Email Author Julianne Shepherd

2005 Stories by Julianne Shepherd

• 50 Cent

  published November 3, 2005

  Hustler's ambition or gangsta's therapy? Fiddy's heart's on his sleeve: "I need you I need you to hate me," he admits, his doom-low voice... More >>

• Dirty featuring Bun B

  published October 27, 2005

  A stripper's ode that slithers like its namesake, "Rolie Polie" won't land in rap's lyrical pantheon -- "If her ass was a rapper/I'da signed her"... More >>

• Ne-Yo featuring Peedi Crakk

  "Stay"

  published September 22, 2005

  Twenty-two-year-old Ne-Yo scored this summer after scribing Mario's "Let Me Love You," but Ne-Yo's own love-longing single "Stay" is far more... More >>

• Sharissa featuring R. Kelly

  "In Love with a Thug"

  published September 22, 2005

  "Sometimes I hate being in love with a thug," laments Sharissa, her power croon quavering. Meanwhile, Kells is getting really good with... More >>

• Mazel Tov over Miami

  published September 8, 2005

  Irving Fields, pianist, still had a few months left in the army when he landed his gig at the Versailles Hotel in Miami Beach. The year was 1945.... More >>