With the release of Lil’ Wayne’s highly anticipated LP ‘ Tha Carter III’ rapidly approaching (June 10th), the rapper performed a set on BET’s Blueprint in support of the record. He performed his his verse from Shawty Lo’s ‘Dey Know’, ‘Tha Block Is Hot’, ‘Leather So Soft’, as well as his #1 smash ‘Lollipop’:

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Britney To Star In New Pussycat Dolls Video It would seem Pop princess Britney Spears is set to step back into the limelight, by appearing in the music video for The Pussycat Dolls new single ‘When I Grow Up’:

The singer has apparently agreed to star in the girl group’s promo for new single ‘When I Grow Up’.

“She is doing a cameo in their new video shoot today,” a source told Metro.

Spears was spotted at Burbank, LA, the location of the group’s video shoot, yesterday. {Source}

No doubt, the world’s eyes will be on this. Should be interesting…

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The Making The Band 4 clan – Danity Kane, Day26 and Donnie, stopped by The Big Phat Morning Show on Baltimore’s Q92FM radio station to promote their current tour. Check out the hilarious interview below:

They all had me cracking up; Dawn’s reaction to the Aundrea pregnant comment, to the ‘Malaysian weaves’, to Donnie and Shannon still not saying a word lol. Now all they need is to be hooked up with new singles and accompanying videos ASAP.

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Michelle Williams Promo Pics
Check out these new promotional snaps for Michelle Williams forthcoming LP ‘Unexpected’ (due August 12th via Music World/Columbia). She looks great – especially in that first pic.
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The video for Solange’s new single I Decided’ just a few hours ago on BET’s Access Granted. Check out the Melina directed vid below:

Though not the best video, I’m really feeling this one for its uniqueness; the vid most definitely is unlike any other clip out at the moment and I’m loving the ‘popular culture through time’ concept. Kudos to Solange for stepping out of the industry comfort-zone/template and going left-field, the results are obviously working in her favour. Word has it, a separate video will be serviced to the European market for the Freemasons mix – ‘I Decided (Part 2)’ – which is set to be released as the official first single over here. Solange’s album ‘Sol-Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams’ hits stores on August 26th.

What do you think of the video?

Janet dropped by MTV’s TRL to promote her upcoming ‘Rock Witchu’ tour. Check out the vid below:

September needs to roll around quickly, as I’m real amped to see what her show will be serving up.
In other Janet news, it is being reported that she has been lined up for a collaboration on Mel B of the Spice Girl’s new solo record:

Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown will duet with Janet Jackson to make sure her solo career is a success, Metro can reveal.

Speaking exclusively, she vowed to hit back in the singles chart following her first failed attempt.

Her last single ‘Today’ failed to make the UK singles top 40.

‘I not scared of having another try. I am working with the best producers ever. I am now ten tracks in to my new record.’

‘I am doing something with Janet Jackson which should be amazing. I am also going to hook up with Missy again.’ {Source}

Not an obvious pairing. Should be interesting. {Random tidbit: Does anyone remember Mel’s ‘Tell Me’ and/or ‘Feel So Good singles? They were pretty good lol’}

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Usher Speaks On Chilli; More Tidbits In a recent interview with popular UK urban publication RWD Magazine, Usher spoke out on Chilli’s recent comments about her feelings for him:

RWD: Chilli was quoted as saying you were the one she ‘truly did love. I’m not in love with him anymore, but I can’t say I don’t love him.’ Do you think it’s appropriate for her to make these comments considering you’re married with a child?

Usher: I mean, I think it’s a little unrealistic, I’m married (laughs), I’m not a boy. It’s been three years past, you know? But we all have unrealistic goals too. Like shoot, I will always forever love Katie Holmes and Halle Berry. I don’t feel anyway about it. It does appear maybe to be a plug for something. She got a record coming or something?

Is it me or did her come across rude as hell. I personally don’t see anything wrong with what Chilli said, yet his response sounded real catty. He really needs to go sit down somewhere.
Anyway, his latest effort ‘Here I Stand’ is #1 on the Billboard charts this week, after shifting roughly 445, 000 copies of the record first week, according to Hits Daily Double

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R&B star Kelly Rowland seems to be enjoying massive success everywhere apart from the US these days. Currently on a promotional trip in Australia, she she performed her smash ‘Work’ on popular TV show Rove there. Check out the performance below:

Awesome performance. It still baffles me till this day as to why the US seem to be sleeping on her? Hopefully that will change upon the release of her third solo LP, which is due early 2009.

What do you think of the performance?

Ashanti Promo BlitzThe Ashanti promotional blitz hit New York yesterday. As well as putting in an appearance on MTV’s TRL earlier in the day (click here to watch), the singer dropped by Virgin Megastores, Times Square to perform and sign copies of her brand new LP ‘The Declaration’.
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The 27 year old also put in an appearance at Planet Hollywood, New York for a special hand-print ceremony:

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Pop icon Janet Jackson is doing the media rounds this week to promote her highly-anticipated ‘Rock Witchu Tour’. Yesterday she stopped by BET’s 106 & Park:

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I’m pretty interested to see if her tour will be heading to this side of the pond, after all she did say it was to be a world tour. ‘Discipline’s’ poor standing on the UK/European charts (thanks in part to zero promo on Janet’s part etc), has me thinking that he show may not be coming our way. I guess time will tell…

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R&B songstress Amerie was snapped at the Converse One Star after party for the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday. Looks like someone is flaunting her inner-Diva. She looks great.
In other Amerie news, the singer confirmed that she is working on her new album, the follow-up to last year’s ‘Because I Love It’. reliable word has it that she’s signed to a new (major) label. I’m definitely anticipating her new material; ‘Because I Love It’ still receives regular play from me.

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Mariah Lines Up Third Single According to Mariah Daily, the third official single to be lifted from Mariah Carey’s ‘E=MC²’ will be ‘I’ll Be Loving You Long Time’. At a press conference held during the 38 year old’s promo blitz in Japan, she confirmed that the video will be shot in Hawaii later this week. Chris Applebaum, who directed Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella’ as well as Mary J’s ‘Just Fine’, will be directing the clip. {Source}

No surprises there, seeing as she performed the song at the MTV Japan VMA’s last week. ‘I’ll Be Loving You Long Time’ is one of my favourite tracks from the, otherwise, lackluster album, so I’m glad it’s getting the single treatment. Saying that, the likelihood of the smash-in-waiting ‘Migrate’ being as big as it could be is lessened with each other single release she places before it. At this rate, I really can’t see ‘E=MC²’ having as much longevity as ‘The Emancipation of Mimi’…it seems after ‘Touch My Body’ the project ceased to be handled properly. Yes, she’s everywhere, but the single release order is baffling to say the least.


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