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Aretha's 1976 collaboration with Curtis Mayfield, Sparkle, marked somewhat of a triumphant return to the music charts for the preacher's daughter from Detroit. Prior releases, With Everything I Feel In Me and You, marked the start of declining record sales for Aretha. The combination of Aretha, a chick from Detroit, and Curtis, a cat from Chicago, proved to be magic. The 8 track album is sexy, groovy, passionate, sensual and eye-opening, one of ReRe's finest and sexiest releases. Aretha wrapped her voice around the lyrics of Curtis Mayfield and her seasoned instrument rose to familiar heights, bone chilling wails, spectacular leaps and down-right painful cries. Aretha was back! Surprisingly, adult contemporary radio has yet to embrace Sparkle, 'Something You Can Feel' hits the airwaves once in a while. The title track is rarely heard on radio stations, so here it is for your listening pleasure. Peep Aretha serenade Canada back in '78 with 'Sparkle.'

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That's My Homegirl In The Video....
Simha Jamison, a 24 year old hair stylist testified yesterday that she recognized her childhood friend Roshona Landfair on the infamous R.Kelly sex tape. (Don't try to act like you haven't seen it.) Jamison testified "I believed it was my best friend" along with "her godfather R. Kelly." She estimated that Roshana was 13 or 14 when the tape was made. Jamison went on to say that Kelly would give Roshona "no less than $100...no more than $500" to go shopping. A 12 year veteran of the Chicago Police Department who was married to a relative of the girl on the video testified she learned of the video after receiving a phone call from former R. Kelly protege Sparkle, another relative of the alleged victim. When asked by the defense why she didn't take immediate action, Gibson testified that the entire situation was a very sensitive matter and neither the mother or father of the victim wanted to go forward with the charges.


Things aren't looking so good for the "Pied Piper of R&B"...Ron Isley is serving time, Wesley Snipes and Marion Jones are on their way to prison...R. Kelly might want consider going to Cuba with Assata Shakur.