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Push (Lenny Kravitz Song)
"Push" is a song recorded by the American singer Lenny Kravitz and released on October 21, 2011, as the fifth single from his album ''Black and White America''. The song entered the radio rotation on that date and was made available for download in Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States on November 5, 2011. Background Eve Barlow of ''The Guardian'' noted, "Push is a Beatles-esque, horns-driven number about positivity in spite of hardship, inspired by his family’s struggles for acceptance." The song is a kind of piano-led and supported ballad. Instruments such as the organ and the windwoods are used to give brightness and to create an almost religious atmosphere. The song was inspired by the 2009 movie '' Precious'', whish is based on the 1996 novel ''Push Push may refer to: Music * Mike Dierickx (born 1973), a Belgian producer also known as Push Albums * ''Push'' (Bros album), 1988 * ''Push'' (Gruntruck album), 1992 * ''Push'' (Jacky Terrasson album), 201 ...
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Lenny Kravitz
Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. His style incorporates elements of Rock music, rock, blues, Soul music, soul, Contemporary R&B, R&B, funk, jazz, reggae, hard rock, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic, Pop music, pop and Folk music, folk. Kravitz won the Grammy Award for Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, Best Male Rock Vocal Performance four years in a row from 1999 to 2002, breaking the record for most wins in that category and setting the record for most consecutive wins in one category by a male. He has been nominated for and won other awards, including American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, Radio Music Awards, Brit Awards, and Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. Kravitz's hit singles include "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" (1991) and "Again (Lenny Kravitz song), Again" (2000), each of which reached the top 10 on the ''Billboard'' Top 100 chart; other hits include "Let Love Rule (song), Let Love Rule" (1989), "Alway ...
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Black And White America
''Black and White America'' is the ninth studio album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on August 30, 2011. The album also produced six singles released in 2011 and 2012. Background On his official website, Kravitz stated, "I don't know what it's called yet, it felt like ''Negrophilia'', and then... it felt like something else." On December 13, 2010 Kravitz announced that the new album was to be called ''Black and White America'', and it would be his first album on Roadrunner Records/Atlantic Records under joint label Loud & Proud. Lenny Kravitz traveled to Bahamas on an intent to finishing an album called ''Negrophilia'', but then he "got inspired to write a completely different album."Gardner, Elysa (August 2, 2011)"For Lenny Kravitz, 'Black And White' is a mixed blessing" ''USA Today''. Retrieved March 6, 2012. "I was channel-surfing in the Bahamas one night and came across this documentary," he recalled. "I don't remember what it was called, but it had all thes ...
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Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is an American record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock bands. Founded in the Netherlands in 1980, it is now a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City. History The label was launched in 1980 in the Netherlands. Roadrunner's initial business was importing North American metal-band recordings into Europe. In 1986, Roadrunner opened its US headquarters in New York City and later opened offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Australia, Denmark, Russia and Canada. Early successes included albums from King Diamond (band), King Diamond (the first Roadrunner artist to enter the Billboard 200, Billboard Top 200 albums chart) and Annihilator (band), Annihilator. The label also handled early Metallica releases in the Scandinavian region. The end of the 1980s saw the release of two albums that are now considered classics of their respective genres: Obituary (band), Obituary's ''Slowly We Rot'' and Sepultura's ''Beneath the Rem ...
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Black And White America (song)
"Black and White America" is a song recorded by American singer Lenny Kravitz and released on September 19, 2011, as the fourth single from his album ''Black and White America ''Black and White America'' is the ninth studio album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on August 30, 2011. The album also produced six singles released in 2011 and 2012. Background On his official website, Kravitz stated, "I don' ...''. Background Kravitz explained that the song name refers to "the insults endured by his interracial parents in the 1960s, making race the central theme of the album. Despite big ideas, he deftly keeps the mood shifting." Reception Ryan Reed of '' Paste'' stated, "Many moments rank high on the Kravitz funkiness chart, including the fantastic title track—which rides liquidy slap-bass and buzzing synth, fleshed out by interjections from glistening strings and horns." Charts References {{Lenny Kravitz singles Lenny Kravitz songs 2011 songs Songs writt ...
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Superlove (Lenny Kravitz Song)
"Superlove" is a song by Lenny Kravitz from his 2011 album ''Black and White America ''Black and White America'' is the ninth studio album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on August 30, 2011. The album also produced six singles released in 2011 and 2012. Background On his official website, Kravitz stated, "I don' ...'', which was remixed by Avicii. The track was released on May 29, 2012 as a digital download in the United Kingdom and charted in the UK, Belgium, Hungary and the Netherlands. Lenny has released a music video for this song to YouTube on August 27.Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine Track listing Charts Release history References 2012 singles Avicii songs Lenny Kravitz songs 2011 songs Roadrunner Records singles Songs written by Lenny Kravitz Songs written by Craig Ross {{2012-single-stub ...
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as All-Music Guide by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guid ...
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Hitparade
A hit parade is a list of tunes that are most popular at any given time. Hit Parade or hitparade or The Hit Parade may also refer to: Film and television * ''Hit Parade'' (film), a 1953 West German musical film * ''Hit Parade'' (TV series), a 1956-1959 Australian pop music series * ''The Hit Parade'' (film), a 1937 American musical film directed by Gus Meins ;Hit Parade of *'' Hit Parade of 1941'', a 1940 American film directed by John H. Auer *'' Hit Parade of 1943'', also known as ''Change of Heart'', 1943 American musical film made by Republic Pictures and directed by Albert S. Rogell *'' Hit Parade of 1951'', a 1950 American musical film directed by John H. Auer Literature *''Hit Parade'', a novel by Lawrence Block Music ;Bands * The Hit Parade (group), an independent pop group from London, England ;Albums * ''Hit Parade'' (Audio Adrenaline album), 2001 * ''Hit Parade'' (Spirit of the West album), 1999 * ''Hit Parade'' (Paul Weller album), 2006 * '' Hit Parade 1 ...
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Eve Barlow
Eve (; ; ar, حَوَّاء, Ḥawwāʾ; el, Εὕα, Heúa; la, Eva, Heva; Syriac: romanized: ) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the universe and its inhabitants came to be. Creation myths develop through oral traditions and therefore typically have multiple versions." of the Abrahamic religions, she was the first woman, yet some debate within Judaism has also given that position to Lilith. Eve is known also as Adam's wife. According to the second chapter of Genesis, Eve was created by God (Yahweh) by taking her from the rib of Adam, to be Adam's companion. Adam is charged with guarding and keeping the garden before her creation; she is not present when God commands Adam not to eat the forbidden fruit – although it is clear that she was aware of the command. She decides to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil after she hears the se ...
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The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sport .... It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited, Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the ...
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Precious (film)
''Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire'', or simply ''Precious'', is a 2009 American drama film, directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels. Its script was written by Geoffrey S. Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel '' Push'' by Sapphire. The film stars Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, and Mariah Carey. This marked the acting debut of Sidibe, who portrays a young woman struggling against poverty and abuse. Filming took place in New York City from October to November 2007. ''Precious'', then without a distributor, premiered to acclaim at both the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, under its original title of ''Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire''. At Sundance, it won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize for best drama, as well as a Special Jury Prize for supporting actress Mo'Nique. After ''Preciouss screening at Sundance in January 2009, Tyler Perry announced that he and Oprah Winfrey would be providing promotional assis ...
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Push (novel)
''Push'' is the debut novel of American author Sapphire. Thirteen years after its release in 1996, the novel was made into the 2009 film '' Precious'', which won numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards. Plot Claireece Precious Jones is an obese, illiterate 16-year-old girl who lives in Harlem with her abusive mother Mary. Precious is a few months pregnant with her second child, the product of her father raping her; he is also the father of her first child (who has Down syndrome). When her school discovers the pregnancy, it is decided that she should attend an alternative school. Precious is furious, but the counselor later visits her home and convinces her to enter an alternative school, located in the Hotel Theresa, called Higher Education Alternative Each One Teach One. Despite her mother's insistence that she apply for welfare, Precious enrolls in the school. She meets her teacher, Ms. Blu Rain, and fellow students Rhonda, Jermaine, Rita, Jo Ann, and Consuelo. All ...
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Reuters
Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency was established in London in 1851 by the German-born Paul Reuter. It was acquired by the Thomson Corporation of Canada in 2008 and now makes up the media division of Thomson Reuters. History 19th century Paul Reuter worked at a book-publishing firm in Berlin and was involved in distributing radical pamphlets at the beginning of the Revolutions in 1848. These publications brought much attention to Reuter, who in 1850 developed a prototype news service in Aachen using homing pigeons and electric telegraphy from 1851 on, in order to transmit messages between Brussels and Aachen, in what today is Aachen's Reuters House. Reuter moved to London in 1851 and established a news wire agency at the London Royal Exchange. Headquartered in London, R ...
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