F.L.Y. - Jamboree Album Review

By: Jabari Oliver

Meet the Stone Mountaineers Mook (The Young Zack Morris), Vee (The Ralph Lauren Mascot), and (Kid) Myko McFly. Together they make up the Def Jam super group the Fast Life Youngstaz, better known as FLY. In their early stages, it was Vee and Myko McFly who were in a rap group called “Die Hard” when they were in High School while Mook was in his own rap group called “Affiliated.” The two groups came together to form two different and more powerful groups called “Band Geakz” and “Fast Life Youngstaz” (FLY). The “FLY” concept comes from the swaggerific notion of being trendsetters with a fast lifestyle, setting tones in the way they dress and approach life’s treasures on a positive note. Their music meshes a sense of feel good music into festival killer party bangers. Read more

Jessie James is destined for stardom

A big talent in a petite, power-packed package, James has been ready for her close-up since she was the age of two, when the self-described, well-traveled “military brat,” (with a little bit of Greek and Italian thrown in there), born under the fiery Aries sign in a field hospital in Italy, started singing into a toy microphone and tape recorder, a gift from her mom. By nine, she was composing her own songs on a plastic guitar (the first called “It’s Gonna Be Alright”), performing as a youngster at events like the opening of Sea World and the Republican Convention, and working with a string of significant writers in Nashville at 15. Read more

Jibbs focuses on New Tempo, New Swag

St. Louis hip-hop star Jibbs is back on August 2009 with his second CD and this time he is bringing New Tempo, New Swag. As the title says, Jibbs is doing it bigger, broader, and bolder than on his 2006’s debut Jibbs Featuring Jibbs. Read more