Isley Brothers Sign With Def Soul |
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It's been over forty years since the Isley Brothers released their first album, Shout!, in 1959, but the group has remained relevant in the ever-changing music industry. Billboard.com reports that the group, which is now comprised of brothers Ronald Isley and Ernie Isley, recently signed a new recording contract with Def Soul Classics, a division of Def Jam Records, and are working on a new album which will be released in early 2005.
Meanwhile, the Isley Brothers will be presented with a Lifetime
Achievement Award at the 2004 BET Awards, coming up on June 29th at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood . When asked what was the secret of the group's success, Ron Isley said it's been a combination of factors, including love and prayers: "Just a lot of prayers, you know, and loving what you do, and just being very competitive. You know, we've always been a competitive family in this business, and you always want to try to hang there at the top. In order to do that, you know, you have to love what you do, and you have to be blessed -- you have to have that gift --and we just thank the lord for letting us have the longevity that we've had." |
2005 !  definately gonna have a cool R. Kelly song on it 
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The Isley Brothers have enjoyed a very long and illustrious career spanning over forty years but it appears that the duo is just getting started. The group recently inked a new recording contract with Def Soul Classics and they will be releasing a new album, Pretty Woman, in early 2005. In addition, the duo will be launching a clothing line and an entertainment complex in St. Louis , Missouri , later this year. The group is presently recording the Pretty Woman album but according to Ron Isley, it's too early to say who exactly will be featured on the set.
He said: "Some of the people that's gonna be involved in this record will be OutKast, Pharrell, R. Kelly. It's been talk about us doing something with Beyonce and I don't know -- the list just keeps growing because we're gonna cut a lot of music and then we'll sort that music out."
Isley added that he's already recorded material with Nelly and Patti LaBelle, and that hopefully he'll be able to do something with 50 Cent. With all of the potential collaborators for the new set and the long list of friends the Isleys have accumulated over the years, it shouldn't be a problem for them to book acts for their new entertainment complex in St. Louis, which will feature a performance area as well as restaurants.
Ron Isley explained that the new entertainment complex would be a little more classy than the House Of Blues. He said: "It's like a gonna be like a entertainment center. It has a couple of restaurants there. It's gonna be where other entertainers will come to St. Louis and perform there, and that type of thing, so it's gonna be the first for St. Louis ."While most people would have their hands full recording a new album and launching an entertainment complex, the Isley Brothers have also decided to expand Ron Isley's fur coat line into a full clothing line. Ron Isley said: "I have a fur coat clothing line and I'm gonna go a step further into the clothing line like Puffy and like Jay-Z because we love clothes. You know we represent a lot of stuff in our videos and you know the Mr. Biggs character. They want to know where did you get that mink coat or where did you get that suit or that type of thing, so we gonna put that out there for them."
In related news, the Isley Brothers will be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 BET Awards on June 29th at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. |
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