Posted by gingerlynn on Jun 25, 2008
Last night at the BET Awards '08 some of urban music's best were
honored, most notably (for us at OKP anyway) were winners
Erykah Badu,
UGK and
Outkast,
Kanye West, and
Alicia Keys. The most exciting aspect
of the night for me, however, was the Lifetime Achievement Award which
went to
Al Green! After he was honored by renditions of his songs from
John Legend, Jill Scott, Anthony Hamilton, and
Maxwell (??!! Yes, it's
true. Is he back?), Al took the stage and performed his smash hits
"Let's Stay Together" and "Love And Happiness" to a joyfully geeked out
audience who stood and danced and sang along throughout both songs.
Watch Al Green perform "Love and Happiness" below, followed by links to the other two performances.
For the full list of winners, see after the click.
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Posted by Shamz on Jun 09, 2008
While The Roots were on tour in Seattle last week with Erykah Badu, DJ Hyphen got on the tour bus for a real thorough video interview with ?uestlove. Check out the Homie Hyphen's blog for the 5 part video interview with topics ranging from: Rising Down and Obama to Al Green and the rumored sequel to Dave Chappelle's Block Party.
Posted by gingerlynn on Jun 03, 2008
Appropriately timed, right on the heels of Al Green's new release Lay It Down, comes The Green Album put together by Omer Saar of UniverSOUL Productions. Using acapellas from MF Doom, Biggie, Jay Z, and De La Soul
among others, Omer mashes up some of hip-hop's best with classic Al
Green tracks. See after the click, where you can view the tracklisting
before you download.
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Posted by gingerlynn on May 29, 2008
Listen to
Al Green discuss his new record,
Lay It Down, on NPR's All Things Considered, which ran yesterday. When asked what this album is about, Green says it's all "Love, Love, Love," a message that clearly shines through on every song. Hear Al Green talk about the recording process in his own words, and about shifting back to secular music after years of putting out gospel records. Co-produced by our own
?uestlove,
Lay It Down is
in stores now, and features appearances from
John Legend, Anthony Hamilton, and
Corrine Bailey Rae.
