Ask Dr. G Love – Episode #3
June 29, 2008
Dr. G Love answers questions about finding that special “One” and helps define for one woman what “Liberated” truly means.
U People Podcast – Episode #33 “Fashionably Late”
June 26, 2008
After a week off from podcasting, Olive and Hanifah sit with Tika Milan of the U People documentary and review the U People June12th show.
What’s new with U: 06.20.08
June 19, 2008
Hey People,
Olive and I are one month into making our new home and desperately need to do laundry. Sometimes when you are running around like a chicken with its beak bent you neglect the necessities in life. But while I sit here and watch loadzzz of laundry spin I thought I would of course get some work done. Because work always needs to be done here at the U People Camp.
Olive and I would like to introduce a news and updates section to www.iLoveUPeople.com. Sometimes we can’t say it all in our weekly podcast, changes happen more frequently than once a week and sometimes you just wanna read the skinny as oppose to watch it. This will allow us to focus more on what you like most about the U People Podcast and film…the people!
So U People News or U News (I don’t know, we haven’t thought a cute name for it yet really) is where we announce good news, changes to the site, upcoming guests on the show, and new original content we will be offering here at www.iLoveUPeople.com. And like always, we welcome your comments.
TAKING A WEEK OFF
There will be no U People Podcast this week. Olive and I are still settling the dust from June 12th. And with 3 festivals ahead of us, grants to hand in, planes to catch and my sumer tour around the corner; we figure something had to give for this week. A little breathing room or extra sleep never hurt anybody. I’m sure you all will understand. If not, check the video below.
U PEOPLE COMES TO THE BAY
I will be flying out to the Bay this weekend to support U People as it screens at the San Francisco International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. I hope to see you all there. If you wanna shoot an email to a friend in the Bay to check it out, below is the info and you can use the pic just above as an email flyer (thank you in advance):
U PEOPLE
30 Women and Trans Folks of Color
2 Days
1 House and the Music
A LGBT Rockumentary
comes to the San Francisco Frameline Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
U People is a candid, funny and breathtaking look at what happened behind the scenes of a not so typical music video shoot. Hanifah Walidah’s Make a Move debuted on Logo in 2007 that for the first time pictured women of color in a witty, sexy and refreshing way in mainstream media. But what happened behind the camera will stand a testament to a generation. U People is an accidental rockumentary about us and our time.
Directed and produced by Hanifah Walidah and Olive Demetrius
SUNDAY, JUNE 22 4PM
VICTORIA THEATER
2961 16TH ST. (SF)
Buy Your Tickets at www.frameline.org
GO MAGAZINE LOVES U PEOPLE
We just receive a bit a press in Go Magazine. You can read the article here
TREAT YA SELF
Treat Ya Self was previously a section featured on the home page towards the bottom. We will now move it to be featured as its own post, much like this one placed towards the top with other new posts. In it we will publish events that we feel are worth your time and dime.
U TUNES
We will be featuring new artists in the U Tunes section, like poet Coochie Magic lady Christa Bell and hip hop artist Psalm One of Chicago. U tunes also features our new Musicane player where you can buy digital download of the U People soundtrack. You can also get your own Musicane player and place it on your facebook, myspace or blog. Now feel this, after signing up to Musicane for free, for every sale of the U People Soundtrack on your blog, you receive 5% of the sale. So as you support this movement, it supports you.
Its simple: Sign up to Musicane. Return to our player here at ww.iLoveUPeople.com or search for us on Musicane. Press “Share”, login and then copy the code provided. Where you paste that code and folks buy the downloads, you get hit off with a bit of love.
Ok, that is it for now people. We are planning a lot for 2008 and appreciate how you all continue to support what we do. Keep up the good work and so will we. See you all next week with a brand new episode of the U People Podcast.
Love,
Hanifah and Olive.
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Psalm One
June 18, 2008
Psalm One never likes to sit in one place for too long. It makes her knees hurt, and beyond the physical discomfort it stifles her. Her music mirrors these sentiments, keeping her raps as ever-changing as the scenery. A Southside Chicago native, this rookie Rhymesayer has been raising eyebrows since 2002, with her self-released debut LP Bio:Chemistry. Released while Psalm was studying Chemistry at the University of Illinois, Bio:Chemistry was well received and served as a resume of sorts after graduating and returning home to Chicago later that year. After a powerful performance on the 2003 Nacrobats release Always (Birthwrite), Psalm went back to the lab with Chicago producer Overflo.
In 2004, bridging the gap between her previous work and her forthcoming album, she released Bio:Chemistry II: Esters and Essays (Birthwrite). It was a re-release of her 2002 debut, plus 5 unreleased tracks, repackaged and remastered. While staying diligent in the studio, her tour schedule began to become equally as busy performing on Warped Tour Code of the Cutz stage, the annual Scribble Jam Festival and B-Girl Be Summit in Minneapolis, as well as, sharing the stage with: 50 Cent, Slick Rick, Atmosphere, MF Doom, De La Soul, Camp Lo, Murs, Jean Grae, Royce tha 5′9, Diverse, Blueprint, Brother Ali, Masta Ace, Prince Paul, Casual of Heiroglyphics and many more. In 2005 she was named as on of URB’s Next 100 and featured “as next to blow up” in such publications as: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times and The Onion which only added fuel to her ever-glowing fire.
The Death of Frequent Flyer, out this summer on Rhymesayers Entertainment, shows her talent and versatility. It’s a collection of songs, travels, and late nights, inspired by the sounds of the city from someone who has heard its voice. She successfully boasts of Chicago roots in blues and never lacks the soul of a hip hop treasure. Vocally she is skilled and smooth, yet doesn’t indulge in over used rhymes or patterns. The album features production from: Ant of Atmosphere, Overflo, Maker, Thaione Davis, Confucious, Madd Crates and features Brother Ali, Thaione Davis, Ang13, vocalist KaDi and DJ DQ(Glue). Psalm One is a true fan of music, exceptional lyricist, quirky b-girl and former saxophonist. A cross between Lauryn Hill and Devin The Dude, Psalm One is influenced by everything she encounters, this new kid on the block emits the vibes of an old pro. If you like your mom, you’ll like Psalm One.
Psalm One [7:21m]: U People Podcast Episode #32 “Nous Vivons à Brooklyn Bebe”
June 11, 2008
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Hanifah and Olive are joined by Celia Faussart of Les Nubians to talk about music, the Afropeans and the Brooklyn heat.
U People Podcat Episode #31 “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life”
June 4, 2008
Olive and Hanifah welcome DJ Selly of Ubiquita NYC to the show to talk about her DJ roots of battling the backyards of her Queens neighborhood. We also have a U People story about a couple that was booed at the Apollo because they chose to love differently.
