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Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Often referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971.
In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool, and the popularity of these videos helped to bring the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made him a staple on MTV in the 1990s. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop and rock artists.
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican and American rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, Latin music and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms featuring percussion instruments such as timbales and congas not generally heard in rock music. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine listed Santana at number 15 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and 3 Latin Grammy Awards.
Santana was born in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico. Carlos learned to play the violin at age five and the guitar at age eight. His younger brother, Jorge Santana, would also become a professional guitarist. Young Carlos was heavily influenced by Ritchie Valens at a time when there were very few Latinos in American rock and pop music. The family moved from Autlán de Navarro to Tijuana In La Colonia Libertad, the city on Mexico's border with California, and then San Francisco. Carlos stayed in Tijuana but joined his family in San Francisco later and graduated from James Lick Middle School and Mission High School there. He graduated from Mission High in 1965. Carlos was accepted into the California State University, Northridge and Humboldt State University, but turned down both of the offers. Javier Bátiz, a famous guitarist from Tijuana, was said to have been Carlos's guitar teacher who taught him to play a different style of guitar soloing. After learning Javier Batiz's techniques, Santana would make them his own as well.
Actors: Maverick Turner (actor), Maverick Turner (producer), Maverick Turner (writer), Maverick Turner (director), Maverick Turner (editor), Jarren Martin (actor), Jacquanda Shanese (actress), Tommy Lee Lassiter (actor), Danielle Brown (actress), Telicia Patrick (actress), Rasheem Foster (actor), Patti Barnett (producer),
Plot: After coming home from a business trip Corey [Jarren Martin] has realized not only has his friends changed but so has his love life. This is A romantic comedy about two childhood friends who find love with one another, while experiencing hardships that will test there friendship & love.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Short,Actors: Al G. Sillah (actor), Michael Angelo (actor), Roxzane T. Mims (actress), Jerome Ro Brooks (actor), Darryl D. Moore (actor), Jevocas Green (actor), Benjamin Anderson (actor), Onira Tares (actress), Simuel Denell Rankins (producer), Simuel Denell Rankins (writer), Maxie McClintock (actress), Dawnisha Halfkenny (actress), Simuel Denell Rankins (director), Simuel Denell Rankins (editor), Jon Chaffin (actor),
Plot: Childhood best friends Kennedy, Mona, and Dawn embark on a plan to seduce and rob wealthy men. Using cunning acts of seduction and betrayal, the girls go full speed ahead with charm and sex as their weapons to become financially independent. Soon, however, everything backfires when they get involved with a vicious Under-Lord and a murder counters their actions. The women become enveloped in a world of deceit and murder, as they discover that what comes around goes around. It is now up to them to figure out what the next step is and how to get out of this vicious cycle of death before it is too late.
Keywords: car, college, drugs, gun-action, mafioso, money, sexActors: Torrence Hall (miscellaneous crew), Sticky Fingaz (actor), Mike Dennert (miscellaneous crew), Mike Dennert (actor), Richard Brooks (actor), Wood Harris (actor), Jeris Poindexter (actor), Gabriel Casseus (actor), Ricky Harris (actor), Cooper Harris (actress), Mo McRae (actor), Arlen Escarpeta (actor), Tarina Pouncy (actress), Cory Hardrict (actor), Preston A. Whitmore II (writer),
Plot: For the "Dough Boys" every day is a struggle to survive. Determined to make something of their lives, these four friends work any hustle no matter how risky. But when they bite off more than they can chew, their loyal bond is tested as they fight to stay alive. Now, the rules of the street that they live by are the very rules that could destroy them.
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,Actors: Alex Fernie (actor), David Light (actor), Randy Tobin (actor), Craig Frank (actor), Jesse Wilde (actor), Debbie Heimowitz (actress), Josh Thrower (miscellaneous crew), Major W. Latimer (actor), David Mingrino (actor), Jason Azicri (writer), Jason Azicri (director), Paul Benton (actor), John Jennings (editor), Leslie Lopez (actress), Bruce Drummond (composer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Mark Joy (actor), Jeff Mazzola (actor), Jeff Mazzola (producer), Josh Crook (director), Josh Crook (writer), Josh Crook (actor), Lou Torres (actor), Lev Gorn (actor), Jeff Crook (director), Jeff Crook (actor), Jeff Crook (writer), Rob Hammer (editor), Wendell Hanes (composer), Wendell Hanes (actor), Howard Crook (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama,Actors: Joshua Nelson (actor), Jasi Cotton Lanier (actress), Vera Vanguard (actress), Melissa R. Bacelar (actress), Kurt Fitzpatrick (actor), Marc Fratto (writer), Marc Fratto (writer), Marc Fratto (composer), Marc Fratto (director), Marc Fratto (editor), Marc Fratto (producer), Ben Wilson (actor), Laura Hofrichter (actress), Krista Rayne Reckner (actress), Joseph DeVito (actor),
Plot: What happens when normal people find they need to kill, in order to survive? This is the story of such a group of people, suddenly turned into vampires, and carving a path of blood and mayhem throughout New York City. Slowly, they lose their grip on reality, and turn into an army of anti-social, psychopathic misfits; and surely, they turn on each other.
Keywords: accidental-killing, ancient-vampire, assassin, bisexual-vampire, black-comedy, blood, blood-lust, born-again-christian, butcher, cannibalismActors: Master P (producer), Master P (writer), Snoop Dogg (actor), J.R. Starr (actor), Stevie Mack (actor), WC (actor), Stevie 'Black' Lockett (producer), Lee Whittaker (actor), Louis Eppolito (actor), Jasan Sherman (miscellaneous crew), Regina McLeod (writer), Tommy Coster (composer), Antonio Olivas (actor), Shireen Kadivar (actress), Tom Hedrick (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Bundy Chanock (miscellaneous crew), Michael Charles Hill (miscellaneous crew), Matthew Mallinson (editor), Amina Fakir (actress), Wendell B. Harris Jr. (actor), Anita Gordon (actress), Wendell B. Harris Jr. (director), Wendell B. Harris Jr. (writer), Paula McGee (actress), Marti Bowling (actress), Shonda Thurman (actress), Marty Smith (actor), Coleman Young (actor), Mano Breckenridge (actor), Bruce Giffin (actor),
Plot: William Douglas Street is bored with his life. Working for his father is getting to him, his wife wants more money, and he's had enough. His solution is to re-invent himself. He becomes a chameleon, taking on whatever role suits the situation. From reporter to doctor to lawyer, he impersonates anyone he sees a need for and he can earn money being. The movie is based on the real people, William Douglas Street, Jr., and Erik Dupin.
Keywords: african-american, impostor, independent-filmActors: Robert Downey Sr. (writer), Seymour Cassel (actor), Robert Downey Jr. (actor), Robert Downey Sr. (director), Robert Downey Sr. (writer), Jack Nitzsche (composer), Stanley Warnow (editor), David Sanborn (composer), Michael Sullivan (actor), Lawrence Wolf (actor), Max L. Raab (producer), Bette Wanderman (producer), Elsie Downey (writer), Elsie Downey (actress), Allyson Downey (actress),
Plot: "Moment To Moment" (also known as "Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos") is an experimental, ludicrous, plotless, absurd, surreal comedy. Impossible to understand, which is seemingly intentional. It leaps from scene to scene, world to world, with reecuring names and actors being the only things that hold it together. Very much like sketch comedy, except without much of a point. The movie literally goes from "Moment To Moment", with no actual narrative in mind rather than to just film a bunch of miscellaneous scenes and ideas and cut them together. Make of it what you will.
Keywords: 1970s, absurd, absurdism, home-movie, jazz, photograph, surrealism, underground[Prince Power]
Yo Ax, what's up man, that beat sounds kinda fly
[DJ Ax]
Yeah word Prince, this beat is not too fast
Not too wild, you know? Just right, strictly smooth
"Smooth" "Cause I don't get upset" [x4]
[Prince Power]
I get a grip on myself and I don't break a sweat
Dreams come to life and some that I stand by
Looking at myself and I'm asking "Who am I?"
Face in the crowd like any other
I dig and I scratch and I fight like many brothers
To reach the top and do what has to be done
So I can be number 1
But then I'm stuck and stopped, eventually dropped
Like a kid on the block selling rock, I get popped
Looking forward, see some reach the plateau
Pump the junk, packing a wacks show
I flip, lose my head, wanna bust an ill move
I'd better chill man, and better play it smooth
"Smooth" "Cause I don't get upset" [x4]
[Prince Power]
Drug seller, fly fella
When he speaks he's heard, it sounds accapella
Wheels and deals and does what he feels
Drives around with girls with skirts and high heels
Clocking cash, a knot to flash
He throws a party, an all out bash
Cars and jewelery, a lust for passion
Wants to be seen in a styling fashion
He sits back, gets paid off of crime
While I rack my brain and G off of rhyme
Now must I sell to do well? (No)
Must I deal to appeal? (No)
Do I have to live life in danger, strap on a side arm
Walk down the block like I was a time bomb
First blast, cause I'm in an ill mood
(Yo Prince man, just keep it smooth)
"Smooth" "Cause I don't get upset" [x4]
Keep it smooth, yo Ax, keep it smooth
Yo E. Vill, keep it smooth
[Prince Power]
(Yo you sound kinda angry) I am my man
I see society snatch all good things from my hand
Take what I make and burn what I earn
Wait til the day when I get my turn
And stand on stage, and hear the crowd roar
(Prince Powerule, give him an encore)
Solve enough cause I love to perform
Take the mic from the stand to my hands switch it on
Rip a rhyme rough enough for the people
Talent is shown and you know it's not equal
Ax backs me up with cuts and scratching
E. Vill's producing a sound worth matching
Fans are frozen, fixed on the stage
Absorbing a sound that's coming of age
Powerule, the group of the future
Giving they heart and soul like they used to
Taking a stand, making a move
Keeping it rough but playing it smooth