3 things that you should know

1. Stevie Wonder Talks About Freaky Possibilities on Record

Say the name Stevie Wonder, and many things come to mind. Legendary singer, activist, humanitarian. No questions the man has an enviable string of hits that will outlive most artists’ careers, let alone the artists themselves.

So picture for a minute what would happen if the great Stevie Wonder decided to channel R.Kelly and unleash his inner freak in song? Sounds interesting, but don’t expect Wonder to travel down that road anytime soon.

"I don't think I would do a song that said can we $%*! right now or anything like that. I don't think I would do something like that, or a song that said certain things, whether it be 30 years ago or right now," the singer told the Associated Press when asked if he ever wanted to as much freedom to get raw on record back in the day.

"I don't see myself as doing that just because there are other ways to say what you wanna say without saying it like that. That's private business... I'm not an advocate of giving everything up. [laughs]"


2. Amy Winehouse Gets Waxed by Madame Tussaud



The living soap opera that is Amy Winehouse continues to roll on as the embattled diva is now striking a chord with the folks at Madame Tussaud’s wax museum. The famous museum is planning to unveil a wax figure of Winehouse later this month in London. Look for the figure to feature sailor tattoos and Amy’s trademark beehive hairdo.

The figure will join the fellow waxed likenesses of Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix at a gallery of pop and rock stars. Madame Tussaud’s general manager Edward Fuller had nothing but kind words when relaying the joy in creating the wax figure.

"She is a real icon in modern British music, a continual award winner, and an internationally recognized star widely requested by our guests," he told The Age newspaper.


Let's just hope that in this case they leave out the bottles of liquor or beer at her feet and the packs of sticks with one cooking in her mouth... -_- better yet tat on her shoulder "Kanye is a c*^&" lol that'll fit in.


3. George Clinton and El DeBarge Become Gangsters of Love

I never thought I would see the day when a member of the DeBarge family would join forces with George Clinton, but it looks like Dr. Funkenstein has recruited El DeBarge for his upcoming album George Clinton and Some Gangsters of Love.

The two along with Sly Stone, appear on a reworking of Marvin Gaye’s "Ain't That Peculiar." The new project features a variety of cover songs, as additional guest stars Carlos Santana, RZA, System Of A Down bassist Shavo Odadjian, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and gospel singer Kim Burrell all do their part to help Clinton, who admitted that the album "started out with me doing some doo wop songs" before his friends started dropping in to contribute in their own way.

Among the songs covered by Clinton are Shirley & Lee's "Let the Good Times Roll" with the Chili Peppers, Barry White's "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up," Johnny Ace's "Pledging My Love," Shep & the Heartbreak's "A Thousand Miles Away," Bobby Rydell's "Kissin' Time," Ruby & the Romantics' "Our Day Will Come" and the Impressions' "Gypsy Woman," with Santana. The only new song is the Burrell-featured "Mathematics of Love."

All of this comes on the 40th anniversary of P-Funk as Clinton shared plans of putting out an album of new P-Funk songs in early 2009.


Courtesy of www.allhiphop.com