The early bird always gets the worm, so this Saturday rise and shine with back to back marathons of Miami Vice followed by The A-Team.

If you can’t get enough of Miami Vice and The A-Team during the week then Centric has you covered starting at 6AM EST until noon you have the chance to hit the mean streets of South Beach with six classic episodes of Miami Vice.  After your fun in the sun, get ready for grit and brawn on The A-Team from noon until 8PM EST.

If you’re in need of a high dose of nostalgia, tune in tomorrow at 6AM. Only on Centric

Yes she always wears black and white—which could seen as boring—but whenever you see Janelle Monae in on stage she’s always in living color.

Leaving her footprints on the music scene in 2007 with her first album Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase) it was obvious that her voice, unique fashion sense, and stage presence was underrated and deserved more attention than it was given.  Janelle Monae signed a partnership deal with Bad Boy Records, so it was silently understood that there would be more to come and greater things on the horizon.

With the release of 2010’s The ArchAndroid (Suites II & III), Monae upped the ante.  The album’s first single “Tightrope” featuring Big Boi was an instant hit amongst the cool kids.  After the success of “Tightrope,” the songstress released a remix featuring Lupe Fiasco and B.o.B. where she tested out her skills as an emcee and succeeded.

To see if Janelle Monae can steal your heart and the number one spot tune in today at 11AM EST and 5PM EST to Centric’s 20 to 1 Countdown.

Every generation has movies that will be remembered for their greatness and appreciated by all. The Color Purple is one of those movies and lives in a class of its own.

Based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning novel, the 1985 film was directed by legendary director Steven Spielberg, and starred Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover.

The Color Purple tells the story of Celie, who finds strength through the years although faced with a lifetime of sexual abuse, a loveless marriage, and separation from her sister and children.  After the influence of good spirits around her, she eventually receives the happiness and the love that she’s always deserved.

Off set by a Quincy Jones produced score, the film is a must see if you have not already experienced it. Tune in for the FLICK Centric showing of The Color Purple today at 1:30PM EST.

Did you miss Keith Sweat’s Platinum House on Monday night?  If you did you shouldn’t feel bad because tonight at 8PM EST you can catch an encore presentation of your favorite Centric show.

Expect a lot of individual growth, but not a lot of unity.  Sisqo travels overseas to perform, Jazz works on music alone, Nokio helps his rock band develop and find harmony, while Tao tries to keep the group on track. At the end of the day business is business and mouths must be fed. 

To get a more in depth look of what Dru Hill does to make their money tune in tonight to Keith Sweat’s Platinum House only on Centric.

The men of Dru Hill are crisscrossing the nation in promotion of their newly released album Indrupendence Day, but we managed to catch up with Jazz to get the rundown on his Keith Sweat’s Platinum House experience, what’s in his i-Pod, the “competition,” and his side hustle.  

JJ: The new album was just released this past tuesday, are you feeling nervous about the response?

Jazz: Im not nervous. I’m more so excited to hear the response to see if my predictions are correct.  We’ve covered enough angles on this album to please our fans.

JJ: With the current taste of music different from the 90’s, do you feel you all have any musical competition?

Jazz: I don’t really see anyone as competition because I feel that DruHill has it’s own space in the game….. We just have to get out there and grind again and maintain it .

JJ:  In your opinion, how has Keith Sweat impacted Dru Hill?

Jazz: Keith Sweat has always [given] us wisdom and created mentoring experiences for Dru Hill since our 1st album . Keith and I actually cut a sing together a few years ago entitled  “Girl Its On”.  For some odd reason it’s listed on You-Tube as Dru-Hill and Keith Sweat but it was recorded in 2003 when I was grinding solo, so it’s  really Jazz and Keith Sweat.

JJ: Speaking of “grinding solo” are you still doing any side projects?

Jazz: My fans don’t know how much I grind. If they haven’t been to my website www.DigiGrindUnlimited.com , or haven’t seen me perform on my own over the years, they don’t know that I have a “Win a Wedding Package from Jazz of Dru-Hill” campaign going on that includes me performing a song of mine entitled “I Dont Wanna Live Without You” at their wedding. [I also have] independent albums of my own that I’ve been selling at my shows over the years.

JJ: Wow. That’s great. So who to you is the Greatest R&B group of all time?

Jazz: I Have several favorite groups, I really can’t pick just one. My favorites are: Earth Wind & Fire, Jackson 5, Temptations, O’Jays, Whispers, Kool & TheGang, Gap Band , Boys 2 Men, Jodeci, The Stylistics, The Delphonics, Aerosmith and Dru-Hill

If you’re ready to jog down memory lane with some unforgettable moves and the innovative grooves of  Janet Jackson, then hopping aboard the “Soul Train” should be top on your list of daily to-do’s.  Watch a young Janet sing of “Young Love” off her 1982 self titled debut album tonight at 5PM EST.

Back in the late 90’s he made us say “uuuuhhhhhh” but since his days as a Southern rap superstar and record label executive, Master P has taken a different route.
 
He’s focused on becoming involved in the Black community’s advancement as a people, raising his rapper cum basketball playing son Romeo, and another starring role in his self-produced movie, “Uncle P.”  The movie revolves around him taking in his sisters three children and raising them as his own.  But Uncle P learns quickly that raising children isn’t an easy feat, especially when you’re thrown into an unexpected situation like that.
 
To see how Master P and his nieces and nephews deal with becoming one unit watch “Uncle P” today at 3PM EST only on Centric.

A win on American Idol may promise a lot of money, success, and admiration; but those things bring stress.  Fantasia For Real is a personal look at the life of an idol that’s seen the top, fallen from grace, and gotten up, dusted her shoulders off and found success again. With the release of her third studio album, Back To Me, slated for release on August 24th, Fantasia is definitely back on her A-game.

Relive Fantasia’s struggles with family and battles with her record label tonight at 7PM EST only on Centric.

It’s Wednesday and you’re excited that payday is two days away…but first you have to vote.

This week Dru Hill’s new album, InDRUpendence Day dropped, and their latest single “Love MD” is trying to ease its way to #1 on the countdown.  Like every Dru Hill video, “Love MD” tells the story of two people in a toxic love that need to make decision that will restore or destroy their union.

If you want to see “Love MD” rank high on the countdown, you have until Friday morning to vote for that video or your favorite artist on this week’s 20 to 1 Countdown, so get your vote on!

All great things come to and end, and that doesn’t just apply to great vacations (but I digress). When Diddy formed  Danity Kane in 2005, who knew two successful albums later they would be over?

After two Making the Band seasons worth of rigorous auditions just to get the perfect combination of beauty, vocal harmony, and stage presence to be reckoned with.  But, after two platinum albums spawning major hits including the lovesick song “Damaged,” it was obvious that fighting between the girls was leading to the demise of the group.

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Tune in tonight at 6PM EST for Making the Band 4 to relive the drama that ended it all. Fan of Danity Kane and Day 26? Let us know your thoughts and feelings here after the break or on our twitter page.  We know that you have an opinion, so share it!