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Interview: Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx gained fame as a comedian (and a master impressionist) on In Living Colour before parlaying his serious-acting chops into a Best Actor Oscar for the 2004 Ray Charles bio-pic Ray. He went on to sell millions of records as an R&B artist, most ...

From BEN WESTHOFF, The Phoenix,  11 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Jamie Foxx,  Ray Charles,  Miley Cyrus,  Barack Obama,  Ron Howard

Interview: John Legend

"It's cool that Auto-Tune makes music sound interesting and futuristic, but I'm still a sucker for somebody with a great voice." Despite being one of the most successful R&B singers of the decade — with six Grammys and three top-selling albums — John ...

From BEN WESTHOFF, The Phoenix,  5 Aug 2009
Related Topics: John Legend,  Barack Obama,  Al Gore,  Harvard University,  Guess?

Say what?!

Rapper Esoteric has been getting lots of death threats via e-mail recently. But he’s not too worried about them, if only because of their elementary character. “I would grade them all about a D-minus to a failure in terms of grammar, punctuation, ...

From BEN WESTHOFF, The Phoenix,  2 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Bill O'Reilly,  Keith Olbermann,  WIRED Magazine,  Michelle Malkin,  John Cena

The call of the wild

At least Wolf Parade had the guiding hand of Isaac Brock on their debut, Apologies to the Queen Mary. The production talents of the Modest Mouse frontman, who signed them to Sub Pop, helped ensure its ecstatic critical reception. Brock also helped ...

From BEN WESTHOFF, The Phoenix,  28 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Isaac Brock,  Neil Young,  Elliott Smith

Review: Kidz in the Hall: The In Crowd

"I'm so cool, man," Naledge says on "Mr. Alladatshit". It's true, and it bodes poorly for hacks like me, because at this point Kidz in the Hall-- an Ivy League-educated underground rap group signed to Buckshot's label-- have generated such a strong ...

From BEN WESTHOFF, Pitchfork,  23 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Bun B,  NASCAR,  Rick James,  MTV

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