The Beyonce Experience tour hit the Staples Centre in Los Angeles yesterday (September 2nd), for what seemed to be a great night for all. With the concert being filmed for the live DVD, a few special guests joined the singer during her set. Towards the end of ‘Survivor’, Beyonce’s former bandmates, Michelle and Kelly, appeared onstage to finish the song with her. The pair also led the crowd in singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to her later in the night (Beyonce turns 26 on September 4th). Boyfriend/Fiance/Husband (whatever he is to her) Jay Z also joined her onstage during the ‘Upgrade U’ performance.

Having attended the show when it hit London in June, I’m sure the DVD will be worth a buy. It’s great seeing the ladies of Destiny’s Child onstage together once again – although I’d prefer if it were under different circumstances e.g. performing (ala the BET Awards 07). See, correct me I’m wrong, but when was the last time Beyonce showed up at anything Kelly or Michelle were doing?

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On Her Relationship With Her Father:

“I am actually embarrassed by that. I don’t like speaking about it because I am not proud of it. But it is something that helped make me who I am today. Now people know that I am not perfect and that I had real conflicts. My dad is not pleased, because he is embarrassed. We still have not sat and had a conversation about it.”

On Her Past Image

“I felt like my girlie image was boring and contrived and generic. I was so restricted. I could not wear red lipstick. If I did I would get cursed out by my marketing person. I did a big performance on an awards show and I won some awards and [was happy] , but as soon as I got off the plane, I got the nastiest email from her about [my looks]. I then realized she was not treating me like a human being so I cut her off.

On Blowing Up After Playing Second Fiddle To Teairra Marie

That [was] a funny situation, but I always remained humble. I was just the little Caribbean girl. You have to be good to people. I could very easily say it’s all karma…God has favor on me and has blessed me, and I cannot even thank Him enough.

Hmm…seems like there must have been more to Teairra being dropped from Def Jam / Roc A’ Fella. She was more talented than Rihanna, in my opinion, and both of their first albums tanked – so something must have made the label choose to pull out all the stops for Rihanna’s success instead of Teairra.

What do you think of Rihanna’s comments?

It’s been kind of slow news day today, but this caught my attention. There’s no doubt that Soulja Boy’s ‘Crank That’ song/dance has become pretty big, but it was still funny watching TLC’s Chilli doing the ‘Soulja Boy’…she was getting it! The singer did her thing during a recent stop at Atlanta’s V103 radio station.

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Like many other artists this year, Trey Songz has seen the release of his new album ‘Trey Day’ pushed back on numerous occasions. Now re-scheduled for an October 2nd release, the CD will be preceded by this new single ‘Can’t Help But Wait’ – which was penned by Johnta Austin. I’m liking the song and the video; I found both to be pretty engaging. It’s kinda hard to believe that Trey has yet to fully blow up, seeing as he’s very talented. Here’s hoping this album garners him the recognition he deserves.

What do you think of the song/video?

Part 3

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