Monthly Archives: October 2009

EVENTS: THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND 22ND ANIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Singers Mary J. Blige, Monica, Fantasia and actress Tasha Smith attended the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s 22nd anniversary celebration at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers on Monday night (October 26) in New York City. Click the photos for more info.

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NEW MUSIC: COLLINS PENNIE – “UNFORGETTABLE”


♫ Collins Pennie – Unforgettable (Bedtime Story)

After featuring him in our Artist Spotlight section last month, Concrete Loop has formed a sort of relationship with singer/actor/dancer/model, Collins Pennie.

He has given us an exclusive listen on his new track, “Unforgettable,” from the sessions of his upcoming album. In addition to recently starring in the remake of Fame, Collins is working on his debut album, as well as starring in the upcoming film, Stomp the Yard 2, which begins production soon.

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CONCERT PICS: LIL KIM PERFORMING IN SWITZERLAND

Rapper/T.V. personality Lil Kim performed at Froschkönig in Switzerland over the weekend. Lil Kim is reportedly working on a new album entitled, “Vintage”.

( Photos: LIL KIM FAN CLUB )
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MUSIC NEWS: ANOTHER BEYONCE & LADY GAGA COLLABORATION / CHRIS BROWN ALBUM INFO

Fans already got a big surprise when legendary music video director Hype Williams confirmed that he was directing the video for the highly anticipated Beyonce and Lady Gaga collaboration with the “Video Phone” remix, but now it seems as though the two pop divas will collaborate again.

This time, Beyonce will join Gaga on a new track for the rerelease of her album, The Fame Monster, entitled “Telephone,” which is produced by none other than Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins.

It’s been rumored that the “Video Phone” clip will drop on the 11th of November, while The Fame Monster and Beyonce’s I Am… Yours tour DVD both hit stores on November 23rd, which is a huge retail release for music. Other albums that drop on that day are the hotly anticipated Rated R from Rihanna, as well as Timbaland’s Shock Value 2, just to name a couple.

CHRIS BROWN ALBUM INFO

Chris Brown finally gives his third studio album, Graffiti a release date.

The singer will drop his album December 15th, which is also the schedule release of Alicia Keys’ fouth studio album, Elements of Freedom, as well as Mary J. Blige’s latest effort, Stronger.

Chris Brown, who dropped his video today for the album’s lead single, “I Can Transform Ya,” is about to go on a fan appreciate tour.

The lead single also has peaked at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as #16 on the R&B/Hip Hop chart. He is also gearing up to film a second video for his second single, “Crawl.”

Last week, Brown was interviewed by Angie Martinez and announced that this would be his last time commenting formally about the incident between he and Rihanna earlier this year. All other promotion will be geared towards the new project.

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