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‘Thriller’ Album Is 35 It Changed The Culture Of Black Music Forever
Michael Jackson’s Thriller album was released in late November, 1982. His video ‘Thriller’ is still being performed 35 years later.
Murder’s’ Star Is New
Face Of L’Oreal Paris
Aja Naomi King has been named the newest spokes- woman for L’Oreal Paris.
“Makeup became my armor growing up,” the How to Get Away With Murder star shared in the brand’s official announcement.
“It provided me with a sense of protection and gave me the power and confidence to face the world in the way I wanted. To now represent L’Oréal Paris is incredibly overwhelming.”
Her first campaign will be for True Match Lumi Glow line, which includes Glotion Natural Glow Enhancers, Glow Nude Palette, Shimmerista Powder, Glow Boosting Drops and Bronze it Bronzer.
The 32-year-old star is now a spokesperson for the major cosmetics company.
The 32-year-old actress shared on Instagram how ex- cited and grateful she is.
November 30, 1982.
Thriller is still a cultural phenomenon. There isn't a more famous album in popular music than Michael Jack- son's blockbuster followup to 1979s Off the Wall.
That album had established Jackson as one of the biggest stars in R&B, but at a time when audiences and radio sta- tions were still sharply divided along racial lines, Jackson hadn't gotten the kind of main- stream play enjoyed by white artists.
With his sixth album, Jackson was going to change the way the world saw Black artists. And he would change the way the world saw albums.
The biggest album of all time didn't set the world ablaze initially.
In 1982, MTV and pop/rock radio were still largely segregated. One way to get Jackson into these rota- tions was using ‘The Girl Is Mine’ with Paul McCartney track as a "trojan horse"—and it worked.
"Billie Jean" was released in early 1983, and with its sleek and state-of-the-art video landing in heavy rota- tion on MTV, it became the No. 1 song in the country and stayed at the top for seven weeks.
CBS Records president Walter Yetnikoff threat-
ened to pull all CBS artists from MTV's airwaves if the network, which had been re- sistant to playing videos by Black artists, didn't air the "Billie Jean" video.
It would become one of the most-aired videos, and helped redefine MTV.
Thriller, the horror- themed music video was re- leased for theatrical screening, along with an hour-long documentary called The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller.
The "Thriller" video be- came a cultural event unto it- self and Michael Jackson became the biggest star in the world.
Fox Series ‘Star’ Gets New Director
Fox has signed on The New Edition Story (NE) di- rector Chris Robinson to be a director and co-executive producer of its TV series ‘Star’.
Prior to the announce- ment, Robinson directed episode 2 of the show's second season.
Robinson, an accom- plished music video director for artists such as Jay-Z, Be- yonce and Alicia Keys, di- rected all 3 parts of the critically-acclaimed BET NE miniseries and also the film ATL.
CHRIS ROBINSON
He also directed the pilot for Diarra Kilpatrick's The Climb on Amazon.
Rihanna On Cover Of Vogue Paris; Street Named After Her In Barbados
Big Sean And Metro Boomin
Last month, Vogue Paris unveiled three separate Ri- hanna covers for the Decem- ber 2017/January 2018 Christmas issue. Now, the artistic photo spreads inside the magazine are being re- vealed to rave reviews.
Jean-Paul Goude, the legendary photographer who’s captured the likes of Grace Jones, handled one of the shoots.
The magazine also pro- vides an intimate look at a su- perstar who has shied away from interviews in the past.
“I have a lot of trouble switching off,” she says (via WWD). “Even when I get home early, which means before 1 a.m., I start binge-watching shows or documentaries, which I love. I can’t go straight to bed. As a matter of fact, I only sleep three or four hours a night.”
Announce Joint Album
Big Sean and Metro Boomin are doubling up on a new joint album, Double or Nothing.
With the project pending a release date, the dynamic duo announced their newfound union via Billboard.
Metro, who’s done similar joint projects with 21 Sav- age, NAV, and Offset, says he enjoys this type of cama- raderie with MCs. “I was born in ’93,” he explained, “and a lot of projects [from that era] had one producer, maybe two. They sounded more cohesive — better as a whole.”
The Detroit rapper and St. Louis producer combined for a special effort that blends “radically different styles and subgenres.” It also allowed
St. Louis producer, Metro Boomin and Detroit rapper, Big Sean.
them to bond. “That’s one of the things me and Metro are like-minded on,” said Sean. Last month, Sean and Boomin combined with 21 Savage for “Pull Up N Wreck,” the first sign of things to come from their joint proj- ect.
Three cover photos of Rihanna in Vogue Paris.
Last week, the cover girl of- ficially had a street named after her in her native Barba-
dos. Westbury New Road was renamed to Rihanna Drive in honor of the hometown hero.
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