The second link is full of misinformation...John Hanson (who was President of the Continental Congress) was not a Moor..


The most common myth about Hanson was that he was the first President of the United States.

The origin of the claim that Hanson is the "forgotten" first President stems from a 1932 book by Seymour Wemyss Smith titled John Hanson – Our First President. Officially Hanson was the third President of the Continental Congress, successor to the first two men to hold the office, Samuel Huntington and Thomas McKean. He was the first to serve a full one-year term, and the first to formally use the title President of the United States in Congress Assembled.

The office of the President of the United States in Congress Assembled was, despite the name, not an executive post. It bears a closer resemblance to the modern Speaker of the United States House of Representatives or Vice President of the United States. The office was in existence from 1781 to 1788, under the Articles of Confederation. It was replaced by the modern office of President of the United States when the Constitution took effect in 1789. The modern office is significantly more powerful as an executive position.

The second link is full of misinformation...John Hanson (who was President of the Continental Congress) was not a Moor..


The most common myth about Hanson was that he was the first President of the United States.

The origin of the claim that Hanson is the "forgotten" first President stems from a 1932 book by Seymour Wemyss Smith titled John Hanson – Our First President. Officially Hanson was the third President of the Continental Congress, successor to the first two men to hold the office, Samuel Huntington and Thomas McKean. He was the first to serve a full one-year term, and the first to formally use the title President of the United States in Congress Assembled.

The office of the President of the United States in Congress Assembled was, despite the name, not an executive post. It bears a closer resemblance to the modern Speaker of the United States House of Representatives or Vice President of the United States. The office was in existence from 1781 to 1788, under the Articles of Confederation. It was replaced by the modern office of President of the United States when the Constitution took effect in 1789. The modern office is significantly more powerful as an executive position.

Isn't it music that many artists in the past and now used to raise awareness of social and also political concerns? Gil Scott Heron, Curtis Mayfield, The Temptations, Joan Baez, Richie Havens,, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, just to name a few.

Not gonna wrangle on if he was the 1st President, but he was the 1st BLACK President with the skin tone to match his ancestory.http://www.dickgregory.co...ngton.html Unlike Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, which had black ancestory and showed traits of their ancestory. http://www.youtube.com/wa...8d4BOfTn28
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Not gonna wrangle on if he was the 1st President, but he was the 1st BLACK President with the skin tone to match his ancestory.http://www.dickgregory.co...ngton.html Unlike Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, which had black ancestory and showed traits of their ancestory. http://www.youtube.com/wa...8d4BOfTn28
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I agree because he was setting her up for high expectations when he mentioned that to the journalist that interviewed him, and that would have been putting a lot of pressure on her with high expectations on her. Especially since a lot of Sade fans have been missing Sade. Sade is an artist in her own right with her own unique flavor that I doubt could ever be duplicated.

However, as far as Bria's sound, she has more of a smooth-jazz flavor that would go over well with Anita Baker fans. I could see smooth jazz stations playing her type music. Especially tracks like "All This Love" and "Everytime"; "Something You Already Know"(a very sexy, but tastfully sexy, yet smooth track); only comment I could say about that track, on some parts in the song, she could have put a little more feeling into some parts of that track as there's a part in that song, where it sounds like she is dragging her voice along, I think it is one of the parts where she repeats "..all up close to me"..other than that, it's one of my favorite tracks on that cd.
"Home" and "Another Boy" are on the R&B side, and I'm quite surprised it's not being played on R&B stations at the moment, because those 2 tracks pretty much falls into mainstream R&B, but then again most of us have questions on those behind the radio stations and their decisions on what type of music they choose to play; "2nite" is definitely for the club scene; "Elixer" should be played behind bedroom doors, to be played when the kiddies are out at Aunty's or grandma's house, while a mom/dad is spending some quiet or alone time together or for couples that haven't seen each other for a week and can't wait to "get it on and rollin".

As far as Prince working with other artists, it would be cool if we could get a collaboration with Anita Baker. Also, I'd like to see him work with "Esthero". Esthero also has sort of a sexy, smooth jazz flavor, but she also has experience working with other hip-hop artists, so she could gravitate to various flavors. I like her track "Thank Heaven for You" which I find to be a very, mellow track.
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I was shocked when Prince answered a question I've posted here in the past: Why no male proteges? Answer: He doesn't like/favor male singers.....Very strange, but meh, fair enough.