The Man Behind the Music
The 2017 Soul Train Music Awards were taped in Las Vegas, NV and featured performances by SWV, 112, Tamar Braxton, Ro James and MORE!
BASSic Black Entertainment CEO, Adam Blackstone, was Musical Director with full BBE band!!
The Soul Train Music Awards air Nov 26, 2017 on BET and Centric. Be sure to tune in!!
Check out a clip of rehearsal w/ 112 below!!!
Another year, another Tidal X Brooklyn at Barclay’s Center featuring the hottest hip hop artist of today!
Jennifer Lopez, Chris Brown, Cardi B just to name a few all joined forces to perform for a good cause. The proceeds for this year’s Tidal X concert went to Hurricane Reliefs efforts across the country and internationally.
Adam Blackstone, CEO of BASSic Black Entertainment, was the Musical Director for the concert and hand picked his #BBE All-Star band that he knew would rise to the occasion to support all these amazing artists!
Check out some footage of the concert below!
Jay-Z performs on the 43rd Season Premiere of NBC’s Saturday Night Live!
Jay-Z is no stranger to the “SNL” stage as he’s performed on several other occasions. This one, however, took a special meaning as he gave an emotional performance of his latest single off of his recently released album “4:44”.
#BBE CEO Adam Blackstone lends his live bass to this performance.
Check out a clip below!
Jay-Z gave an emotional performance of “4:44” last night #SNL pic.twitter.com/rpwBaadDgq
— J. Bachelor (@J_Bachelor) October 1, 2017
The effects of the Charlottesville protest were not only felt in the stage of Virginia but across the world. Several celebrities took to social media and other public outlets to express their heart-felt sympathy toward the victims of the protest and the state of our country as a whole. Dave Matthews, of the Dave Matthews Band, hosted the charity event “A Concert for Charlottesville: An Evening of Musical Unity” and is also a Virginia Native.
Performers included, Pharrell, Ariana Grande, The Roots, and #BBE Client Justin Timberlake. BASSic Black Entertainment CEO, Adam Blackstone, and JT’s band “The Tennessee Kids” were all there to support the cause.
Check out a pic of Adam & the band before the show and a video of their performance below.
“JT & The Tennessee Kids” returned HOME to perform at The 3rd Annual Pilgrimage Festival!
Justin Timberlake, a native of Tennessee, exclaimed “There’s no place like home!” after hitting the stage in his hometown! With his band, affectionately known as “The Tennesse Kids”, in tow and the city of Franklin as the background, this performance was what the audience was waiting for! JT also invited country singer Chris Stapleton to join him on stage as a surprise to fans!
BASSic Black Entertainment CEO, Adam Blackstone, was Musical Director and also performed with the team!
Check out a few pics and a fan video of the performance below!
The 2017 Rock in Rio festival was the stage for some of BASSic Black Entertainment’s top clients!
BBE Clients Alicia Keys and Justin Timberlake performed some of their latest and classic hits for excited fans in Rio de Janeiro for the legendary Rock in Rio Music Festival!!
BASSic Black Entertainment was Musical Director with #BBE bands!!
Check out a few clips of their performances below!!
What happens when you put the hottest pop artist and the hottest hip hop artist together? The HOTTEST performance the VMA’s has ever seen!
Singer/Songwriter Ed Sheeran teamed up with hip hop newcomer Lil Uzi Vert to perform at MTV’s 2017 Video Music Awards!
Kicking off the electrifying performance with Ed Sheeran’s hit song “Shape of You” then transitioning into Lil Uzi’s latest hit single “XO TOUR Llif3“, this performance had fans on their feet the entire time!!!
All made possible by BassicBlack Entertainment CEO, Adam Blackstone, as musical director and his all-star BBE band!!!
Check out the video of their performance below!!
Welp! The premiere season of ABC’s “Boy Band” was a HUGE success!!
Thousands of singers from all across the world fought for the 18 coveted spots on the LIVE show!!! In the end, there were 5 that stood out and actually made the group, named by the shows architects , “In Real Life“. The finale show took home ratings that rivaled some of ABC’s TOP shows!
BASSic Black Entertainment CEO, Adam Blackstone, was not only the Musical Director for the show, he was Musical Supervisor & Advisor to all the contestants!! With his All-Star BBE band, full of musicians and producers who have worked with the top artists in the music business today, the sonic aspect of the show was stellar by-far!! During the course of the competition, Adam exposed the contestants to what it’s really like to make it in the music industry. With surprise guests such as Boyz II Men, James Arthor, Backstreet Boys, BBD, & Sofia Carson, the 18 Boys fought harder than ever to make it to the top 5!
Special thanks goes out to all of the BASSic Black Entertainment team who helped make this season a success!
Kaisha Blackstone
Jaymz Hardy Martin
Erskine Hawkins
Brice Winston
Omar Edwards
Brian Frasier Moore
Randy Bowland
Errol Cooney
Erick Walls
Devin Johnson
Darek Cobbs
Ali Prawl
Jamar Jones
Clay Sears
Antonio Geary
Whitt Maul
Eric Parker
Ms. Debbie Chase
Tony Royster, Jr.
LaTrisha Perkins
Troy Nalls
Jason Rogers
Ashley Simpson (BGV)
Luke Edgemon (BGV)
Also, a special shoutout to our endorsement companies!
KORG USA
GALLIEN KREUGER AMPS
EBS Pedals
Black Diamond Strings
VOX
Blackstar
FENDER
Warrior Basses
Noble Pre AMPs
KLOTZ Cables
Beats By DRE
NIKE
JORDAN BRAND
Mitchell & Ness
TRUST By Tony and Keisha
Check out a recap video of all of the hard work Adam and the entire #BBE team put in this season!
BASSic Black Entertainment CEO, Adam Blackstone, has taken his talents to the big screen!
The newly released movie “Girls Trip” (starring Queen Latifah, Jada Pinknett-Smith, Regina Hall, and Tiffany Haddish) has an ALL-STAR soundtrack featuring music by Maxwell, Missy Elliott, and Aretha Franklin!
Ne-Yo remixed his original song “Because of You” and add a little flare to fit the theme of the Will Packer produced film. Ne-Yo enlisted the help of none other than Adam Blackstone to co-produce this song for the box office hit soundtrack!
Make sure you go see “Girls Trip” in theaters and download your copy of the soundtrack TODAY!
#BBE Client Queen Latifah sits down and talks to hosts Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest on ABC’s show “Live with Kelly and Ryan”!!
The Queen is making her rounds promoting her new movie, “Girls Trip”, co-starring Regina Hall, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and big screen new-comer Tiffany Haddish. A hilarious movie about 4 girlfriends who decide, after 5 years of separation, they would all re-unite and travel together to New Orleans for Essence Festival!
Check out Queen Latifah’s interview below (skip ahead about 23 minutes) and be sure to head to the theaters to see “Girls Trip”!!