Diva Mariah Carey stopped by MTV’s TRL yesterday to talk about her new single ‘I’ll Be Loving You Long Time’, her marriage to Nick Cannon and her upcoming tour.

She looked great, but I found myself wondering: with her live vocals -her main appeal IMO- being so inconsistent (aka shot), will there be much of a rush to see her live – especially considering her stage presence leaves a lot to be desired?

Your thoughts?

Will you be checking for Mariah’s tour?

It has been announced that Michelle William’s forthcoming LP ‘Unexpected’ has been pushed back to October 7th.

The strategy, as relayed by her label, is to service ‘Hello Heartbreak’ to Dance radio, whilst going all out with ‘The Greatest’, the album’s official second single, on all other formats. More television is being lined up for Michelle throughout August and September also. What’s more, there will be a promotion giving fans the chance to get their hands on a copy in August.

Here’s hoping things pan out as planned; for, the serial delays experienced by many an artist last year didn’t end up working in their favor. Fingers crossed Michelle defies the odds.

Any thoughts?

Check out the official cover for Solange’s sophomore album ‘Sol-Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams’ (due August 26th via Geffen/Music World). Real different; I’m liking it a lot.

Believe it or not, there were still financial repercussions lingering for Janet Jackson’s now infamous ‘Nipplegate’ moment at the Superbowl four years ago. However, it has been announced that the last of the barrage if fines leveled against the networked which aired it, CBS, has been dropped:

PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court has thrown out a $550,000 fine against CBS Corp. for the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show that ended with Janet Jackson’s breast-baring “wardrobe malfunction.”
The three-judge panel in Philadelphia ruled Monday that the Federal Communications Commission “acted arbitrarily and capriciously” in issuing the fine for the fleeting image of nudity.

The 90 million people watching the Super Bowl, many of them children, heard Justin Timberlake sing, “Gonna have you naked by the end of this song,” as he reached for Jackson’s bustier. {Source}

About time already. All parties seemed to have moved on anyway, so the fine really was pointless IMO.

While on the Superbowl topic…

Interestingly, the controversy surrounding BET 106 & Park hosts Terrence and Rocsi had yet to be addressed on the popular countdown show, which consequently left many debating what exactly was the reason as well as what the future held for the pair. Today, however, Terrence – who conveniently is on ‘vacation’ offered an apology of sorts to Rocsi via way of R&B star Mario. Check it out below courtesy of World Star Hip-Hop:

R&B star Usher is lining up ‘His Mistakes’ as the third single to be lifted from his most recent album ‘Here I Stand’. The song will be serviced to radio on August 18th.

Err is it me or does this seem like an ‘iffy’ choice? I mean Usher is in desperate need of a hit at the moment, considering ‘Moving Mountains’ has pretty much stalled on both sides of the Atlantic. IMO ‘Trading Places’ would have been the much better option. Perhaps putting out a better album, in general, would have helped matters?…Just a thought

It is being reported that former TLC star T-Boz has signed with SRC/Universal. The Grammy award winning star’s as yet untitled LP is set to feature production contributions from the likes of Polow Da Don, Dallas Austin and Raphael Saadiq. {Source}

I’ll sure be paying close attention to how this one shapes up; I remember T-Boz’s first foray into the solo field with ‘Touch Myself’ all those years ago. I’m finding myself wondering though: Is anyone really still checking for T-Boz?