Friday, July 24th 2009

New Song: Jay-Z – ‘Run This Town (ft. Rihanna & Kanye West)’ (New Single)

With Jay-Z’s much anticipated ‘The Blueprint 3′ nearing its September 11th release, the next single to be lifted from the record ‘Run This Town’ has surfaced. Featuring former Def Jam label mates Rihanna and Kanye West, Hova has gone on record to say the track is named as such because they are the folk that ‘run’ the industry (hmm…).

While I’m feeling the track’s ‘epic’ feel, along with Jay and Kanye’s verses, I couldn’t stomach Rihanna’s part on the hook. Ms. Fenty was on her extra-nasal game on this one, which makes it a few pig-squeals away from being un-listenable. That said, the song still kinda manages to work.

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Wednesday, July 22nd 2009

New Song: Whitney Houston – ‘I Look To You’ (Snippet

A 30 second snippet of ‘I Look To You’, the R. Kelly penned title track from Whitney Houston’s comeback LP (due August 31st in the UK / September 1st in the US) has surfaced.

Wow! She *really* sounds awesome. A HUGE improvement over the vocals we heard on ‘I Didn’t Know My Own Strength’ (the version of which has since been confirmed as simply a demo and has been re-recorded). Her voice sounds rich, and while not the Whitney of ‘The Bodyguard’, her vocal soars on this. Definitely can’t wait to hear this in its entirety. Go Nippy! {Thanks Sasha!}

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Tuesday, June 16th 2009

Beyonce – ‘Ego (Remix) (ft. Kanye West)’ Video

The video for Beyonce’s Kanye West assisted ‘Ego (Remix)’ premiered a few hours ago on Access Granted. This recession really isn’t the business, for if you were expecting a fully-fledged new video, you’ll be bitterly disappointed. The only thing new about this, is Kanye’s edited-in scene, which essentially mirrors the original video. Blah.

Tidbit: I’ve really warmed to the original video, mainly because of the choreography, since it debuted a few weeks back.

What do you think of the video?

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Saturday, May 2nd 2009

Jennifer Hudson Tour Video Must-See

Peep this vid of Jennifer Hudson performing ‘Love You I Do’ at a recent stop on her. Let’s just say Jennifer started the song, but didn’t quite finish it the way it was planned. LMAO. Enjoy.

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Monday, March 16th 2009

Randomness: Michael Jackson Performs ‘Billie Jean’ At 30th Anniversary Show

While the news of Michael Jackson’s return to the stage has largely been greeted by mass positivity, there seems to be select arms of the media, as well as the public, who seem to question whether today’s Michael can still ‘thrill’ like times of past. Though being snapped in wheelchairs and looking somewhat frail in recent years hasn’t helped his cause, MJ hasn’t actually had a wack performance or flopped on the dancing tip for folk to be so steadfast in their ‘he can’t do it’ stance.

A lot of MJ’s more recent work and performances have unfairly been overlooked for one reason or the other, yet this performance of Billie Jean at his 2001/2002 30th Anniversary special, shows that even as the Michael of today he can still deliver one hell of a performance. THIS is the Michael I’m expecting to show at the London 02 this summer. This is the Michael that I really feel will silence the naysayers. Roll on July!

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Thursday, January 15th 2009

Behind The Scenes: Beyonce & Solange’s L’Oreal Commercial

Peep this behind the scenes look at Beyonce and Solange on the set of their latest L’Oreal commercial. I have to give it to Solange; be it down to big sis, Papa Knowles or whoever, she really is getting her face out there. More power to them.

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Friday, January 11th 2008

Janet Jackson Update

The promotional campaign for Janet Jackson’s latest album ‘Discipline’ continues, with the star appearing on the cover of the latest issue of Billboard magazine. In the no-holds barred feature, Janet speaks on the poor performance of her last two albums, the difference between Virgin and her new label Def Jam , what we expect from ‘Discipline’, tour plans and more. Check out the comments section to read the article.

Interestingly, MTV have added the recently released ‘Feedback’ video to their schedules for the week beginning January 14th (next week Monday). MTV’s lack of support for Janet since ‘the incident’ has been well-publicized and hotly debated. It’s worth noting that the network did add ‘So Excited’ (from Janet’s last album ‘20 Y.O) to their video schedule – only opting to play it at graveyard times. Whether the video for ‘Feedback’ gets the same treatment will be interesting to see.

Having only been on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, ‘Feedback’ currently sits at #52. With the video having debuted this week, as well as the song having officially gone for ads too, one can expect the song to continue to rise.

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Sunday, October 28th 2007

Keyshia Cole On Tyra Banks Show

R&B star Keyshia Cole recently appeared on the Tyra Banks show. The interview was pretty interesting; Tyra questioned Keyshia on a number of things including the constant comparisons to Mary J. Blige as well her personal life. Check out the second part of the interview below:

What do you think of the interview?

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Thursday, August 23rd 2007

Kanye West Complex Magazine Shoot

As reported last week, Kanye West was interviewed in the current issue of Complex magazine. The ‘Stronger’ rapper also did a photo-shoot for his feature; I don’t know what to think about these pics – they’re ‘different’ for sure lol.

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