Busta Rhymes, whose new Elektra album "Anarchy" is due out June 20, will be riding atop his own float in the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York on Sunday (June 11). "Latinos have been an integral part of hip-hop culture since the beginning, but rarely get the props they deserve," the rapper and Mountain Dew spokesperson said in a statement. "I'm here to thoroughly represent the entire spectrum of the urban community."
Rhymes -- who co-stars with Samuel L. Jackson in the big screen remake of "Shaft," opening June 16 -- will join actors Jimmy Smits and Rosie Perez and an estimated 10,000 marchers in the parade.
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Über-producer Timbaland is on track to release his own album -- "Indecent Proposal" -- later this year via Blackground/Virgin. In the meantime, has been busy with various projects: producing cuts on Def Soul's "The Nutty Professor II" soundtrack, including "Mi Papi" with Jay Z; working on upcoming projects by Ginuwine and "Romeo Must Die" star Aaliyah; and gearing up for performances at the WQHT New York and WDTJ Detroit summer festivals.
Also on Timbaland's plate: executive-producing "30 To Life," a movie with Snoop Dogg that is in the early stages of production.
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Singer/songwriter/producer Leon Ware, who composed and produced Marvin Gaye's 1976 love-in "I Want You," hopes to re-create that magic with a live, instrumental performance of music from the album of the same name, along with other key Ware tunes. The concert takes place June 20 in Los Angeles at Arcadia on the Santa Monica Pier.
Ware will be leading an all-star band called MODO (a takeoff on the Brazilian word for "mood"), comprising drummer James Gadson, percussionist Bobbye Hall, guitarists Ray Parker Jr. and Wah Wah Watson, bassist James Jamerson Jr., keyboardists Jerry Peters and Wayne Linsey, and background vocalists Lynn Fidmont Linsey & Friends.
Ware then plans to release a live recording of the concert via his own label, Kitchen Records. A late-summer release is slated. Gaye's original release of "I Want You" peaked at No. 4 on The Billboard 200 in 1976.
Rhymes -- who co-stars with Samuel L. Jackson in the big screen remake of "Shaft," opening June 16 -- will join actors Jimmy Smits and Rosie Perez and an estimated 10,000 marchers in the parade.
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Über-producer Timbaland is on track to release his own album -- "Indecent Proposal" -- later this year via Blackground/Virgin. In the meantime, has been busy with various projects: producing cuts on Def Soul's "The Nutty Professor II" soundtrack, including "Mi Papi" with Jay Z; working on upcoming projects by Ginuwine and "Romeo Must Die" star Aaliyah; and gearing up for performances at the WQHT New York and WDTJ Detroit summer festivals.
Also on Timbaland's plate: executive-producing "30 To Life," a movie with Snoop Dogg that is in the early stages of production.
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Singer/songwriter/producer Leon Ware, who composed and produced Marvin Gaye's 1976 love-in "I Want You," hopes to re-create that magic with a live, instrumental performance of music from the album of the same name, along with other key Ware tunes. The concert takes place June 20 in Los Angeles at Arcadia on the Santa Monica Pier.
Ware will be leading an all-star band called MODO (a takeoff on the Brazilian word for "mood"), comprising drummer James Gadson, percussionist Bobbye Hall, guitarists Ray Parker Jr. and Wah Wah Watson, bassist James Jamerson Jr., keyboardists Jerry Peters and Wayne Linsey, and background vocalists Lynn Fidmont Linsey & Friends.
Ware then plans to release a live recording of the concert via his own label, Kitchen Records. A late-summer release is slated. Gaye's original release of "I Want You" peaked at No. 4 on The Billboard 200 in 1976.
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