THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW

August 4th, 2006

Lil’ Kim – Game’s In Trouble (full) – download
Looks like immediately leaving the jail, Kim headed back in the studio. And that’s pretty much a good thing, considering that the promotion for “The Naked Truth” pretty much stopped after the second video for “Whoa! (My Niggas)” was released. I hope that means that there’s new album coming out at the top of 2007. I hope she takes some time on it and doesn’t rush. Her last couple of albums have been great. It’s time for a good comeback.

Snoop Dogg feat. B. Real – Vato (full) – download
I posted a low-quality version of this song, produced by The Neptunes, and featuring Pharrell. But this re-worked version is not as promising as the first. Pharrell, using an accent on the previous hook, really added something to the song. This version just sort of leaves me cold. Snoop’s got a lot of expectations to fulfill on this new album, because “R&G: The Masterpiece” was a nice piece of work.

MYA TALKS ABOUT HER NEW ALBUM, ACTING & MORE

August 4th, 2006
mya_interview.jpgBack after 3 years, Mya is excited about her upcoming release, ‘Liberation,’ stating it’s her most “personal” album yet. She recently say down with BV Music to update us on what she has been up to.

BV: Tell us about your new album. What has this journey been like for you?
M: It wasn’t a production team situation, but I went into [the project] knowing exactly what I wanted. I found some producers that had the flavor that I liked. Some of them were a little busy [laughs]. It was a really smooth transition and process for me. The lyrics and songs keep [the album] flowing together. Everything is very original in its own way.

BV: Are there any artists that you are interested in working with in the future?
M: I’ve always wanted to get in the studio with Lauryn Hill. I’ve never really [had the chance] to work with a woman; there’s always a lot of guys in production and songwriting. But with her perspective and what she’s been through, she could definitely bring something else to the table as far as vocal arrangements. Lauryn having that West Indian flare as well, it would be really interesting.

BV: You have been working on some films recently. How was your experience on the set of ‘The Metrosexual?’
M: Very brief but entertaining. It was like watching ‘Sex in the City’ all over again, but the guys being in the female [role]; them trying to figure out the dating scene, talking to each other and socializing, just as women are portrayed. It’s cute.

Mya – Ayo (full) – download

TONI BRAXTON HEADLINES VEGAS SHOW

August 4th, 2006
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August 3rd: Opening night for Toni Braxton at the Flamingo Casino Hotel in Las Vegas. Following the performance, the invitation only audience, and Toni, went across the street to Pure Nightclub at Caesars Palace for a private after party.

Private party arrival pics after the jump..

CANDIDS: MEKHI PHIFER & DARRIN HENSON EAT IN MIAMI

August 4th, 2006
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August 3rd: Actors Mekhi Phifer and Darrin Henson enjoy lunch in Miami Beach..Mekhi started getting on my nerves after he said that shit about Melinda Williams.

EDIT: Since most of yall don’t know what Mekhi actually said, here is some of it. Remember this was way back in June of ’03.

“I was 23 when she got pregnant. You want to do the right thing — what society deems as being the right thing… She wanted a structured family lifestyle that she was used to growing up. The women are dominant matriarchs in her family and the men are subversive, subservient and subdued. Me? I come from a family of men — grown-ass men handling their business.

“It’s easy for a woman to say, ‘he cheated on me and did this and that.’ Look, I’m a very sexual person — I love to make love. In the morning, stink breath? I want to make love. At night after champagne, I want to make love. … Women have to let men be men, not walk over them. If you are dealing with a yellow-bellied, no-backbone muthaf***a, then okay… I’m a mover and a shaker — a king.

I didn’t want to be home anymore. We had nothing to talk about because she didn’t know the people I knew. Any argument that we had, 90 percent of the time, I didn’t know what the f*ck she was talking about. There was just tension in the house and she couldn’t be sympathetic. I didn’t ask her to cook, clean, nothing. I had cleaning ladies, all that sh*t. But if you want your man to be there with you, you have to be there with him, too — a stimulus for a muthaf***a. … For most of the relationship, I was the mover and shaker, she was home complaining… [SOURCE]

That isn’t the whole quote (can’t find it), but you get the point..