FUNK & RAP

Rip It Up, Issue 145, 1 August 1989, Page 30

FUNK & RAP

Ace producer L A Reid has married one of the artists he has produced, not Bobby Brown, but Pebbles. : De La Soul are being sued by former members of the 60s pop group the Turtles for their sampling of the 1969 record 'You Showed Me’ and use as the basis for the track ‘Transmitting Live from Mars'. Prince has produced two tracks ‘Love 'B9' and Yo Mister’ on the new Patti Labelle album. Patti has also worked with Full Force and Narada Michael Walden. The Stop the Violence Movement did not get through to the road crews of Guy and New Edition. The 32 year old production manager for Guy, Anthony Bee, was shotdeadina Pittsburgh Street July 9 ofterafight between the bands’ road crews. Both acts were in fown for the Budweiser Superfest - tour and have since been replaced on the tour by Levert and Karyn White. Singer Alisha Warren hassigned to RCA England. Her little sister happens to be Mica Paris. There will be a new Alexander O’Neal LP before Xmas and a Luther Vandross 2LP Best ofand avideo compilation. ; = Berry Gordy who sold his label Motown to MCA has now sold the Hitsville Studio in Hollywood. In recenttimes the studio had been used by Motown'’s TV division, makers of the hit mini-series Lonesome Dove.

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