Monthly Archives: May 2009

MUSIC VIDEO: MELANIE FIONA – GIVE IT TO ME RIGHT

Canadian singer/songwriter Melanie Fiona debuts the video for her first single, “Give It To Me Right.” You may remember use featuring Melanie in our Hot Or Not section for the single.

Her debut album, The Bridge has no solid release date, but is set to hit stores sometime this fall.

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MUSIC NEWS: BEYONCE VIDEO ANTHOLOGY COMING / ASHANTI GETS DROPPED / KELLY ROWLAND SPEAKS / JANET HITS THE STUDIO

A while ago, Beyonce announced that she would release a video anthology for her latest album, I Am… Sasha Fierce. After the promo blitz that she’s been on for the last couple of weeks for the release of her movie, Obsessed, our good friends at Beyonce World have announced that Beyonce will release her video anthology and and re-release a deluxe edition of the LP exclusively to Wal-Mart on June 16th.

In addition to the re-release and video anthology, Beyonce has serviced “Ego” (as well as the remix, featuring Kanye West) to radio, with an impact date of May 19th, while she’s pulled “Broken-Hearted Girl” and will add the Euro-pop hit, “Sweet Dreams” to radio on June 2nd.

ASHANTI DROPPED FROM THE INK

Seems as though Ashanti is getting dropped from her home label of the past eight years. Irv Gotti, who just started the second season of his reality show on VH1, sat down with MTV and announced that she will be dropped in the near future.

“The relationship has run its course,” Gotti explained earlier this week while visiting the MTV offices. “The chemistry of what’s needed — we’re in two totally different places. You’re talking to somebody that took her and shaped and molded her and put her out there for the world, and it blew up.”

“We hold the record for the fastest selling debut by a female R&B artist. We did it! My views and philosophies and her views and philosophies are not meeting up.”

Ashanti’s last album, The Declaration came out in June of last year on the Inc. and was created with virtually no input from Gotti. It was her first album in four years and was the first in-studio project not to go platinum. Gotti says it’s because the singer deviated from their winning formula and tag-team effort.

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WHO ROCK’D IT BETTER: MONICA vs. RIHANNA IN MARC JACOBS JACKET

For this edition of ‘Who Rock’d It Better’ we have singers Monica and Rihanna wearing the same Marc Jacobs Yellow Leather Jacket during recent outings and gigs.

Monica rock’d it first on the set of the hot new video with Keyshia Cole she filmed last month and Rihanna opted to remove the belt and rock it when she was out clubbing in NYC earlier this week. Take your pick.

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SPOTTED: MARY J. BLIGE & KEISHA WHITAKER LEAVING AN EVENT

Singer Mary J. Blige and model Keisha Whitaker (Forest Whitaker’s wife) were spotted leaving the Catherine Malandrino store on Sunset Blvd in West Hollywood on Thursday night. The friends attended an exclusive event in the store and were seen holding some goodie bags while leaving. Must be nice!

In related news, Mary will be in the new Tyler Perry movie “I Can Do Bad By Myself” and and upcoming Nina Simone biopic, both due out later on this year. Keisha, on the other hand, is working hard on her cosmetic company, Kissable Couture.

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