Artist: Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP
Song: “We No Speak Americano”
Why I Luv It: I luv “We No Speak Americano”!!!! Why? It’s an obvious multi-cultural/international hit song in the making. (Important note, I must credit my good friends Jonathan Rodriguez and Anthony Fernandez of Union City, NJ for introducing Read more...
Recently, in a few of my favorite magazines, I had seen notice of a new product from the folks at Novation. Normally it might not have stood out to me as different from other ads I have seen from them, however, this one was different: This Novation product was for Read more...
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