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Justin Timberlake Writes
Posted in Justin Timberlake, Singers, Song on the July 14, 2008
Justin Timberlake took some time to write. But instead of writing songs, he wrote an article for The Chicago Tribune entitled ‘Out Loud with Justin Timberlake’. In the article, he talks about knowing Ray Allen and how he wants to meet race car driver Danica Patrick. He also talked about how his hero growing up was Michael Jordan and not the likes of Stevie Wonder or Michael Jackson. He says he was pretty convinced that he was going to be a basketball player except he never grew tall enough to be one. He also mentioned how his favorite athlete is Tiger Woods. You can read the full article on the paper’s website.
Diddy Puffs Again
Posted in Diddy, Hip-Hop, Remix, Singers on the June 12, 2008
The king of the name change is at it again as he is seemingly not yet satisfied with changing his name for the nth time. Sean John Combs doesn’t have a new name for us though. He has resorted to being old school – or maybe unoriginal is more like it. The man we more recently know as Diddy is bringing Puff Daddy back. On his MySpace page, the entertainment mogul wrote “This is your boy Puff Daddy!!! Yes Puffy Daddy, the King of the Remix is back with O’Neal Mcknight and Jermaine Dupri on the ‘Check Your Coat Remix’!!! Visit my myspace page to listen to it NOW.†On the song, he raps “They call me Puff Daddy…. he’s back. Yeah you heard me right. I said Puff Daddy. I’m about to back on that Puff Daddy shit.â€
Another Solo Spice - Mel B
Posted in Mel B, Singers, Solo, Spice Girls on the May 20, 2008
Sources are saying that another Spice Girl is working on a solo album and that Spice Girl happens to be Mel B. A release date and a record label have yet to be finalized and named but the artist famously known as Scary has already begun working with some of the biggest producers in the biz. An insider says that “Mel is going for a pop sound with a bit of an urban edge.†Her choice of collaborators reflect that as the list includes Scott Storch, Damon Elliot, JR Rotem, Richie Skillz and Rodney Jerkins. With all the talent associated with those names, her album sounds promising already.
A Model’s Gene Jacket
Posted in Gene Jacket, Music Bands, Music Festivals, Singers on the May 19, 2008
Supermodel/pop star cartoon character Jem might have been reincarnated in Agyness Deyn. A British music magazine, NME, is reporting that the model loved collaborating with the band Five O’Clock Heroes so much that she has formed her own band called Gene Jacket. Agyness said “We’ve got three or four songs, we wrote a really cool song at Coachella actually, which was exciting. It’s called ‘Hotel’. Well we originally wrote and recorded it in Japan, then added bits at the festival. It sounds like The Vaselines, maybe like Animal Collective. Just sounds, experimenting with stuff.†Her solo stuff sounded quite good so I’m expecting to hear some good stuff from her band too.
David Archuleta’s dad Banned from Show
Posted in David Archuleta, Singers, TV Show on the May 13, 2008
It is being reported that American Idol contestant David Archuleta’s dad Jeff has officially been banned from the show. Sources say that Jeff has been a complete pain interfering with the entire production. From badgering producers, the band, vocal coaches and even the other contestants, someone has finally had enough. The final straw came when Jeff wanted to change the lyrics to David’s song ‘Stand by Me’ by adding Sean Kingston’s lyrics from ‘Beautiful Girls’. Producers were reportedly beyond pissed when David sang it on the show. Changing the lyrics caused problems with the song’s publisher and cost the show a lot of money. Jeff was ordered to sit with AI lawyers last week who told him he was “banned from being in the rooms where David was learning or rehearsing his songs.†He can sit in the audience during the live shows but he’s banned backstage.
Amy Winehouse Bails Out
Posted in Amy Winehouse, Singers, Soul Singer on the May 10, 2008
Amy Winehouse got out of jail on bail on Wednesday night after being arrested on suspicion of drug violations. The 24-year old singer was arrested earlier that day and was questioned by police in East London in relation to the leaked video of her doing drugs. The Grammy-winner sat down for questioning voluntarily and has since been released on bail until later this month pending further inquiries. Her husband Blake Fielder-Civil is due to stand trial in June as he was charged with trying to pervert the course of justice and inflicting bodily harm during a brawl. Wino might not be able to support him if she’s in jail herself.
Pete Doherty has been released from jail
Posted in Babyshambles, News, Pete Doherty, Rocker, Singers on the May 6, 2008
Pete Doherty has been released from prison.
The Babyshambles singer was released from London’s Wormwood Scrubs at 7.10am this morning (06.05.08). He had served 29 days of a 14-week sentence for breaching his probation. Dressed in a suit and tie, he revealed outside the prison that he was pleased to be out and looking forward to having a rum and coke and spending time with his pet cats.
When asked if he had taken drugs in prison, the singer replied: “Well, I knew it was going to be a bit rough to start with, with the overcrowding and the medical facilities. Although they do their best - they are good, they can’t really cater for the average junkie.”
Pete also showed off a certificate stating he had passed a drugs test while in prison. The singer was jailed after breaching probation terms which required him to take part in a drug rehabilitation programme and make regular visits to court for progress reports.
He was jailed by District Judge Davinder Lachhar after it was revealed the rocker had regularly been late or missed probation appointments and had used various drugs.
Snoop Dogg in a Soap
Posted in CMT Awards, Rapper, Singers, Snoop Dogg, TV Show on the April 21, 2008
He has a reality show, showed up to the CMT Music Awards looking like a Western vampire and now, Snoop Dogg is set to make an appearance on the ABC daytime soap ‘One Life to Live’ with two episodes featuring him scheduled to air next month. They apparently worked the rapper into a bachelorette party storyline where he’ll perform the tracks ‘Sensual Seduction’ and ‘Life of da Party’. It is also being reported that Snoop reworked the show’s theme and will replace the original theme on the two episodes in which he features. Snoop also reveals that he’s actually a fan of the show saying “I’ve been a fan of ‘One Life to Live’ since I was a baby. My momma always had it on the tube in the crib growing up. The opportunity to change up the theme song and give it some of my flavor will make the show the life of the party.â€
Vanessa Hudgens’ New Song
Posted in Album Release, High School Musical, New Single, Singers, Song, Vanessa Hudgens on the April 15, 2008
Vanessa Hudgens recently premiered her new single ‘Sneakernight’ which comes off of her forthcoming sophomore album over at Radio Disney. The 19-year old ‘High School Musical’ star did not only play her new single, she also hosted the ‘Planet Premiere’ radio show last Friday. The song is pretty much a teenage girl party anthem which could have the potential of being a hit – a teeny bopper hit, but a hit nonetheless. It’s a pretty good pop song. I wonder if and when she comes out with a video for this, that her boyfriend Zac Efron will make a cameo. He was in her debut video.
Amy Winehouse goes from Black to Blacker
Posted in Amy Winehouse, Lyrics, Mark Ronson, Singers on the March 31, 2008
If you thought Back To Black was dark, wait until you hear Amy Winehouse´s third album. The troubled star has almost become a recluse since contracting an ugly skin condition and friends are terrified about her negative state of mind.
They say she has never been this low — and that she has been writing sinister song lyrics about death.
Again writing with Mark Ronson, Amy has played some of the new songs to pals. They were impressed but disturbed by the moodiness of her follow-up to the eight million-selling Back To Black.
Some of the lyrics are so bleak that it is even being described as “suicidal musicâ€.
A source said her skin complaint was dragging her mood down further and added: “Her next album is darker than ever. Amy’s got low self-esteem anyway but her skin has made her want to hide away from the rest of the world. And we have started noticing more and more cuts on her arms. Her problems are pushing her over the edge and she’s turning into a depressed recluse. It’s not good for her to stay in so much. People try to get her to leave the house and tell her not to worry about what people say. But she’d rather sit around her dingy flat all day writing about death.â€
Despite the morbid nature of the new material, it’s sure to be a hit with fans.
The source added: “She’s written quite a lot of the third album already. It is very, very dark but she produces some of her best music when she’s in pain — and the past few months have been hell for her. She might have all this fame and wealth but she’s never been so down as she is now.â€
Amy Winehouse ma ‘too ill’ to help star
Posted in Amy Winehouse, Celebs, Singers on the March 24, 2008
The mum of troubled Amy Winehouse says she is too ill to help control her junkie daughter.
Janis Winehouse, 52, suffers from multiple sclerosis and fears the stress of assisting the singer could make it worse. She said: “I just can’t do all that running around to wherever there’s been a problem.”
Janis’s ex husband, cabbie Mitch, has often tried to help Amy, 24, battle her addiction. She said: “He does a great job on behalf of both of us.”
Someone’s got to…
American Idol Rocker Cast Off
Posted in American Idol, Live Music, Singers, TV Show on the March 21, 2008
In a first, American Idol producers chose to do a Beatles theme for the second time in one season – and back to back too! While there’s a lot in the legendary band’s catalog to choose from, it seems that most of the contestants didn’t know which was what. A lot of them sucked on that show! As for who paid the price – Amanda Overmyer was cast off the show. Kristy Lee Cook, who in my opinion should have left last week, was also in the bottom three. The third member was Carly Smithson. Shocking! Among the girls, she’s the golden girl – at least when it comes to her vocal chaps.
Lil Wayne Gets Busted Again
Posted in Life Style, Lil Wayne, Rapper, Rumor, Scandal, Singers on the January 26, 2008
Rapper Lil Wayne has been busted again by authorities in Arizona early Wednesday morning when his tour bus was pulled over and searched by US Border Patrol. The Drug Enforcement Agency was even called in and everything. The rapper is being held in a Yuma, Arizona jail on three felony counts for possession of dangerous drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of narcotics. This is his second arrest in a mere three months. You would think that he would learn something from the first time – or at least wait a year or until the first one gets forgotten. Tsk.
Joel Madden is a Proud Poppa
Posted in Joel Madden, News, Singers on the January 18, 2008
Joel Madden is showing everyone just how much of a proud father he is when he just posted a blog entry about his new life as a father on his DCMA Collective website.
In his entry in which he proudly proclaims that “It’s a girl!”, he dishes the details on the birth of daughter Harlow Winter Kate. She was born on January 11th, 2008 at 3:13PM. The bouncing baby girl weighed in at 6lbs. and 7oz., and is 19 inches long. He also spoke of who the girl looks like saying “She looks so much like her mom it’s crazy! She eats like a little maniac and she’s really sweet. She barely ever cries, even when daddy is changing her diaper, and believe me, I suck when it comes to diapers, but I’m learning! I can’t wait to show off some pictures.”
Idol Leftovers
Posted in American Idol, FUNNY, Rumor, Singers, TV Show on the January 11, 2008
American Idol alum Fantasia Barrino is becoming widely known for blowing off her performances but apparently, she blows off her fans too. The signer gave her final ‘Color Purple’ performance on Sunday and after the show ended at a still early 6PM, fans waited by the stage door to get her autograph until 8:45PM only to be told that Fantasia had already left.
Lucky for them, another Idol was there to sign some autographs in the shape of LaKisha Jones who also stars in the production. LaKisha happily gave autographs to the fans not even caring that she was actually signing pictures of Fantasia.
Some Feedback from Janet Jackson
Posted in Album Release, Janet Jackson, Pop Music, Singers, Song, Video on the January 8, 2008
Janet Jackson goes through quite a transformation on the New York City set of her new ‘Feedback’ music video. The video is being helmed by British director Saam Farahmand.
ExtraTV.com got to talk to Janet on the set of the video and she got asked to comment on her new album entitled ‘Discipline’. She says “I love the dance. I love the mid tempo stuff. I love the slow songs and the baby making songs. It still has that element to it.” I guess it’s pretty clear that she loves the songs on her album. She also admitted that she knows how her songs put listeners in the mood by saying “You don’t know how many people come up to me and say, ‘This child was conceived listening to you.’”
Ashlee’s New Video
Posted in Ashlee Simpson, MTV, Music, Music People, Music Review, New Single, News, Pete Wentz, Pop Music, Singers, Song, Video on the December 21, 2007
Ashlee Simpson is still a singer everyone! The younger Simpson has actually filmed a new music video for her song ‘Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya). The video was directed by Alan Ferguson earlier this month. It shows Ashlee seeking counseling after an opinion overload from the voices of her family, record executives, fans, haters and the media.
Pete Wentz told MTV news what he thought about the video saying “It’s probably the weirdest video I’ve seen of hers. It’s like a Salvador Dalí painting meets ‘Being John Malkovich’. She just went to this weird place for it. It has this kind of multiple personality, like the song does.”
The video will premiere on TRL on December 20.
Blunt says Sad Songs due to coldness
Posted in FUNNY, James Blunt, Music, Music People, Music Review, Rock, Singers, Song on the December 18, 2007
Have you listened to James Blunt’s recent album? All The Lost Souls. I have it, along with his first, and despite liking it I don’t listen to it very often. The reason being is it depresses the hell out of me.
But the singer says it’s no wonder being as he was freezing cold when he wrote it. James took himself off to Ibiza for three months expecting some peace and quiet in warmer climates. Mistakenly so.
He explains, “I wrote some more miserable songs. It was freezing. Some Spaniard stole my boiler. I was sitting there in a hat, coat and fingerless gloves. If the songs sound sad, you can understand why.”
Any volunteers to keep him warm on the next journey girls? Or perhaps James, you just need to research the expected weather before taking yourself off for three months at a time…
Pimp C Laid to Rest
Posted in JAY-Z, Music, Music People, News, Photography, Pimp C, Rap Music, Singers, Snoop Dogg on the December 15, 2007
Rapper Pimp C, real name Chad Butler, has been laid to rest. He was found dead last week in his room at Hollywood’s Mondrian Hotel. His funeral took place in Port Arthur, Texas where KFDM-TV cameras caught the hearse pulling up to the Robert A. Bowers Civic Center in the rapper’s hometown.
According to KFDM, fellow rappers Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg planned on attending but did not show up. His one time collaborator C-Murder wasn’t able to show up either as he is currently on house arrest awaiting a murder retrial.
Mariah Carey Effortless
Posted in Josh Groban, Mariah Carey, Music, Music Chart, Music Review, New LP, Pop Music, Records Sale, Rock, Singers, Song, Top List on the December 14, 2007
Here’s some proof that Mariah Carey is pretty much a household name. She doesn’t have a new album out yet she has a Top Ten single without even exerting any effort. She better thank the people who said that digital downloads count for something towards chart success. Her ‘All I Want for Christmas’ is #8 this week in the US according to Soundscan.It looks like people are really into the holiday spirit as Josh Groban’s Christmas album actually took the top spot by selling over 500,000 records this past week and he’s showing no signs of slowing down. Who knew Santa can be a big capitalist ploy?