Saturday, August 16, 2008 |
As you all know, Concrete Loop has fans all across the world. CL visitor Vlad (from Sweden) sent over his exclusive photos of Lil Kim in Sweden earlier this week. Check out what he said:
I went to the concert she performed at and is getting bad press about due to her stomach looking odd in the pictures as well as the after party. Now, I don’t know her that well or have ever cared for her until I met her this weekend BUT I must say my views changed seeing her in front of my face. I believe Kim is one of those few artists who truly look completely different in real life(and in a VERY GOOD way I mean). She was actually very small and petite and beautiful in person.
I was able to get close enough to meet her and snap a few pics throughout the night. She was so nice she let me stay around and was not bothered by me at all. She just danced the night away with her team/friends and Kelis.
Anyways, I just wanted to share my experience with the “Queen Bee”. I saw people were being so critical about her and from my first hand account I can tell you she was gorgeous, sweet, and very giving.
Thanx for sending these in Vlad. More pics when you keep reading..
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Friday, August 1, 2008 |
Solange Knowles has exclusively sent Concrete Loop her new “freestyle”, a Dear John to the big wigs at the labels. She did it over Kanye West’s “Everything I Am” and here is what she said about the song on her blog, HADLEY STREET JOURNAL:
“Unfortunately I’m in an industry where diversity is not celebrated the way it should be. When some people see and hear something different it feels foreign to them and they don’t like that. Everyone has a choice of what they like and that’s a beautiful thing! But record labels, managers, publicist, journalist, media etc… have a tendency to see something work and try to reciprocate that with another artist thinking that’s what makes success. To me what makes success is letting people be truly who they are.
When I heard Kanye’s ‘Everything I Am,’ I instantly fell in love. I felt my story somewhere in his. I felt his frustration yet acceptance of who he was. So I decided to put my own little twist on it!”
Also view Solange performing in the UK on the The Charlotte Church show, when you keep reading…
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008 |
I’m sure you all remember poll we put up asking you to pick LLoyd’s album cover. Well, after almost 8,000 votes CL readers chose this one.
LLoyd sent over a video thanking YOU for your input and yes he read all those comments (good and bad, lol). His new album, Lessons in Love is out on August 5th.
Make sure to peep Part 1 of the ‘Lessons in Love’ street interviews after the cut. Lloyd spoke to random people in various cities about relationships and love. First stop, VEGAS!
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 |
So I hit up the Central Park Summerstage on Sunday, July 20 in NYC to check out my girl Santi ‘SANTOGOLD’ White perform her free set. She performed a few songs from her self-titled debut album (my favorite album of the year) and rock’d the stage pretty good. The concert also featured performances from: MZ STREAMZ, KID CUDI, as well as DJ Diplo, DJ Nick Catchdubs, DJ Blaqstarr and DJ A-Trak (Kanye’s DJ).
The scorching heat (yes it was hot as hell) did not stop the fans from showing some support. Almost 6,000 people attended the event and I was lucky enough to get some good shots of most of the happenings. I chilled with Santi backstage for a bit and she posed for some photos exclusively for Concrete Loop. I also have a new favorite rapper, this dude named Kid Cudi. I read some blogs about him earlier this year, but I finally got to see him perform live and his performance and personality was dope. Be on the lookout for an Artist Spotlight on him in the upcoming weeks. Anywho, peep some of my photos from the event.
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Saturday, July 19, 2008 |
Check out this exclusive from Teedra Moses, “So Cool.” Teedra (who is actually one of my favorite artists), released her debut album, Complex Simplicity back in 2004 and I’ve been checking for her ever since. I actually got a chance to speak with Teedra not long ago, and she is working hard on her second album, The Young Lioness, which we’ve been waiting for a long time.Teedra wanted to let all of her fans know that when it’s out, it’s going to be right and well worth the wait.
“So Cool” is a really mellow, dope song. You can definitely hear Teedra’s Prince influence in the Drone One-produced track. What I love about this track is that it’s different for Teedra, but it still has that Complex Simplicity familiarity. I’m definitely digging it.
Check out Teedra on MySpace and tell her Brian from CL sent you! Show my girl some love!
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 |
Lloyd’s brand new album ‘LESSONS IN LOVE‘ is dropping on August 5th and he wants CONCRETE LOOP visitors to pick his album cover. Make sure to peep the video clip above to see what he has to say. Now all you have to do is keep reading to view both covers and submit your vote.
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Monday, July 7, 2008 |
Solange performed in the Chevy Superlounge on Saturday night during the Essence Music Festival and granted Concrete Loop exclusive access to her soundcheck earlier that afternoon.
Solange is such a real cool chick and sounded great during the check even though she was sick. She performed “I Decided”, “Sandcastle Disco” and a list of her new songs with her band. After the soundcheck she chatted it up with us for a minute and her father, Matthew Knowles (who was real cool as well) stopped by to make sure everything was running smooth. Anyway, check out these EXCLUSIVE shots I took of Solange during the soundcheck..
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