Tags » jimmy fallon
This page contains 13 entries tagged “jimmy fallon”
I am rarely up late, as I am the mother of a precocious and nocturnal child. For this reason I was completely unaware of Jimmy Fallon's recent ode to Easy Listening a/k/a "yacht rock." For a lover of Soft Rock...
ill Mami | 10/07/2009 at 12:00 PM | Comments (5) | Permalink
Seems Jimmy Fallon is on a roll this week, and proving what I said yesterday about giving the Hip Hop nation great exposure. One night after welcoming Ghostface to perform on Late Night, Kamaal the Abstract, aka Q-Tip, was not...
Harlem | 09/17/2009 at 2:00 PM | Comments (3) | Permalink
Not since the heyday of Arsenio Hall have hip-hop artists gotten this much exposure, with both Jimmys (Fallon and Kimmel) leading the way in providing access to late night, mainstream audiences. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.has been especially generous, and...
Harlem | 09/16/2009 at 3:00 PM | Comments (5) | Permalink
The number one thing I love about Queen Latifah is that she seems to love to have fun. Like, she'd be the homegirl you'd call if you wanted to just kick it. Granted, she'd be the millionaire homegirl that could...
Harlem | 09/10/2009 at 2:15 PM | Comments (2) | Permalink
Here's what I love about Motown: the instrumentation. Over the years, it didn't matter who was singing what when, the real stars of the Motown movement were the Funk Brothers, the band of brothers that supplied the soundtrack to just...
Harlem | 09/03/2009 at 11:30 AM | Comments (3) | Permalink
Rolling Stone really likes Mos Def's The Ecstatic. [CC]Check out The Source's MJ tribute cover. [RR]Jamie Foxx and Queen Latifah have joined the cast of the movie Valentine's Day. [SR]Diddy slow-jammed the news with Jimmy Fallon the other night. The awkward-sounding remix,...
Harlem | 07/30/2009 at 10:00 AM | Comments (2) | Permalink
We told you earlier this week that the new Mos Def album, The Ecstatic, was the business. Hopefully you've already gone out and copped it. If not, and you should somehow need a bit more convincing as to its hotness...
Harlem | 06/10/2009 at 12:00 PM | Comments (6) | Permalink
Well, sort of. Since politics is generally the fodder for late night talk show hosts, and President Obama is about as affable as world leaders can get, it means comedy show writers are in overdrive trying to crank out any...
ill Mami | 03/27/2009 at 11:00 AM | Leave a Comment | Permalink
Before entering into any discussion about the video below, please understand that Flavor Fav is 50 years old. That makes Public Enemy and Fav cohort Chuck D older than you may wish to admit to yourself. Now that you are...
ill Mami | 03/18/2009 at 12:00 PM | Comments (3) | Permalink
We're guessing Coolio did not get the memo that crack is so very wack. [HHDX]Auteur D-Nice reveals yet another interesting portrait about a homeless emcee. [DNB]In anticipation of his new album, Raekwon recently premiered his new documentary at a Los...
ill Mami | 03/09/2009 at 10:00 AM | Comments (2) | Permalink
In light of recent developments involving The Roots' shiny new gig as Jimmy Fallon's Late Night house band, we thought it prudent to re-visit DJ Stylus's 6 points for why this won't be such a bad look (mostly the point that...
nOvaMatic | 02/19/2009 at 12:00 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink
I was always told to not say anything if I didn't have anything nice to say. That being said, I'm not completely sold on Jimmy Fallon's ability to host an entire 90 minute show on his own. Once he takes...
ill Mami | 12/10/2008 at 3:00 PM | Leave a Comment | Permalink
We were all there when the news broke over the weekend. ?uestlove revealed that he and The Roots crew would cease touring because they were recently hired as Late Night's new house band as the show transitions from Conan O'Brien to Jimmy...
nOvaMatic | 11/17/2008 at 11:00 AM | Comments (10) | Permalink
