Jive Records’ Jay Boone is the ear to the streets and in the board room , where he has helped JIVE sign countless platinum selling artists. Concrete Loop’s Felicia Mancini sat down with the National Director of Promotions inside the Sony headquarters in NYC to speak on the industry and how to get signed! Peep the full video interview above.
After being dismissed on charges for mooning her neighbor, Foxy Brown is moving on to better things including being on her best behavior. In a recent photoshoot with the New York Post, 31 year-old Inga Marchand talks being misunderstood, the mooning allegations and her one-year jail sentence back in 2007:
On the difference between Foxy and Inga:
“The Foxy character and Inga Marchand are two different people,” she continues. “My fiancé calls me Inga. No one around me calls me Foxy. I go to church every Sunday. I go to Bible study every Friday night. I’m saved.”
On the mooning allegations:
“The mooning thing bothered me more than anything else in the past — because I’m a lady. I’m cut from a different cloth. I would never moon someone. I was raised in a good family.”On her one year sentence for violating probation:
“The prosecutors just wanted my head. If Lindsay Lohan was black, she would have done two years, at least. Is there no equal standard? I’ve never stabbed, hurt, killed, stolen, anything,” she says. “But I went to jail for a year. What is that? My pastor said to me the fact that I’m not living under a bridge as a crazy woman, talking to myself, is amazing.” Continue
Newly married songstress Ameriie had a sit down exclusively with Billboard.com to talk a little bit about her fifth studio album, Cymatika, Vol. 1, and even a reunion with producer Rich Harrison.
Q: What are the core genres of the album?
A: Trance and electronic. ’80′s new wave, but not in the sense of the sound, particularly, but more so the song structures themselves. I really wanted to try different things. Even with vocal approach, some of the songs my sister listened to and she didn’t even know it was me. I wanted to experiment with androgyny.Q: In Love & War was about the gray area between being in love and not. Now that you’re a married woman, is that something you touch upon on Cymatika, Vol. 1?
A: This particular album is different as far as the subject matter. I kind of went in a place I didn’t go before. Relationships are very important to talk about but I also want to go a little deeper in to what it is that makes us human and what we have in common.Q: Which producers are you working with?
A: Different people, but two I’ve worked really closely are Andre Harris, of Dre & Vidal but has branched off to do his own thing. He did probably a majority of the album. Continue
Tyrese – Stay (full) – listen
Tyrese is presently working on his new album, Open Invitation, his first album since 2006′s Alter Ego. Not much is known about the project, considering that Tyrese has been hard at work at films. But fans are eagerly awaiting his return to the music industry.
Swizz Beatz – Bonkers (full) – listen
Although not a track from his forthcoming sophomore album, Haute Living, “Bonkers” is material that was recorded from the new set, which is slated to hit stores September 13th. Swizz has produced most of hte album, but has tapped Dr. Dre, Joe Lindsay, Gnyus, Blaqstarr and The Neptunes to lend their talent to the project.
Anthony Hamilton – Why Oh Why (full) – listen
Soul singer Anthony Hamilton is working on a brand new project, tentatively title Popularity. It is his seventh studio album, and his return to the music scene since 2008′s Point of It All. It’s not been said whether or not “Why Oh Why” will appear on the album, but it’s new from him.
Usher feat. Ciara – Hot Tottie (full) – listen
Originally, the Polow Da Don-produced “Hot Tottie” was supposed to feature Ciara, however, the version that appears on his Versus EP features a vocal from Ester Dean. Check out the original version of the track, complete with Ciara’s vocal.
The Michelle Obama is all smiles on the February 2012 ...
Glory! It has been well over a decade since we ...
( Capital Prep alums, Wynton Borders and Khamarr Smith sporting ...
Carl Thomas and Snoop Dogg join forces for the grown ...
Love & Hip Hop's Olivia posed on the red carpet ...
Advertisement
