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  Anthony Hamilton Talks Tupac and Getting His Swerve On

  August 20, 2012 – Anthony Hamilton was in full-on dad mode when we rang him at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina. Taking a break from making lunch for his twin two-year-old sons, Aaron and Nolan, Hamilton, who kicks off his Back to Love tour with Estelle on September 9 in Columbia, South Carolina, told his boys to take smaller bites of their sandwiches before instructing us on the art of grilled cheese. …
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  Romney Ad Mocks Obama's Al Green Cover, Gets Hit With Takedown Notice

  July 17, 2012 – Al Green hasn't released a new album since 2008's Lay It Down, but the soul great has been having a hell of a year. In January, President Barack Obama sang 10 seconds of Green's 1971 hit "Let's Stay Together," single-handedly saving the music business. …
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  POTUS Playlist: Barack Obama Drops a Sweet Spotify Mix

  February 9, 2012 – It's not like we're very surprised, but President Obama, who has already gone down in history as the first candidate to have waged a truly effective social media-based presidential campaign, is at it again: Barack has dropped a 27-track "Campaign Playlist" via Spotify and his Facebook page (via the Washington Post). …
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  Only Barack Obama Can Save the Music Industry Now

  January 27, 2012 – Last week, President Barack Obama sang 10 seconds of Al Green's 1971 smash "Let's Stay Together" at a Harlem fundraiser. And now he has raised Green's single sales of the song to 16,000 — a leap of 490 percent, according to Billboard. Obama sang six words, so he improved Green's sales by 82 percent with every word he crooned. …
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  Dissecting President Obama's Al Green Cover

  January 20, 2012 – Here's a theory: There exists, within all of us, some deep, latent, and heretofore unfulfilled urge to see President Barack Obama perform a pop song. Way back in 2008, when everyone wanted "hope" and "change" right now even as the economy was on the brink of collapsing, you might have imagined that happening most naturally within a hip-hop context. …
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  Indestructible: The Most Durable Rock Stars Alive

  October 27, 2011 –  …
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  Available Today: May 27, 2008

  May 27, 2008 – Here's a rundown of what's available online and in record stores today. Click each album title to read Spin's full review:Al Green, Lay It Down What's next? Gerard Way producing a Misfits reunion? …
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• Al Green, 'Lay It Down' (Blue Note)

  May 27, 2008 – This R&B equivalent of Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Rose pairs Al Green, the dapper philosopher king of Memphis soul, with producers James Poyser and Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson of the Roots. The result doesn't prove that Green's still got it; I Can't Stop, his 2003 reunion with Hi Records impresario Willie Mitchell, already did that. …
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