Mary J. Blige is back with a snippet from her new album, tentatively titled Growing Pains. The song, “Just Fine” finds Mary in a good place again, which I’m glad about. There’s no word on who the producer is, but I like the production of the song. I’m surprised that Mary didn’t hit us with another B. Cox joint, considering that he knocked out so many great songs for her on The Breakthrough.
There is a rumor going around that there will be a Mary J. Blige vs. Mariah Carey showdown, because both of their albums might be releasing on the same date. Didn’t we just get done with 50 and Kanye? We’ll see how this one goes when Mariah’s single leaks.
As most of you know, I spoke with Kanye West via the phone over the weekend. Since then, I’ve been getting a lot of emails asking when the interview with Kanye was going to be posted. Well I still have to transcribe it, so I’m shooting for this Friday or next week Monday at the latest.
Until then, here are three snippets from the interview. First up, Kanye speaks about whether he has spoken to 50 Cent and the whole album release frenzy. I also attached (2) other snippets (after the cut), where he speaks on the Jena 6 and misconceptions people have about him.
As you all know, today has been dubbed ‘Black Thursday’ in support of The Jena 6. We are asking all the readers who are repping black to send in their photos for this special post. As you can see, Bun B is a reader of CL and he sent in the exclusive photo above. Shout out to him and Mos Def for holding it down in Jena!
We are adding new photos left and right so keep checking back to see new ones.
GO TO FREE THE JENA 6.ORG FOR PICS & MORE INFO ON THURSDAYS RALLY & THE CASE
Send all photos to concreteloopjena6@gmail.com. Also make sure to add your name! Check the photos after the cut.
CL is bringing you another exclusive interview! This time, with the the talented songbird Teedra Moses. Teedra’s been doing a lot of performing as of late and is definitely working hard on her sophomore release, The Young Lioness. We’ve confirmed the interview for September 15th, Saturday afternoon. This comment section is a chance for readers and fans to submit their questions for Teedra. Remember, as much as we’d like to, we can’t ask every single question, but we’ll do our best to get all the juice to keep you in the loop.
Please note that ONLY serious questions will be considered.
Make sure you go to Teedra’s MySpace and support her! Also, be sure to check out the page for upcoming shows! You don’t want to miss Ms. Moses when she comes to your city.
I’ve been getting crazy emails about the Kelly Rowland contest that we held earlier this year. Yes it was legit, yes the winner will still meet Kelly Rowland, and no it wasn’t a ploy! We wouldn’t do anyone dirty like that!!! We still are in talks on the official meet and greet date.
ANYWAY…….
Christiana is the winner of the Kelly Rowland Look-A-Like Contest (photo above). As you can see she looks just like Miss Kelly. She is a 19 year-old college student up in NY. And y’all voted her into the final round with almost 5,000 votes and The CL Crew picked her as the top prize winner.
I had a brief phoner with the talented Trey Songz late last week and lets just say he is a real laid back dude. He spoke on his new album, crazy groupie stories, and even on the Kanye West & 50 Cent album release. Make sure you check it out and leave your comments. And make sure you pick up that Trey Day when it hits stores on October 2nd. You Better Act Like You Know!!
Hey guys, I’m not sure if y’all are familiar with “Man & Wife” the video podcasts featuring Fatman Scoop and his wife Shanda. Basically the show features the couple giving candid advice in love, friendship, family and everyday life.
Sccop & Shanda’s Goals With Man and Wife
We want to be able to share our feelings, thoughts, and personal experiences with our audience. To offer open and candid advice in love, friendship, family and everyday life. No subject is taboo! We’d like to offer a platform for people to discuss love and sexual experiences in a fun and unabashed way to nurture and build emotional and physical intimacy with their partners. And we hope to learn from you too! [SOURCE]
Well Concrete Loop is bringing you yet another exclusive! Here is the deal: Submit your relationship questions in the comment area and I will select a few of them to ask Scoop & Shanda. They will answer the questions in an interview sometime next week. So make sure they’re good. In the meantime, check out their official site and peep a couple of their earlier podcasts after the cut.
