The wait is over. The New York Knicks have snatched up 26 year-old, forward Carmelo Anthony to join their team. As a result, tickets for the home games at Madison Square Garden have skyrocketed. According to the NY Daily News, for Wednesday night’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, the nosebleed seats “are selling for up to $170″ a piece, which is “a 600% hike from the weekend prices”. What about court side seats? Well those are “on sale for a wallet-busting $6,755″ a seat! Chauncy Billups is also set to join the Eastern conference team. Talk about a premium! Congrats to the Carmelo & the Knicks!
Peep the interview he had last night on the Late Night with Conan O’Brien show as O’Brien tries to pull out answers about his mysterious new team.
Check out a new single from Jive Recording artist K. Michelle. The singer has been steadily makes waves with past singles, “Fallin’” & “I Just Can’t Do This” and is currently working on her debut album.
After supposedly shutting down PayPal last week (*side eye*), The Queen B aka Lil Kim has been making a few radio appearances. The 35 year-old MC called into Virginia’s iPower 92.1FM and did a little phone interview with radio personality TT Torrez. In the chat session, the former Dancing With The Stars cast member talked about her controversial mixtape sales on Paypal, how she fits in the new era of hip-hop as well as the whole ordeal with her repossessed car, a gift from her former boo, Scott Storch:
On her car repossession and relationship w/ Scott Storch:
The car situation was something where I could not have anything in my name at the time or put anything new in my name at the time and he bought the car for me cause I was going through my court situation. He had the title for a long time and I had no idea that he wasn’t paying the car note and that he was on drugs. I had no idea. But let me just say this…Scott Storch at the time that were were together he was EXTREMELY, extremely good to me. I appreciate everything that he has done for me and with me. Our relationship wasn’t about materialistic things. Scott and I actually had fun and he’s one of the relationships that I would have probably married Scott on the strength of the fact that he treated me like a Queen.
On how she fits in the new era of hip-hop:
That’s the amazing thing about Lil Kim. I fit anywhere; I’m always a chameleon. I reinvent myself in a way every time that I come out that it was like I was never gone. I’m necessary to the industry anyway. And I’ve proved that by having so many people wanting to emulate me every time there’s another female in the industry. “I don’t necessarily like the choice of words, ‘How do I fit in?’ It almost feels like I’m not in.
On her shutting down PayPal and selling more than 100,000+ copies mixtape:
Yea, [it’s true] to date it might be more. Someone from PayPal basically spoke up and represented for us on that behalf. At the end of the day, I’m speaking for myself. Black Friday video is almost at 2 million views. How come it wouldn’t be that easy to get the same on PayPal? I don’t get it. But whatever. You know the haters are going to be out there to try to question. Why is that so hard to believe? I don’t get it. I am Kim.
You can read/listen to the rest of the interview here.
When Adele first hit the scene with “Chasing Pavements” over three years ago, the comparisons quickly came between her and Amy Winehouse. Sure, they’re both English singers/songwriters; both won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist (Amy in 2008, Adele the following year); and their music has helped usher in a new soulful sound. But in a late 2008 interview, Adele was quick to point out, “We’re a gender, not a genre.”
Adele describes her musical style as “heartbroken soul”, which might seem a bit odd for someone approaching the ripe old age of 23, but listening to her debut, 19, is all the proof you need to see just how accurate that description is. Her second album, 21, hitting stores and online retailers in the U.S. and Canada today, follows suit.
The album opens with the bluesy lead single “Rolling in the Deep”, which was released late November and its video less than a week later prompting a countdown of sorts by yours truly. The track is the epitome of a lover scorned with powerful vocals and equally powerful lyrics (Throw your soul through every open door. Count your blessings to find what you look for. Turn my sorrow into treasured gold. You’ll pay me back in kind, and reap just what you’ve sown.) with Adele exclaiming, “We could have had it all!” Continue
According to the NY Daily News, for Wednesday night’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, the nosebleed seats “are selling for up to $170″ a piece, which is “a 600% hike from the weekend prices”. What about court side seats? Well those are “on sale for a wallet-busting $6,755″ a seat! Chauncy Billups is also set to join the Eastern conference team. Talk about a premium! Congrats to the Carmelo & the Knicks!
