Wednesday 18 June 2008
Mac Mall
Artist: Mac Mall
Genre(s):
Rap: Hip-Hop
Discography:
Da U.S. Open
Year: 2005
Tracks: 12
Mackin Speaks Louder Than Words
Year: 2002
Tracks: 15
Along with better-known rappers like E-40 and 2Pac, Mac Mall was one of several wHO helped put the Cali Bay Area on the map in the mid to late '90s as a hotspot in the rap game. He collaborated with many of the Bay Area's best producers -- Ant Banks, Khayree, Michael Mosley, and Rick Rock -- and helped define the scene's personal identity, in particular with his almost successful record album, Untouchable (1996), which featured perchance his best-known strain, "Become Right." His career simmered out promptly, nonetheless. He returned in 1999 subsequently a three-year absence and few listeners seemed to notice. Mall was no longer on a major label and the Bay Area fit was no thirster the hotspot it had been a few long time originally. Given his brief moment in the public eye and his sudden decline, it was peradventure no surprise when Mall changed his style in 2001, incorporating a surprising sum of money of spiritualism on his Immaculate album.
Monday 9 June 2008
Jake Gyllenhaal - Gyllenhaal Is Prince Of Persia
LATEST: JAKE GYLLENHAAL has been signed to star in Disney's PRINCE OF PERSIA: SANDS OF TIME - after months of speculation surrounding the movie's male lead.
The Brokeback Mountain star has been confirmed to play the title's Prince Daston in moviemaker Jerry Bruckheimer's film adaptation of the hit computer game, according to industry publication Hollywood reporter.
Initially, reports suggested British actor Orlando Bloom was to play the lead, with speculation suggesting he was set to received a huge $40 million (GBP20 million) fee for the role.
But the reports were denied by Disney last month (Apr08).
The film will also star Bond Girl Gemma Arterton, and is slated to be directed by Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire filmmaker Mike Newell.
Work on the epic movie will start on 19 June (08) at U.K. based Pinewood Studios, with location work in Morocco.
The Sands Of Time will be the first in a trilogy of films based on the games.
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Tuesday 3 June 2008
Bruce Springsteen Returns To His Roots In 1995, In The Loder Files
Where do old interviews go to die? Since 1988 they've gone into the MTV News vault, but we've been exhuming them to bring you these classic natterings. Here's the latest in the series, which runs every Tuesday.
Bruce Springsteen fans wondered if their guy was going Hollywood when he moved to Los Angeles — to Beverly Hills! — in 1992. Two years later, when he won an Oscar for his theme song for the movie "Philadelphia," they figured that, well, yes, he apparently had.
Springsteen's life had become all kinds of interesting following the release of his hugely successful 1984 album, Born in the U.S.A. The following year he married Julianne Phillips, a model and TV actress who'd made a fleeting appearance in the video for "Glory Days." This struck many, if not most, of Springsteen's followers as very strange behavior. In 1987, he released the brooding Tunnel of Love, a record which suggested that not all was well in the unexpected union. In 1988, he and Phillips filed for divorce. In '89, in a once-unthinkable move, Springsteen broke up the E Street Band, the group that had been with him, in one form or another, since the early '70s. Had the man lost his mind?
In 1991, Bruce married backup singer (and certified Jersey girl) Patti Scialfa. In March of 1992, he released two albums, Lucky Town and Human Touch, on which he was backed by session musicians (although E Street keyboardist Roy Bittan was also on hand). His tour in support of these records, with a new and nameless band providing backup, ran into 1993. Then came the Oscar. And then, finally, in 1995, Springsteen reassembled the E Street Band to record some new tracks for a greatest-hits album. For fans, the stars seemed to be coming back into alignment.
It was around this time that we dropped in on Springsteen in a New York recording studio. We talked about the band, and about his Oscar for the soundtrack song "Streets of Philadelphia" (which was actually the demo version of the tune). He seemed to be feeling good. The E Street reunion turned out to be temporary, though: while two of the band's members, bassist Gary Tallent and the late keyboardist Danny Federici, turned up on Bruce's starkly political Ghost of Tom Joad album that year, the whole group wouldn't get back together for good until his next studio album, The Rising. This involved a longer wait than fans, Springsteen and the band probably expected. It took seven years.
Enjoy digging through The Loder Files? You'll find more here, and there's much more to come from the vaults — check back every Tuesday!
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