Friday, November 28, 2008 |
Singer Ashanti took part in the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC on Thursday afternoon. The singer who has a bunch of ventures coming up next year (new shoe line with Kelis and a book) recently took part in the one-night-only Broadway performance of, The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken. During which she was a main singer who closed the show with, “Defying Gravity.”
In related news, a unreleased track from Ashanti’s latest album, The Declaration was released online this week. Click here to ♫ listen to “Crime”.
( Photos: BAUER-GRIFFIN )
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
It seems as though Ciara’s new album, Fantasy Ride which has changed release dates so many times that I haven’t been able to keep up, is going to be up for being shelved by Jive Records. The album was again slated for release for Spring 2009 (with no tentative release date!), even with Ciara’s new video for the first single, “Go Girl!” being out already and more than several tracks leaking.
But sources have been saying that the album may not even see the light of day. With pending lawsuits, multiple tracks leaking and a single that is tanking, even with high-profile features like T-Pain and the awesome Melina-directed video, it seems as though Fantasy Ride, originally Ciara’s first concept album, has run into a lot of problems. It’s been rumored that the whole project is to be scrapped and that Ciara will head back into the studio to work on a completely new package.
Seems like a headache, and a lot of money going down the tube…
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Sunday, November 23, 2008 |
Check out “Bed” singer J. Holiday’s first single from his forthcoming sophomore album, due out in the spring of 2009. The track was produced by Big Reese and Jasper Cameron, who also had a hand in one of my favorites, “Promise” by Ciara.
I actually really like this song, but like I’ve always said about J. Holiday. I’m hoping that this single is representative of the rest of the material on his album. On Back of My ‘Lac, I wasn’t really impressed with the majority of his songs, aside from the singles, and one of my other favorites, “Fatal.”
Sunday, November 23, 2008 |
You can preview snippets of Brandy’s upcoming release, Human which is due to hit stores in just a couple of weeks on December 9th. So far, Brandy has released two singles, the Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins-produced, “Right Here (Departed),” and is starting promo for the new single, “Long Distance.”
While promoting her album, Brandy also appears on John Legend’s third single, “Quickly,” from his latest release, Evolver. As usually, Brandy sounds amazing. Her voice is the clearest and most open that I’ve ever heard her. I’m really glad that she flexed her vocal muscles here. I’m a little disappointed, however, that most of the album seems to be mid-tempo. I was hoping to get some more up-tempo tracks from Brandy this time around.
Check out Brandy on MySpace for more updates, and be sure to pick up a copy of Human, in stores and online December 9th!
Saturday, November 22, 2008 |
Jamie Foxx reveals the album cover for his new release, Intuition, which hits stores December 16th, just a few weeks after the official release of his T.I.-assisted single.
The new album contains productions from Tricky Stewart & The Dream, as well as Timbaland, hitmaker Ne-Yo, as well as Sean Garrett, and Salaam Remi. Even though I haven’t really been blown away by much of the material that’s leaked, I think this new album will be good for Jamie, considering that we haven’t heard anything from him musically since 2005’s hugely successful Unpredictable.
BEYONCE LINES UP 2 NEW SINGLES
Still on the promotional trail for her new album, I Am… Sasha Fierce, Beyonce, who first released the singles “If I Were A Boy” and “Singles Ladies,” is lining up two new singles in hopes of topping the charts once again.
It was originally reported that the second single from the Sasha Fierce side of the disk would be “Ego,” featuring none other than the ego man himself, Kanye West. However, with recent charting of the Bangladesh-produced, Sean Garrett-penned “Diva,” (it’s already charted on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop) has sat plans in new motion.
The Ryan Tedder-assisted “Halo” will be the second single from the more intimate I Am… side. Rumor has it that Beyonce had casting calls early this week in LA to find the leading man and that videos will be shot soon. I’m sure that the video for “Halo” will be gorgeous, but I’m interested to see what this “Diva” video will look like.
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Friday, November 21, 2008 |
Kanye West returns with his fourth studio album, 808s & HEARTBREAK on Monday, November 24th. The 10x Grammy Award® winning rapper, producer, (and now singer) takes listeners on a very different journey from his past albums and experiments with the ever popular auto-tune.
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While in Los Angeles last month, I attended the 808s & Heartbreak listening party and joined the star in the studio as he finalized the album. And I have to be honest, I was only feeling like 4 songs then. With almost every song on the radio using auto-tune, I asked myself why Kanye jumped on this particular bandwagon. However, after hearing the final version and finding his reasoning behind this sound, I would have to say this is a great overall album. Not Graduation great, but great nonetheless.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 |
Lil’ Kim joins forces with T-Pain, who recently released his new album, Thr33 Ringz. The production finds T-Pain sampling one of my favorite oldies, “Computer Love.” So it automatically gets my vote… It seems as though she’s jumping on this technology bandwagon that people have been following as of late.
I’m actually kinda glad to be hearing this, considering that I was a little disappointed by that last song we got from Kim, “Respirator,” in which she was singing through the whole song in auto-tune. No word on Kim’s new project, except for hearing that she will be releasing independently, which I think will be a really good look for her. It’s been working well for Fat Joe, and Kim has been around long enough to pull in sales from her fans.
