James Brown has the solution for Iggy Azalea!!

Iggy Azalea

JUST SAY'n: So Hip-Hop has a problem with Iggy Azalea racking up huge numbers and being labeled by Forbes as the White Blonde who runs Hip-Hop. Music.Mic has taken a look into Hip-Hop's response to Iggy exploiting the culture but not championing the cause of the Black community.  read more>>                                 

Oh!!!!...So North Korea is the BAD GUY for Hacking the Sony Emails!!!!

JUST SAY'n: Only problem is, if there were no derogative emails towards Blacks, then the hackings would simply be a breach in security, and they've had those before (hackers "borrowed" 50,000 of Michael Jackson's unreleased songs purchased by Sony back in the Spring).  What the hackings have accomplished is to demonstrate the TRUE unfiltered attitudes and motivations of an organization that has signed significant contracts with Black stars in the recent past. They've revealed that Sony execs LOATH Blacks in general and their creative capabilities.  And it's helped layout a clear perspective for those who partner with such an entity now and in the future.  Remember, it's just business cause "They don't Really Care about Us".... JUST SAY'n!

O'Reilly, You might want to REWORD that "Grievance Train" Cynicism.

JUST SAY'n..."I can hear my neighbor crying, I can't breath, Now I'm in the struggle and I can't leave. Calling out the violence of the racist police. We ain't gonna stop, til people are free; We ain't gonna stop, til people are free". 


On his "Talking Points" memo Bill O'Reilly chastised "some" Black Americans for "Hating America"  while making a point of criticizing Samuel L. Jackson for having joined the "Grievance Train" in attempting to "diminish" America when Jackson, on his Facebook page, posted a challenge to celebrities to sing the "We ain't gonna stop, til people are Free" song.  It should be noted that there is no mention of anything negative about the United States of America in the song, only about "calling out the violence of the racist police". That's exercising his right to free speech as an American citizen Mr. O'Reilly; the one that reads like this:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

There's that "grievance" word again...seems like the founding fathers pictured a day when SOME people would presume to stop citizens from expressing their peaceful desire to see the nation improve in unacceptable areas. And the murder of Black men by police is certainly worthy of that dissent. The founding fathers thought a Black Life Mattered when they went to war after the murder of Crispus Attucks during the Boston Massacre. 

Singing that song of dissent against oppressive authority is in the tradition of the founding fathers of this great nation.  Now diminishing America would be the 23 states that signed petitions to succeed from the US back in 2012 after the President was REELECTED in an open and free election, in accordance with the democratic process of this nation. Or how about wanting to "sue" the President for attempting to execute the mandates of his office. At that time, were you railing at those groups of individuals as "Hating America" or for attempting to "diminish" it?  Yeah...thought not...JUST SAY'n!

One is Drunk In Love, the other is Plain Drunk!

JUST SAY'n...Did you check out The Grio's article where a Hungarian folk artist is attempting to sue Beyonce for stealing her song and including it into the intro of Drunk in Love? If you want a good laugh, go listen to her song and compare it with DIL. There is no part of the two that compare. The Background singer in DIL is singing a typical Phrygian Augmented modal pattern on and off

throughout the song. That's different than what this woman uses...she's doing a Pentatonic Major arpeggio...I've seen where people are attempting to say that Beyonce is stealing the traditional Hungarian form or style. That is not the case here because the Phrygian pattern that she is using is incorporated into many forms of indigenous music(been in hip hop since the beginning). Many forms of Jazz and Jazz Fusion use variations of that pattern both in melodies and in improvisations. Besides, you can't copyright indigenous forms of music(if that were true the people of Africa could sue anyone for using pentatonics) nor can you copyright modal patterns which have been around for centuries. There would have to be substantial evidence that they copied the main theme and form of her particular creative work...it's different pitches and different rhythms, in a different key. In short, One is Drunk in Love, and the other is Just Plain Drunk....JUST SAY'n.

Prayers for Pakistan...and for the Innocent Children!

JUST SAY'n:  The Taliban is claiming credit for nine gunmen bombing, shooting and killing 132 students at the Army School in Peshawar, Pakistan. This is the worst of a series of attacks in that country by the Taliban who are against education for females. Hearts go out to the families who lost loved ones, and for the traumatized surviving and injured students. And prayers also go out for defenders of freedom and first responders throughout the world. There really are people bent on death and destruction...JUST SAY'n.

Sony BREACHES Contract to Show Kevin Hart who's BOSS!!

JUST SAY'n: Being an INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR is different than working at a fast food restaurant. In the latter, the employee shows up to work at a certain time and punches in a time clock. Their breaks and lunch periods are strictly monitored and the employer can basically terminate their contract for substandard performance or, whatever depending upon how much tenure the individual has. 

Being an INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR is much different. There is an agreed upon contract to go into a series of ventures that require BOTH PARTIES to perform certain tasks to insure project success.  The hiring entity does not OWN the sub-contractor, and has the obligation of doing all that is necessary to hold up their end of the AGREEMENT to make sure that the SUBCONTRACTOR's creative efforts are not wasted. 

Looking at this situation with Sony and Kevin Hart, it's clear that Sony Execs are in violation of their portion of the agreement to insure the success of the agreed upon series of movies with Hart. They don't OWN Hart, but rather they're offering a platform from which he may produce, distribute and profit from HIS creative Genius. Sony is doing exactly what was threatened when their email conversations about Hart and many other blacks were "leaked". In the conversations an exec called Hart a "money hungry whore" and threatened to shut down future promotion of his upcoming releases. 

In looking at this situation, I'm reminded of the spat that Micheal Jackson had with Sony Records who worked out a deal with Jackson's attorney to steal the rights of Jackson's Invincible masters so as to delay the release date to Micheal thus preventing him from  promoting his own material and keeping all the profits.

Micheal was able to get out of his contract by proving a conflict of interest, in regards to the attorney, but also in proving that Sony would actually benefit if his career faltered and could abscond his music catalog at a reduced price. 

After Jackson's death, his estate agreed to sale Jackson's extensive musical library of unreleased music to Sony for $250 million presumably for the release of 7 albums by 2017, however, a breech in Sony's email accounts permitted hackers to download 50,000 of Jackson's songs. At the time, Sony stated that they had fixed the hole in their email security; obviously, they didn't fix it enough (sic). 

This situation of Sony dragging its feet in promoting Hart's upcoming "Wedding Ringer" is similar to the battle that Prince had with Warner Brother's records when they desired that he "slow down" the production of his music because they wanted to keep the audience hungry for more. An acrimonious two decade spat ensued that led to Prince's SLAVE references. 

The best advice for Hart would be to hire a competent and LOYAL legal team to review all of the terms of his contract with his contracted business PARTNER to determine what legal recourse is available for his current and future benefit....JUST SAY'n.

Cosby EXPECTS Black Media to Remain Neutral!

JUST SAY'n...It's a free country Bill, you can't dictate to people what to print. You've done a lot of good, and I personally understand that people are human and are not perfect. But don't make a bad situation worse by defiantly attempting to bully the people who have supported you most. At this point, nothing legal can come of the MANY allegations, therefore, there is no need to respond in anyway to these accusations. The general mood among those who still support you is, "well, even if it happened, most of these claims are decades ago when Bill was still a young vibrant man; with a different mentality. You come out now and demand that the Black Media not report the truth, then it comes off as if you're injected a figurative sleeping pill into the drinks of both the Black Media and your remaining fans, of which I am one....JUST SAY'n!


Bill Cosby