Pleasure Ellis Sounds Beautifully Like Michael Jackson

Pleasure Ellis the Entertainer.

Seriously, his voice is lyrically soul like syrup mixed with a unique edge that I can’t quite describe.  His sound is amazingly honest and lacks the pretentious churn that is often baked into newer, emerging, artists.  His story?

Pleasure Ellis was not discovered on the streets.  He was not discovered in a talent show.  Pleasure Ellis was discovered through a phone call.  He made that phone call. The receiver of his phone call? MC Hammer.   That’s right, he contacted MC and informed him of his ability to sing at MC Hammer’s private residence.   Read all about it here.

THIEF IN THE NITE Video:

I sat there thinking:  Yes he has hints of MJ in him.  Yes he is a talented reminder of the power of influence and appreciation.  And yes,  I will put this song on spin.  A comfortable sense thinking MJ is   “gone but NEVER forgotten”.  It’s a beautiful fusion of sound and memories.

Beauty in Black Shades

Like Brown Sugar you are so fine. Suited with amours of Grace.

Brown Sugar you are love, strenght, courage and beauty.

A ripple in the ocean.

A diamond yet to be found.

Ataui Deng

Lola Falana

Obama and Michelle's Wedding.

Badu

Random beauty

Djebril Didier Zonga

Random Beauty

Adeola Ariyo

Daniel Lazaro

Ngo Okafor

Shakra Ledard

Megan Good

Modu Seye- Senegal

Kelenna Azubuike

Sonja Wanda

Lauryn Hill

Fayruz Abdiaman

Random Beauty Credit to The Trapezium

Random Beauty.

Salieu Jalloh

Ataui Deng

Cherif Ndiaye

Dorothy Dandridge with Harry Belafonte.

Mali beauty

Miriam Chemmoss

This photo strikes me as sad and beautiful at the same time.

Very Nubain-esque

Halle Berry Loves Grai

Out and about fashion.

HALLE BERRY wearing a Victorian Leather Jacket by GRAI by Maya Yogev to the Alicia Keys Concert on Tuesday, April 6th at The Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA.

Halle Berry wearing Grai Leather Jacket

Rhianna Over The Years

This Barbadian R&B beauty has evolved from a general pop sensation with a more innocent image to something a lot more siren worthy.   She has become a style icon to the point where she’s getting payed mega bucks to sit front row center at major fashion events.

Her music, like her look, has changed accordingly.  That’s what you get when you put marketing and music together. You get a product that the record label wants to market.  So in other words, some artists must sacrifice their say towards creative power. Box them and ship them!

From crooning about  “I wanna know boy If I could be ya shawty”  and moving more towards a vixen of dominatrix in “Good Girl Gone Bad”, Rhianna has moved towards a more charged Beyonce-type of  “I can take care of my damn self”  type of woman: ”

Come here rude boy, boy
Can you get it up
Come here rude boy, boy
Is you big enough

Here is Rhianna over the years, Constantly evolving towards something else:   What do you think about her looks over the years?

Kanye West Heard ‘Em Say You Have Great Style

Dear Child of Louis Vuitton:

Please collaborate with Andre 3000.

By the way, this look says, “Play secretay I’m the boss tonight”!

Kanye West style

That's just Kanye West

Kanye West unique persona

They were once Cute

Chris brown and Rhiana, as a couple, were one cute and enviable. Don’t believe me, check out the pictures.

Anyhow, whoever said all good things come to an end….there’s some truth to that.

Rihanna and Chris go shopping on Melrose Boulevard...

The Catwalks Finally Have Color

The catwalk has been freed to swell with color and majestic graces of diversity.  Even though black people don’t realise this small changes, these are the “I have a dream” speeches coming true. Not only the presentation of blacks on runways but the equal appreciation of beauty in every color. It makes us relate and appreciate the dorned coutoure as a style that can be dynamically wearble regardless of race. Anyhow, although change is slow, at least it is gradual. That is fabulous.

Jourdan Dunn one of the colors paining the runway fabulous....

The Knowles Look so Royal

Yes the Knowles look like royalt. Okay, pop royalty. It’s especially prominent when they travel in a pack. As the old adage goes….two is better than one anyways.

The royals

The knowles do it African style:

Wearing African patterns

Arise Magazine and African Beauties

Arise featured these three beauties during the 2008 Africa Rising event.  It was also a  chance to feature  couture/custom pieces by Nigerian designers: The supermodels (Naomi Campbell, Alek Wek & Liya Kebebe) were best dressed by Nigerian designers, Deola Sagoe, Fati Asibelua of MOMO Couture, Lanre DaSilva Ajayi of LDA. As I browsed through the magazine, I was overcome with glee. As a woman of African descent, I was proud to see that African fashion is booming. 

Alek Wek in Deola Sagoe

Naomi Campbell in Deola Sagoe

Liya in Deola Sagoe

Alek Wek in MOMO Couture

Liya in Lanre DaSilva Ajayi (LDA)

Mr. West Can’t Live Without This

Kanye West listed 10 items that he can’t live without. I checked them out and to frankly say, I would not want to be on a dry, hot, desert with Kanye if he’s offers to pack my survival kit.

Check them out to see if these are necessities or luxuries. You be the judge. Click on the image to find out. 

 

Click on the image to find out.

Hancock shades

This summer the movie ‘Hancock’ showed across big screens everywhere, with the highly likeable and charismatic Will Smith playing the role of this not so average alcoholic heroine.The movies talking point that got critics and film fanatics raving everywhere wasn’t the unique story line, or even the off screen intimacy between Will Smith and Charlize Theron on the red carpet, it was the sunglasses Hancock wore during the film, and in the films advertising campaigns, Dior Mist 1s!

Here are the actual shades. And you can buy them Here

Rhi Rhi Style

Got style and mapping her own fashion stance so why not borrow some of her fashion awareness: 

Here’s another complete outfit:

Yes Yes.

And one more outfit:

Ever the fashionista!

Shari Belafonte-Esque beauty

Shari Belafonte is beauty. Her talent has range: actree, singer, model….she is after all a progeny of the talent himself: Harry Belafonte! Anyways, she has her own rights to her classic nature.

Timeless beauty.

Inescapable and memorable:

Noemie Lenoir Looks Great Walking the dog!

This is one lady who really takes it a step higher without trying too hard. Noemie is a french beauty who looks elegant walking a dog. How many can pull that off? 

Got style even for dog-walking!

Again: 

Dog-walking is serious business!

Beyonce Looking Classy

Okay this is Beyonce looking sans diva. It was a refreshing take. 

Beyonce sans diva.

It’s All About the Scarf

It’s all about the scarf so then it must be about the neck area too. I am loving the details on the Rhi Rhi scarf. I’m intrigued by the fact that this scarf doesn’t look cliched like a Shemagh usually would. Gurl you own this style.  And those of you who know me know I really like the details in an outfit. 

Got to appreciate a fashionista who pays homage to detail.

Some wear it right too: These boys do have the scarf swagg going on: 

The Scarf Swagging group. Well done boys.

This young lady wears her Shemagh casually and relaxed:

This one beauty chose to worn hers on her head.

Gorgeously worn. Note the details remain on the scarf not the whole body. No detail overload.

Melanie wears Love Quotes

Melanie Brown in Love Quotes Scarf