Wyclef Jean stops by BET's 106 & Park to discuss his new autobiographical book, Purpose: An Immigrant's Story.
It was a late Friday night. The basement to the 229 venue that lies just outside of Great Portland Street tube station was hot, humid and cramped. People were bustling in chatter with anticipation for what was to come; a young 20 year old Blackburn hailing folk/soul talent by the name of Charlotte O’Connor was to sing. Before the live performance, Soul Culture’s very own Philip Javens caught up with the rising UK star to talk about her debut album For Kenny, new single “Treasure Island,” her admiration for Akon and imaginary mice...
It's become almost mandatory that every rapper, DJ and so forth claim that he or she is the best in their field. But when making it a slogan for your team or set, that's when the naysayers will multiply in abundance. Just ask Miami DJ Khaled, whose continuous hollering of 'We The Best' has put him under the firing line by many. But for every doubter, there's an abundance of supporters, including some heavyweight talent which goes from Miami all the way to NYC. So how will an album fare from a DJ who (fortunately) does very little rapping? This is the question that We The Best Forever will hope to answer.
As much as I would like to ignore the controversy surrounding the new Michael Jackson album, Michael, I feel obliged to address it. Having received this album via Sony Records and not some dodgy internet download, it came with an accompanying press release which went into great depth about the creation of the album and the controversy surrounding the authenticity of some of the tracks.
Let’s get one thing straight, on any other day I’m a sucker for conspiracy theories and I would like to express that I am going to be as impartial as I can honestly be, as both a fan of Michael Jackson and a writer. I’m not here to impart my opinion on you regarding this specific aspect of the album, instead, merely to act as a vessel to present the facts.