in South Africa is exciting," he continued.
"There's a great romance to this place, politically, socially,
geographically. It's too good a deal to pass up."
Already hosting a similar late-night show in England,
Springer has no plans to branch out into any more countries.
He's keeping busy now hosting three shows, shooting
an upcoming film and recording his first music album.
ITTY BITTY BITS
Fox gets over, OutKast doubles over, Jill Scott over achieves.
**Vivica A. Fox is over 6-9. The actress recently filed for divorce
from her husband of four years, Christopher Harvest, whose stage
name is 6-9 (his height).
**Woohoo! OutKast's Big Boi says the
group's next album will be a double- disc soundtrack to a film
he and fellow group member Andre 3000 are writing.
**Although
Jill Scott is currently on a writing hiatus, doing freelance gigs
for magazines, she says she has two albums already
in the works.
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OTHER NEWS: IS THE SAT O-U-T?
Educators propose, changes or else.
*Remember those analogies on the SAT? Those match
statements that would read: “gullible is to dupe … as submissive
is to control?” It may be too late for most of us, but up-and-coming
students won’t have that verbal section to worry about.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the College Board wants
to alter the SAT exam, which is the college entrance exam used
most often in the US. The changes are partly in response to the
number of critics who consider the test biased against minorities,
immigrants and poor students, and toward wealthy students who
can afford test coaching. One of the changes will be the omission
of the analogies and the addition of a third year of high school
math - math being considered much more universal.
Currently, educators are divided about changes on the test,
but others, like the University of California President Richard
Atkinson proposed eliminating the use of the SAT for admissions
totally. UC faculty and administrators say the changes are a step
in the right direction. With California being the biggest SAT client,
with almost 165,000 students taking the test in 2001, it would
be in the test maker’s best interest.
"Everybody is always mystified as to how on earth a standardized
test can be biased, but it absolutely can, on a number of different
levels," said Melissa Hendrix, executive director and assistant
vice president of the Chicago office of the Princeton Review
test preparation company.
The proposals for changes will be voted on by the College
Board, which is made up of 31 guidance counselors, college
administrators and educators. If passed, the changes would
go into effect by March 2005.
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*Sassy, (no city given):
"In response to Lee Daniels' (06-28-02 EUR) rebuke of Angela
Bassett: He should not take Ms. Bassett's comments so personal.
She is entitled to speak her mind on what roles she chooses. She
has set standards for the roles she has taken and has stood by
them. She does not have to hate on Halle. At one time Halle felt
the same way about how black women are portrayed. I guess she
changed her mind. But, she is entitled to EXPOSE
herself to Hollywood any way that suits her.
Mr. Daniels is in the wrong business if he can't handle criticism
about his works. She wasn't calling the film bad, so lighten up!
In Hollywood you need to have thick skin. He knows the stereotypes
are still there when it comes to black women in Hollywood.
So he shouldn't front just because his film made bucks. I had
not heard Hollywood praise Halle's beauty to this degree until
she bared her body. Go figure!"
*Robin, Cleveland, OH:
"Why are we villifying Angela Bassett for what was essentially
a truthful statement that was not intended to be taken personally?
I never read an insult to Halle Berry or the prducers of 'Monster's
Ball' inherent in that text.
Interestingly enough, Bassett echoed what most people
thought or said aloud after the Oscars. You have to wonder why
after 70 plus years the Oscar for best actress went to a black
woman who was featured in an overtly sexual role. Yeah, the
character had greater dimension than usual but ask someone
what they remembered most about the film and they will say
the sex scene. Nonetheless, there was nothing offensive about
Bassett's comments. Still, I am concerned that we seem
more focused on a win by any means necessary than
the quality of the win."
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*I. Gibson, Los Angeles, CA:
"Who in the H*ll left the gate open? Did I correctly read Dana
Colson of Houston, TX's (6-28-02) statement, that Bobby needs
to divorce 'cracked out Whitney?' This has got to be the only
person who believes that Bobby's downfall was due
to Whitney's drug habit, and not the other way around."
*Aqueelah, Philadelphia, PA:
"This is in response to Dana S. Colson: I am 24, and yes,
I listened to Bobby Brown back in the day. But he hasn't done
anything GOOD in HOW long? He was good when he wasn't
on crack. I know nobody considers him a 'serious actor' from
the little roles he has been in. What great performances? They
both need Jesus! You're right. He does have more than three
fans; don't forget Whitney!"
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