Fan of his music or not, one thing you can’t knock is DaBaby‘s hustle.
The 28-year-old (born Jonathan Kirk) may have seen his latest album, ‘Blame It On Baby,’ met with disappointment by critics but that didn’t stop the effort from topping the Billboard 200 (as we reported here).
Now, as he continues his promo rounds for the LP (his third in a year), Kirk took to Ebro on Apple Music to not only confirm he will soon be working on his fourth, but that the set is due to drop before the end of the year.
This week, From The Vault honors the ever-iconic TLC. And the timing is apt. Yesterday marked 18 years since Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes’ passing and today is Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins 50th birthday,
As such, our latest is lifted from their uber-successful sophomore album. Cue ‘Diggin’ On You.’
‘Diggin’’ was the final single to be released from the ladies’ classic ‘CrazySexyCool’ LP and was written and produced by musical genius Babyface in 1994.
After the monumental hit that was ‘Waterfalls’ (which spent 7 weeks at #1 in the US), with this cut the girls managed to score yet another Top 5 smash; their fourth consecutive. It peaked at #9 in Australia and reached the 18th position of the UK Singles Chart.
F. Gary Gray – who worked with the ladies on ‘Waterfalls’ – directed the song’s video.
The cinematic visual showcased TLC performing the track on what looks like the opening of a set. Amidst the big production of their stage show, an air of “cool” and simplicity exudes from the group, and it’s still as endearing today as it was during the 90s.
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Ironically, despite their high chart positions and big video budgets, TLC was in financial disarray at the time ‘Diggin” was released.
Hence, it would stand as their last musical output until colossal comeback ‘No Scrubs’ in 1999.
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Through the years, TLC has shown that they are well-versed in resilience. It’s beautiful seeing T-Boz and Chili keeping Left-Eye’s memory alive with their touring around the world.
We say the younger generation could learn a lot from a girl group that paved the way for so many acts; not only through their image and sound, but also their message and their values.
This week brought with it the virtual taping of the ‘Real Housewives Of Atlanta’ season 12 and, unsurprisingly, Nene Leakes found herself in the hot seat.
So much so that she actually vacated her chair during filming.
Idris Elba made headlines this week when a comment he shared about coronavirus was interpreted as suggesting that the world observe an annual lockdown week in remembrance of the covid-19 chapter in history.
As we reported, the actor was one of the first high-profile names to reveal that he had contracted coronavirus.
In the time since, he’s been vocal about the preventative measures folk should take to avoid catching and/or spreading the virus. He’s also been quick to quash conspiracy theories about the pandemic.
Now, he’s seizing the moment to clap back at what he deems gross inaccuracies about his stance.
Trey Songz fans have been hungry for new music. But before he quenches their thirst with a new album, he has delivered one of their most resounding requests.
He has made mixtapes ‘Anticipation I’ and ‘Anticipation II’ available on streaming services.
Each set served as a bridge to a then-incoming LP; with the first preceding 2009’s ‘Ready’ and sequel arriving in 2011 ahead of chart-topper ‘Chapter V.’
So, ahead of the long-awaited follow-up to 2017’s ‘Tremaine,’ revisit two of Trigga’s most revered offerings below…
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