Thursday, March 6, 2008 |
Mariah Carey feat. Bizzy Bone - Touch My Body (Remix) (full) - listen
This is supposedly the official remix of Mariah’s new single, “Touch My Body,” and it doesn’t surprise me because you know Mariah loves her some Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. I’ll have to admit, the song has grown on me a lot. I used to hate it, still hate the video, but it is slowly but surely becoming a greatest gainer in my playlist. Hard to tell whether this is the official remix or not. Something seems a little off about the quality.
Kelly Rowland - Love Again (snippet) - listen / Unity (snippet) - listen
New Kelly Rowland snippets have leaked from her rerelease of her sophomore album, Ms. Kelly. It seems as though there have only been a couple up tempo tracks recorded for the digital rerelase, because all of the other songs I’ve heard have been pretty mellow.
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Thursday, March 6, 2008 |
Looks like Tameka couldn’t keep Usher on the short leash for too long. Usher’s new single “Love in This Club,” produced by Polow Da Don and featuring Young Jeezy is the #1 song in the country. And that’s after it jumped from #51 to the #1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. That is crazy. I bet Usher is gushing. This will be Usher eighth #1 single in his career, which is pretty impressive.
Usher certainly had his work cut out for him this time around. With his last album, 2004’s Confessions, which went a whooping 9 times Platinum, Usher was on top. I was a little skeptical at first for this new project, which we have found out is titled Here I Stand, because I didn’t know what Usher was going to do to top the previous effort, much like my feelings about Mariah with Mimi. Also, a lot of songs had been leaking and none of the material was really stellar to me - I found myself only really digging the Rich Harrison-produced “Dat Girl Right There,” but apparently, the labels were too scared to release that as a first single.
In any event, Usher is set to release Here I Stand, worldwide, in June.
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Thursday, March 6, 2008 |
( Photos: Celeb-City )
Hot couple Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush were spotted on the beach in the Dominican Republic over the weekend. While there, Kim helped Reggie celebrate his birthday with an arranged dinner and spa treatment at the $1,000-per-night Maxim Bungalows.
Thursday, March 6, 2008 |
( Samata Angel in one of her original designs )
British born Ghanaian designer Samata Angel of Samata’s Muse has been doing big things since our last update on her. If you didn’t know, Samata was Concrete Loop’s first ever ‘Designer Spotlight’ feature.
Here is the latest: Her clothing line, Samata’s Muse, has been featured in numerous fashion shows, she is working on a new book, a show and she recently announced that she was appointed as the official ambassador for the national ‘Girls! Make Your Mark campaign’. Make sure you keep reading get more info on what she has been up to.
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Thursday, March 6, 2008 |
Photo: Wireimage
Fantasia told MTV news this week that Oprah is working on the second movie adaptation of “The Color Purple” but, as a musical this go around - and yes, she is going to star in the film:
“We haven’t started yet because I’m going to work on my album. I think it’s fair that I committed myself, and promised that after I finish going on a tour, I’ll be ready to come back and commit myself to Miss Celie again,” Fantasia explained. “I miss my music”
So impressed with her command of the role, Oprah & Co. are going to wait for Fantasia to be ready before moving ahead with the movie to musical to movie musical adaptation, the singer beamed.
“They’re going to work with me. They don’t have to [but] that’s a favor,” Fantasia said. “Working with someone like Miss Oprah who’s so talented and amazing - It’s a blessing.” READ MORE
Oprah love her some Fantasia don’t she? Well we shall be anticipating this film…
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Thursday, March 6, 2008 |
Everyone is familiar with Rosa Parks. However, nine months before Parks became famous for refusing to obey a bus driver’s order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger, 15 year-old Claudette Colvin (1939-), was arrested for the same offense in Montgomery, AL.
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Thursday, March 6, 2008 |
Erykah Badu covers the April 2008 issue of Essence magazine. Aside from looking gorgeous in the spread and talking about her amazing new album New Amerykah, she mentions her rumored “baduism” on men with this story about Raphael Saadiq and Joi visiting her one day:
“I made tea” she recalls, “the incense is burning, it smells like vegan cupcakes. I got strawberry oils going.” Raphael tasted his tea and would not give Lady Badu so much as a glance. Erykah took Joi aside and said, ‘Raphael don’t like me, I wanted to do a song with him.’ Joi said ‘Girl, Raphael heard he ain’t suppose to look Erykah Badu directly in the eye”
“We were always reflections” Erykah says of her past loves, claiming they were halfway hippie already.
Well Erykah’s new already hippie man is Jay Electronica if you didn’t know and I love them both. Be sure to pick up her new album, which made #2 on Billboard charts.
