"ANYTHING BY LLOYD BANKS!"
That was Funkmaster Flex's reply when I just bumped into him outside the HOT 97 studio. Flex is spinning Wednesdays at Club Phenomenon in NYC and I asked him what was firing up the dancefloor. Earlier tonight, FLEX presented a group of "Junior Kingpins" with checks in the amount of $2,000. These were the winners of the Coke Zero Junior Kingpin scholarship contest during Black History Month.
HOT 97 (7/26 - 8/01)
#1 THIS WEEK: LET ME HOLD YOU / BOW WOW f. OMARION (SONY)
ADDS: SHAKE IT OFF / Mariah Carey (Def Jam); EXTRAVAGANZA / Jamie Foxx f. Kanye West (J Records); BACK THEN / Mike Jones (Swisha House/Asylum/WB); SO LONG / Cassidy f. Mashonda & Raekwon (J Records); NAKED / Marques Houston (T.U.G.)
98.7KISS-FM (7/26 - 8/01)
#1 THIS WEEK: GIRL / DESTINY'S CHILD (COLUMBIA)
NO ADDS:
Here's a "This Just In..." HOT 97 & SOBs PRESENT KEYSHIA COLE. Wednesday, August 31. Doors'll open at 7pm with the show beginning at 9pm. We'll be giving away tickets on the air beginning in the next few days. If nothing else, this gives me an excuse to re-run the picture of KEYSHIA with CYNDI LAUPER that I took at Club Exit several months ago. Always nice to be able to run a picture of Cyndi, anyway.
Our HARLEM WEEK line-up is coming together, although I'm still looking for one more CHILL act to perform as part of the CD101.9 NY CHILL portion of the event. Again, it's all going down SUNDAY, AUGUST 21. Confirmed to perform: LEELA JAMES, SHIHAN (poet), CRUNA, MIRI BEN ARI, YUMMY, I WAYNE, NICOLE HENRY and STEPHANIE COOKE. If you've got someone "chill" that might fit the bill, don't hesitate to give me a call. 98.7 Kiss-FM, HOT 97, and CD101.9 are all joining forces for this great day of music!
ELEPHANT MAN, SIZZLA, DAMIAN MARLEY, TOK... they're all gonna be there. It's HOT 97's annual ON DA REGGAE TIP concert. Friday, September 2, 2005. Hammerstein Ballroom. Hosted by BOBBY KONDERS & JABA. For more info, go to: On Da Reggae Tip Concert Info at HOT97.com. And... there are still some sponsorship opportunities available, so call if you'd like to see your brand or product aligned with this major concert event which SELLS OUT YEAR AFTER YEAR.
QUICK SHOUT-OUT TO SIX FROM THE HOT 97 MORNING SHOW WITH MISS JONES. Six was on the FRONT PAGE of the PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS yesterday. This was accompanied by a 4 page COVER STORY in their entertainment section. All about Six's highly-anticipated DVD release, "From the Hood to Hollywood." Six is the master behind HOT 97's phone pranks. Many of you outside the area will remember Six as the mysterious fifth member of the FOO FIGHTERS when they accepted their Grammy for "Best Hard Rock Performance" 2 years ago. [And for the record, Dave Grohl told Six, "You're cool." But also for the record, Six is no longer the fifth member of the Foo Fighters. He's moved on....]
KIRK FRANKLIN, CECE WINANS, HEZEKIAH WALKER, DONNIE McCLURKIN...and more. They'll all be at 98.7 KISS-FM's A NIGHT OF HEALING. Tuesday, Sept. 13 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. Another event that SELLS OUT YEAR AFTER YEAR. For more information, go to A Night Of Healing Concert Info at 987kissfm.com. For sponsorship opportunities, just call or email me.
MICHAEL BAISDEN's "LOVE, LIES & LUST" took the airwaves by storm ages ago and shows no signs of abating. Syndicated in a growing number of markets as of the beginning of this year, you can find out what all the fuss is about on 987kissfm.com, where we offer snippets of some of the BEST OF MICHAEL's shows. Find out why Michael can infuriate an entire market of female listeners... but keep 'em coming back for more. I remember seeing Michael on stage at the Black Expo in NYC 2 years ago. As I headed toward the stage I was met by a stampede of angry women, many using the "f" word we can't say on the air, as in "f*ck Michael," "f*ck him," and "f*ck f*ck f*ck." But they walked off that anger and disagreement and turned right back around for another dose of Michael's unabashed opinionating. Go to The Best of Michael Baisden!
By the way, congrats to one of our sister stations, Q101 IN CHICAGO. They're running a contest called MY SHUFFLE. Listeners are invited to log onto www.q101.com, click on the MY SHUFFLE receptacle, and create their own set of 6 songs from the station's EXPANSIVE music library. If your set gets chosen, you get to introduce the set...ON THE STATION. And you get a pair of tickets to see MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE! Check it out. Go to www.q101.com and click on the MY SHUFFLE receptacle at the top. This is one of the hottest promotions I've seen in recent months!
MOTOWN REMIXED. CD101.9's RAFE GOMEZ, host of the syndicated THE GROOVE BOUTIQUE remixed Smokey Robinson's classic "A Quiet Storm" for this recently released 15-track collection on Motown Records, which also features remixes by DJ JAZZY JEFF, KING BRITT, DJ SPINNA, and HOT 97'S GREEN LANTERN among others. We'll be posting an EXCLUSIVE Q&A with producer HARRY WEINGER and RAFE cd1019.com next week.
NUMBERS TO NOTE: CD1019.com drew over 300,000 page views in July, with more than 47,000 unique visitors!
Finally... our Who's Next Live series continues August 23. Celebrating the release of I WAYNE's "Lava Ground" CD (out that day). The first 50 paid customers will get a FREE copy of the CD courtesy of Tower Records. Doors'll open at 8pm and the music'll start by 9pm. SOBs on Varick at Houston. We're looking at a number of local emerging and unsigned acts to do short live-to-track sets early in the night, leading up to a set by I WAYNE with a full band. Jaba's recording the spot this Sunday and we'll be live on the air with it beginning next week. It's already up on www.hot97.com. Our Sept. 27 date is open right now. Hoping to lock in TRU LIFE, who's getting so big on the street right now. Gotta thank GREEN LANTERN for recommending Tru Life to me (and DJ ENUFF for seconding that motion).
Everyone have a Great Weekend!
- chris
i just jumped onto the link for the first time; i'm in giggles. It's like the gawker for urban radio! i've been wanting to check out dj rekha's night at SOBs - you should jump across the street when!
Posted by: Esther | August 08, 2005 at 04:59 PM
Good Afternoon Kiss, On September 5th. 2007 you had a segment on people leaving their jobs to start their own bussiness. There was a young lady on that said she has a Candle business, I was driving at the time, so I was unable to get her information. I would so greatly appreciate a number, e-mail or address of catact. I'm interested in having candles made for a sweet sixteen for September 2008 spelled with the young ladies name which is sixteen letters. Please if you could please get this for me I would be truly greatful of your help. Have a great day.
Grace & Peace,
La Shawn
Posted by: La Shawn C. Brooks | September 06, 2007 at 03:18 PM