These Cool Cats Have Urban Swagger

These are some of the modern entertainers that I feel have great style. They look fantastic whether they are dressed in suits or in more casual wear. I'm always interested to see what they are wearing next. These cool cats definitely have urban swagger. Enjoy these music videos from each one of them.

Usher:





Jamie Foxx:





Pharrell Williams:





Kanye West:





Q-Tip:





Common:





Raphael Saadiq:





John Legend:





Jay-Z:





Ne-Yo:





P.S. I am having an Orient Watch giveaway over at my Sugar & Spice blog. Please be sure to enter it if you are a resident of the USA. Thanks.

Some Random Photos of Frank Sinatra & Friends

Here are some random photos of Frank Sinatra and some of his pallies back in the late 50's to mid-60's. I hope you enjoy them. Cheers!



The Rat Pack together in action.



Dean Martin, Judy Garland & Frank Sinatra are rehearsing in Las Vegas in 1958.



Frank's sitting at his piano in his home. That's a model of his personal jet on top of the piano.



Frank's cracking up after falling out of a chair at a Miami party.



Frank's doing what he does best - perform under the spotlight.



Frank's wiping his face off with a towel.



Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra point down at some other guy's shoe.

P.S. I hope you liked all those photos. I wanted to let you guys know about this poll, "Sinatra & Jay-Z: Two Generations Of Cool," at the website of Madison Square Garden.

Here is the promo information sent to me:

Two BIG musical legends,one BIG CITY, MSG asks: Who sang New York City's true anthem better? Frank Sinatra and Jay-Z both have recorded sensational hits declaring their love for the city that never sleeps. Sinatra's 1980's hit, "New York, New York" still lives in on people's hearts today while Jay-Z's catchy hip-hop tune, "Empire State of Mind," has become the anthem for all celebrated NY sport victories. Jay-Z claims he's "the new Sinatra" in the hit song also, but does the Hoboken-native Frankie still hold the title for the city's anthem. YOU DECIDE who the king of NY is here:

Also, be sure to tune-in on Friday, December 4th @ 10:30 PM when MSG airs two iconic performances. Leading off is Jay-Z’s Answer the Call September 11th performance, followed at 11:30 p.m. by Frank Sinatra: The Main Event, a concert which originally aired live Oct. 13, 1974.

For more info, exclusive photos, and video on Jay-Z, click here: http://www.msg.com/jay-z/



For more info and exclusive photos on Frank Sinatra click here: http://www.msg.com/sinatra/

*Also, you can purchase at the website a box-set titled: Sinatra: New York containing 70 previously unreleased songs and includes four compact discs and one DVD featuring concerts Ol’ Blue Eyes’ performed between 1955 and 1990 in venues all around the city, including Radio City Music Hall. If you purchase the box-set there, you'll receive an exclusive CD of the Main Event concert.

I hope you'll check out the website. Make sure you vote in the poll on whether Frank Sinatra or Jay-Z has the true anthem for the Big Apple. Thanks.

P.S.S. I received the Beautiful Blogger Award from the Wabi & Sabi blog. I greatly appreciate it. Thanks so much.

Jay-Z Raps About Frank Sinatra

Jay-Z is an extremely successful rapper and businessman. Besides selling millions of albums, he owns everything from a clothing line to a basketball team to nightclubs. He's also the husband of Beyonce. The reason I'm posting about Jay-Z today is that I've noticed in two of his recent songs that he's mentioned Frank Sinatra. I'm not sure if he's done this in the past or not. I can't really remember. I did think it was cool that he would rap about Sinatra at all. I'm posting clips of these two songs. These references are brief, but I hope you'll check them out to see what I'm talking about. It's always cool to hear artists of today talk about these cool cats of the past.




Death of Auto-tune:



Empire State of Mind:

Fonzworth Bentley Called The Hip Hop Sammy Davis Jr.

I'm always intrigued to find those men of today who are cool and stylish. They hearken back to the Rat Pack era. Fonzworth Bentley has got to be one of those gentlemen. I'm not sure how many of you have ever heard of him. Mr. Bentley's real name is Derrick Watkins. He first burst on the scene as the personal assistant of Sean "Diddy" Combs. Bentley would make appearances on Diddy's reality series Making The Band 2. He also appeared in quite a few music videos for various artists. Fonzworth Bentley is the host of the MTV series From G's to Gents. He has also released both an album C.O.L.O.U.R.S. and a book Advance Your Swagger.

Mr. Bentley has been called by himself and others a hip hop version of Sammy Davis Jr. He definitely sees that hip cat Sammy as one of his role models. He speaks quite often of the fashion and style of the Harlem Renaissance. It's great to see a modern day man doing his part to revive the art of the gentleman. I'm posting a lot of pictures of Fonzworth Bentley so you get a chance to see what he's all about. I'm also posting the music video of his song Everybody (which features Kanye West & Andre 3000) and a video of him on the set for a Giant magazine shoot.



























With Sean "Diddy" Combs:



With Jay-Z:



With Girlfriend Faune Chambers:











With Kanye West:



Music Video For Everybody:



On The Set Of Giant Magazine: