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Friday, June 17, 2011 | 2:28 PM

EMF 2011: Flashback Friday: Mint Condition

Along with Prince, Mint Condition proves living in Minnesota can't be all that bad...

Friday, March 18, 2011 | 2:17 PM

Flashback Friday: Films Celebrating 20th Anniversary

Flashback FridayCelebrating Black Films of 1991For Black films, 1991 was big year. There are a number of all Black films that left memorable impressions on us as well inspired a generation to act. Twenty years later, it's without a doubt these films…

Friday, January 28, 2011 | 12:53 PM

Flashback Friday: 40 Years of 'Shaft'

They just don't make men like they used to, do they? Even people who have never watched the 1971 American blaxploitation film "Shaft" (directed by Gordon Parks) know that John Shaft was a bad mother — shut your mouth...

Friday, December 24, 2010 | 11:26 AM

Flashback Friday: Donny Hathaway's 'This Christmas'

It's that time of year, when Christmas songs fill the air. One song in particular resonates loudly in our homes, and on our playlists: Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas." The perfect blend of soul music and gospel, "This Christmas" became an instant…

Friday, November 19, 2010 | 11:54 AM

Flashback Friday: Doug E. Fresh's 'The Show'

"La-Di-Da-Di ... La-Di-Da-Di ... La-Di ...La-Di..." It seems like everyone today wants to do the "Doug E" -- one of the biggest dance crazes, which incorporates the signature move of hip-hop pioneer, Doug E. Fresh. The "Human Beat Box" and his team…

Friday, November 05, 2010 | 11:16 AM

Flashback Friday: Ntozake Shange's 'For Colored Girls'

Many of us have waited anxiously for the nationwide release of Tyler Perry's newest film "For Colored Girls," which hits theaters today. Before you round up the girls to make it a ladies' night out, know there would be no Tyler Perry adaptation…

Friday, October 08, 2010 | 10:28 AM

Flashback Friday: We Miss '90s R&B Music

Motown music was classic, the music of the '70s is straight funky, and the music of the '80s made us move, however, there is nothing quite like the smooth grooves of '90s R&B. Twenty years ago, this new smooth melismatic sound labeled…

Friday, September 24, 2010 | 11:16 AM

Flashback Friday: 'Amen'

Even if it wasn't Sunday, many of us sat in front of our TV sets and went to church watching the hit show "Amen" back in the late 80s. We'd sing and clap along to the show's opening theme song -- "Turn on the light from heaven, Lord...shine on me,…

Friday, September 17, 2010 | 4:14 PM

Flashback Friday: Godfather of Go-Go, Chuck Brown

"Yeah, they had go-go clubs and go-go girls, but they didn't have go-go music, so I decided to call it go-go music, because trust me it's the only music that can keep going and going and going," says guitarist and singer Chuck Brown, the "Godfather…

Friday, September 10, 2010 | 3:47 PM

Flashback Friday: Stevie Wonder's 'Hotter Than July'

On September 30 years ago, a Motown pop machine by the name of Steve Wonder released a major studio album that propelled him to commercial success. The release of the album turned up the heat, so much so Steve Wonder appropriately titled his ninth…

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