Tuesday, March 25, 2008 |
British singer-songwriter-producer Estelle topped the U.K. charts over the weekend with her single, “American Boy” featuring Kanye West. It’s the 28-year-old’s first top 10 hit ever.
Estelle, who is best known in the United States as John Legend’s first signee (Homeschool Records), had scored three U.K. top 40 hits from a previous record deal with V2, but had never risen higher than No. 14.
Her new album Shine, is out April 29th in the U.S. and March 31st in the U.K.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 |
Mariah Carey was spotted getting into her Maybach in NYC on Monday night and stopped to pose for a few shots for the paps. The singer was leaving her performance at MTV’s “The Hills” season three premiere and after-party at Gotham Hall. Mariah is so extra! LOL!
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 |
( Photos: Splash News / Wireimage )
Kanye West rocked the stage this weekend when he was a surprise guest performer at Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige’s “Heart of the City” tour kick off in Miami.
The popular rapper donned his gold and red Michael Jackson inspired jacket with a Gucci scarf and BAPE hat to top it off (R). He was first spotted rocking the same jacket two years ago at the The Brit Awards in London (L). Oh and don’t forget the white sneaks. When did he rock it better?
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 |
Erykah Badu and Q-Tip cover the newest issue of Trace Magazine and you can peep the full issue for free over at Trace’s official site. I added some of the dope photography (by MARC BAPTISTE) and a snippet from the article.
Tell me about your friendship outside of music.
E: We met years ago, but we really – like three years ago – got close because of the miracle of technology. We began talking everyday on IM, and Tip started sending me music, and our relationship started to really flower. In the 10 years we’ve known each other, with anything that’s happening in his life, I’m there for him, and vice versa. And anybody around the circle, we’re all the same way. That’s how we communicate. That’s my brother. I’m sure a lot of people would like to be little birdies on those conversations.
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Monday, March 24, 2008 |
( Photo: Clarence Tabb Jr. / The Detroit News ) On Monday, criminal charges were filed against Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty, following a 56-day investigation of their text message scandal that erupted in January.
There are a total of 12 counts, including obstruction of justice, misconduct in office and perjury.
Last week, Kilpatrick vowed not to resigned, however Detroit’s charter calls for the mayor to be removed from office if convicted of a felony.
Following the announcement of the charges, Kilpatrick declared his innocence:
“This has been a very flawed process from the beginning,” Kilpatrick said. “I look forward to complete exoneration.”
The details of the charges are available online.
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Monday, March 24, 2008 |
Brandy - Honey (full) - listen
Here’s a new track from Brandy entitled “Honey.” I think it’s really a cute song, but it seems like something that was just recorded in order to let fans know that Brandy is working on new material. It seems like just a taste of the sound that she’ll be touching on this time around. I am always impressed by Brandy’s vocal arrangements and her adlibs, so I think that’s what I’m most looking forward to on this new project. I’m excited.
Big Boi feat. Andre 3000 & Raekwon - Royal Lush (full) - listen
You would have though that over the past year, the guys from OutKast would have had a new album out, or at least would have had solo material out, because of all the remixes and cameos they had. But it seems as though they’ve chosen to release now. Well, at least, Big Boi anyways. When I first heard the song, I was under the impression that it was an OutKast song, but informants let me know that the new song, “Royal Lush,” is from Big Boi’s project. I actually am loving it. I’m eager to see what both Andre and Big are going to do this time around. Another double release?
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Monday, March 24, 2008 |
According to our good friends at Rap-Up.com, Nelly is putting the finishing touches on his first album in four years, Brass Knuckles, due June 24th via Universal Records.
We just recently posted his new single, “Party People,” with Fergie last week in our new music review, and a video was just shot for the single last week in Los Angeles, directed by Marc Webb. The new album will contain productions from Polow Da Don, Jermaine Dupri and more.
Rap-Up.com has exclusively reveal that the album will also feature collaborations with T.I., LL Cool J, Chuck D, Akon, and Ciara, who is featured on the Jermaine Dupri-produced “Stepped On My J’s.” The track is a tribute to Nike Air Jordans, which Nelly describes as “‘Grillz’ and ‘Air Force Ones’ on steroids.”
“I love Jordans. I’ve been wearing Jordans since I can remember. Ciara loves Jordans and I thought it was a crazy fit. Ciara, J.D., and I are all from the Jordan era. The song is bananas! I can’t wait for people to hear it ’cause CiCi got busy,” Nelly tells Rap-Up.com.
I think that Nelly is one of those artists that has done a really good job as far as crossing over into the mainstream. He’s one of those artists that most people have really grown to like.
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