Madelyne Woods is a cable television personality who appeared on

BET Black Entertainment Television (acronym BET) is an American basic cable channel targeting African-American audiences. It is owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global via BET Networks and has offices in New York City, Los A ...

throughout the 1990s. She completed undergraduate at University of Maryland at College Park graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism in 1986. She completed her master's degree in Mass Communication at Howard University, graduating in 1987. Not long after joining BET, she was anchoring the ''BET Newsbriefs'', one-minute news updates that aired during program breaks. Over the span of her career at BET, she was assigned to various news / interview shows, including the opportunity to host ''

Video LP ''Video LP'' is a half-hour, live viewer call-in program that debuted in 1986 on BET (when ''Video Soul'' and '' Video Vibrations'' were expanded). It primarily showcased R&B/Soul and Hip-Hop music videos. The original hostess was Robin Breedo ...

'' as

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transitioned into hosting ''

Video Soul ''Video Soul'' is a two–hour long American music video program that originally aired on BET (Black Entertainment Television) from June 26, 1981 to September 1996. The program was devoted to showcasing R&B and Soul recording artists and perfo ...

'', the flagship prime-time entertainment program for the network. Although not specifically tied to any

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-formatted show on BET, Woods maintained popularity within the hip hop community. She was immortalized in the lyrics of the

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song "

Electric Relaxation "Electric Relaxation" is the second single from A Tribe Called Quest's third album ''Midnight Marauders''. It contains a sample of the song " Mystic Brew" by jazz organist Ronnie Foster. The track was featured as the opening theme song for The WB ...

''"Not to come across as a thug or a hood, But hon, you got the goods, like Madelyne Woods"''Electric Relaxation lyrics on Rhapsody
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