The OG King of Comedy!

Brilliant writer with a very dry, blunt sense of humour ,Mr. Paul Mooney is a true a comedic genius. His social commentary is raw, funny but always the truth. Specializing in the topics no one wants to comment on. Paul’s writing talents span 40 years of American Pop culture. Richard Pryor’s head writer from the 70’s, In Living Color’s Season 1 head writer all the way to a contributing writer on The Chappelle Show. This man is FUNNY, period! His resume speaks for itself! (Check it out below the vids)

One of my favorite Paul Mooney bits!
Classic line: “You aint gettin this jewelery, not all this prayin’ I din done.”

Know Your History: Jesus Is Black; So Was Cleopatra (QD3 Entertainment, 2006) DVD

Again, he gets right to the heart of things.

Television

* Chappelle’s Show (2003), writer, actor as himself/Negrodamus
* In Living Color (1990), writer
* Pryor’s Place (1984), writer
* The Richard Pryor Show (1977), writer, actor as himself
* Saturday Night Live (1975), writer
* Good Times (1974), writer
* Sanford and Son (1972), writer

Filmography

* Good Hair (2009), himself
* Know Your History: Jesus Is Black; So Was Cleopatra (2006), himself
* The N-Word (2004) (documentary), himself
* Bitter Jester (2003) (documentary), himself
* DysFunktional Family (2003), consultant
* The Ketchup King (2002), actor as Padro Buyers
* Call Me Claus (2001), writer
* The Old Settler (2001), actor as man at counter
* Bamboozled (2000), actor as Junebug
* High Freakquency (1998), actor as Love Doctor
* In the Army Now (1994), actor as Lt. Col. Peter Hume
* The Legend of Dolemite (1994) (documentary), himself
* Hollywood Shuffle (1987), actor as President of NAACP
* Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986), writer
* Brewster’s Millions (1985), production consultant
* Bustin’ Loose (1981), actor as Marvin
* I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (1979), actor as Mr. Freeman
* The Buddy Holly Story (1978), actor as Sam Cooke
* Which Way Is Up? (1977), actor as inspector
* F.T.A. (1972) (documentary), himself
* Carter’s Army (1970), actor as soldier (uncredited)

Standup

* Race (StepSun Music/Tommy Boy, 1993) CD
* Master Piece (StepSun Music, 1994) CD
* Analyzing White America (SHOUT! Factory/Sony Music Video, 2004) DVD
* Know Your History: Jesus Is Black; So Was Cleopatra (QD3 Entertainment, 2006) DVD

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MJ’s “This Is It” review

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Last night I went to the midnight showing of Michael Jackson’s This Is It .There was a pretty big line up and touch of excitement. With my popcorn and Fruitopia in hand I made sure I had the best seat in the house…middle, dead centre.

The tears were in my eyes for a majority of the movie’s first half as Michael, his dancers, the band and background singers continuously rehearsed hits from his library. A standout for me was Human Nature. This man’s voice was as beautiful as ever. What a gift! In between numbers they interviewed the dancers, musicians and singers, which was great. Obviously everyone had great things to say about Michael, but they were still in “awe” about working along side him and loved his passion and humility.

I Just Can’t Stop Loving You is one of my top 3 Michael records all-time. He performs the duet with one of his background singers and it was beautiful. I wanted to press rewind! Thriller was hot too! The dancers were in full costume and it just sounded fresh again. They even added a crazy, funky ass beat at the end of it, so hot! They Don’t Care About Us had a great dance routine, that tune gave me goose bumps! I’m trying not to give so much away because I want y’all to experience it yourselves. lol

Since the movie is based on rehearsals of the entire show, Micheal goes at about 80-85% of his max, to preserve his voice and energy. However I did get selfish at times and just wanted him to go all out! :( Through out the movie you notice his attention to detail, his love for music and his musicianship is top notch, like no other.

This Is It captures a singer, dancer, director, visionary, creative genius with a relentless work ethic to perfect his final shows. So as the screen faded to black and the final credits began to roll, it sunk in again that Michael was not coming back. This was it. But I was thankful that I shared an hour and a half singing, laughing, crying and groovin’ with a musical hero of mine. I left with great memories, new and old.?Thanks Mike!
I hope y’all enjoy it too!
T

Kells X MJ

r-kelly-untitled-album-coverR&B star R. Kelly has announced plans to complete the album he began recording with Michael Jackson, before the singer’s death. Kelly says he had recorded several songs with the King of Pop, which he is determined to finish and release. “Michael liked the way I would try to sing the songs just like him,” Kelly said, in a recent interview. “I recorded five joints for [him].” cont’ reading here…

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Happy Birthday MJ

michael_jacksonThanks for all the love & music you left us.

Happy Birthday Mike!

Loved this version...


So very humble...

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The Gifted Files