According to mediatakeout.com, some very interesting allegations have come to light about Bow Wow and omarion's relationship. here's what they had to say:
Well I wasn't going to even do this, but I find it funny how many stories you do on Bow Wow and these issues, and I just wanted to add my 2 cents.
I met Bow off Myspace (he actually found me lol), chilled with him a few times when he came into town. From my experience, he's arrogant, immature and ignorant. BUT I am a couple years older then him, and in my opinion too good for someone like him so that's my own fault for wasting my time going to see him.
Anyway, I don't know how true this is because I wasn't there when the event actually happened - but here it is. During a conversation with me and my girls and [Bow Wow] and some of his boys, his boy was like yeah "We don't do that hard liquor no more, remember when Bow and O kissed when they was drunk."
Now when he said that, me and 2 of my girls looked at each other like WTF? And when his friend saw the reaction in our faces, he tried to cover it up quickly and change the subject.
Bow never acknowledged the statement either way. I don't know if he didn't hear it or what, because it was a group of us chillin' and it was kinda loud. Me and my girls just were kinda like disgusted - but we didn't ask because he changed the topic so quick and me and my girls had a lil buzz and we were eating so we just didn't worry about it.
We just left it alone and laughed at them once we left. Had I been in a sober mind state I might have questioned it, but i didn't want to be rude and put him in a uncomfortable situation - I'm not that kind of person.
I WOULDN'TPUT NOTHING PAST THESE TWO. IN THE MEANTIME, I'M JUST GONNA WAIT FOR THE SEX TAPE
Monday, December 31, 2007
SALES IN HIP HOP DECLINING
UNTIL a few weeks ago it seemed like one of the few happy stories to emerge from an otherwise difficult year in hip-hop. UGK, the Port Arthur, Tex., duo that influenced a generation of Southern rappers, returned after a five-year hiatus. They came back bearing a sublime single, “Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You).” And they came back bearing a great double album, “Underground Kingz” (Jive/Zomba), which made its debut atop Billboard’s album chart.
Project Pat once had success on a major label but now records for an independent.
Why do you think hip-hop sales are down? Then, on Dec. 4, the news arrived: Pimp C — the duo’s flamboyant half, a slick drawler and an even slicker producer — had been found dead in his hotel room. His bereaved musical partner, Bun B, gave a handful of eloquent interviews, trying to explain what he had lost, what fans had lost.
“I appreciate the concern,” he told Vibe. “But I wouldn’t ask anyone to stop their life, because Pimp would’ve wanted us all to keep grinding.”
If you’re looking for a two-word motto for hip-hop in 2007, you could do worse than that: “Keep grinding.” This was the year when the gleaming hip-hop machine — the one that minted a long string of big-name stars, from Snoop Dogg to OutKast — finally broke down, leaving rappers no alternative but to work harder, and for fewer rewards. Newcomers arrived with big singles and bigger hopes, only to fall off the charts after selling a few hundred thousand copies, if that. Hip-pop hybrids dominated the radio, but rappers themselves seemed like underground figures, for the first time in nearly two decades.
Sales are down all over, but hip-hop has been hit particularly hard. Rap sales fell 21 percent from 2005 to 2006, and that trend seems to be continuing. It’s the inevitable aftermath, perhaps, of the genre’s vertiginous rise in the 1990s, during which a series of breakout stars — Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Tupac Shakur, the Notorious B.I.G. — figured out that they could sell millions without shaving off their rough edges. By 1997 the ubiquity of Puff Daddy helped cement hip-hop’s new image: the rapper as tycoon. Like all pop-music trends, like all economic booms, this one couldn’t last.
This was a bad year for hip-hop sales, but it wasn’t necessarily a bad year for the genre. The scrappy New York independent Koch flourished, releasing a couple of great CDs by major-label refugees: “Return of the Mac,” by Prodigy from Mobb Deep, and “Walkin’ Bank Roll,” by Project Pat. (Koch also released “We the Best,” a sanctioned mixtape by DJ Khaled that produced a couple of hip-hop hits, and “The Brick: Bodega Chronicles,” the well-received debut album from Joell Ortiz.)
And then there is Turf Talk, a loudmouthed upstart from Vallejo, Calif., who made arguably the year’s most exciting hip-hop album, “West Coast Vaccine (The Cure).” It came out through Sick Wid’ It Records, which is run by his cousin, the rapper E-40. (The album was released through a distribution deal with Navarre, which sold its music distribution business to Koch in May.) And despite Turf Talk’s flamboyant rhymes, the album has pretty much remained a secret. Without a national radio hit or even a proper music video, Turf Talk has promoted the CD mainly through West Coast regional shows, from San Diego to Tacoma, Wash.
Reached by telephone at his home in Concord, Calif., Turf Talk tried to put the best spin on a mixed-up year. “The independent game is starting to shine again,” he said. But when pressed, he said he would love to cross over to the mainstream, speaking in the third person: “Turf Talk wants to be known all across the world.”
A few years ago that might have seemed like a reasonable goal, and an attainable one. During the boom the industry was flooded with scowling optimists: small-time hustlers with dreams of big-time success. And some dreams came true. In 1998 Juvenile went from a New Orleans secret to a pop radio staple, selling five million copies of “400 Degreez”; two years later, Nelly came from nowhere (actually St. Louis) to sell six million copies of “Country Grammar.” Overall CD sales peaked in 2000, and by then even second-tier major-label rappers were routinely earning gold plaques for shipping half a million CDs.
Because hip-hop is so intensely self-aware, and self-reflexive, it came to be known as big-money music, a genre obsessed with its own success. If we are now entering an age of diminished commercial expectations, that will inevitably change how hip-hop sounds too.
How bad are the numbers? Well, no rapper was more diminished by 2007 than 50 Cent, who challenged Kanye West to a sales battle and lost. His solid but not thrilling recent album, “Curtis” (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope), has sold about 1.2 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan; considering that he’s supposed to be the genre’s biggest star, that’s a disaster. (His 2005 album, “The Massacre,” sold more than five million.) In fact “Curtis” has sold about the same as T. I.’s “T. I. vs. T. I. P.” (Atlantic), the underwhelming and underperforming follow-up to his great 2006 album, “King,” which sold about 1.6 million.
This year veterans like Jay-Z and Wu-Tang Clan also returned, pleasing old fans but not, for the most part, making new ones. And Lil Wayne released another slew of great mixtapes — available for free download, not for sale. Meanwhile Mr. West’s “Graduation” (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam), which stands at 1.8 million sold and counting, is the only hip-hop album of the year that really seems like a hit, although he loves to portray himself as outside the hip-hop mainstream. Only one problem: After a year when the hitmaker Fabolous and the bohemian Common sold about equally, as did the BET favorite Yung Joc and the indie-rap alumnus Talib Kweli, it’s not clear that there’s still a hip-hop mainstream to be outside.
And eager newcomers discovered that the definition of success has changed. Rich Boy, Shop Boyz, Plies, Hurricane Chris and Soulja Boy Tell’em all released major-label debuts, buoyed by big, lovable hits: “Throw Some D’s,” “Party Like a Rockstar,” “Shawty,” “A Bay Bay” and “Crank That (Soulja Boy).” But of those only Soulja Boy has managed to sell half a million CDs. Hurricane Chris’s disappointing CD, “51/50 Ratchet” (Polo Grounds/J Records), has sold only about 80,000 copies. To a major label that number is almost indistinguishable from zero. (Despite the hit the No. 1 chart debut and the half-decade of anticipation, UGK’s triumphant double album hasn’t reached the half-million mark either.)
Hip-hop has always had a complicated relationship with full-length albums. They’re both too long (for impatient hit lovers) and too short (for ephemera- obsessed mixtape listeners). And even though the South has been hip-hop’s most fertile region since the 1990s, the industry, based in New York and Los Angeles, harbors a lingering anti-Southern bias. Southern rappers are often viewed as one-hit wonders, and that can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. By the time Rich Boy, from Mobile, Ala., tried to drum up interest in his excellent fourth single, “Let’s Get This Paper,” it seemed everybody had already moved on.
At least independent-label rappers have no one to blame. Turf Talk knew from the start that he would have to fight for his album, which he released in June. “I had a lot of hopes for ‘West Coast Vaccine,’ that’s why I’m still pushing it now,” he said, adding that he was finalizing plans for a video. The song he chose was “Popo’s,” a sleek and infectious collaboration with E-40, who adds a memorable touch: a thunderous “Oooh!” In his mesmerizing verses, Turf Talk raps about selling drugs and avoiding the police. His breathless rhymes — “I’m tryna stack every dollar,” he pants — evoke not a kingpin’s confidence but a survivor’s tenacity.
It’s easy to romanticize Turf Talk’s grass-roots approach: his do-it-yourself video shoot, his evident pride in how much he has accomplished on his own, his commitment to the family business. But for him the promise of exposure and the long shot at stardom are too tempting to reject.
“I love the independent money,” he said. “I’m living good, I drive nice cars. But right now, if you asked me, I’d say, ‘Turf Talk wants to go major.’ Because you can always come back to independent.”
That’s what Prodigy discovered. Last year his duo, Mobb Deep, flopped with “Blood Money,” a misconceived CD on 50 Cent’s label, G Unit, an Interscope imprint. This year he went independent for “Return of the Mac,” a hallucinogenic, willfully obscure solo album that evokes the grimy old New York, and the grimy old Prodigy too. (It sold about 130,000 copies.) He has a new album scheduled for next year, though he pleaded guilty in October to gun possession and was sentenced to three and a half years. His new single, “ABC’s,” begins with a halfway defensive boast: “It don’t matter who poppin’ for the moment/P is forever.” If you’re not making hits, why not claim to be making history?
Like Prodigy, Project Pat is a major-label refugee. He emerged from Memphis in the late ’90s and swiftly took advantage of the hip-hop boom. “Chickenhead,” his memorable but medium-sized hit (it peaked at No. 24 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart), helped his 2001 major-label album, “Mista Don’t Play: Everythangs Workin,” sell nearly 1.1 million copies. (Five years ago, in other words, Project Pat sold about as well as 50 Cent sells today.)
After a prison sentence and an underperforming major-label comeback, Project Pat made his Koch debut with “Walkin’ Bank Roll.” The boast in the title track is a defiant (and typically absurd) response to his diminished commercial success: “I’m a walkin’ bank roll/You can rubber-band me,” he keeps shouting, and his glee is infectious. It’s a weird, funny little album; though it has sold only about 40,000 copies, it feels triumphant.
Is it possible to hear a shrug over the phone? Project Pat, when asked about his newfound independence, seemed profoundly unimpressed. “It’s the same old, same old,” he shouted, over the roar of a Mortal Kombat game, though he conceded, “People say they liked it better.” He said he was planning his next album and gearing up for more live dates, which are crucial for independent acts. “Alaska — yessirrr, Anchorage,” he said, sounding a bit like the eccentric rapper from the CDs. “They asked for me per-son-al-ly.”
Under-the-radar releases, weird tour schedules, modest sales figures: none of this is new. The success of Southern hip-hop in the last decade was built on a foundation of independent and independent-minded rappers, many of whom worked with the scrappy regional distributor Southwest Wholesale, which is now closed, like many of the little shops it used to serve. In an earlier era these regional scenes were farm teams for the industry, grooming the top players and then sending them up to the big leagues. But what if there are no big leagues anymore? What if there’s no major label willing or able to help Turf Talk get his platinum plaque? Would his next album sound as brash? Will his musical descendants be as motivated? The mainstream hip-hop industry relies on a thriving underground, but isn’t the reverse also true?
Eventually, a (new?) group of executives will find a business model that doesn’t depend on shiny plastic discs, or digital tracks bundled together to approximate them. But for now the major league is starting to look a lot like the minor one. And in ways good and bad and utterly unpredictable, rappers may have to reconsider their place in the universe, and their audience. Some will redouble their commitment to nonsense, like Project Pat. Some will wallow in their misery, like Prodigy. Some will merely revel in their own loudmouthiness, like Turf Talk, hoping someone will pay attention. But if sales keep falling, more and more rappers will have to face the fact that they aren’t addressing a crowd, just a sliver of one.
On Oct. 14, less than two months before Pimp C’s death, there was another death in the Houston hip-hop family. His name was Big Moe, and he died of a heart attack. He was a much more local figure than Pimp C: a crooner turned rapper and an associate of DJ Screw, who popularized the art of remixing records by slowing them down. (DJ Screw died in 2000.) Big Moe’s best tracks are sublime and disorienting. His was a huge, wobbly sing- rapping voice, often paired with slowed-down drums and lyrics extolling the pleasures of cough syrup.
Big Moe eventually got himself a deal, but his odd and entertaining 2002 major- label debut, “Purple World” (Priority/Capitol), quickly disappeared, and soon he was back to independent releases. It’s no slight to his legacy to say that when news of his death arrived in October, even most hip-hop fans didn’t know who he was. That’s all right. Music that seems lost — there’s a head-spinning selection on “Big Moe Classics Volume One” (Wreckshop) — will be found, over and over again. And after this dispiriting year, it’s not hard to admire Big Moe’s little career. He made secrets, not hits, but so what? He kept grinding.
HIP HOP HAS GOTTEN SO WACK IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WITH TACKY ASS SOUTHERN HIP HOP TAKING OVER THE AIRWAVES AS OF LATE. THE INDUSTRY SERIOUSLY NEEDS TO CHANGE IT'S STRATEGY IF THEY WANT PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND PURCHASE SOME GOOD MUSIC. I BUY CD'S IF THERE IS CONSISTANT MUSIC ON IT, NOT IF THERE'S ONLY ONE GOOD SONG ON IT (LIKE A LOT OF SO-CALLED WANNA BE THUG RAPPERS OUT THERE). WHEN PEOPLE LIKE M.I.A., REDMAN, DIZZEE RASCAL, LADY SOVEREIGN, THE ROOTS, AMERIE, MARIO, JOE BUDDENS, AND COUNTLESS OTHER TALENTED ARTISTS START MAKING BANK AND SUCCESS, THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE A CHANGE IN MUSIC.
Project Pat once had success on a major label but now records for an independent.
Why do you think hip-hop sales are down? Then, on Dec. 4, the news arrived: Pimp C — the duo’s flamboyant half, a slick drawler and an even slicker producer — had been found dead in his hotel room. His bereaved musical partner, Bun B, gave a handful of eloquent interviews, trying to explain what he had lost, what fans had lost.
“I appreciate the concern,” he told Vibe. “But I wouldn’t ask anyone to stop their life, because Pimp would’ve wanted us all to keep grinding.”
If you’re looking for a two-word motto for hip-hop in 2007, you could do worse than that: “Keep grinding.” This was the year when the gleaming hip-hop machine — the one that minted a long string of big-name stars, from Snoop Dogg to OutKast — finally broke down, leaving rappers no alternative but to work harder, and for fewer rewards. Newcomers arrived with big singles and bigger hopes, only to fall off the charts after selling a few hundred thousand copies, if that. Hip-pop hybrids dominated the radio, but rappers themselves seemed like underground figures, for the first time in nearly two decades.
Sales are down all over, but hip-hop has been hit particularly hard. Rap sales fell 21 percent from 2005 to 2006, and that trend seems to be continuing. It’s the inevitable aftermath, perhaps, of the genre’s vertiginous rise in the 1990s, during which a series of breakout stars — Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Tupac Shakur, the Notorious B.I.G. — figured out that they could sell millions without shaving off their rough edges. By 1997 the ubiquity of Puff Daddy helped cement hip-hop’s new image: the rapper as tycoon. Like all pop-music trends, like all economic booms, this one couldn’t last.
This was a bad year for hip-hop sales, but it wasn’t necessarily a bad year for the genre. The scrappy New York independent Koch flourished, releasing a couple of great CDs by major-label refugees: “Return of the Mac,” by Prodigy from Mobb Deep, and “Walkin’ Bank Roll,” by Project Pat. (Koch also released “We the Best,” a sanctioned mixtape by DJ Khaled that produced a couple of hip-hop hits, and “The Brick: Bodega Chronicles,” the well-received debut album from Joell Ortiz.)
And then there is Turf Talk, a loudmouthed upstart from Vallejo, Calif., who made arguably the year’s most exciting hip-hop album, “West Coast Vaccine (The Cure).” It came out through Sick Wid’ It Records, which is run by his cousin, the rapper E-40. (The album was released through a distribution deal with Navarre, which sold its music distribution business to Koch in May.) And despite Turf Talk’s flamboyant rhymes, the album has pretty much remained a secret. Without a national radio hit or even a proper music video, Turf Talk has promoted the CD mainly through West Coast regional shows, from San Diego to Tacoma, Wash.
Reached by telephone at his home in Concord, Calif., Turf Talk tried to put the best spin on a mixed-up year. “The independent game is starting to shine again,” he said. But when pressed, he said he would love to cross over to the mainstream, speaking in the third person: “Turf Talk wants to be known all across the world.”
A few years ago that might have seemed like a reasonable goal, and an attainable one. During the boom the industry was flooded with scowling optimists: small-time hustlers with dreams of big-time success. And some dreams came true. In 1998 Juvenile went from a New Orleans secret to a pop radio staple, selling five million copies of “400 Degreez”; two years later, Nelly came from nowhere (actually St. Louis) to sell six million copies of “Country Grammar.” Overall CD sales peaked in 2000, and by then even second-tier major-label rappers were routinely earning gold plaques for shipping half a million CDs.
Because hip-hop is so intensely self-aware, and self-reflexive, it came to be known as big-money music, a genre obsessed with its own success. If we are now entering an age of diminished commercial expectations, that will inevitably change how hip-hop sounds too.
How bad are the numbers? Well, no rapper was more diminished by 2007 than 50 Cent, who challenged Kanye West to a sales battle and lost. His solid but not thrilling recent album, “Curtis” (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope), has sold about 1.2 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan; considering that he’s supposed to be the genre’s biggest star, that’s a disaster. (His 2005 album, “The Massacre,” sold more than five million.) In fact “Curtis” has sold about the same as T. I.’s “T. I. vs. T. I. P.” (Atlantic), the underwhelming and underperforming follow-up to his great 2006 album, “King,” which sold about 1.6 million.
This year veterans like Jay-Z and Wu-Tang Clan also returned, pleasing old fans but not, for the most part, making new ones. And Lil Wayne released another slew of great mixtapes — available for free download, not for sale. Meanwhile Mr. West’s “Graduation” (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam), which stands at 1.8 million sold and counting, is the only hip-hop album of the year that really seems like a hit, although he loves to portray himself as outside the hip-hop mainstream. Only one problem: After a year when the hitmaker Fabolous and the bohemian Common sold about equally, as did the BET favorite Yung Joc and the indie-rap alumnus Talib Kweli, it’s not clear that there’s still a hip-hop mainstream to be outside.
And eager newcomers discovered that the definition of success has changed. Rich Boy, Shop Boyz, Plies, Hurricane Chris and Soulja Boy Tell’em all released major-label debuts, buoyed by big, lovable hits: “Throw Some D’s,” “Party Like a Rockstar,” “Shawty,” “A Bay Bay” and “Crank That (Soulja Boy).” But of those only Soulja Boy has managed to sell half a million CDs. Hurricane Chris’s disappointing CD, “51/50 Ratchet” (Polo Grounds/J Records), has sold only about 80,000 copies. To a major label that number is almost indistinguishable from zero. (Despite the hit the No. 1 chart debut and the half-decade of anticipation, UGK’s triumphant double album hasn’t reached the half-million mark either.)
Hip-hop has always had a complicated relationship with full-length albums. They’re both too long (for impatient hit lovers) and too short (for ephemera- obsessed mixtape listeners). And even though the South has been hip-hop’s most fertile region since the 1990s, the industry, based in New York and Los Angeles, harbors a lingering anti-Southern bias. Southern rappers are often viewed as one-hit wonders, and that can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. By the time Rich Boy, from Mobile, Ala., tried to drum up interest in his excellent fourth single, “Let’s Get This Paper,” it seemed everybody had already moved on.
At least independent-label rappers have no one to blame. Turf Talk knew from the start that he would have to fight for his album, which he released in June. “I had a lot of hopes for ‘West Coast Vaccine,’ that’s why I’m still pushing it now,” he said, adding that he was finalizing plans for a video. The song he chose was “Popo’s,” a sleek and infectious collaboration with E-40, who adds a memorable touch: a thunderous “Oooh!” In his mesmerizing verses, Turf Talk raps about selling drugs and avoiding the police. His breathless rhymes — “I’m tryna stack every dollar,” he pants — evoke not a kingpin’s confidence but a survivor’s tenacity.
It’s easy to romanticize Turf Talk’s grass-roots approach: his do-it-yourself video shoot, his evident pride in how much he has accomplished on his own, his commitment to the family business. But for him the promise of exposure and the long shot at stardom are too tempting to reject.
“I love the independent money,” he said. “I’m living good, I drive nice cars. But right now, if you asked me, I’d say, ‘Turf Talk wants to go major.’ Because you can always come back to independent.”
That’s what Prodigy discovered. Last year his duo, Mobb Deep, flopped with “Blood Money,” a misconceived CD on 50 Cent’s label, G Unit, an Interscope imprint. This year he went independent for “Return of the Mac,” a hallucinogenic, willfully obscure solo album that evokes the grimy old New York, and the grimy old Prodigy too. (It sold about 130,000 copies.) He has a new album scheduled for next year, though he pleaded guilty in October to gun possession and was sentenced to three and a half years. His new single, “ABC’s,” begins with a halfway defensive boast: “It don’t matter who poppin’ for the moment/P is forever.” If you’re not making hits, why not claim to be making history?
Like Prodigy, Project Pat is a major-label refugee. He emerged from Memphis in the late ’90s and swiftly took advantage of the hip-hop boom. “Chickenhead,” his memorable but medium-sized hit (it peaked at No. 24 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart), helped his 2001 major-label album, “Mista Don’t Play: Everythangs Workin,” sell nearly 1.1 million copies. (Five years ago, in other words, Project Pat sold about as well as 50 Cent sells today.)
After a prison sentence and an underperforming major-label comeback, Project Pat made his Koch debut with “Walkin’ Bank Roll.” The boast in the title track is a defiant (and typically absurd) response to his diminished commercial success: “I’m a walkin’ bank roll/You can rubber-band me,” he keeps shouting, and his glee is infectious. It’s a weird, funny little album; though it has sold only about 40,000 copies, it feels triumphant.
Is it possible to hear a shrug over the phone? Project Pat, when asked about his newfound independence, seemed profoundly unimpressed. “It’s the same old, same old,” he shouted, over the roar of a Mortal Kombat game, though he conceded, “People say they liked it better.” He said he was planning his next album and gearing up for more live dates, which are crucial for independent acts. “Alaska — yessirrr, Anchorage,” he said, sounding a bit like the eccentric rapper from the CDs. “They asked for me per-son-al-ly.”
Under-the-radar releases, weird tour schedules, modest sales figures: none of this is new. The success of Southern hip-hop in the last decade was built on a foundation of independent and independent-minded rappers, many of whom worked with the scrappy regional distributor Southwest Wholesale, which is now closed, like many of the little shops it used to serve. In an earlier era these regional scenes were farm teams for the industry, grooming the top players and then sending them up to the big leagues. But what if there are no big leagues anymore? What if there’s no major label willing or able to help Turf Talk get his platinum plaque? Would his next album sound as brash? Will his musical descendants be as motivated? The mainstream hip-hop industry relies on a thriving underground, but isn’t the reverse also true?
Eventually, a (new?) group of executives will find a business model that doesn’t depend on shiny plastic discs, or digital tracks bundled together to approximate them. But for now the major league is starting to look a lot like the minor one. And in ways good and bad and utterly unpredictable, rappers may have to reconsider their place in the universe, and their audience. Some will redouble their commitment to nonsense, like Project Pat. Some will wallow in their misery, like Prodigy. Some will merely revel in their own loudmouthiness, like Turf Talk, hoping someone will pay attention. But if sales keep falling, more and more rappers will have to face the fact that they aren’t addressing a crowd, just a sliver of one.
On Oct. 14, less than two months before Pimp C’s death, there was another death in the Houston hip-hop family. His name was Big Moe, and he died of a heart attack. He was a much more local figure than Pimp C: a crooner turned rapper and an associate of DJ Screw, who popularized the art of remixing records by slowing them down. (DJ Screw died in 2000.) Big Moe’s best tracks are sublime and disorienting. His was a huge, wobbly sing- rapping voice, often paired with slowed-down drums and lyrics extolling the pleasures of cough syrup.
Big Moe eventually got himself a deal, but his odd and entertaining 2002 major- label debut, “Purple World” (Priority/Capitol), quickly disappeared, and soon he was back to independent releases. It’s no slight to his legacy to say that when news of his death arrived in October, even most hip-hop fans didn’t know who he was. That’s all right. Music that seems lost — there’s a head-spinning selection on “Big Moe Classics Volume One” (Wreckshop) — will be found, over and over again. And after this dispiriting year, it’s not hard to admire Big Moe’s little career. He made secrets, not hits, but so what? He kept grinding.
HIP HOP HAS GOTTEN SO WACK IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WITH TACKY ASS SOUTHERN HIP HOP TAKING OVER THE AIRWAVES AS OF LATE. THE INDUSTRY SERIOUSLY NEEDS TO CHANGE IT'S STRATEGY IF THEY WANT PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND PURCHASE SOME GOOD MUSIC. I BUY CD'S IF THERE IS CONSISTANT MUSIC ON IT, NOT IF THERE'S ONLY ONE GOOD SONG ON IT (LIKE A LOT OF SO-CALLED WANNA BE THUG RAPPERS OUT THERE). WHEN PEOPLE LIKE M.I.A., REDMAN, DIZZEE RASCAL, LADY SOVEREIGN, THE ROOTS, AMERIE, MARIO, JOE BUDDENS, AND COUNTLESS OTHER TALENTED ARTISTS START MAKING BANK AND SUCCESS, THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE A CHANGE IN MUSIC.
IS ASHANTI HAVING MONEY PROBLEMS?
A few years ago, R&B superstar Ashanti was on top of the world. But now, MediaTakeOut.com is hearing that the platinum selling artist is facing a difficult road ahead of her. Here's what one of MediaTakeOut.com's faithful readers has to say:
I [was affiliated] with Universal and it's no secret that the Universal/Motown division is having the worst time working with Ashanti and her team. It's been a nightmare working on the "The Declaration" Album. Part of the problem is that she and her stylist have the tendency to "borrow" frocks and never return them - leaving the label with the unfortunate burden to paying for them ..
Also it's not a secret that since she and Irv stop "working" together, her cash flow is not what it used to be and her entourage is complaining about not being paid for jobs (and all the while her mother continues to book them).
Her photoshoot for "The Declaration" was also a nightmare. It was shot in New York & London in late September by fame photographer Matthew Rolston. Ashanti could not fit into any of the samples and she was a beast to work with on set.
People at the label are taking bets to see how soon she will get dropped
Can someone please tell Ashanti that she's this close to being the next Christina Milian...
SOURCE: MEDIATAKEOUT.COM
I DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE THIS IS, BUT IT SURE IS JUICY!!!
I [was affiliated] with Universal and it's no secret that the Universal/Motown division is having the worst time working with Ashanti and her team. It's been a nightmare working on the "The Declaration" Album. Part of the problem is that she and her stylist have the tendency to "borrow" frocks and never return them - leaving the label with the unfortunate burden to paying for them ..
Also it's not a secret that since she and Irv stop "working" together, her cash flow is not what it used to be and her entourage is complaining about not being paid for jobs (and all the while her mother continues to book them).
Her photoshoot for "The Declaration" was also a nightmare. It was shot in New York & London in late September by fame photographer Matthew Rolston. Ashanti could not fit into any of the samples and she was a beast to work with on set.
People at the label are taking bets to see how soon she will get dropped
Can someone please tell Ashanti that she's this close to being the next Christina Milian...
SOURCE: MEDIATAKEOUT.COM
I DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE THIS IS, BUT IT SURE IS JUICY!!!
Is K Fed Dating Paris Hilton??
Britney Spears faced fresh humiliation today as her ex-husband was spotted cosying up to party pal Paris Hilton.
After a traumatic year which saw the Gimme More singer go into complete meltdown, Kevin Federline appears to be growing worryingly close to the jailbird socialite.
Britney and Paris, both 26, have been a virtually inseparable sight on the Los Angeles party circuit for the last few months.
But this weekend, the hotel heiress chose to ditch her troubled friend and headed for one of their favourite haunts Lax on her own.
If she was feeling lonely, however, the ever-gallant K-Fed quickly rushed to her side to keep her company.
Onlookers said he reportedly became so excited when he caught a glimpse of the pouting property princess he repeatedly shouted her name and then cosied up close to give her a kiss on the cheek.
As he whispered intimately into her ear, both of them began giggling.
"It looked as though they were getting quite friendly," one onlooker said.
The sight of K-Fed and Paris together is a dismal end to a catastrophic year for Britney.
After months of erratic behaviour, including shaving off all her hair, she divorced the former dancer in July and he now has custody of their sons Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, one.
As she celebrated her 26th birthday earlier this month there were rumours that she was pregnant again though the singer has not confirmed the report.
I WOULDN'T PUT NOTHING PAST DIVA MISS HERPES. SHE'S LEGENDARY FOR FUCKING OTHER PEOPLE'S LEFT OVERS. WHEN YOU'VE FUCKED MOSTLY EVERY GUY IN HOLLYWOOD, WHO ELSE IS LEFT???
After a traumatic year which saw the Gimme More singer go into complete meltdown, Kevin Federline appears to be growing worryingly close to the jailbird socialite.
Britney and Paris, both 26, have been a virtually inseparable sight on the Los Angeles party circuit for the last few months.
But this weekend, the hotel heiress chose to ditch her troubled friend and headed for one of their favourite haunts Lax on her own.
If she was feeling lonely, however, the ever-gallant K-Fed quickly rushed to her side to keep her company.
Onlookers said he reportedly became so excited when he caught a glimpse of the pouting property princess he repeatedly shouted her name and then cosied up close to give her a kiss on the cheek.
As he whispered intimately into her ear, both of them began giggling.
"It looked as though they were getting quite friendly," one onlooker said.
The sight of K-Fed and Paris together is a dismal end to a catastrophic year for Britney.
After months of erratic behaviour, including shaving off all her hair, she divorced the former dancer in July and he now has custody of their sons Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, one.
As she celebrated her 26th birthday earlier this month there were rumours that she was pregnant again though the singer has not confirmed the report.
I WOULDN'T PUT NOTHING PAST DIVA MISS HERPES. SHE'S LEGENDARY FOR FUCKING OTHER PEOPLE'S LEFT OVERS. WHEN YOU'VE FUCKED MOSTLY EVERY GUY IN HOLLYWOOD, WHO ELSE IS LEFT???
WTF??? I LOVE NEW YORK'S WHITE BOY IS DATING SISTER PATTERSON!!!
Y'all know that saying, what happens in Vegas is supposed to stay in Vegas??? Well, according to MediaTakeOut.com, White Boy from the first season of I Love New York and Sister Patterson were spotted looking very much like a couple in Sin City. Here's what was seen while on vacation:
Well, let your mind be ease, and then drop dead of a heart attack. Yeah.... it's that drastic. Well, it seems that Michelle Patterson (a.k.a. Sista Patterson) and Joshua Gallander (a.k.a White Boy) have really been keeping in touch since the show's last season.
White Boy was spotted in a nightclub in Las Vegas last weekend, drinking and partying with "Real", fellow housemate from Season 1 of I Love New York. A nightclub employee said White Boy was spotted getting into a stretch Hummer, followed by Sister Patterson who seemed to be coming from a club across the street. Later that night, the two were seen again checking into the Palms Hotel together.
Chile, I would love to see this on tv. Remember that show with Flavor Flav and Bridgitte nielsen??? This could definitely be the sequel.
Well, let your mind be ease, and then drop dead of a heart attack. Yeah.... it's that drastic. Well, it seems that Michelle Patterson (a.k.a. Sista Patterson) and Joshua Gallander (a.k.a White Boy) have really been keeping in touch since the show's last season.
White Boy was spotted in a nightclub in Las Vegas last weekend, drinking and partying with "Real", fellow housemate from Season 1 of I Love New York. A nightclub employee said White Boy was spotted getting into a stretch Hummer, followed by Sister Patterson who seemed to be coming from a club across the street. Later that night, the two were seen again checking into the Palms Hotel together.
Chile, I would love to see this on tv. Remember that show with Flavor Flav and Bridgitte nielsen??? This could definitely be the sequel.
BRANDY CLEARED OF DEADLY COLLISION
Brandy's high-powered attorney, Blair Berk, released the following statement to TMZ:
"We are extremely pleased that after a more thorough and extensive investigation by authorities, the Los Angeles City Attorney has determined that Brandy Norwood should not be charged with any crime whatsoever relating to the accident back in 2006."
She continued, "These past 12 months have posed an extraordinary hardship for Brandy and her family, who have been unfairly forced to live under a cloud of suspicion initially caused by the ill-advised and premature press release sent out by the California Highway Patrol accusing Brandy of wrongdoing before the police investigation was even finished. However, Brandy continues to be mindful that she was so fortunate to be uninjured in this accident and there was a life lost that should be remembered."
I BELIEVED YOU WERE INNOCENT GIRL! THERE ARE QUITE A FEW CELEBRITIES WHO DRIVE WRECKLESSLY (AND GET AWAY WITH IT)AND DESERVE TO GET PUMMELED BY THE PAPARAZZI. BRANDY'S CASE SEEMED LIKE A SITUATION WHERE THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED SAW DOLLAR SIGNS BECAUSE A CELEBRITY WAS INVOLVED. GET TO PUTTING OUT SOME MUSIC BRANDY!!!
"We are extremely pleased that after a more thorough and extensive investigation by authorities, the Los Angeles City Attorney has determined that Brandy Norwood should not be charged with any crime whatsoever relating to the accident back in 2006."
She continued, "These past 12 months have posed an extraordinary hardship for Brandy and her family, who have been unfairly forced to live under a cloud of suspicion initially caused by the ill-advised and premature press release sent out by the California Highway Patrol accusing Brandy of wrongdoing before the police investigation was even finished. However, Brandy continues to be mindful that she was so fortunate to be uninjured in this accident and there was a life lost that should be remembered."
I BELIEVED YOU WERE INNOCENT GIRL! THERE ARE QUITE A FEW CELEBRITIES WHO DRIVE WRECKLESSLY (AND GET AWAY WITH IT)AND DESERVE TO GET PUMMELED BY THE PAPARAZZI. BRANDY'S CASE SEEMED LIKE A SITUATION WHERE THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED SAW DOLLAR SIGNS BECAUSE A CELEBRITY WAS INVOLVED. GET TO PUTTING OUT SOME MUSIC BRANDY!!!
TMI!!! T PAIN WROTE I'M A FLIRT IN A PUBLIC BATHROOM!
Here is a quote from T pain. He explains how he wrote the remix to R. Kelly's "I'm A Flirt" in an airport public bathroom:i wonder if he was tapping his foot in the next stall as he was writing it???
"His people called me and they told me they e-mailed me something," he said. "And they asked if I could do a verse to it, it'd be great, but we need it back by 4 o'clock, the same day. Not only the same day, but it was already 3 o'clock. I was in the airport about to go to Atlanta from Tallahassee [Florida]. I actually had to write the verse on my computer. I went into the bathroom of the airport and used the microphone that's built into my Mac and recorded the song on that. Then sent that to them. That was just the verse, so I could get that to them [and finish the mastered version when I got to the studio in Atlanta]. They told me a lot of people tried to put verses on the song, but only me and T.I. could come through."
Source: MTV News
RIDDLE ME THIS??? HOW THE HELL DOES SOMEONE WHO CANNOT SING WITHOUT DEEP-THROATING THAT DAMN VOICE BOX GET NOMINATED FOR FIVE GRAMMYS??? HAS THE INDUSTRY TRULY RUN OUT OF TALENT? YOU ARE ONE VERY LUCKY BASTARD!!! MAKE THAT COIN WHILE YOU CAN, BECAUSE I'M SURE BY THE TIME WE HIT MID 2008, WE'LL ALL BE SINGING (DIGITAL MACHINE INCLUDED) T PAIN WHO???
"His people called me and they told me they e-mailed me something," he said. "And they asked if I could do a verse to it, it'd be great, but we need it back by 4 o'clock, the same day. Not only the same day, but it was already 3 o'clock. I was in the airport about to go to Atlanta from Tallahassee [Florida]. I actually had to write the verse on my computer. I went into the bathroom of the airport and used the microphone that's built into my Mac and recorded the song on that. Then sent that to them. That was just the verse, so I could get that to them [and finish the mastered version when I got to the studio in Atlanta]. They told me a lot of people tried to put verses on the song, but only me and T.I. could come through."
Source: MTV News
RIDDLE ME THIS??? HOW THE HELL DOES SOMEONE WHO CANNOT SING WITHOUT DEEP-THROATING THAT DAMN VOICE BOX GET NOMINATED FOR FIVE GRAMMYS??? HAS THE INDUSTRY TRULY RUN OUT OF TALENT? YOU ARE ONE VERY LUCKY BASTARD!!! MAKE THAT COIN WHILE YOU CAN, BECAUSE I'M SURE BY THE TIME WE HIT MID 2008, WE'LL ALL BE SINGING (DIGITAL MACHINE INCLUDED) T PAIN WHO???
OL' DIRTY BASTARD MERCHANDISE AT A STORE NEAR YOU
The estate of Wu-Tang Clan member Ol’ Dirty Bastard is about to make some coin!!! An agreement has been made with Long Island, New York based company MerchDirect, to produce a new line of Ol’ Dirty t-shirts, posters and other accessories featuring the late rapper’s image.
According to Newsday, Ol’ Dirty Bastards widow Icelene Jones entered into an agreement with MerchDirect to produce the new lines, which are slated to land in stores around February.
MerchDirect produces official merchandise for a diverse group of artists like R&B singer Sean Kingston, legendary rock group Blue Oyster Cult and pop singer Joss Stone.
"We feel that ODB appeals to Taking Back Sunday's fans but also appeals to a Joss Stone fan or the white suburban kids who totally love it and get it, and it's authentic Hip-Hop that real Hip-Hop guys are going to go for," commented Lee Tepper, one of MerchDirect’s co-founders. "He is definitely an artist that crosses boundaries of genres, and he not only appeals to all genres, but he's respected, and everyone can relate to his wackiness in a way."
Ol’ Dirty Bastard, born Russell Jones, died of a heart attack at Wu-Tang’s recording studio 36 Records in Manhattan on November 13, 2004, just two days shy of his 36th birthday.
His death set off a struggle over his estate between his widow Icelene Jones, his former managers and his mother, Cherry Jones.
The court battles over Ol’ Dirty’s estate eventually led to a highly anticipated album by the rapper being shelved.
The drama over his estate continued has continued until as recently as March 2007, when two women who claimed to have 11-year-old sons fathered by ODB made paternity claims against the estate in court.
The two mothers also alleged that Icelene Jones mismanaged $225,000 dollars worth of revenue since his death in 2004.
All totaled, four women have come forward since the rapper’s death, each claiming to have a child by Ol’ Dirty Bastard
Two other women had previous filed paternity claims against the estate, one in Carson, California, the other in Jersey City.
According to Newsday, Ol’ Dirty Bastards widow Icelene Jones entered into an agreement with MerchDirect to produce the new lines, which are slated to land in stores around February.
MerchDirect produces official merchandise for a diverse group of artists like R&B singer Sean Kingston, legendary rock group Blue Oyster Cult and pop singer Joss Stone.
"We feel that ODB appeals to Taking Back Sunday's fans but also appeals to a Joss Stone fan or the white suburban kids who totally love it and get it, and it's authentic Hip-Hop that real Hip-Hop guys are going to go for," commented Lee Tepper, one of MerchDirect’s co-founders. "He is definitely an artist that crosses boundaries of genres, and he not only appeals to all genres, but he's respected, and everyone can relate to his wackiness in a way."
Ol’ Dirty Bastard, born Russell Jones, died of a heart attack at Wu-Tang’s recording studio 36 Records in Manhattan on November 13, 2004, just two days shy of his 36th birthday.
His death set off a struggle over his estate between his widow Icelene Jones, his former managers and his mother, Cherry Jones.
The court battles over Ol’ Dirty’s estate eventually led to a highly anticipated album by the rapper being shelved.
The drama over his estate continued has continued until as recently as March 2007, when two women who claimed to have 11-year-old sons fathered by ODB made paternity claims against the estate in court.
The two mothers also alleged that Icelene Jones mismanaged $225,000 dollars worth of revenue since his death in 2004.
All totaled, four women have come forward since the rapper’s death, each claiming to have a child by Ol’ Dirty Bastard
Two other women had previous filed paternity claims against the estate, one in Carson, California, the other in Jersey City.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Pop Superstar definitely needs a reality check
Justin Timberlake says he's sexier than George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
The gloves are officially off. Now that he's kind of the king of pop, Justin Timberlake is tired of playing second (or third) fiddle to the perennial "Hottest Man in the World" front runners, George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
So what sparked this oddly catty little spat between the world's most attractive guys? Timberlake was recently crowned King of Sex by Rolling Stone magazine, and in a subsequent interview with Barbara Walters, said: "Brad, George, you guys may be on the most beautiful whatever but uh...eat your heart out boys."
Sure, Justin is a stylish guy -- in fact, now that he's dressing his age, I'd go so far as to call him one of the most fashionable men in the public eye. But better looking than Brad Pitt and George Clooney? Them's fightin' words, Justin.
justin needs a reality check. Sexiness comes with experience, not a high grossing cd. Sexy is about mystery, charisma, intelligence. it's in the way you walk, the way you talk. The way you look at a person across the room. the way you command people's attention. Justin to me still looks like he has wet dreams. Come back with those fighting words in ten years. Also, Rolling Stone hasn't been relevant in years with their opinions on anything. Rolling Stone used to be a cool magazine. now all they do is gravitate toward what's popular and the Disney Channel set.
Justin comes off like the type that tries too hard to be cool. He loves to talk about how he's from Tennessee and listens to Johnny Cash (I think he discovered him when Walk The Line came out). He loves being around black people when he needs to make his records , go on tour, ore needs fierce choreography. When the shit hits the fan (like the Janet fiasco), he's quick to switch back to being white. I say sit back, work on a new cd, and try your best to keep Jessica Biel satisfied.
Paul Walker, Johnny Depp, David Beckham, Jensen Atwood, Jensen Ackles, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Matt Damon, Anderson Cooper, John Stamos, Christopher Meloni, Clive Owen, Hill Harper, Daniel Craig, Ken Watanabe,now those are some sexy ass men.
Justin is average looking to me. yeah he's got a hot body, but who can't get that. beauty is skin deep, not bitching about it in the press. Justin still has some growing up to do.
The gloves are officially off. Now that he's kind of the king of pop, Justin Timberlake is tired of playing second (or third) fiddle to the perennial "Hottest Man in the World" front runners, George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
So what sparked this oddly catty little spat between the world's most attractive guys? Timberlake was recently crowned King of Sex by Rolling Stone magazine, and in a subsequent interview with Barbara Walters, said: "Brad, George, you guys may be on the most beautiful whatever but uh...eat your heart out boys."
Sure, Justin is a stylish guy -- in fact, now that he's dressing his age, I'd go so far as to call him one of the most fashionable men in the public eye. But better looking than Brad Pitt and George Clooney? Them's fightin' words, Justin.
justin needs a reality check. Sexiness comes with experience, not a high grossing cd. Sexy is about mystery, charisma, intelligence. it's in the way you walk, the way you talk. The way you look at a person across the room. the way you command people's attention. Justin to me still looks like he has wet dreams. Come back with those fighting words in ten years. Also, Rolling Stone hasn't been relevant in years with their opinions on anything. Rolling Stone used to be a cool magazine. now all they do is gravitate toward what's popular and the Disney Channel set.
Justin comes off like the type that tries too hard to be cool. He loves to talk about how he's from Tennessee and listens to Johnny Cash (I think he discovered him when Walk The Line came out). He loves being around black people when he needs to make his records , go on tour, ore needs fierce choreography. When the shit hits the fan (like the Janet fiasco), he's quick to switch back to being white. I say sit back, work on a new cd, and try your best to keep Jessica Biel satisfied.
Paul Walker, Johnny Depp, David Beckham, Jensen Atwood, Jensen Ackles, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Matt Damon, Anderson Cooper, John Stamos, Christopher Meloni, Clive Owen, Hill Harper, Daniel Craig, Ken Watanabe,now those are some sexy ass men.
Justin is average looking to me. yeah he's got a hot body, but who can't get that. beauty is skin deep, not bitching about it in the press. Justin still has some growing up to do.
WOW! I DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING!
Jessica "Pruneface" Alba and her sperm donor are engaged, the actress' publicist confirmed on Thursday.
Alba and CASShole Warren broke up this past summer because she reportedly wanted to get married and he didn't.
Now, she's pregnant and engaged.
It was only a matter of time before this happened. I wonder if she poked a hole in the condom??? If she did, she'd truly be a donkey. I could totally see Cash becoming the next Coley lafoon or Danny Moder in a few years.
Alba and CASShole Warren broke up this past summer because she reportedly wanted to get married and he didn't.
Now, she's pregnant and engaged.
It was only a matter of time before this happened. I wonder if she poked a hole in the condom??? If she did, she'd truly be a donkey. I could totally see Cash becoming the next Coley lafoon or Danny Moder in a few years.
SOMEONE DEFINITELY NEEDS A LIFE!!!
John Mayer decided with the little time he has on his handsto write in his official blog about the term "douchebag."
It goes a little something like this….
"Death to Douchebag
1 of a 129-part series on the year that was 2007,
By John Mayer
"Douchebag."
"What a douchebag."
It feels good to say, "douchebag. " It's got two different plosive sounds, the "D" and "B", and nicely wedged between is a wonderful "sh" sound (technically known as a voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant, at the risk of coming off douchey ) that, when preceded with "oooooh", give your lips the sensation of sliding on a hardwood floor in a pair of woolen socks.
And "douchebag " was on the vinegary tips of everyone's tongues this year. Trouble is, I'm not really clear on what it means, and I don't know that anyone does. I know that I get called one. Pete Wentz from Fallout Boy, by measure of a google search, is a douchebag 11,100 times over, or the number of results that the search engine says exist. Zach Braff, who himself wrote one of the better films I've seen in the last decade is also frequently 'bagged, as is some guy named Brody Jenner. In fact, if you want to go big, so is Michael Stipe, Bono ("supreme douchebag"), Thom Yorke, Will Smith and Brad Pitt.
Are you as confused as I am as to what the common denominator of douchiness is? Is it someone that comes off obnoxious? Self aggrandizing? Ignorant? Or is it just someone who exists out of another person's comfort zone? And doesn't that account for almost everyone in the world, celebrity or otherwise? Don't most people, given the fact that they're NOT US lie somewhere outside our comfort zone? Ohhhhh…OR…is being a douchebag actually all about having a bigger smile than someone else deems you deserve to in life? I think I'm onto something here. Stick with me.
In the case of Pete Wentz, whom I can comment on personally, I think the guy's got the job description of musician down pretty damn well. True, it's not your dad's rock star template, but he'd be inauthentic if he tried to fit inside it. Pete Wentz has a truckload of ideas. Big, bold, colorful ideas. They're ideas that have never once had their edges sanded down, and for that reason some people might find him or his band too much to swallow. You know who else had that going for them in their day? Frank Zappa. And David Bowie. And Peter Gabriel. And Elton John. And the Doors. Pretty much every rock band from A-Z existed because of their ignoring conventional boundaries. Pete's going to keep pretending. Because that's all art really is. You puff up your sense of pretend as big as you can and then try and live up to it. (Maybe that's what people think being a douchebag is?)
I personally don't mind being called a douchebag. I've met my fair share of bloggers, and I'm much, much taller than them. It's also because I need there to be some push on the castle walls, so to speak. I'm not happy when people agree. (Don't make me start listing the names of seminal artists that weren't either.) I think it's easier to call "douchebag " than to confront the possibility that:
THERE ARE OTHER PERSONALITIES IN THIS WORLD THAT ARE NOT INHERENTLY SYMPATHETIC TO OUR OWN.
Maybe I should take this opportunity to define douchebag once and for all; I think if enjoying your life as you choose happens to spill over into treating others without respect, then you're a total, world-class douchebag.
But then wouldn't that also serve as a fitting description of the boy who cried "douche"?
Maybe it's just really fun to say."
It goes a little something like this….
"Death to Douchebag
1 of a 129-part series on the year that was 2007,
By John Mayer
"Douchebag."
"What a douchebag."
It feels good to say, "douchebag. " It's got two different plosive sounds, the "D" and "B", and nicely wedged between is a wonderful "sh" sound (technically known as a voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant, at the risk of coming off douchey ) that, when preceded with "oooooh", give your lips the sensation of sliding on a hardwood floor in a pair of woolen socks.
And "douchebag " was on the vinegary tips of everyone's tongues this year. Trouble is, I'm not really clear on what it means, and I don't know that anyone does. I know that I get called one. Pete Wentz from Fallout Boy, by measure of a google search, is a douchebag 11,100 times over, or the number of results that the search engine says exist. Zach Braff, who himself wrote one of the better films I've seen in the last decade is also frequently 'bagged, as is some guy named Brody Jenner. In fact, if you want to go big, so is Michael Stipe, Bono ("supreme douchebag"), Thom Yorke, Will Smith and Brad Pitt.
Are you as confused as I am as to what the common denominator of douchiness is? Is it someone that comes off obnoxious? Self aggrandizing? Ignorant? Or is it just someone who exists out of another person's comfort zone? And doesn't that account for almost everyone in the world, celebrity or otherwise? Don't most people, given the fact that they're NOT US lie somewhere outside our comfort zone? Ohhhhh…OR…is being a douchebag actually all about having a bigger smile than someone else deems you deserve to in life? I think I'm onto something here. Stick with me.
In the case of Pete Wentz, whom I can comment on personally, I think the guy's got the job description of musician down pretty damn well. True, it's not your dad's rock star template, but he'd be inauthentic if he tried to fit inside it. Pete Wentz has a truckload of ideas. Big, bold, colorful ideas. They're ideas that have never once had their edges sanded down, and for that reason some people might find him or his band too much to swallow. You know who else had that going for them in their day? Frank Zappa. And David Bowie. And Peter Gabriel. And Elton John. And the Doors. Pretty much every rock band from A-Z existed because of their ignoring conventional boundaries. Pete's going to keep pretending. Because that's all art really is. You puff up your sense of pretend as big as you can and then try and live up to it. (Maybe that's what people think being a douchebag is?)
I personally don't mind being called a douchebag. I've met my fair share of bloggers, and I'm much, much taller than them. It's also because I need there to be some push on the castle walls, so to speak. I'm not happy when people agree. (Don't make me start listing the names of seminal artists that weren't either.) I think it's easier to call "douchebag " than to confront the possibility that:
THERE ARE OTHER PERSONALITIES IN THIS WORLD THAT ARE NOT INHERENTLY SYMPATHETIC TO OUR OWN.
Maybe I should take this opportunity to define douchebag once and for all; I think if enjoying your life as you choose happens to spill over into treating others without respect, then you're a total, world-class douchebag.
But then wouldn't that also serve as a fitting description of the boy who cried "douche"?
Maybe it's just really fun to say."
I HEARD FROM A LITTLE BIRD...
I don't know if this is true or not, but word is that Eddie Murphy and his beard, Tracey Edmonds, are getting married this weekend in Bora Bora.
MADONNA MAKES OFFICIAL DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
Madonna is set to make her official debut...as a director!
Her Madgesty's film, Filth & Wisdom, is set to make its world premiere this February at the Berlin Film Festival, it has just been announced.
The movie, directed by M, stars Stephen Graham, Richard E. Grant, and Eugene Hutz.
The Queen of Pop is also working on a documentary about Malawi, though a premiere or release date has not yet been set for that.
Some more info on Filth & Wisdom for us Madonnaholics:
"Described as a comedy/drama/musical/romance, the story features a Russian immigrant, ballet school, lap dancing, cultural revolution, poetry, night club, punk rock band, book writer, dominatrix and gypsy.
The Gypsy punk band that appears in the film is portrayed by real-life Gypsy punk band, Gogol Bordello, who also contributed three songs to the film's soundtrack. The band's lead singer, Eugene Hütz, portrays the main character — a character with a philosophical attitude towards life. Madonna allowed additional dialogue written by Eugene himself to be included in the film. Additionally, Gogol Bordello performed "La Isla Bonita" with Madonna at the 2007 Live Earth benefit concert in London, United Kingdom." Also there's word that Timbaland will be filming scenes for madonna's brand new music video, "4 Minutes to Save The World" alongside Justin Timberlake sometime next week. Her cd, "Licorice" will be released sometime in April.
IF MADONNA DOES DIRECTING BETTER THAN GUY, I THINK IT WILL TRULY BE THE END OF THEIR MARRIAGE. GUY HASN'T HAD A HUGE HIT IN QUITE A WHILE, AND I'M SURE HE GETS SICK OF BEING CALLED MADONNA'S HUSBAND.
Her Madgesty's film, Filth & Wisdom, is set to make its world premiere this February at the Berlin Film Festival, it has just been announced.
The movie, directed by M, stars Stephen Graham, Richard E. Grant, and Eugene Hutz.
The Queen of Pop is also working on a documentary about Malawi, though a premiere or release date has not yet been set for that.
Some more info on Filth & Wisdom for us Madonnaholics:
"Described as a comedy/drama/musical/romance, the story features a Russian immigrant, ballet school, lap dancing, cultural revolution, poetry, night club, punk rock band, book writer, dominatrix and gypsy.
The Gypsy punk band that appears in the film is portrayed by real-life Gypsy punk band, Gogol Bordello, who also contributed three songs to the film's soundtrack. The band's lead singer, Eugene Hütz, portrays the main character — a character with a philosophical attitude towards life. Madonna allowed additional dialogue written by Eugene himself to be included in the film. Additionally, Gogol Bordello performed "La Isla Bonita" with Madonna at the 2007 Live Earth benefit concert in London, United Kingdom." Also there's word that Timbaland will be filming scenes for madonna's brand new music video, "4 Minutes to Save The World" alongside Justin Timberlake sometime next week. Her cd, "Licorice" will be released sometime in April.
IF MADONNA DOES DIRECTING BETTER THAN GUY, I THINK IT WILL TRULY BE THE END OF THEIR MARRIAGE. GUY HASN'T HAD A HUGE HIT IN QUITE A WHILE, AND I'M SURE HE GETS SICK OF BEING CALLED MADONNA'S HUSBAND.
GUESS WHAT THE WORLD'S MOST BORING COUPLE ARE UP TO???
Guess what Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have a lot in common??? They both love sports and…it seems not much else.
In keeping with their "active" lifestyle, the pair have jetted off to Colorado for a sporty vacation.
Sources reveal exclusively to PerezHilton.com that Justin and Jess have been spotted skiing this weekend at the Monarch resort in Salida. They've also been hanging out downtown.
Wow! Seems like a whole lot of fun for the creatively adventerous twosome.
I wonder what Timberlake got Biel for Christmas? Probably a gift card to the Pleasure Chest! Because you know as well as I do, that he couldn't satisfy a hole in his mattress!
In keeping with their "active" lifestyle, the pair have jetted off to Colorado for a sporty vacation.
Sources reveal exclusively to PerezHilton.com that Justin and Jess have been spotted skiing this weekend at the Monarch resort in Salida. They've also been hanging out downtown.
Wow! Seems like a whole lot of fun for the creatively adventerous twosome.
I wonder what Timberlake got Biel for Christmas? Probably a gift card to the Pleasure Chest! Because you know as well as I do, that he couldn't satisfy a hole in his mattress!
AWW SHOOT, ROSIE'S PISSED!
Rosie O'Donnell is pissed because according to a new poll, almost 50% of Americans named her the most annoying person of 2007 - followed by Paris Hilton, coming in a distant second.
The former talk show host is so upset by this, that she's even made a video about being named the most annoying.
Here's an excerpt of what she says:
"I apparently am the most annoying celebrity, according to Parade magazine. And, frankly, most celebrities are annoying. So, I agree. Celebrities are annoying and the fact that I am one is annoying. And I suppose I am the most annoying. But whatever. Why? Cuz I'm loud. Some people don't like me. Barbra Streisand likes me!"
There's a HUGE difference between being loud, and being annoying. Rosie can be more on the annoying side most of the time. It might also help to name someone that likes you who is not annoying besides Barbra Streisand..
The former talk show host is so upset by this, that she's even made a video about being named the most annoying.
Here's an excerpt of what she says:
"I apparently am the most annoying celebrity, according to Parade magazine. And, frankly, most celebrities are annoying. So, I agree. Celebrities are annoying and the fact that I am one is annoying. And I suppose I am the most annoying. But whatever. Why? Cuz I'm loud. Some people don't like me. Barbra Streisand likes me!"
There's a HUGE difference between being loud, and being annoying. Rosie can be more on the annoying side most of the time. It might also help to name someone that likes you who is not annoying besides Barbra Streisand..
IS NICOLE KIDMAN PREGNANT???
Having weathered a tough first year of marriage, Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban are allegedly expecting their first child together. The celebrity pair, who wed June 25, 2006, broke the news to their families over the Christmas holiday, according to the Daily Mail.
In the days leading up to their wedding it was reported that the couple had signed a prenuptial agreement that stipulated that Kidman would pay Urban $600,000 for each year of the marriage. But it would also allowed her to walk away without paying anything if Urban -- a former cocaine addict -- were to start using narcotics or drinking excessively. Sadly, Urban did in fact suffer a relapse and just four months into their marriage he checked himself into rehab on Oct. 20, where he stayed for nearly three months. Nonetheless, Kidman stayed with him. Kidman's relationship with her two adopted children from her marriage to Tom Cruise , Isabella, 14, and Connor, 12, has been tabloid fodder of late. In November it was widely reported that she told the British talk show ' GMTV ,' "My kids don't call me 'Mommy,' they don't even call me 'Mom.' They call me 'Nicole.'" In fact, she told the interviewer , "They don't call me 'Mummy,' they call me 'Mum' or sometimes 'Nicole.'" Making matters worse was a December interview in Parade magazine in which Katie Holmes , Cruise's current wife, revealed that Isabella and Connor "call me 'Mom.'"
SOURCE: AP
I GUESS NOW THAT NICOLE WILL HAVE A CHILD OF HER OWN, SHE CAN WRITE THE WRONGS SHE MADE WITH HER UNGRATEFUL BASTARD ADOPTED CHILDREN. I WONDER IF IT WAS A CASE OF BAD ALIEN SPERM THAT CAUSED NICOLE'S MISCARRIAGE WHEN SHE WAS MARRIED TO TOM CRUISE???
In the days leading up to their wedding it was reported that the couple had signed a prenuptial agreement that stipulated that Kidman would pay Urban $600,000 for each year of the marriage. But it would also allowed her to walk away without paying anything if Urban -- a former cocaine addict -- were to start using narcotics or drinking excessively. Sadly, Urban did in fact suffer a relapse and just four months into their marriage he checked himself into rehab on Oct. 20, where he stayed for nearly three months. Nonetheless, Kidman stayed with him. Kidman's relationship with her two adopted children from her marriage to Tom Cruise , Isabella, 14, and Connor, 12, has been tabloid fodder of late. In November it was widely reported that she told the British talk show ' GMTV ,' "My kids don't call me 'Mommy,' they don't even call me 'Mom.' They call me 'Nicole.'" In fact, she told the interviewer , "They don't call me 'Mummy,' they call me 'Mum' or sometimes 'Nicole.'" Making matters worse was a December interview in Parade magazine in which Katie Holmes , Cruise's current wife, revealed that Isabella and Connor "call me 'Mom.'"
SOURCE: AP
I GUESS NOW THAT NICOLE WILL HAVE A CHILD OF HER OWN, SHE CAN WRITE THE WRONGS SHE MADE WITH HER UNGRATEFUL BASTARD ADOPTED CHILDREN. I WONDER IF IT WAS A CASE OF BAD ALIEN SPERM THAT CAUSED NICOLE'S MISCARRIAGE WHEN SHE WAS MARRIED TO TOM CRUISE???
Saturday, December 29, 2007
GUY RITCHIE BETTER WATCH HIS BACK!
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) - Remember back in the Truth or Dare days, when Madonna said for the record that the only man she's ever truly loved is Sean Penn? Well now the actor may soon be a single man walking. Actress Robin Wright Penn has filed for divorce from the actor and director, according to media reports. Papers were filed Dec. 21 in Marin County Superior Court. Wright Penn cited irreconcilable differences as a reason for the split, which was first reported by the Web site CelebTV.com. The couple has two teenage children and are seeking joint custody. Penn directed "Into The Wild" and starred as a death row inmate in "Dead Man Walking." Wright Penn's acting credits include "Beowulf" and "Breaking and Entering."
Friday, December 28, 2007
I TOLD YOU IT WAS FAR FROM OVER! MARQUES HOUSTON AND CHRIS STOKES ARE LOVERS!!!
Raz B's brother Ricky Romance gave an exclusive interview to radio personality Rain on WPGC 95.5 in Washington D.C.. In the interview, Ricky Romance makes some EXPLOSIVE allegations. Below are a summary of Ricky's allegations, decide for yourself who's telling the truth.Here's how he described Chris Stokes' alleged abuse:
When Raz told me what he told me, I was furious and it made me remember back in the day when Chris tried some stuff on me. I'm. like we have to go forward with this. I feel like it was hindering me. And it made me feel like I was gay - keeping some [EXPLETIVE] like that. I'm not gay, I never did anything sexually. Chris just tried to touch on me.But with my brother and the rest of the group - some [EXPLETIVE] was going on there and mother f*ckers just don't want to talk about it. I'm proud of my brother for coming forward and I'm going to stand up for what's right for kids around the world.And Ricky Romance had some more shocking revelations. According to him, Raz B and Ricky Romance's mother was on drugs. And, while she was high, Chris Stokes got her to sign over full parental custody over to him. And from that point forward, Stokes was Raz B's official legal guardian.But possibly the most shocking revelation that Ricky Romance made was that Chris Stokes also molested Marques Houston and that they are now lovers:
Marques is involved too, but I don't even want to get started that because I love Marques .... Chris started on Marques and Marques ended up started liking it. They've had a secret relationship ever since they were kids.Finally, Ricky Romance talked about the Raz B apology video:
He was forced. Chris has been calling, and his attorneys and everybody have been calling begging us to do a video. I have proof, and if I have to pull it out, I will.Raz was threatened and intimidated and punked to do that [video] ... and he was offered money. But when you're in a position where someone is forcing you to do something, and they're intimidating you, what will you do ...We're going to clear all this up really soon. Chris is trying to throw all this ammunition and use this power that he has [and] fight for his life because he knows he's wrong.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU CLOSET FAGGOTS ARE PROTESTING A LITTLE TOO MUCH. THERE'S ALSO BEEN WORD THAT THE RETRACTION RAZ B GAVE WAS READ OFF OF A PAPER AND THAT HE'S ALSO BEEN MISSING FOR A FEW DAYS. I TELL YOU THIS IS BETTER THAN A FIGHT AT THE UFC AND AN OLD EPISODE OF JERRY SPRINGER
When Raz told me what he told me, I was furious and it made me remember back in the day when Chris tried some stuff on me. I'm. like we have to go forward with this. I feel like it was hindering me. And it made me feel like I was gay - keeping some [EXPLETIVE] like that. I'm not gay, I never did anything sexually. Chris just tried to touch on me.But with my brother and the rest of the group - some [EXPLETIVE] was going on there and mother f*ckers just don't want to talk about it. I'm proud of my brother for coming forward and I'm going to stand up for what's right for kids around the world.And Ricky Romance had some more shocking revelations. According to him, Raz B and Ricky Romance's mother was on drugs. And, while she was high, Chris Stokes got her to sign over full parental custody over to him. And from that point forward, Stokes was Raz B's official legal guardian.But possibly the most shocking revelation that Ricky Romance made was that Chris Stokes also molested Marques Houston and that they are now lovers:
Marques is involved too, but I don't even want to get started that because I love Marques .... Chris started on Marques and Marques ended up started liking it. They've had a secret relationship ever since they were kids.Finally, Ricky Romance talked about the Raz B apology video:
He was forced. Chris has been calling, and his attorneys and everybody have been calling begging us to do a video. I have proof, and if I have to pull it out, I will.Raz was threatened and intimidated and punked to do that [video] ... and he was offered money. But when you're in a position where someone is forcing you to do something, and they're intimidating you, what will you do ...We're going to clear all this up really soon. Chris is trying to throw all this ammunition and use this power that he has [and] fight for his life because he knows he's wrong.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU CLOSET FAGGOTS ARE PROTESTING A LITTLE TOO MUCH. THERE'S ALSO BEEN WORD THAT THE RETRACTION RAZ B GAVE WAS READ OFF OF A PAPER AND THAT HE'S ALSO BEEN MISSING FOR A FEW DAYS. I TELL YOU THIS IS BETTER THAN A FIGHT AT THE UFC AND AN OLD EPISODE OF JERRY SPRINGER
Black Entertainment Out of the Closet: Are we ready
With the talk about two popular black entertainers inching their way out of the closet, I ask the question: Is the black community ready to accept its idols being lesbian or gay? Personally, as a young male who prefers to have sex with men, I feel it has been a long time coming. We get to see a lot of gay white media, but gay black media continues to stay silent. Why you ask? There are quite a few theories. One: Being gay is a white man's disease. Of course I don't believe that, but that is the stigma that plagues our community. Two: Admitting that you are gay makes you less than a man. Another HUGE myth. Being gay comes in different shades of the rainbow, and not just the vogueing queen kind. As an up and coming filmmaker, I want to tell stories that haven't been told before, yet also expose society to a world that is not as scary as they may think (yet still keep you entertained).
I think what the problem is, is that there aren't any well known "OUT" black celebrities that my generation and younger can relate to. Sure we have come a long way with gay rights issues, but we still have a long way to go. The tv show Noah's Arc was groundbreaking on so many levels, and I am still angry LOGO didn't throw their full support behind it. Shows like the D.L. Chronicles, movies like Ski Trip, Dirty laundry and the upcoming B-Boy Blues are exposing gay blacks on a more positive level. Singers like Johnny Mathis are well known in the gay community, and he still has major success. Luthor wasn't OUT, and neither was Little Richard, but you had to be blind, deaf and a paranoid schitzo to not see how obvoies he was. So my question to you guys is, say Queen Latifah, Usher, Alicia Keys or a major movie star like Will Smith were to come out of the closet. Would you still purchase their work, or would you conform to ignorant ass religious rhetoric? Isn't it about time We stop hiding in the shadows and make our voices heard?
I think what the problem is, is that there aren't any well known "OUT" black celebrities that my generation and younger can relate to. Sure we have come a long way with gay rights issues, but we still have a long way to go. The tv show Noah's Arc was groundbreaking on so many levels, and I am still angry LOGO didn't throw their full support behind it. Shows like the D.L. Chronicles, movies like Ski Trip, Dirty laundry and the upcoming B-Boy Blues are exposing gay blacks on a more positive level. Singers like Johnny Mathis are well known in the gay community, and he still has major success. Luthor wasn't OUT, and neither was Little Richard, but you had to be blind, deaf and a paranoid schitzo to not see how obvoies he was. So my question to you guys is, say Queen Latifah, Usher, Alicia Keys or a major movie star like Will Smith were to come out of the closet. Would you still purchase their work, or would you conform to ignorant ass religious rhetoric? Isn't it about time We stop hiding in the shadows and make our voices heard?
I SMELL A COMEBACK!
JANET JACKSON'S FIRST SINGLE IS DOING BETTER THEN EXPECTED?
Janet's comeback single, Feedback, is on sale now at iTunes. The track was moved up by two weeks due to popular demand. Even though most critics gave "Feedback" mix reviews, the fans has clearly taken a liking to the track. I expect that her album release date will get move up if she show strong sales of the single on Itunes.
I HAVE BEEN FEELING THIS SONG SINCE I FIRST HEARD IT. I HAVE TO SAY FEEDBACK IS THE HOTTEST SONG JANET HAS RELEASED SINCE ANY HOT JOINT OFF THE JANET CD. DAMITA JO AND 20 Y.O. HAD SOME OF THE WORST SONGS EVER. I LOVE ME SOME JANET THOUGH, SO I AM DEFINITELY LOOKING FOWARD TO HER DISCIPLINE CD.
Janet's comeback single, Feedback, is on sale now at iTunes. The track was moved up by two weeks due to popular demand. Even though most critics gave "Feedback" mix reviews, the fans has clearly taken a liking to the track. I expect that her album release date will get move up if she show strong sales of the single on Itunes.
I HAVE BEEN FEELING THIS SONG SINCE I FIRST HEARD IT. I HAVE TO SAY FEEDBACK IS THE HOTTEST SONG JANET HAS RELEASED SINCE ANY HOT JOINT OFF THE JANET CD. DAMITA JO AND 20 Y.O. HAD SOME OF THE WORST SONGS EVER. I LOVE ME SOME JANET THOUGH, SO I AM DEFINITELY LOOKING FOWARD TO HER DISCIPLINE CD.
RAZ B'S BROTHER REFUSES TO STAY QUIET!
Well apparently, Raz B brother has refused to be quiet like Raz B was allegedly order to! Yesterday, Raz B brother went on a radio station in Sacramento and said that "Chris Stokes wants to split his wig and kill him!". Then he did an interview with an online gossip magazine and here are some of the most notable quotes:Ricky:The molestation has been going on with Raz B from the time he was 11 to about the time to about the time he was like 16.
Ricky: But we were both molested by Chris Stokes. And he’s sick. And I wish we would have just been family. You know, it hurts my feelings to have to talk to him and to have to go through all of these different situations and conversations just to try to get a resolution. There ain’t no resolution. The resolution is the DA needs to pick up this case and it needs to be handled.
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS UNFORTUNATE SITUATION WENT DOWN. WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU GO ON RECORD AND FILM YOURSELF PROCLAIMING THESE ALLEGATIONS? EITHER CHRIS STOKES GAVE HIM HUSH MONEY TO RECANT HIS STORY, OR SOMETHING MUCH MORE SINISTER IS GOING DOWN! EITHER WAY, I KNOW THIS STORY IS FAR FROM OVER! I WILL DEFINITELY KEEP MY EARS PEELED!
Ricky: But we were both molested by Chris Stokes. And he’s sick. And I wish we would have just been family. You know, it hurts my feelings to have to talk to him and to have to go through all of these different situations and conversations just to try to get a resolution. There ain’t no resolution. The resolution is the DA needs to pick up this case and it needs to be handled.
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS UNFORTUNATE SITUATION WENT DOWN. WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU GO ON RECORD AND FILM YOURSELF PROCLAIMING THESE ALLEGATIONS? EITHER CHRIS STOKES GAVE HIM HUSH MONEY TO RECANT HIS STORY, OR SOMETHING MUCH MORE SINISTER IS GOING DOWN! EITHER WAY, I KNOW THIS STORY IS FAR FROM OVER! I WILL DEFINITELY KEEP MY EARS PEELED!
MAKING MOVES! CHUCK D AND DMC LAUNCH BEYOND.FM IN LAS VEGAS
Hip Hop legends Chuck D of Public Enemy, DMC of RUN-DMC and DJ Johnny Juice Rosado team up at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas to launch BEYOND.FM and to kick off the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) being held from Jan. 7th through the 10th at the Las Vegas Convention Center."Chuck D is my favorite rapper of all time!" said DMC. Chuck D, arguably one of the most revered of Hip Hop elder statesmen echoes DMC's statements. "Run DMC is one of my favorite groups of all time! This will be incredible!" Joining them will be legendary DJ/producer and BEYOND.FM program director DJ Johnny Juice, long-time Public Enemy associate and Emmy nominated composer. Says Juice, "It will truly be an honor to share the stage with Chuck D and DMC. I've been on stages with both but never at the same time. The catalogs that those two have are just plain ridiculous. It will be like one big party and the fans not able to make it to Vegas can enjoy both Chuck D and DMC's music on BEYOND.FM 24/7."
BEYOND.FM president and co-sponsor Norm Levy agrees, "This is phenomenal! Two of Hip Hop's greatest legends joining forces on stage for the first time! It will be a historic event and I'm just happy to be able to help put something like this together! What better way to launch BEYOND.FM and our 2008 showing at CES?" Public Enemy is celebrating their 20th Anniversary with the release of their new album, How Do You Sell Soul To A Soul-less People Who Sold Their Soul? DMC has just released his solo EP The Next Level. During CES, Chuck D and DMC will be on hand to sign autographs and discuss the revolutionary new Music Business Model of BEYOND.FM at the Media Street Booth #37023 in South Hall 4 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. They will also be showcasing MediaStreet's newest innovations in electronics that tie all of the legendary content together. MediaStreet award winning eMotion electronics will be on display including MP3/MP4/PM/DVD players as well as their latest line of Digital Photo/Art/Music frames. JANUARY 6, 2008: CHUCK D, DMC & DJ JOHNNY JUICE LIVE!Body English @ The Hard Rock Hotel 4455 Paradise Road Las Vegas NV 8916921+ with I.D. Tickets $20 - $30 available at hardrockhotel.com
BEYOND.FM president and co-sponsor Norm Levy agrees, "This is phenomenal! Two of Hip Hop's greatest legends joining forces on stage for the first time! It will be a historic event and I'm just happy to be able to help put something like this together! What better way to launch BEYOND.FM and our 2008 showing at CES?" Public Enemy is celebrating their 20th Anniversary with the release of their new album, How Do You Sell Soul To A Soul-less People Who Sold Their Soul? DMC has just released his solo EP The Next Level. During CES, Chuck D and DMC will be on hand to sign autographs and discuss the revolutionary new Music Business Model of BEYOND.FM at the Media Street Booth #37023 in South Hall 4 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. They will also be showcasing MediaStreet's newest innovations in electronics that tie all of the legendary content together. MediaStreet award winning eMotion electronics will be on display including MP3/MP4/PM/DVD players as well as their latest line of Digital Photo/Art/Music frames. JANUARY 6, 2008: CHUCK D, DMC & DJ JOHNNY JUICE LIVE!Body English @ The Hard Rock Hotel 4455 Paradise Road Las Vegas NV 8916921+ with I.D. Tickets $20 - $30 available at hardrockhotel.com
WHAT'S THAT SOUND I HEAR...CRICKETS!
It was a HORRIBLE week for Chingy! His first album back with Ludacris's DTP label, "Hate It Or Love It", managed to sell only 31,517 copies to debut low at #84. I just wish his wack ass would just throw in the towel. It's definitely a wrap on the music front.
IS JAY-Z'S 40/40 CLUB HAVING INSPECTION PROBLEMS?
According to sources, Jay-Z's new 40/40 club in Las Vegas did not pass their inspection. What does that mean you ask? Well, the venue won't open as previously planned, throwing a major curveball to the rapper and entrepreneur."Unless Jay-Z and his team miraculously come up with certain licenses and certificates by Sunday, then they won't be able to go on with their New Year's Eve party plans," a source familiar with the situation tells us.Not only that, Jigga and his team have to refund all tickets for the opening, which will add even more costs to their starting on the wrong foot Sin City ventues.
FIRST YOU GET FIRED FROM DEF JAM. THEN YOU'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH YOUR CLUB. WHAT NEXT? BEYONCE LEAVES YOU FOR SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LESS LIKE A CAMEL?
FIRST YOU GET FIRED FROM DEF JAM. THEN YOU'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH YOUR CLUB. WHAT NEXT? BEYONCE LEAVES YOU FOR SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LESS LIKE A CAMEL?
JUDGE ORDERS R. KELLY TO CANCEL CONCERT!!!!!!
Y'all better get that hole under the jail ready, because it looks like Ms. Kelly will be making her aquaintance real soon. A Chicago judge has ordered R. Kelly to cancel a Jan. 13 concert date in Virginia due to his court appearance the following day.Livedaily.com reports that due to R. Kelly missing a court appearance earlier this month after his bus was delayed in Utah, Judge Vincent Gaughan ordered Kelly to cancel the Jan. 13 date at Hampton Coliseum in Virginia so he has no problems making his court appearance the following day.R. Kelly is charged with 14 counts of child pornography. Kelly, who has pleaded not guilty, faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.A Chicago judge has ordered R. Kelly to cancel a Jan. 13 concert date in Virginia due to his court appearance the following day.Livedaily.com reports that due to R. Kelly missing a court appearance earlier this month after his bus was delayed in Utah, Judge Vincent Gaughan ordered Kelly to cancel the Jan. 13 date at Hampton Coliseum in Virginia so he has no problems making his court appearance the following day.R. Kelly is charged with 14 counts of child pornography. Kelly, who has pleaded not guilty, faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. I doubt he'll even get five years.
NEW EVIDENCE IN TUPAC'S MURDER CASE!
Eleven years after the death of Tupac Shakur, Las Vegas investigators are heading to Los Angeles to see if any questions can be answered regarding the 1996 shooting.
Possibly brought on by allegations in the documentary Tupac Assassination: Conspiracy Of Revenge, which was released in October, investigators are once again looking for clues and possible answers from Marion 'Suge' Knight and Reginald Wright Jr, both of whom are maintaining their innocence.
"God knows the truth and when it comes down to it, it's not one person in the world with any sense to know I had anything to do with getting Tupac shot," Suge Knight told Los Angeles' Fox 11 News.
Until recently, the death of Tupac was considered a cold case.
According to Tupac's former bodyguard and undercover FBI agent, Kevin Hackie, there are several major factors that point to Knight and Wright's guilt in Tupac's death.
Hackie maintains that on the night of Tupac's death two dozen of Tupac's bodyguards were told not to carry weapons.
Hackie also believes that the infamous fight at the MGM Grand Hotel involving Crip gang member Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson was staged, so that that the rival would receive the blame for Tupac's death.
Hackie also claims that prior to Tupac's death at a concert at the House of Blues, a .40 caliber Glock handgun was confiscated from a member of Tupac's entourage and given to Hackie who in turn returned the gun to Wright.
A .40 caliber Glock handgun was used to kill Tupac and Hackie believes this was the exact same gun confiscated at the House of Blues, prior to Tupac’s September 1996 slaying.
Earlier this month, Hackie put out a $100,000 challenge, challenging Wright to take a polygraph test with plans to give Wright the $100,000 if he passed.
Wright has vehemently denied any allegations involving the death of Tupac Shakur and has agreed to take the polygraph test.
I'M JUST GLAD THAT MAYBE SOME JUSTICE WILL FINALLY COME OUT OF THIS. I HOPE THEY ALSO SOLVE BIGGIE'S MURDER SOON AS WELL
Possibly brought on by allegations in the documentary Tupac Assassination: Conspiracy Of Revenge, which was released in October, investigators are once again looking for clues and possible answers from Marion 'Suge' Knight and Reginald Wright Jr, both of whom are maintaining their innocence.
"God knows the truth and when it comes down to it, it's not one person in the world with any sense to know I had anything to do with getting Tupac shot," Suge Knight told Los Angeles' Fox 11 News.
Until recently, the death of Tupac was considered a cold case.
According to Tupac's former bodyguard and undercover FBI agent, Kevin Hackie, there are several major factors that point to Knight and Wright's guilt in Tupac's death.
Hackie maintains that on the night of Tupac's death two dozen of Tupac's bodyguards were told not to carry weapons.
Hackie also believes that the infamous fight at the MGM Grand Hotel involving Crip gang member Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson was staged, so that that the rival would receive the blame for Tupac's death.
Hackie also claims that prior to Tupac's death at a concert at the House of Blues, a .40 caliber Glock handgun was confiscated from a member of Tupac's entourage and given to Hackie who in turn returned the gun to Wright.
A .40 caliber Glock handgun was used to kill Tupac and Hackie believes this was the exact same gun confiscated at the House of Blues, prior to Tupac’s September 1996 slaying.
Earlier this month, Hackie put out a $100,000 challenge, challenging Wright to take a polygraph test with plans to give Wright the $100,000 if he passed.
Wright has vehemently denied any allegations involving the death of Tupac Shakur and has agreed to take the polygraph test.
I'M JUST GLAD THAT MAYBE SOME JUSTICE WILL FINALLY COME OUT OF THIS. I HOPE THEY ALSO SOLVE BIGGIE'S MURDER SOON AS WELL
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