Dionne Asks: What Is Considered Cheating? - On This Weeks Lounge
January 31, 2010 by Cassandra
Filed under Dionne Grant
The Lounge, Every Tuesday 9pm-10pm
Catch Dionne Grant and the crew every Tuesday from 9pm for the hottest celebrity gossip, banging music and the liveliest talk show this side of the river.
Following last week’s hilarious debate about - If you are invited out on a date, who should pay?, the ladies return to the airwaves this Tuesday asking you: *What is considered cheating?* A poke on Facebook, an exchange of numbers,a drunken kiss or more….
Get your comments in now because you already know it’s going to be a hot
one!!
King Caztro Meets Souls of Mischief….
January 31, 2010 by Cassandra
Filed under Friday Spark
I had the privilege of knocking heads with Souls of Mischief at the Columbia Hotel. This was just before their massive in store event that took place on Monday 9th November at the Carhartt store in Covent Garden [Earlham St] London to celebrate the forthcoming Souls of Mischiefalbum Montezuma’s Revenge produced entirely by Prince Paul!!!
Souls of Mischief is an alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California, that is also part of the hip hop collective,Hieroglyphics. The Souls of Mischief formed in 1991 and is composed of emcees A-Plus, Opio, Phesto, and Tajai.
Oakland native Tajai began rhyming with future band mate A-Plus at age 8, while both were in elementary school. Tajai and Phesto met later in junior high school[2] Tajai later introduced A-Plus and Phesto to the remaining Souls of Mischief member, Opio, and the group informally formed in high school before making their major-label debut on Jive Records with their well-received album 93 ’til Infinity, in 1993.
93 ’til Infinity is the group’s highest charting album to date (#17 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums; #85 Billboard 200), and in January, 1998, was named one of the Top 100 Rap albums by The Source magazine. Souls of Mischief are considered members of the Native Tongues Posse due to their appearance on the collage of artists on A Tribe Called Quest’s album Midnight Marauders.
The group stayed with Jive for one more album, 1995’s No Man’s Land, before being released from the label during that same year.
In 1995, following the release of the group from its major-label contract with Jive, the group officially formed the alternative hip-hop collective Hieroglyphics, withemcees Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Casual, Pep Love, Jaybiz, and producer Domino. The group participated as full members in both Hieroglyphics’ studio albums: 1998’s 3rd Eye Vision, and 2003’s Full Circle.
The group has released two albums on the Hiero’s self-owned independent label, Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings, 1999’s Focus, and 2000’s Trilogy: Conflict, Climax, Resolution.
On October 30, 2006, Del tha Funkee Homosapien reported that the Souls of Mischief were currently working on their next studio album with Prince Paul (De La Soul, Gravediggaz, Handsome Boy Modeling School).
On January 6, 2009 Souls of Mischief released the “Tour Stories” EP produced by Domino and co-produced by Prince Paul. The song is taken from the forthcoming album, Montezuma’s Revenge on Hieroglyphics Imperium.
Tahirah Meets Cuppcake On Saturday Sparkle
January 29, 2010 by Cassandra
Filed under Saturday Sparkle
Make sure you tune in for the Saturday Sparkle at the new time of 12-2pm on BANG 103.6FM
Hey guys, it’s your girl Tahirah here!
This week’s Saturday Sparkle Girl of the Week is 16 year old Shanique AKA Cuppcake – the talented vocalist featured on the funky house remake of Floetry’s ‘Say Yes’. A big favourite in club-land (and on the BANG Radio playlist!) ‘Say Yes’ introduced Cuppcake to scene. Performing on stages all around England she quickly found herself sharing the stage with many UK Funky House stars and working closely with the likes of Princess Nyah, Donaeo, and award winning production duo ILL Blu. I’ll be talking to Cuppcake about how she got her name and much much more!
You can also catch The Sparkle Report with Yondie Murray, where we’ll be reviewing new film release Precious, up-coming movie Shank and this week’s celebrity gossip.





