Get your week started off right with Vol.2 of the Millenium Mix series. It’s an uptempo mix with a party vibe. Hope you enjoy it — hit the jump for the track list!

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Etta in recent years

I couldn’t think of a better way to end this month than with this great mix that comes to us by way of DJ Polished Solid. What a befitting tribute to the legacy of our AOM and a great introduction to DJ Polshed Solid’s work on the mix. If you caught this great article a couple weeks ago you’ve already witnessed her great work with words. Polished Solid hosts a weekly show live every Sunday from 4pm-6pm EST at http://mixlr.com/djpolishedsolid. Make sure to keep your ears open for mixes here on GFM from DJ Polished Solid.

Checkout the tracklisting after the jump.

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Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Luther brought his heart felt respect for this time-honored song and his ultimate influence Ms. Dionne Warwick, who originally recorded A House Is Not A Home for  her 1964 album, Make Way for Dionne Warwick.  As the fate of any great composition, this single has been rotated through the voices of Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and many other icons. However on the flip side, this song has also been “punked” by Twista featuring Kanye West & Jamie Foxx so it hasn’t gone unscathed. But despite it’s musical travel, this song holds an emotional agony that I absolutely love to hear through the riffs, runs and “on the edge of your seat” anticipation of Luther. While I respect the original version from Dionne, the song seems to find “a home” in the expression of the late Luther Vandross.

Here is Luther giving a well deserved tribute to his idol with that wonderful song. Oh and by the way, you new artists and BET, let this be a teachable moment. This is what a real tribute looks like. Those Trey Songz and Tamar Braxton performances you’re passing off as tributes ain’t cutting it. Please take note and properly execute.

Yes I am back again for another installment of the Twitteranti Series but today I thought I would provide some space for a special guest: Phonte Coleman and his thoughts on whether or not he would sign to a major label deal having been there and done that and did the dance with Atlantic as part of Little Brother. As the late Allen Funt might say: “Hilarity ensues.” Lots of great info contained in here from an artist who is never afraid to say what’s on his mind and without any further adieu this week’s Twitteranti!

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Happy Mother’s day to all the mothers around the world. Make sure you hug her and tell her that you love her, you only get one!

This can be an especially difficult day for those who have lost their mothers. I hope you’re able to enjoy and celebrate the great things that your mother instilled in you and reflect upon the good times you shared together.

Enjoy this TSOP (Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia – Live in Concert)
classic from The Intruders, and more after the jump.

“I’ll always love my mama
She’s my favorite girl
I’ll always love my mama
She brought me in this world

Sometimes I feel so bad
When I think of all the things I used to do
How mama used to clean somebody else’s house
Just to buy me a new pair of shoes

I never understood how mama
Made it through the week
When she never ever got
A good night’s sleep”
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Here we go again… now before I get the why is GFM using up value blog real estate for an editorial that seems more suited to the readership of (insert blog here); I have to say in my defense that the impetus for these few words come directly from the title. Never thought I would appropriate a title of anything by Rick Ross but that’s a whole other posting for another day. Let’s begin with the statement by Ashley Judd that has had cyberspace buzzing for the last few days.

“Along with other performers, YouthAIDS was supported by rap and hip-hop artists like Snoop Dogg and P. Diddy to spread the message…um, who? Those names were a red flag… As far as I’m concerned, most rap and hip-hop music — with it’s rape culture and insanely abusive lyrics and depictions of girls and women as ‘ho’s’ — is the contemporary soundtrack of misogyny.” – Ashley Judd

Also for context I will posit Ashley’s apology that was made during an interview with Russell Simmons and posted on Global Grind. Continued… (more…)

Here’s a special treat from Janelle Monae with her performance at Canadian Music Week. More of a tribute than a ‘cover’ but you can feel the energy. Either way, we love Janelle!

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Well you know they always say “The streets is watchin…” you can add your Facebook, Twitter and a whole assortment of social and interactive feeds to that as well.
True up to this point we had not weighed in on the current Kanye West news cycle, but I agree wholeheartedly that it is a very important story, as the resident hablador here I probably just dragged my feet. (more…)