Posts Tagged ‘Quincy Jones’

The Morning Mix: Quincy Jones Doesn’t Want To Be Compared To Kanye

Tue Nov 23 2010 by Becky Bain

Did You Hear?

:: Not everybody is giving Kanye West praise — Quincy Jones doesn't appreciate being compared to West: "Did he write for a symphony orchestra? Does he write for a jazz orchestra? Come on, man. He's just a rapper. There's no comparison."  [Rolling Stone]

:: Who needs the AMAs? Adam Lambert was all over E! on Sunday night. Check out the highlights from Adam Lambert's E! True Hollywood Story. [EW Music Mix]

:: In the wake of his album release, Vulture has launched their brand new Obsessive Guide to Kanye West. The only thing more obsessed with Kanye is, well, Kanye. [Vulture]

:: Watch performances by Jason Derulo, Alexandra Burke, JLS, The Saturdays and The Script from the T4's Stars of 2010 event in London. [Music & Lyrics]

:: Keri Hilson sang "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On A Open Fire)" for the annual lighting of a snowflake. Okay, it's not the tree in Rockefeller Center, but it's something. [Rap-Up]

After the jump, check out which music acts will be performing on the tube today. More »

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Snoop Dogg (And His Blinged-Out Mic) Get Funky On ‘Letterman’

Thu Nov 11 2010 by Robbie Daw
With his fly shades, a gray suit and tie on and a blinged-out mic in his hand, Snoop Dogg tore up the Late Show With David Letterman stage last night with his cover of Brothers Johnson's "Get The Funk Out Of My Face." The track appears on the just-released Quincy Jones tribute album Q Soul Bossa Nostra, and the famed producer himself, who was a guest on the show, sat by for The Dogg Father's performance. Get funky below. More »
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Amy Winehouse Records A Classic While T-Pain Ruins One

Tue Nov 2 2010 by Becky Bain
Thank goodness for small miracles - Mark Ronson was somehow able to usher Amy Winehouse inside of a studio to record Lesley Gore's 1963 song, "It's My Party", as part of Quincy Jones' tribute album, Q: Soul Bossa Nostra (out November 9). We don't know how it happened, but the same woman who could barely get through a live performance of "Valerie" back in July was able to pull herself together to record a fairly impressive cover. In fact, it's certainly better than the mess T-Pain made with Michael Jackson's "PYT"! Hear both of Quincy's classics below. More »
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The “We Are The World 25 For Haiti” Video

Fri Feb 12 2010 by Robbie Daw
After all the press coverage and buildup over the past two weeks, the 25th anniversary update of "We Are The World" finally premiered Friday during the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Jamie Foxx introduced the Paul Haggis-directed video for the charity song by asking viewers to "do more than just watch—reach deep into your hearts and give anything you can, as we have, for Haiti."

Both the digital single and music video were added to iTunes Friday night, with proceeds going to Haiti earthquake relief efforts. Watch the full eight-minute-and-30-second clip—which features everyone from Pink and Justin Bieber to Barbra Streisand and Janet Jackson—below the jump. More »
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Simon Cowell And Quincy Jones Plan Haiti Charity Singles

Thu Jan 21 2010 by Robbie Daw
Twenty-five years after the recording of "We Are The World," Quincy Jones, who produced the 1985 charity single, is teaming up with the song's co-writer Lionel Richie to pull together a new version of the tune, reports Billboard. "We Are The World" was originally being dusted off to simply mark its anniversary, but Billboard now notes that all the proceeds will go toward Haiti relief efforts.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the pond, Simon Cowell has been asked to produce a charity effort of his own for Haiti. More »
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Michael Jackson Finally Laid To Rest

Fri Sep 4 2009 by Maura

More than two months after his passing, Michael Jackson was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif., yesterday. About 200 people attended the funeral service, including a Time reporter who noted that the proceedings had their own appropriate set design, namely a “‘Thriller’-esque moon tinted orange by the smoke from the nearby forest fires.” Thanks? The Jackson family’s post-funeral release, detailing the proceedings and the attendees (which included Elizabeth Taylor and Lisa Marie Presley, among others), after the jump. More »

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Quincy Jones Hoping To Plug “Vibe” Back In

Wed Jul 1 2009 by Maura

Shorty after yesterday’s announcement that the hip-hop/R & B magazine Vibe had folded, Adrienne Samuels Gibbs at EbonyJet.com rang up the magazine’s founder, Quincy Jones. And he already had a plan: “I’m trying to buy my magazine back now,” Jones told Gibbs. “They just messed my magazine all up, but I’m gonna get it back. You better believe it, I’m’a take it online because print and all that stuff is over.” More »

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“Vibe,” R.I.P.

Tue Jun 30 2009 by Maura

Vibe, the urban-culture magazine founded by Quincy Jones in 1993, is ceasing publication, according to media reporter Jeff Bercovici (who confirmed the news with an assistant to editor-in-chief Danyel Smith). The mag had announced that it would be reducing its publication schedule, adding a gossipy offshoot, cutting workweeks to four days, and raising subscription prices earlier this year. [Daily Finance via The Awl] More »

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