May 16, 2012 by 16stone
Sylvia Robinson, is credited with being the mother of hip hop music. Sylvia was the founder of Sugar Hill records. She helped produce the first popular rap song, ”Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang. She also co-wrote and produced “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five which was the second popular rap song released.
From wikipedia: More about Sylvia Robinson
(March 6, 1936 – September 29, 2011)
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May 5, 2012 by 16stone
Am I the only one who remembers this?! I can remember watching “The Box” when I was a kid hoping this would come on. My sister and I loooooooved Another Bad Creation, so when we saw this we were immediately excited. The Honeys were the female response to Another Bad Creation. In this song, they reference the Iesha’s lollipop and letter. It was really rare when the video came on, so I remember only seeing it a couple of times. They had another video where they were dressed like sailors too.
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March 29, 2012 by 16stone
This week has been full of bad news reports. Have a drink to get your mind off the craziness in this world. Grab a Bud…
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March 26, 2012 by 16stone
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January 21, 2012 by 16stone
1938 – 2012
Funny…about 2 weeks ago I was in my room playing “I’d rather go blind” over and over. I sang along every time for almost a full hour. Something about Etta’s sultry voice could make you feel her pain through the music. It was the blues… it was crying woman. I felt every shred of sorrow she encompassed through her voice. Etta, you will never be forgotten.
Rest… at last.
From Wikipedia: The Life of Etta James
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December 28, 2011 by 16stone
Les Surfs
I randomly came across this interesting singing group from the 1960′s called Les Surfs. The Rabaraona family singing group of six originally from Madagascar, found success singing French pop songs. They later recorded albums in Spanish as well. Monikya, the lead singer along with her sister Nicole and 4 of their brothers toured all over world and appearing on many tv shows. What I found so appealing about this group is that they had a number of music videos. We like to think music videos were not a popular thing until the late 1970′s or early 1980′s. However, Les Surfs provides quite the contrary with a quick search on youtube. Might I mention, all the members of Les Surfs were under 5 feet in height. Check out some footage of this incredible group.
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January 7, 2011 by Sonya Denise
As I mentioned before on Facebook, 16 Stone Vintage collaborated with producer Jason “Classicbeatz” Minnis on his latest album Ntale’s Groove. Today is the official release date and we are excited! Over the next 11 weeks, Classicbeatz will be releasing Ntale’s Groove tracks on Laid Back Radio along with short stories written by Bayo Awesu. Next week will feature photos from 16 Stone Vintage‘s African photo shoot. Please stay tuned for that! You can also hear Bilen’s debut vocals on the song entitled “Djimbe Story.”
http://classicbeatz.bandcamp.com/
Behind the scenes of our photo shoot!
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