Put simply, I’m really liking this one. With its epic-sounding production and great lyrical content, Chris may just be onto a winner with this one. While I’m not at all being ‘messy’, I must say it’s rather ironic that Chris’ material (IMO) craps all over Rihanna’s ‘comeback’ effort. Just saying…

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Peep the latest Rihanna promotional shot, which surfaced today. I can’t agree with that hair….I just can’t.

In other Ms. Fenty news, it has also been confirmed that the Anthony Mandler (‘Disturbia’) video for new single ‘Russian Roulette’ will premiere November 6th on ABC prime-time. All signs point to it having to be the business, as the majority of folk aren’t feeling the song.

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TLC’s T-Boz stopped by Mo’Nique’s new BET talk show last night for a chit-chat. During their hilarious interview, the singer, real name Tionne Watkins, recalled the time she and the TLC ladies held Clive Davis and their then-label Arista/LaFace hostage – at gun point (yes, you read right LOL!). Peep the clip above.

Can you say G-A-N-G-S-T-A! No we don’t advocate violence, but the mere thought of this sends me into fits of laughter.

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Ms. Mya continues to shine on Dancing With The Stars, this week taking on the Argentine Tango. Work!

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International star Kelly Rowland headlined the Loop Live mega-show (with 50,000 strong crowd on hand), which took place in Bulgaria last week. Check out her set below:

Work

Dilemma

Destiny’s Child Medley

When Love Takes Over

Awesome performances!

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Mariah Carey performed a special ‘Stripped’ set for radio Power 105.1 in New York recently. Check out her performances of ‘Always Be My Baby’, ‘We Belong Together’, and ‘H.A.T.E.U’ below (the ‘I Want To Know What Love Is’ performance isn’t on Youtube yet):

Always Be My Baby

We Belong Together

H.A.T.E. U

I actually really enjoyed these performances; that said I am wondering whether it’s because it largely consisted of older material, which she actually sounded pretty decent singing today (I had a ‘festive’ nostalgic moment listening to ‘Always Be My Baby”. Love it). Watching these though, I can’t help but think Mariah looks a little unhappy. Now never one’s to start mess, I am by no means insinuating anything (and it could simply be due to already knowing certain things i.e. that her LP ‘Memoirs’ is tanking), but something seems a little ‘off’ with her these days. On somewhat of a lighter note, Ms. Carey-Cannon clearly could not move in that dress, which – as much as I’m an advocate for loving your God-given body – was uber ill-fitting. Not a good look. Respectable vocal performances nonetheless.

What do you think of the performances?

‘The wait is finally over’, according to Rihanna’s PR folk (although I’m a little confused though, as no one told me I was waiting on anything). In any case, Rihanna’s brand new single ‘Russian Roulette’, the first from new LP ‘Rated R’ (due November 23rd) made it’s worldwide premiere moments ago. As a sceptic of Rihanna’s artistry and longevity, I’d be lying if I said I went into listening to this expecting it to be any good.

Unfortunately, true-to-form, Ms. Fenty did not live up to her hype (which is surprisingly off-the-charts this time, for what reason I don’t know). The Ne-Yo penned track sounds as if it’s trying to sound ‘epic’, but falls kinda short. Ballads really aren’t her forte, so it baffles me why they didn’t go with something more her (i.e. uptempo, sing-songy).

In the interest of fairness, Ms. Fenty’s vocals, in parts, do sound better. Mind you, I’m not convinced we’ve heard the last of her sheep-bleating (I’ve still got many a prayer meeting to attend before that ever happens). That said, off the hype alone, I imagine this will do pretty well. Hell, I’ll probably be humming this one once the Def Jam promo machine is done (ever heard of the phrase: “eat sh*t enough times and you’ll begin to like the taste!”). Errr…welcome back Ms. Fenty…

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Full album press release after the jump! (more…)

In what has to be one of the more bizarre Tyra Show episodes I’ve ever seen, yesterday’s show tackled the topic of women who abuse their male partners. I won’t spoil it, but this is definitely a must-see.

I sure as hell don’t condone violence either way, but some of this was seriously disturbing; particularly the fact Ms. Kendra looked like she was gonna whoop her guy when they got home!

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R&B star Chris Brown has released exclusive pictures from the set of his new video for ‘I Can Transform Ya’ on his blog Mechanical Dummy. With Joseph Khan at the directorial helm and Chris being such a great performer, I’m expecting big things from this video – something which judging by the pics will be a reality. Expect the vid to premiere  any time from now!!!

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Peep this recent interview which Diddy and Dirty Money did with Atalnta radio host Ryan Cameron. During the interview, former Bad Boy star Mase (who has become quite controversial over the years) ‘gate-crashed’ the interview with his Bad Boy release papers in hand, with the intent for Diddy to sign them. You can watch what went down above.

Hilarious! It was oh-so-evident that there isn’t the best of vibes between Diddy and Mase, and it really seemed like a last ditch effort on Mase’s part (or so it seemed) after being ignored for so long (???). Either way, next in queue should be Day26, Cherri Dennis and the rest of the Danity Kane chicks (’cause you best believe Diddy must have them under some restricting contract/settlement still).

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It was confirmed today that Pop superstar Janet Jackson will make her return to the stage here in the UK at the Capital FM Jingle Ball on December 6th at London’s  famed 02 venue. Jackson, 43, will perform a full-set at the hotly anticipated two-day event, which will also see performances from Lady GaGa, Ne-Yo, Shakira, Jordin Sparks, JLS, The Saturdays, and The Noisette’s. (Pretty good line-up, right? A shame they decide to announce this when tickets have completely sold out!  SMH…) {Source}

This will no doubt come as great news for Janet’s UK followers, who have seen her increasingly less over the years and not seen her perform in even longer. According to a Twitter post by Janet literally as I was about to hit ‘post’, she picked her new team of dancers this past weekend. It very much seems as though Janet is coming back full force with her upcoming projects (‘Number #1’s’ LP and her new album). Word has it there is to be a ‘Make Me’ video, as well as a possible performance on X-Factor toward the year’s end. Exciting times to be a Janet fan.

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