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MUSIC NEWS: MICHELLE WILLIAMS ALBUM PUSHED BACK / JAZMINE SULLIVAN LIVE / T-BOZ SIGNS SOLO DEAL?

Thursday, July 24, 2008 |

michelle1.gifMichelle Williams, former bandmate of Destiny’s Child has pushed back her album from an August 12th release to October 7th. Despite “We Break the Dawn” hitting #1 on Billboard’s dance charts, I think the album has been pushed back due to a lack of promotion. There was a dispute where BET wasn’t giving Michelle’s video any airplay.

The plan is to send out “The Greatest” as Michelle’s official second single, as well as churning out “Hello Heartbreak” for dance radio. The general response to Michelle’s material has been positive overall, so hopefully this new strategy for the album release works out. I definitely don’t want Michelle to suffer from what Kelly endured during the U.S. release of her sophomore effort, Ms. Kelly.

In the mean time, Solange and Michelle were both due out to release albums two weeks apart, so you can still pick up SoL-Angel & the Hadley Street Dreams (check out the official album cover here) on the 26th of August.

JAZMINE SULLIVAN LIVE

This isn’t really news, but the internet has been going nuts (not to mention my inbox) over this new live performance from Jazmine Sullivan. “In Love With Another Man” is the song that had J. Records executives on their feet when she performed it live for them, and apparently, it sealed the deal for the 21-year-old songstress. Well, here she is performing in the Seventeen Magazine offices, with just her pipes and the piano.

Remember that Artist Spotlight we did on her last year…

Look out for her debut album, Fearless, in stores soon. This girl is singin’, ya’ll…

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SPOTTED: JENNIFER HUDSON OUT & ABOUT IN NYC

Thursday, July 24, 2008 |

J. HUD ARRIVING TO BET STUDIOS

Jennifer Hudson was a little busy on Wednesday afternoon. After performing on Regis & Kelly in the morning, she headed over to BET at the CBS Studios in Midtown. As stated, her new self-titled album will be in stores September 30th.

J.HUD SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS OUTSIDE OF CBS STUDIOS JENNIFER HUDSON & FANS OUTSIDE OF BET STUDIOS J.HUD LEAVING BET STUDIOS (2) J.HUD LEAVING BET STUDIOS

( PHOTOS: BAUER-GRIFFIN / SPLASH NEWS ONLINE )

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♫ THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW ♫

Thursday, July 24, 2008 |

♫ Pussycat Dolls feat. Darkchild, Diddy, Lil’ Wayne & Fatman Scoop - When I Grow Up (Remix) (full) - listen
Lil’ Wayne is on everything! But that’s besides the point. This remix goes hard! Even though the Pussycat Dolls are hardly on the track, I am definitely digging the remix, produced by Darkchild and featuring a host of other cameos! It just seems like it would be a cool, radio-friendly track. I hear a bit of an MJ sample in the track as well. Love everyone’s delivery on this track.

♫ Usher - His Mistakes (full) - listen
Hmmm. Usher is gearing up to release “His Mistakes” for his third single from his latest LP, Here I Stand. Even though I like “His Mistakes” as an album cut, I’m not sure if I’m really all smiles about it being released as a single. “Love In This Club” was very misleading, as far as the rest of the content on the album. I really think that the label is trading low by releasing this as a single.

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VIDEO: Gnarls Barkley - Who’s Gonna Save My Soul

Thursday, July 24, 2008 |

Check out this very abstract & creative video from Gnarls Barkley. They teamed with popular director Chris Milk for “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul” and it features one of my favorite upcoming actresses, Aasha Davis. Make sure you check it out.

This is the third video from the new Gnarls Barkley album The Odd Couple.

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YOU ASKED: WHAT THEY WORE…

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 |

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We receive a lot of requests about the fashion some of your favorite celebrities have worn, and I’m here to answer a few of the many.

Lots of people asked about the brown boots Kelis wore when spotted last week, including CL reader Tee Tee. I found Kelis’ Chloe Strap Wrap boots online over at Intermix, priced at $895…

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POLITICAL ROUNDUP: OBAMA AROUND THE WORLD / MCCAIN MOCKS MEDIA’S LOVE FOR OBAMA / MCCAIN CARICATURE ON VANITY FAIR

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 |

US Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is currently touring the Middle East & Europe on a fact-finding and relationship-building mission.

He is pictured at the top during an aerial tour of Baghdad on Tuesday afternoon. He also met with Israeli President Shimon Peres (left) at the president’s office in Jerusalem on Wednesday; and was also welcomed by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

After various stops in the Middle East, Obama will continue the tour by visiting Germany, Britain and France.

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WHO ROCK’D IT BETTER: D.WOODS or SANTOGOLD

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 |

For this edition of Who Rock’d It Better we have singers D. Woods (of Danity Kane) and Santogold rocking the same REEBOK FREESTYLE GOLD’s, retailed at about 65 bucks.

D. Woods was spotted wearing them first when she was arriving at MTV Studios back in April. Santogold was spotted wearing them this past weekend when she performed in Central Park for their Summer stage concert. You know the routine.

WHO ROCK’D THE REEBOK’S BETTER?

  • D.WOODS (66%, 6,118 Votes)
  • SANTOGOLD (16%, 1,458 Votes)
  • NEITHER! (12%, 1,113 Votes)
  • BOTH LADIES ROCK’D IT (6%, 558 Votes)

Total Voters: 9,247

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