GEARING UP: HER NAME IS NICOLE
Monday, August 6, 2007

NICOLE SCHERZINGER ON THE SET OF “WHATEVER YOU LIKE”
Nicole Scherzinger feat. T.I. - Whatever You Like
With a new single produced by Polow Da Don, a video just being shot and a release date of October 16 being confirmed, I think it’s safe to say that Nicole is ready to stake her claim. Why, do you ask, is her album appropriately titled Her Name Is Nicole? Well, the lead Pussycat Doll was tired of being known as just that: the lead singer from the PCD, so in order to gain her own identity, she reintroduces herself to the industry that she’s worked in for so many years.
Her Name Is Nicole is a collaboration between herself and some of the hottest producers in the game today. With songs from The Neptunes, Polow Da Don, Ne-Yo, Akon, Will.I.Am (with whom she’s worked with before on the PCD project), and Timbaland, you can tell that budgeting definitely wasn’t a priority with Scherzinger’s project.






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76.
cK
Monday, August 6, 2007 /
Gotta love the game
Gotta hate hate the game
At the same time
Is what makes the game a shame
77.
gg boo
Monday, August 6, 2007 /
It’s a little scrappy, but the girl really can sing. Not saang, but she got good tone. I heard her featured on some opera song too, so she’s not just doing this R&B thing, she’s trying to do the whole thing. She is all right…
78.
EBZ01
Monday, August 6, 2007 /
Stop listening after 48 seconds….she can’t sing….PCD always been factory made and fake and none of them can’t sing.
79.
Adrian Clyde
Monday, August 6, 2007 /
Although this song doesn’t show it, Nicole actually has a great voice.
This song is pretty average, and while it’ll get people to download it, I don’t know if it’ll get people to buy her CD…
I actually prefer Melody to Nicole. But both are good.
80.
yes
Monday, August 6, 2007 /
song sucks
81.
Kieona
Monday, August 6, 2007 /
Some of you all have lost your mind .
Nicole Scherzinger can sing her ass off .
This song does not do her justice .
82.
ms dynomite
Monday, August 6, 2007 /
Unique: I am not one to say that white women cannot do soulful music. I hope that it doesnt come off as being bitter b/c Im far from that. I just hope that people recognize that there is a movement to have white/latin girls do “music with flava” and market them. I disagree though, Elvis and Eminem were doing black music in order to make themselves rich. Most of elvis’s hits were done by black people who did not get recognized because they were black, so they gave to Elvis to market and it create mass appeal. Eminem even said in one of his songs “I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley to do black music so selfishly and use it to get myself wealthy.” Im simply saying in a few year there may not even be a Beyonce b/c there will be some white female that will copy what Beyonce does and they will blow up even bigger thn her, b/c white people will love it and black people will be willing to accept them (or be told that) b/c they have that “flava” or “street cred” its ok. I agree about Amy Winehouse, she is talented, but I dnt understand why she’s given so much more attention than many much more talented black artists.
83.
JonasBro
Monday, August 6, 2007 /
This video of Get Into It is on pcdweb.net. She looks hot just as that pic shows.
84.
kalibash87
Monday, August 6, 2007 /
thats good for Nicole it was kinda obvious that she was gonna go solo soon anyway being that she was the main one in the forefront. Who didn’t know her name? It was always mentioned when she would collaborate with someone else. The real question should be How the hell do you pronounce my last name?
85.
ShoNuff
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 /
damn CL yall are LATE…heard this a while back on rap-up.com….they got some of the singles from the album..step yo game up!
86.
ShoNuff
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 /
and the reason this sounds exactly like Blindfold Me and Straight Jack (or whatever that Chilli song was) is becuz Polow Da Don recycled da beat!
87.
zo
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 /
DEFINITELY CHECKING FOR THIS CHICK AND THIS ALBUM
LOVING “WHATEVER U LIKE”
“SHES HOT AS A STOVE!! HER NAME IS NICOLE!!”
88.
Arielle
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 /
Nicole is the next big thing. And yes SHE CAN SING, go listen to some old Eden’s Crush songs or even the non-singles on the PCD album. I like this song, I dnt think it sounds like Fergie, Fergie is more old school hip-hop. I think some people are intimidated by her looks b/c c’mon she’s gorgeous but dnt hate! Nicole is about to be all over the industry. (and that fuckin’ for tracks comment, that was out of line)
89.
ci ci
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 /
the beat sounds like blindfold me (by Kelis) a lil bit.
90.
Rhannie
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 /
Dang…how she “straight jack” the beat like that, though? hahaha…She gets an F for originality…and an A+ for having T.I. in the song. Rep that ATL…
91.
NoirFemme
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 /
ms dynomite is correct in her rundown of the industry even though yes, music is music, and you can see through faux-soul in a heartbeat. But the truth of the matter is, white people are always looking for the next “white hope”. I see it on sports blogs where white people complain about all the black football and basketball players getting top draft picks and why white bball players are getting overlooked or drafted in lower rounds. Why do you think they brought David Beckham over? Because the white box seat owners and white fans are tired of the way the NBA and NFL has degenerated with all of the problems the black players are causing(Kobe and the rape, Michael Vick and the dogfighting, Ron Artest and his wife-beating, etc)–NBA hasn’t been the way it was since 1995 and white sports fans are looking for another sport to watch: soccer–which is mainly played in the US by white kids, Latinos and African immigrants. No black Americans from the “hood’ there! There’s even this white British kid who is getting pumped up because he is a sprinter–there goes the Great White Hope in track and field now that all the icons are either retired or disgraced.
I’m digressing a bit, but with rap sales down 33%(double the depression of the entire industry), and sports going the way that it is, black people are falling into an abyss and aren’t even aware of it. For so long we’ve coasted on being “cool” in music and sports that we’ve been deceived into thinking it would be like this forever. Now that the ride is over, we’re going to have nothing to fall back on because black parents didn’t make their kids excel in school, new generations of black wealth and businesses haven’t been replenished, and black solidarity has splintered.
92.
Dame
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 /
Polow produced both tracks he need to step his game up.
93.
billieholiday
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 /
Personally, I think there is something lacking in the music game right now especially with the females, BUT that being said, I do feel that Nicole and Keri Hilson will be the exceptions. Nicole is stunning, and an amazing vocalist. she CAN SING!!! True this song does not really give her justice, but with T.I. on, it will definetly appeal to the mainstream as well as the 12-18 MTV crowd.
As 4 #64, WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UNLESS U STILL LIVE IN THE 1950′S, MUSIC IS MUSIC, THERE IS NO COLOUR! WHO CARES ABOUT COLOUR? It’s not like black female artists are exctinct! yes for the past few years there has been a surge in non black artists gaining popularity, Gwen Stefani, Nelly Furtado, Amy Winehouse, Joss Stone, Fergie, etc. but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they are taking over the world and that R&B is being wiped out by white artists! There is still a wider ratio of Black Females doing their thing in the game!
94.
GarlicBread
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 /
At first I just thought it was iight…but i think the song is way better than “Straight Jack”…. When they played it on the radio, it sounded so good in my car…. I think its gonna blow….I think Nicole is gonna be way bigger than she already is….
95.
ms dynomite
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 /
billieholliday i do not need to wake up. It obvious you do not care that black female artists are going out and different ethnic women are taking their place. if you dont or choose to be blind to it, thats up to you
96.
DressedM0DEL
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 /
I LIKE T.I’S S0UND 0N THIS…BUTI AGREE IT D0ES S0UND A LIL LIKE BLINDF0LD ME… THE END 0F THE S0NG IS HAWT…
97.
MzBizNiz
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 /
omg are u people not reading??? its been stated already that polow produced the beat & polow used it with chilli, nicole and kelis
98.
mixedpapi
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 /
omg she sexy as hellll!
99.
MISSY PRISS
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 /
I CANT UNDERSTAND SHIT SHE SAYIN…….
100.
keyana
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 /
nicole is a very talented woman.her vocals are amazing plus her stage persona is crazy and she hypes it the fuck up everytime. i am a fan of nicole and i have been a fan ever since i heard her voice but i will say that she didn’t bring IT on this song right here(plus this song sounds a lot like another song i recently heard).nicole has a lot of vocal power but she didn’t show that on this song but once her album drops everyone will see what she’s REALLY bout.nicole differs from all these non singing ass chicks like cassie and other chicks out there like that.nicole is the REAL fuckin deal. i’m proud that she’s made it this way.
and #56 i agree with u ALL THE WAY
101.
EBZ01
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 /
81. I’m perfectly sane…..anyone can sing….just not well……she’s one of them.
102.
Tokyo Blue
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 /
I can picture the video. Abs and Ass everywhere!
But hey its works so I ain’t mad @ her.
103.
kym
Thursday, August 9, 2007 /
This song is pretty dope its a big step up from Nikki and the girls (pcd). Not to mention T.I. is on the track so that makes it even better. I knew that she’d eventually go solo.
104.
Anni Stack
Friday, August 10, 2007 /
There’s no doubt that this song is gonna be major. I’ve been bumping this one for a few months now,and I knew, from the first time heard it, that it was gonna have a huge impact on the industry. October is not soon enough! The album will most likely be mediocre. But if she releases 2 more singles like this one, I can see it going platinuk 2 times over!
105.
john black
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 /
Generally I do not post on blogs, but I would like to say that this post really forced me to do so! really nice post.
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