Monthly Archives: September 2008

♫ THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW ♫

♫ 50 Cent – 50 For President (full) – listen
Sorry for being late with this! We’ve been going through this server change, and I’ve been out of town, but I’m back on schedule. Anyway, I knew 50 was up to no good when I saw those videos of him mocking Kanye West’s “Love Lockdown” again, so it looks like they’re gonna have another showdown. Didn’t 50 learn anything the last time around? “50 For President” isn’t really anything spectacular. In all honesty, it sounds like something else he’s done before, but I’m sure this isn’t the material 50′s got up his sleeve for this “comeback.” Wasn’t he retiring?

♫ John Legend feat. Estelle – No Other Love (full) – listen
Although not my favorite to leak from the material from John’s new album, Evolver, I’m still digging the Estelle-assisted “No Other Love.” I like that John is really trying something different and stepping out of his box, because in this day and age, you don’t want to be pigeon-holed into being one type of artist. I think John recognized that and showed that he can do more than just sit behind a piano and sing, ’cause that’s definitely his comfort zone. Evolver drops on October 28th.

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GUESS WHO: LEAVING TRL..

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Guess who was spotted leaving TRL on Monday night rocking an extra smedium jacket. He still my boy though! LOL Hint: He recently held a charity bowling event in his home town of Chicago.

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FASHION ROUNDUP: RIHANNA’S FASHION LINE / CELEBRITIES FOR STUART WEITZMAN / PATRICIA FIELD FOR HSN

rihannalabel.gif While attending the Gucci runway show in Milan last week, Rihanna told WWD that she is working on her own fashion line. Surprise, surprise right?…

Rihanna has casually mentioned she’d like to design a clothing line. But at the Gucci show in Milan she confirmed she’s actually going to do it.

“I can’t say when it will be released, but it’s definitely going to happen,” she told WWD. “I’m not one to rush into anything. I want to take my time.”

Rihanna who is the latest spokesperson for Gucci , shot her first campaign with the brand over the summer and it is said to run in publications later this Fall season.

She has a little experience working with fashion – last year she released a line of umbrellas with Tote, and designed a shirt for H&M’s “Fashion Against AIDS” campaign. Would you cop Rihanna’s fashion line?

CELEBRITIES FOR STUART WEITZMAN

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Janet Jackson, Joy Bryant, Serena Williams and Jada Pinkett Smith are among the celebrities that designed shoes for shoe designer Stuart Weitzman’s Annual Celebrity Shoe Auction for Ovarian Cancer.

The shoes, which looks to be designed NOT for wearing, include autographed photos from the stars and anyone is eligible to bid. All proceeds from the auction will support the work of Dr. Marsha Moses of the Folkman Institute at Children’s Hospital Boston to develop a urine test for ovarian cancer.

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NEWS: BAILOUT BILL FAILS IN THE HOUSE

On Monday, the House of Representatives rejected a $700 billion plan 228-205 to bail out the financial system, making a clear statement that they didn’t want to put taxpayers on the hook for the failures of financial institutions.

News of the rejection caused stocks to plunge and the Dow Jones industrial average fell nearly 778 points, the biggest single-day point loss ever.

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