Archive for July, 2011

NEW MUSIC TUESDAY: I HEART MUSIC »

T here is just something special about Kindred the Family Soul, with their down to earth, organic and positive brand of Soul, they occupy a unique niche on today’s R&B landscape. Many consider the husband and wife duo to be the Ashford & Simpson of our generation. On “Love Has No Recession,” the duo’s [...]

MARIAH’S FIRST TV APPEARANCE SINCE GIVING BIRTH »

M ariah Carey has rebounded from the birth of her twins to make her first TV appearance prompting her Mariah Carey Collection on HSN. Mariah hopped on air for two hours at midnight Monday, and perhaps it was the lateness of the hour, but she was in rare form indeed. Nick Cannon stopped by [...]

KELLY ROWLAND IS ON FIRE IN NEW PHOTO SHOOT »

A s Kelly Rowland is riding high on the waves of her successful single “Motivation” featuring Lil Wayne and being a UK X-Factor judge, things just keep getting better for her, she has been added to the cast of Stephen King’s “Bag of Bones.” The movie is based on King’s 1998 novel, which has [...]

MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE CONCERT »

M embers of Michael Jackson’s family (Matriarch Katherine Jackson and siblings LaToya, Tito, Jackie and Marlon), along with representatives from Global Live Events convened on the Beverly Hills Hotel Monday morning for their first major announcement since the release of the feature film “This Is It.” The company and the family are teaming up [...]

LAURYN HILL GIVES BIRTH TO A BABY BOY »

L auryn Hill, welcomed her sixth child on Saturday (Jul23) and her baby boy are both doing well after a frightening delivery on Saturday. According to reports, “the little boy was delivered with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck.” “All is well now and everyone is happy,” the source added. Speculation have been [...]

JOHN LEGEND DENIES STEALING MUSIC »

J ohn Legend has dismissed claims made by aspiring artist Anthony Stokes, that John stole his song. Anthony Stokes accused John of copying his track “Where Are You Now?,” which was featured on a demo tape that he claims to have given John following one of his concerts in North Carolina in 2004. Anthony [...]

NEW TECHNOLOGY: WINDOW TO THE WORLD »

E verywhere we look we’re surrounded by “smart” technology embedded into everyday items. Refrigerators have built-in televisions and internet connections, while our phones contain more computing power than a NASA control room from the ’70s. Automakers are also ready to ride the tech-train to tomorrow, and Toyota has provided a glimpse of a new [...]

KEYSHIA COLE GETS A NEW REALITY SHOW »

K eyshia Cole will return to reality television after three successful season at BET. The new show is being executive produced by herself, her husband Daniel Gibson and TV executive James Dubose and it will document the newlyweds relationship and their wedding. In addition to following the Gibsons as they prepare for their big [...]

SUNDAY BEST SEASON 4 RECAP EPISODE 404 »

T he remaining 10 of the top 20 performed on stage last night on BET’s Sunday Best and clearly the night belonged to Sue Roseberry, affectionately dubbed “Mama Sue.” From the get-go, we knew we we’re in for something special. Things intensified as each line progressed, getting more spontaneous with her riffs and runs, [...]

AMY WINEHOUSE: REST IN PEACE TROUBLED SOUL »

T he world is still mourning the loss of Amy Winehouse, one of the greatest talents of our generation.

KANYE WEST UP FOR SEVEN MTV MUSIC AWARDS »

K anye West, whose infamous stage-crashing at the 2009 VMAs means that all eyes will be on Kanye at this years VMAs, who received seven nominations. Kanye West earned seven nods for his high-concept clips “All of the Lights” and “Power,” including Best Hip-Hop Video, Best Male Video and two shots at Best Collaboration [...]

AALIYAH TO BE HONORED IN A BET SPECIAL »

T en years has flown by — but I still feel a tender spot when I think of the untimely and tragic death of singer Aaliyah Dana Haughton. August 25, 2001, the rising R&B singer/movie star was killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas after her “Rock the Boat” music video shoot. This [...]

NEW MUSIC: TYRESE – STAY »

T yrese has delivered his brand new, comeback single, “Stay.” For a few years now the multi-talented star has primarily been occupying his time with movies and we haven’t heard any studio efforts from him since 2006 – but now Tyrese has been working on his new album “Open Invitation” for some time, and [...]

NEW MUSIC: CARL THOMAS – “IT AIN’T FAIR” »

C arl Thomas is back with new music after years of being on hiatus. We first fell in love with Carl’s music back in early 2000 with the single “I Wish,” which topped the R&B charts, and set the stage for his debut album, Emotional later that year. After that we didn’t hear much [...]

NEW MUSIC: ANTHONY HAMILTON – “YOU” & “WHY OH WHY” »

R &B crooner, Anthony Hamilton gives us some back to back new music to jam to. He gives up some genuine vocals over live band instruments on both tracks; not that electronic stuff that is clogging up the radio these days. After a three year hiatus the soul-singer extraordinaire, is back in the studio [...]

NEW MUSIC: CHRIS BROWN, KEYSHIA COLE, & NE-YO – “LEGENDARY” »

W hen DJ Khaled makes records, he goes big. On his all-star posse track “Legendary,” he nabs R&B heavyweights Chris Brown, Keyshia Cole and Ne-Yo to create his own motivational soundtrack. It’s part of DJ Khaled’s master plan to inspire the world with his new LP “We the Best Forever,” which arrived in stores [...]

NEW MUSIC: KINDRED THE FAMILY SOUL – “WE ALL WILL KNOW” FEAT. RAHEEM DEVAUGHN »

P hilly soul duo, Kindred the Family Soul are preparing to release their new album, “Love Has No Recession,” on July 26th. Here the group brings us there new release “We All Will Know” ft. Raheem Devaughn. The track, is a great balance, of soul, melody, and content touches on issues such as education, [...]

NEW MUSIC: JAZMINE SULLIVAN – “CIRCUS” »

R &B singer, Jazmine Sullivan, who has two stellar albums of material to her credit and is currently taking a hiatus from the business. We haven’t heard much from her since her Twitter rant about the state of the music industry. Now a unreleased track has surface titled, “Circus,” produced by Salaam Remi. Doubtful [...]

NEW MUSIC: KEKE PALMER – “THE GREATEST” »

A ctress/Singer Keke Palmer is stepping away from the TV & movie screens to take another shot in music. After stepping away from Atlantic Records (the label wasn’t taking her career as serious as she did), the young star took her talents to Interscope Records. KeKe has been in the studio working on new [...]

CELEBRITY EVENTS AND SIGHTINGS »

S wizz Beatz and Reebok Classics unveiled their new joint project – the 2011 Reethym of Lite campaign, last night at E S P A C E in New York City. The campaign celebrates the new Reebok Lite footwear and apparel collection – iconic Reebok styles with cutting-edge technology – through Swizz’s own interpretation [...]