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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
PREDICTION: TONIGHT, THE CELTICS TAKE IT BACK TO BOSTON!
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
THIRSSS DAY
Timberlake: 'I'm Not Pregnant'
Justin Timberlake joked that he's not pregnant to Jay Leno, and his best pal says he's not getting married anytime soon.
Pregnancy may be the newest Hollywood trend (enter Jessica Alba, Ashlee Simpson, Jamie Lynn Spears, the list goes on...), but Justin Timberlake isn't jumping on that bandwagon.
The pop singer appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Tuesday night, where he squashed rumors that he might be engaged to girlfriend Jessica Biel - or pregnant, for that matter.
"Am I engaged? In what?" Timberlake joked to Leno, "I'm engaged in a conversation with you." He took the joke even further, insisting, "I'm not pregnant."
And Timberlake's longtime pal, Trace Ayala, told Usmagazine.com that the "SexyBack" singer isn't getting married anytime soon.
"I hope so," Ayala said when asked if Timberlake and Biel would tie the knot. He added, "To be honest, I don't see them in the future, but I hope so. I really do."
Ayala, for one, is pulling for a Timberlake/Biel union: "It is not just her, it is also him when he is with her — it is awesome," he told the magazine. "They are just awesome together. She is just a great girl."
Stalled Spears Memoir Set For Autumn Release
The memoir Lynne Spears was forced to put on hold when her youngest daughter Jamie Lynn got pregnant last year now has a release date.
Spears had almost completed the book, about raising her famous daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn, when the teenager revealed she was expecting her first child.
The news and the furor which followed prompted Lynne to shelve her book plans, but now the tome will hit stores this autumn, according to publishers Thomas Nelson.
A spokesman for the company insists Spears never stopped working on the book: "She wants to express her love for her children and tell their stories through a mother's eyes."
The book will be titled Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World, and it's expected to include all the Spears family drama from 2008 as well as Lynne's experiences as a first-time grandmother.
Spears had almost completed the book, about raising her famous daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn, when the teenager revealed she was expecting her first child.
The news and the furor which followed prompted Lynne to shelve her book plans, but now the tome will hit stores this autumn, according to publishers Thomas Nelson.
A spokesman for the company insists Spears never stopped working on the book: "She wants to express her love for her children and tell their stories through a mother's eyes."
The book will be titled Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World, and it's expected to include all the Spears family drama from 2008 as well as Lynne's experiences as a first-time grandmother.
Ne-Yo Crushing on Alicia Keys
R&B cat Ne-Yo has developed a crush on tourmate Alicia Keys but fears she has no idea he's smitten with her.
The "So Sick" singer admits he hasn't been obvious with his feelings for the R&B beauty.
The pair are currently on the road in the U.S. as part of the As I Am tour, alongside former American Idol winner Jordin Sparks.
He says, "I don't think she knows... When we're passing each other in the halls, I'm like, 'Hey Alicia.'
"I just think she's a beautiful person, inside and out. I mean she's gorgeous...and she's smart and she has a huge heart. She's the total package."
But Ne-Yo feels sure that her friends and bandmates all know how he feels about the sexy singer because of his gestures towards her when she's not looking: "She don't see me do it... I know because I watch her walk away."
Madonna's Brother To Pen Tell-All Memoir
Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone plans to release a tell-all memoir about his superstar sibling - set to be published without the singer's permission.
Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone plans to release a tell-all memoir about his superstar sibling - set to be published without the singer's permission.
Ciccone, 47, is penning the tome with infamous celebrity biographer Wendy Leigh, who has written intimate biographies on Liza Minnelli and Grace Kelly - and is due to be released next month.
The book, published by Simon & Schuster, is reportedly: "Ciccone's extraordinary memoir is based on his life and 47 years of growing up with and working with his sister - the most famous woman in the world."
However, the book is allegedly set to be released without the Material Girl star's consent, with the star's publicist Liz Rosenberg stating: "Madonna has not cooperated with any biography about herself."
Madonna's relationship with her younger brother is said to have become strained in recent years, even though the pair worked together intimately in the early 1990s, with Ciccone serving as artistic director on the star's 1991 documentary In Bed With Madonna, and designing and directing her Girlie Show tour in 1993.
Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone plans to release a tell-all memoir about his superstar sibling - set to be published without the singer's permission.
Ciccone, 47, is penning the tome with infamous celebrity biographer Wendy Leigh, who has written intimate biographies on Liza Minnelli and Grace Kelly - and is due to be released next month.
The book, published by Simon & Schuster, is reportedly: "Ciccone's extraordinary memoir is based on his life and 47 years of growing up with and working with his sister - the most famous woman in the world."
However, the book is allegedly set to be released without the Material Girl star's consent, with the star's publicist Liz Rosenberg stating: "Madonna has not cooperated with any biography about herself."
Madonna's relationship with her younger brother is said to have become strained in recent years, even though the pair worked together intimately in the early 1990s, with Ciccone serving as artistic director on the star's 1991 documentary In Bed With Madonna, and designing and directing her Girlie Show tour in 1993.
Jennifer Lopez Drops By Obama's DC Office
Rumors are circulating that Lopez may be penning a song for the Presidential hopeful.
J-Ho reportedly dropped by presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama's Washington office for a meeting.
"I'm not ready to do any press yet," Lopez told The Hill Wednesday when asked what she was doing in the area.
The Washington political newspaper said rumors are circulating that Lopez may be penning a song for the Illinois senator.
The security detail guarding the presidential hopeful's door doubled from two to four during the course of the meeting.
After 90 minutes, an Obama staffer opened the door and told the crowd that had gathered outside, "She's gone," explaining she left the building with less fanfare than she entered.
LIL’ WAYNE DOES IT BIG WITH CARTER III
Lil’ Wayne is probably going to get the last laugh. The lil’ guy made quite a few mad after he dissed the DJ population. All that controversy might have helped his stature in the general population. Based on early sales trends, he is looking to push like 850,000 to 950,000 albums in his first week sales. WOW! If he hits those marks, he would have sold more than both Usher and Mariah Carey combined and have the highest debut this year. The reviews have been mixed but sales is what ultimately matters for Universal Records. Click here to read the AHH review of The Carter III.
Also, I have to commend Cash Money as an organization for not suing any of the alleged bootlegger DJs…what happens in the street is another thing. Still they did their thing on this one…wow.
HOW WAYNE CELEBRATED THE CARTER III
Well peoples, on 06/10/08 the good folk of the Hip-Hop community finally reached the day when owning the Carter III wasn't criminal; or at least unethical. Also, on that day we figured out Lil Wayne wasn't in re-hab (unless he took the 8-hour speed course) because he was gallivanting across the lovely state of Maryland celebrating the release of his latest and, according to some, greatest album. So, from what I've heard there was a concert at The 1st Mariner Arena and then an after party at a club called Sonar, both in downtown Baltimore. And well……. I don't know what you were expecting, but I deal in real. And the real is what my homes slices got (Who luvs ya B-More). Following a watch that would make CP time mad, he showed up over an hour late for the performance, brought a bus load of his best friends on stage and sounded a lil, a dash, a weeny bit, a tad……inebriated. If you get high off that syrup are you high or are you drunk? Hmmm…… Anyway, I was told his performance was so-so but the crowd didn't trip and all was well in the land of Wires and Corners and Homicide. I did not hear if he made it to Sonar. But I really hope he did, because standing in the vestibule was setting folks back $30.00. But as soon as I know, you know.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
AIN'T NOBODY HUMPIN' AROUND DAY
SORRY KIDS...NEWS IS KINDA WEAK TODAY!!
Scott Storch Wanted Over 40K Child Support Bill
Published Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:43 PM By Tai Saint Louis Multi-platinum producer Scott Storch is wanted by the Miami-Dade police after missing a court appearance, the Miami Herald reports today (June 11). Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Marc Schumacher issued a warrant for Storch's arrest after he failed to appear at the latest hearing in an ongoing child support battle with the mother of his two-year-old son Jalen. The boy's mother, Dalene Jennifer Daniel, originally filed a complaint in 2006 stating that Storch owed $46,000 in back child support. The balance represents $30,000 in monthly payments and $16,000 in contributions to Jalen's Florida Prepaid College Plan, as set forth in a mediated settlement agreement between Storch and Daniel. Once in custody, Storch would have to pay the full balance in order to be released on bond. Otherwise the warrant authorizes police to keep him in jail until his next court appearance. Storch was also recently hit with a new paternity suit, this one by the mother of Steven Brandon Bedillo, a 16-year-old son whom he had acknowledged and willingly provided financial support for until January of this year. The plaintiff, Vanessa Bedillo, filed an emergency child support petition after she and her son were evicted from their Ft. Lauderdale-area apartment in May. Bedillo further alleges that Storch is $5,000 behind in tuition payments for Steven, who attends the American Heritage School in Plantation, FL. Steven's car, a gift from his father, was also recently repossessed. Bedillio is asking that Storch "be required to pay the monthly rent, private school, and child support." "While he drives around in his Ferrari and Cadillac, [Steven] is sleeping on a couch in the same room as his mother," Bedillo's attorney Paul Leinoff told The Miami Herald. While there is no word on Storch's whereabouts his attorney Guy Spiegelman maintains that his current financial predicament, which also includes a debt of $511,839 in back taxes, came about because Storch was a "victim of mismanagement of his business enterprises. Storch is currently in the process of refinancing his $10.5 million Miami Beach home and plans to fulfill all of his obligations.
LIL WAYNE SLATED TO STILL SELL OVER 900K
Despite Tha Carter III leaking on the Internet over a week ago, New Orleans, Louisiana rapper Lil' Wayne is expected to sell between 850,000 and 950,000 albums in his first week sales. According to Entertainment Weekly, the album is set to surpass both of 2008's highest-selling first week albums, Mariah Carey's E=MC2 and Usher's Here I Stand which sold 463,000 and 433,000. Executive VP of sales for Universal Motown Republic Group Pat Monaco explained the unexpected number of albums sold and why the leaking is helping rather than hurting Weezy's prospected totals. "The sales the first few hours were exceeding the rate that the Kanye album sold a year ago," he said. "[Tha Carter III] was one of these records that, because it was so highly anticipated, with the leaks and everything, it caused more people to go out at eight in the morning to buy the CD." With first week sales looking to possibly beat both Carey and Usher's albums combined, Monaco also explained the impact bootlegging unfinished recordings on mixtapes and Lil' Wayne's non-stop recording habit had on the album. "[We] were like putting a traditional set-up and street date on a guy that was just nontraditional," he affirmed. "It changed dates, changed titles, changed songs, changed the people that were working on it. But sonically, the record bears out." If the reports hold true and Lil' Wayne is able to pass Carey, Tha Carter III will not only be the biggest album of the year but will also regain the top spot for a hip-hop artist since Kanye West last September. As previously reported by SOHH, Tha Carter III was intentionally leaked by various mixtape djs including DJ Chuck T due to negative statements made against them by Weezy.
SOHH has learned that release date for the highly anticipated upcoming album LAX from Compton, California rapper The Game has been delayed yet again.
Black Wall Street New Media and Digital Marketing Director Grego confirmed to SOHH that the album release has been rescheduled to July 22nd. No explanation for the new date was given.
Game was originally scheduled for a June 24th release date along with G-Unit's Terminate On Site before being pushed back twice to July 8th.
"I will drop my album on July 8 in order to clean up the mess 50 made with his new release on July 1st," Game recently told SOHH.
LAX will follow-up the Compton rapper's '06 release, The Doctor's Advocate, and will supposedly be his final album before retiring from music.
Game's L.A.X. is set to release July 22nd and will feature artists including Lil' Wayne, Busta Rhymes and Common.
R. KELLY TRIAL UPDATE!
Testimony ended in the R. Kelly trial yesterday but the prosecution and defense were disputing the tape at the center of the trial, which is the key piece of evidence for both sides.
According to The Chicago Sun-Times, the dispute was initiated by a DVD copy of the alleged sex tape the prosecution gave to Kelly's team. Prosecutors told the defense it was an exact copy of the original when it was a lower quality duplicate. Kelly's team used this copy to question their DVD expert.
Judge Vincent Gaughan said, "This is the rotten tomato in the barrel."
Prosecutors called to the stand two rebuttal witnesses, including their video expert Grant Fredericks, who originally testified the man on the tape had a dark spot on his lower back which would correspond with the mole on Kelly's back.
Video forensic expert Charles Palm told jurors that the black mark on the lower back of the man on the tape is not a mole but a result of video distortion. Palm said since the video has been duplicated numerous times it appears and disappears. Fredericks testified yesterday, the DVD he analyzed during his first testimony was not an accurate reproduction.
"Half the information I was showing was not on Exhibit 78," Fredericks told jurors. "None of the detail I was presenting in court would be present."
While defense lawyer Ed Genson admitted he had "no doubt that it was a mistake," he also said "we used [the DVD] as a basis for putting Mr. Palm on the stand."
The prosecution and defense later resolved the dispute privately but it was not revealed how.
Atlanta prosecutor Bobby Wolf also took the stand yesterday to rebut defense claims that the prosecution's key witness, Lisa Van Allen testified in Kelly's trial as part of a plea bargain for her fiancée in a separate criminal case. Van Allen testified to having multiple three way sexual encounters with Kelly and the alleged victim. Her fiancé Yul Brown was arrested on gun and drug charges in February and faced up to 22 years in prison. He received probation after pleading guilty and the defense believed he then arranged for Van Allen to testify against Kelly.
Wolf said he was not contacted by anyone from the Cook County State's Attorney's Office about Yul Brown. He also said he recommended Brown receive prison time but an Atlanta judge gave him probation.
"There was absolutely no connection" between Van Allen's testifying and Brown's sentencing, Wolf told jurors.
When asked by Judge Gaughan if he knew he had the constitutional right to take the stand, Kelly told him, "I decided not to testify."
Closing arguments are scheduled to begin tomorrow.
The multi-Grammy award winning R&B singer faces 14 counts of videotaping, producing, or soliciting child pornography. He pled innocent to all charges and if convicted could face up to 15 years in prison.
10 Reasons Jermaine Dupri must be a Leprechaun a.k.a.
The Luckiest Little Man in Hip Hop
By Charlamagne Tha God (Fellow Shadyville DJ)
10) Money Ain’t a Thing Video - This video was all the Luck of the Leprechaun. Using his Leprechaun luck, a phone book, and pedal extensions, he was lucky enough to be able to reach the pedals of those hot ass cars he was driving in this video. This video did a lot for the Leprechauns image and had him mentioned in the same breath as Sean Combs, but only when people said damn JD trying to be like Puffy.
9) Kris Kross - This was one of the Leprechauns first pots of gold. He was lucky enough to discover two childhood friends, Chris Kelly and Chris Smith in 1991 at an Atlanta shopping mall. Dupri thought the two “looked like a rap group” and proceeded to gas these twelve-year olds to wear their clothes backwards. There debut album “Totally Krossed Out” went 4 xs platinum in the US and to this day nobody really knows why? I also always wondered if he encouraged them to wear there boxers backwards? If he did, with the hole in the back instead of the front, their album should have been called “Totally Assed Out”.
8) Whoever introduced him to Bow Wow - In 1998 at the age of eleven, Bow Wow was introduced to JD who sprinkled a little Leprechaun luck on Bow Wow’s young career. Now I don’t know who introduced Bow Wow to the Leprechaun but half of this pot of gold should have gone to them. Nobody gave a damn about Slow Slow Death in 1998. I mean nobody cares now, but they where damn near dead then. It was rumored that Bow Wow was a Leprechaun, but nobody would really knew until he got older. Those rumors have been shot down now that he’s older because he’s too tall to be a Leprechaun and has established himself pretty well in the music and film industry (without the Leprechaun’s assistance).
7) His Braids - JD was lucky enough to wear cornrows years after going bald. This combined with his natural Leprechaun height kept up his youthful appearance so he didn’t look like Bow Wow’s vertically challenged father in Bow Wow’s videos.
6) Da Brat - Now this is when rumors of JD being a lucky little Leprechaun really started. He swagger jacked Snoop and reincarnated his style in the form of a female MC and Da Brat was born. Even though much better MCs like Queen Latifah and MC Lyte came before her and had commercial and critical success none of them ever went platinum, but Da Brat did. She was the first female solo artist to ever go platinum. The Leprechaun strikes again.
5) The Street Single - This is what Greg Street was talking about when he said the Leprechaun was a BDS A&R. He goes and grabs pots of gold that are already out there and claims them as his own for example: Bone Crusher (Neva Scared), J-Kwon (Tipsy), Youngbloodz (Damn), Franchise Boys (I think They Like Me) and Rocko (Umma Do Me). A deaf man could hear these where going to be hits, but JD was lucky enough to sign these artists at key periods in Slow Slow Deaths existence. These records have served as life support for a label that should have been dead years ago.
4) Michael Mauldin - The Leprechauns father and former President of Columbia Records. What, you thought JD worked his way into the game? No! He was lucky enough to get handed his position in the game. This explains why he doesn’t really have an ear for talent most of his artist where introduced to him by someone else (see # 8) or they where more gimmick than talent i.e., Kris Kross, Da Brat and Bow Wow, or they already had a single buzzing (see # 5) and JD just stamped So So Def on it and called it his own. Who needs an ear for talent when your father was a president for a major record label? Lucky bastard!
3) The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey’s comeback record went 6 xs platinum, fueled by the singles “It’s Like That”, “We Belong Together” and “Shake it Off”, all co produced and co written by JD. This had to be the luck of the Leprechaun (see # 2).
2) Janet Jackson - This is the moment when people realized JD was not human, but was an actual real live Leprechaun living among us. How did he bag Janet Jackson? The Luck of the Leprechaun!! This is how we know the Emancipation of Mimi was pure leprechaun luck because he had two chances to bring Janet back with 20 Y.O. and Discipline and couldn’t do it. He used all his pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers to bag Janet in the first place. He had no more luck left as far as she was concerned to make pots of gold appear at the end of the rainbows of her last two albums.
1) DJs playing Slow Slow Death Records - If it wasn’t for the DJ, not one record JD produced or wrote would have ever been played! If it wasn’t for the DJ, Da Brat and Bow Wow would be nobodies! If it wasn’t for the DJ, he would have never established the So So Def DJs even though we know he did this just to have a coalition of people to force his latest batch of hot garbage down the world’s throats! Now since his, “The DJ is dead” comments, the Leprechaun’s luck has run out. The DJ has no reason to support a mediocre talent, with a mediocre roster of artist and a very mediocre label. R.I.P. to the Leprechaun’s career, sadly it was already dying a Slow Slow Death.
PLIES MAKES THE LADIES CRY!!
Plies might be the dirtiest rappin' ass cat in the game but the man has a good heart. Most of these new rappers come out of the gate so happy that they're makin' loot that they make it rain in strip clubs...Plies is cut from a different cloth!
He really is from the streets but is eloquent as hell when he speaks...either way a woman called into the interview to thank him because his music is keepin her goin through her rough time of being a single mother...then the big homie decided to come out of pocket to help out the family! real big!! The audio's below:
Monday, June 9, 2008
MONDAY MADNESS!!!!
AMY WINEHOUSE:
OFFICIALLY A DUMBASS...AGAIN
OFFICIALLY A DUMBASS...AGAIN
MARIAH...ALWAYS RIDIN' THE T.I.P
There's a bombshell rumor brewing on the set of Mariah Carey's new music video. According to one member of the crew, the entire set is buzzing with the news that R&B singer Mariah Carey and rapper T.I. have begun a secret relationship.
The two platinum selling artists are currently in Hawaii filming Mariah's latest video - I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time. And word is - Mariah may be loving T.I. long time.
SuperThrowed.net, spoke with a member of the crew, who claims that the two snuck off the set together - and no one knew where they were for nearly 2 hours. The insider explained, "They both mysteriously disappeared and held up [production] for almost two hours ... When they came back, they were both smiling uncontrollably." The insider continued, "There's a lot of chemistry between them, everyone could see it."
T.I. is currently engaged to former Xscape artist Tameka "Tiny" Cottle and Mariah Carey is married to actor Nick Cannon. SuperThrowed.net has confirmed that neither Tiny nor Nick are in Hawaii.
WARREN G ARRESTED AFTER KANYE SHOW
According to TMZ.com:It was a clear black night, a clear white moon, Warren G was on the streets -- then got arrested for possession of A LOT of marijuana.G, real name Warren Griffin III, and a man named Ryan Butler were pulled over for running a red light around 2 AM PT this morning in Hollywood. Butler was driving. When cops searched the car, they found enough marijuana to arrest both men for possession of narcotics with intent to sell!Warren and Butler posted $20,000 bail each and were released at around 9 AM this morning.Calls to Warren's reps have yet to be returned.
It's a damn shame that my dude got caught up in this situation...so much for the next stop being east side moteeeh he he he he he he el. I mean what really gets me about this situation....just like T.I.'s case is that this ish could have been avoided...I mean how much chiefery does Snoop travel with at any given time? Willie Nelson? Busta Rhymes? Exactly...clean up your act and put out a better product...I mean you had an era of music named after you sucka!!!
It's a damn shame that my dude got caught up in this situation...so much for the next stop being east side moteeeh he he he he he he el. I mean what really gets me about this situation....just like T.I.'s case is that this ish could have been avoided...I mean how much chiefery does Snoop travel with at any given time? Willie Nelson? Busta Rhymes? Exactly...clean up your act and put out a better product...I mean you had an era of music named after you sucka!!!
QUEEN LATIFAH MARRYING HER GIRL
The alleged lesbian lovers have never officially confirmed they're a couple, but now they've been rumored to have been planning to wed in an intimate ceremony for family and close friends to attend.Marriage definitely is on the card for Queen Latifah. The alleged lesbian is said to have been planning to wed her rumored fiancee, personal trainer Jeanette Jenkins, soon now that California recognizes gay marriage.
Now all we need is MC Lyte to come outta the closet...Why can't we have any decent female rappers that like men? I mean there's enough male rappers that like men...but that's last week's news
Now all we need is MC Lyte to come outta the closet...Why can't we have any decent female rappers that like men? I mean there's enough male rappers that like men...but that's last week's news
Bobby Brown's Son nails Lindsey Lohan
in a private party bathroom!
in a private party bathroom!
Or so he says...and she ain't denied it! Read on....
Thanks UK tabloid The Sun!Bobby Brown’s so Brandon is claiming that he got intimate with the actress in a toilet. Apparently Lindsay – who most recently has been seen cosying up to female DJ Samantha Ronson – couldn’t resist the reality TV star’s charms. He boasts:“Me and Lindsay got really, really close. She followed me to the bathroom during a private party, and, well, we basically got together. I think she knew who I was when she first saw me. We were just staring at each other and she walked by. I walked into the bathroom and she followed me in.” (Source)
Thanks UK tabloid The Sun!Bobby Brown’s so Brandon is claiming that he got intimate with the actress in a toilet. Apparently Lindsay – who most recently has been seen cosying up to female DJ Samantha Ronson – couldn’t resist the reality TV star’s charms. He boasts:“Me and Lindsay got really, really close. She followed me to the bathroom during a private party, and, well, we basically got together. I think she knew who I was when she first saw me. We were just staring at each other and she walked by. I walked into the bathroom and she followed me in.” (Source)
With her attached to Samantha Ronson’s hip 24/7 nowadays, sometimes we forget just how c*ckhungry Lindsay Lohan can be. This dude basically seduced her with eye contact. Not a “hi,” not a “hello,” eye contact. If hooking up with random dudes in bathrooms was an Olympic event, Lindsay Lohan would have 900 gold medals. She’s the United States, Paris Hilton is Russia, and every other chick in L.A. is Burundi." Celebslam.com"
Meanwhile there are at least two guys who claim to have done the deed in separate bathroom incidents years ago with another notorious party girl. Nicole Richie, whose much calmer lifestyle seems more permanent than Lindsay’s, had both Busta Rhymes and Jason Mewes of “Jay and Silent Bob” bragging about their quickies with the skinny socialite in bathrooms. You wonder which other random guys these two had in drunken bathroom sessions. There are undoubtedly more than just the few we’ve heard about." Celebbitchy.com
JANET'S DISCIPLINE PROJECT DROPPED
Janet Jackson's label, Def Jam, has reportedly bailed on the pop icon's latest release Discipline. Execs ad the label have ceased promoting album and there are no more single releases planned. The CD produced just one lukewarm his with the single "Feedback.""We started off with Feedback and the label and myself haven't quite seen eye to eye since the Feedback single so they've kind of basically stopped all promotion," Jackson wrote in an email to a media outlet."I'm trying to figure out a way to say this, but just to say it and to be quite honest, they just stopped all promotion whatsoever on the album, so I don't think you're going to hear another single off this album."Janet has had no luck with her recent releases: Damita Jo and 20 Y.O., both of which were considered flops. By contrast, at her peak, Jackson scored 19 hit singles from just three albums. She still holds the record for successive #1 hits in the U.S.
EXPAND YOUR IPOD
While it’s true, all MP3 players aren’t made the same, from iPod mini, to Archos and even the Zune, they all have the same basic function. Carrying a boat load of tunes for our listening pleasure. So what sets one device apart from another other than name brand? The playlists! With expanding capacities most people can download and listen to every song they can remember with the touch of a button… but what if you did miss a song? Forget to upload Rhianna’s new joint? Or even Ashanti’s? Didn’t know Usher had a new song? But your co-worker did?… No worries, Belkin has you covered, with the newest accessory geared to but not limited iPods of all generations. Although, the item is not yet available, it was designed to allow for connection of up to five headphones, and your iPod, to start sharing. Or add another iPod to mix songs and listen together (Additional 3.5mm-to-3.5mm cable to connect another iPod). It’s not just for iPod it works with all MP3 and DVD players, as well as other portable media devices. It’s current price is $19.99, so if your friends always have all the “cool songs”, this may be an accessory you’ll wanna keep an eye out for.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
SUPER TUESDAY!!!!
RIHANNA & CHRIS BROWN BREAK BREAD...
R&B stars Rihanna and Chris Brown have celebrated their love by treating one another to $200,000 diamond necklaces.
The couple - who is still refusing to confirm their romance, despite having been photographed kissing on numerous occasions together - bought the expensive gifts from jeweller Jason Arasheben's exclusive Beverly Hills store.
Arasheben tells Britain's News of the World tabloid, "Chris went for the heart theme while Rihanna chose a diamond-encrusted cross to give to him."
YOUR FAVORITE RAPPER IS PROBABLY GAY
If you thought the picture of rappers Lil Wayne and Baby kissing on the lips caused a stir in the hip-hop world, just wait till the book Hiding in Hip-Hop: Confessions of a Down Low Brother in the Entertainment Industry drops in 2008.
Written by former MTV producer Terrance Dean, Hiding in Hip-Hop has already lit up the internet -- no doubt with hot searches for sample chapters and excerpts from the memoir.
Already author of spiritually fluffy-sounding books Be Empowered: 30 Days of Meditation for Men of Color and Reclaim Your Power!: A 30-Day Guide to Hope, Healing, and Inspiration for Men of Color, Terrance Dean sold Hiding in Hip-Hop: Confessions of a Down Low Brother in the Entertainment Industry to Atria recently.
A Publishers Marketplace report titled "Publishers Lunch Deluxe: Lunch Weekly for Monday, January 29" gave this description of Terrance Dean's book deal:
"Terrance Dean's HIDING IN HIP-HOP: Confessions of a Down Low Brother in the Entertainment Industry, detailing the author's life as a closeted homosexual working in the film and music industry and his relationships with other closeted homosexuals -- film stars, rap artists, and music producers, to Krishan Trotman at Atria at auction by Karen E. Quinones Miller of Liza Dawson Associates. "
After the Hiding in Hip-Hop deal was officially announced, the net has exploded with folks hot on the trail for the names of those undercover famous people included in Dean's tell-all.
However, reports claim that Terrance Dean will not actually tell all in Hiding in Hip-Hop, and that Dean will not name names in his book, unlike his female predecessors, Karrine Steffans and Carmen Bryan.
Yet an Atria spokesperson has reportedly claimed that the real-life personas of down-low men that Dean describes in Hiding in Hip-Hop will be easy to decipher.
"Let's put it this way: You'll know who they are," she said, according to various online sources.
"It's a no-holds-barred look at Hollywood and hip-hop and who's living on the down-low."
What can your cell phone really do?
"The song recognition works by recognizing a 'musical fingerprint' from the music being sent, and matching it to a database of more than 2.5 million songs," Khanifar said. "The service uses patented technology from Shazam that can recognize songs even when cell phone audio quality is very low."
Once the song is matched, your cell-phone service provider -- which renames the service to suit its brand -- will also tell you how to obtain related content, such as ring tones and wallpaper.
Of course all this costs money. Identifying a song ranges from 99 cents to $1.99 on most services; a monthly all-you-can-ID subscription is $3.99 via your service provider.
But you probably didn't even know your phone could recognize songs, did you?
There are other things your cell phone can do that you probably didn't know it could. And there are also things you might have heard can be done but really can't. Let's separate truth from rumor:
In case of
MYTHS AND FACTS ABOUT WHAT UR CELLY CAN DO
Rumor: If you call 112 from anywhere, you are connected to an emergency operator who will respond to your call. This will work even if your key guard is on.
Truth: Um, first, the keyguard wouldn't open on our LG enV when we pushed 112. When we manually took off the key guard, all we got was a "call cannot be completed as dialed" message. Best hope 911 is available.
Pardon this interruption
Rumor: Your cell phone can cut short a meeting or a date or other unpleasant activity.
Truth: When you register with www.popularitydialer.com, you can program it to call your cell phone at a specific time. Your phone rings, you answer it, and then you go through a prerecorded, entirely fake conversation with prompts on the other end. You get five calls for free.
Unlocking your car
Rumor: If you lock your keys in your car, call someone who has the spare key fob with the remote lock-unlock button. Have them press the unlock button while you hold your phone up to the car, and the doors will open.
Truth: Boy, wouldn't this be great if it worked? Sadly, it did not, several times on our Suburban and Prius. Luckily, we were just testing it and not actually stranded somewhere.
Need a reminder?
Rumor: You can send reminders to yourself to take your medicine. Or buy bread. Or anything.
Truth: Jott.com is a dictation and transcription service that lets you call in messages to yourself; after you've dictated a 30-second message, it turns it into an e-mail or text message to your chosen end destination. So when you dictate "Pick up the kids from preschool" into your phone while you're driving, it winds up as an e-mail on your office computer. The service is currently free.
Low on batteries
Rumor: Your battery is low, and you are nowhere near a recharging power cord. Just dial *3370#, and your battery will, somehow, get half of its juice back.
Truth: The online posters of this rumor never say what you hit after the code: Send? OK? Pwr End? We tried them all with a somewhat low battery, and nothing happened. Oh, wait, a second number to try is *4720#. Guess what? More of the same. What does work, sometimes, is to turn off your phone for a few minutes and turn it back on. You often get just enough power to call to say you're going to be late.
Hit by lightning
Rumor: If you are hit by lightning while carrying your cell phone, injuries will be more severe.
Truth: Examinations of folks hit by lightning who were carrying a cell phone or other electronic device -- iPods, too -- showed more severe burns than usual. There even have been trace burns that follow the trail of the wires to the earbuds.
Updating your blog
Rumor: You can update your blog from your cell phone.
Truth: Yes, once you set up an account at www.blogger.com, you can post updates and photos via your cell phone by sending missives to goblogger.com. From there, you get additional routing directions. You can also create a new blog via cell as well. The service is free.
Want to bet?
Rumor: You can settle a wager or dispute with your cell phone.
Truth: All you have to do to get the answer to anything, at any time, from any place, is to register with www.mosio.com. Members of the Mosio "Qniverse" (question universe) are standing by to look up your answer. You can ask about locations, recommendations, trivia and more. Pretty cool, and it's free.
Sean Kingston Preps New Album With Pharrell & Timbaland
After his self-titled debut produced two singles which ended up in the top five of Billboard's Hot 100, Sean Kingston is looking to change his formula. For his sophomore set Kingston hopes to take a page from Madonna's book and enlist the help of Virginia beatsmiths Timbaland and Pharrell Williams. The 18-year-old, who jumpstarted his career via MySpace, gave HipHopDX some exclusive information about working with the two production giants.
"I'll be going in the studio with them, and I can't wait," Kingston tells HipHopDX. "It's gonna be crazy. I think their styles are so dope, and we can make some magic over those beats. I write all my own music, and all my own stuff, so it's gonna be dope."
Epic, which is the parent company of Kingston's label, Beluga Heights, originally had to sell many urban stations on their artist's first single "Beautiful Girls." Although Pop and Top 40 markets embraced the song, Epic outsourced Koch to market "Beautiful Girls" specifically to urban outlets. Since that songs release and subsequent success, Sean Kingston has performed material with The Game, Rick Ross and Bun B, among others. Although the recording for his next album has yet to begin, Kingston says he thinks the new material will be more well-rounded than expected.
"This album is gonna touch everything—the urban, the pop...everything," adds Kingston. "My first album was cool on the urban side, but it ended up being a huge pop album. This time I want to build Sean Kingston as a brand and not just somebody with a couple songs out. I've been writing everyday and coming up with new ideas to release different stuff out there. I'm grinding and I just put my mixtape out there too."
Kingston's "I'm Just Warmin' Up" mixtape is hosted by DJ Khaled, DJ Envy and DJ Felli Fel, and features guest spots from Three-6 Mafia, Plies, Red Cafe and Busta Rhymes.
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LONG TERM SHRUBBING
CAUSES BRAIN TO SHRINK
Long-term heavy use of marijuana may cause two important brain structures to shrink, Australian researchers said on Monday.
Brain scans showed the hippocampus and amygdala were smaller in men who were heavy marijuana users compared to nonusers, the researchers said. The men had smoked at least five marijuana cigarettes daily for on average 20 years.
The hippocampus regulates memory and emotion, while the amygdala plays a critical role in fear and aggression.
The study, published in the American Medical Association's journal Archives of General Psychiatry, also found the heavy cannabis users earned lower scores than the nonusers in a verbal learning task -- trying to recall a list of 15 words.
The marijuana users were more likely to exhibit mild signs of psychotic disorders, but not enough to be formally diagnosed with any such disorder, the researchers said.
"These findings challenge the widespread perception of cannabis as having limited or no harmful effects on (the) brain and behavior," said Murat Yucel of ORYGEN Research Centre and the University of Melbourne, who led the study.
"Like with most things, some people will experience greater problems associated with cannabis use than others," Yucel said in an e-mail. "Our findings suggest that everyone is vulnerable to potential changes in the brain, some memory problems and psychiatric symptoms if they use heavily enough and for long enough."
Among the 15 heavy marijuana users in the study, the hippocampus volume was 12 percent less and the amygdala volume was 7 percent less than in 16 men who were not marijuana users, the researchers said.
The researchers acknowledged that the study did not prove it was the marijuana and not some other factor that triggered these brain differences. But Yucel said the findings certainly suggested marijuana was the cause.
"STONED" FOR 20 YEARS
While about half of the marijuana users reported experiencing some form of paranoia and social withdrawal, only one of the nonusers reported such symptoms, Yucel said.
The heavy marijuana users, average age 40, said they had used other illicit drugs less than 10 times, the researchers said.
A U.S. group supporting legal sales and regulation of marijuana took issue with the findings, particularly because they were based on men who were such heavy, long-term users.
"These were people who were essentially stoned all day every day for 20 years," Marijuana Policy Project spokesman Bruce Mirken said by e-mail. "This study says nothing about moderate or occasional users, who are the vast majority -- and the (study) even acknowledges this."
"The documented damage caused by comparably heavy use of alcohol or tobacco is just off-the-charts more serious, and you don't need high-tech scans to find it," Mirken added.
Yucel said the researchers have begun new research on the effects of both short-term and long-term and moderate and heavy use of marijuana.
TEEN BLAMES DUI ARREST ON KISS WITH DRUNK BOY
One New York teenage driver may not have been drunk with love, but that didn’t stop her from claiming it was the reason she swerved in and out of her lane in Manhasset last Friday night.
Gianna Vigliotti, 17, claimed she had not been drinking but had been kissing a boy who was, after police pulled her over and found her blood alcohol limit to be almost twice the legal limit, Newsday reported.
According to the police report, Vigliotti told the officer, "I didn't drink! I was kissing a boy who was drunk."
Newsday reported Officer Michael Pallazzo found four bottles of beer under the passenger seat of her Volkswagen and an empty beer can in her purse.
Vigliotti was arrested and pleaded not guilty the following day. She is due in court again on June 18.
"To now have it publicized is not only embarrassing, but demeaning as well," Vigliotti's attorney, Dennis Lemke, told Newsday. "We expect it to be resolved in the near future."
HILLARY ON VICE PRESIDENCY: OPEN FOR BUSINESS!!!
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton told colleagues Tuesday she would consider joining Barack Obama as his running mate, and advisers said she was withholding a formal departure from the race partly to use her remaining leverage to press for a spot on the ticket.
On a conference call with other New York lawmakers, Clinton, a New York senator, said she was willing to become Obama's vice presidential nominee if it would help Democrats win the White House, according to a participant who spoke on condition of anonymity because this person was not authorized to speak for Clinton.
Clinton's remarks came in response to a question from Democratic Rep. Nydia Velazquez, who said she believed the best way for Obama to win key voting blocs, including Hispanics, would be for him to choose Clinton as his running mate.
"I am open to it," Clinton replied, if it would help the party's prospects in November.
Clinton also told colleagues the delegate math was not there for her to overtake Obama, but that she wanted to take time to determine how to leave the race in a way that would best help Democrats.
"I deserve some time to get this right," she said, even as the other lawmakers forcefully argued for her to press Obama to choose her as his running mate.
Joseph Crowley, a Queens Democrat who participated in the call, said her answer "left open the possibility that she would do anything that she can to contribute toward a Democratic victory in November. There was no hedging on that. Whatever she can do to contribute, she was willing to do."
Another person on the call, Rep. Jose Serrano of New York City, said her answer was "just what I was hoping to hear. ... Of course she was interested in being president, but she's just as interested in making sure Democrats get elected in November."
Rep. Charles Rangel, a devoted booster of Clinton who helped pave the way for her successful Senate campaign, said he spoke to her Tuesday and got much the same answer.
"She's run a great campaign and even though she'll be a great senator, she has a lot of followers that obviously Obama doesn't have, and clearly the numbers are against her and so I think they bring all parts of the Democratic Party together and then some," Rangel said.
Aides to the Illinois senator said he and Clinton had not spoken about the prospects of her joining the ticket.
Obama effectively sewed up the 2,118 delegates needed to win the nomination Tuesday, based on a tally of pledged delegates, superdelegates who have declared their preference, and another 18 superdelegates who have confirmed their intentions to The Associated Press. It also included five delegates Obama was guaranteed as long as he gained 15 percent of the vote in South Dakota and Montana later in the day.
Word of Clinton's vice presidential musings came as she prepared to deliver a televised address to supporters on the final night of the epic primary season. She was working out final details of the speech at her Chappaqua, N.Y., home with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, their daughter Chelsea, and close aides.
Earlier, on NBC's "Today Show," Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe said that once Obama gets the majority of convention delegates, "I think Hillary Clinton will congratulate him and call him the nominee."
Clinton will pledge to continue to speak out on issues like health care. But for all intents and purposes, two senior officials said, her campaign is over.
Most campaign staff will be let go and will be paid through June 15, said the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to divulge her plans.
The advisers said Clinton has made a strategic decision to not formally end her campaign, giving her leverage to negotiate with Obama on various matters including a possible vice presidential nomination for her. She also wants to press him on issues he should focus on in the fall, such as health care.
Universal health care, Clinton's signature issue as first lady in the 1990s, was a point of dispute between Obama and the New York senator during their epic nomination fight.
In a formal statement, the campaign made clear the limits of how far she would go in Tuesday night's speech. "Senator Clinton will not concede the nomination," the statement said.
Clinton field hands who worked in key battlegrounds said they were told to stand down, without pay, and await instructions. Speaking not for attribution because they didn't want to jeopardize their jobs searches, many said they were peddling resumes, returning to their hometowns or seeking out former employers.
Clinton officials have said they would not contest the seating of Michigan delegates at the convention in Denver this August. The campaign was angry this past weekend when a Democratic National Committee panel awarded Obama delegates it thought Clinton deserved.
You kids be good until tomorrow...don't let the beginning of summer hit you this hard
Monday, June 2, 2008
HOMAGE TO THE ONE OF THE GREATEST TRADITIONS EVER!!!
For those of you who don't know what a SUMMER JAM is...I'll break it down! It's the shit that kicks off the summer...a big ass festival with all of the best artists of the time...this summer is no different in NYC and the other markets that throw the party!!!
I gotta pay homage to the annual celebration put on my America's 2nd best hip hop station!
THE BEST HIP HOP STATION IN THE COUNTRY...WHERE YA BOY GOT HIS FEET WET! WHERE SUMMER JAM GOT STARTED!!
I gotta pay homage to the annual celebration put on my America's 2nd best hip hop station!
THE BEST HIP HOP STATION IN THE COUNTRY...WHERE YA BOY GOT HIS FEET WET! WHERE SUMMER JAM GOT STARTED!!
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