Y'all know Soulman and Amerie go back like car seats... so we are always into her ish. Not in vain... cause she and music have earned it's place. Because I Love It has got to be her most important project to date..
for other reasons to love Amerie, click here.
We first leaked this track back in March. Read more here.
Aiight lets be clear. Soulman loves the good and the bad of Beyonce so this entry is more about a discussion than anything.
Y'all know Soulman loves any and everything Mariah Carey.
respect all things C.A.R.E.Y.!
I kinda like what Eve has been doing.
If you read this blog regularly, you know we refer to Ashanti as a Snapple.
pic courtesy of Ali
Kelly Rowland made rounds at "Jimmy Kimmel."
Take a good hard look at these photos.
Y'all knew it wouldn't be long before our scouts referenced Beyonce's performance and pick it apart like the wild dogs we are.
all that glitters might be fool's gold...
Jermaine Dupri was making it hot in Los Angeles the past few days for the BET Award festivities.
friggin' mogul
Last night's black prom aka BET Awards 2007 was one of the best shows on that entire network in a long time.
Tyrese is making moves these days and he knows. He's formed his lil singing group TGT with Ginuwine and Tank and he's got a new movie coming July 3rd. He's even traded in his rap persona for pinstripe suits when visiting "106 & Park."
Amy Winehouse has been pumping out the videos for songs from Back To Black like crazy.
If you missed "Making The Band 4" we've got you covered.
One day when I was up at Columbia minding Beyonce's business, I ran into blue eyed reggae artists, Collie Buddz.
Ms. Kelly high tailed it back to the States in time for the BET Awards tomorrow, but not without making a stop here in NYC to perform "Like This" on the Today Show.
this is the second to last Kelly entry for a while...
For the first video from his sophomore cd, Exclusive, Chris Brown doubles as Lestat.
I guess it's a true testament to her hard work and splendor that Beyonce opened the BET Awards last year with her highly anticipated debut of "Deja Vu" featuring Jay Z and this year she's still performing hits off the very same album.
deja vu??????
From Kelly Rowland to Countess Vaughn to Tameka Foster to Ne-Yo... all these peeps said some ish that was definitely worth a double take. So if you think you heard it... but wasn't quite sure. Check out these quotes in this round of He Said She Said!
And since she's a hot topic... let's begin with Ms. Kelly.
Jay Z apparently doesn't have enough to do. We already know he is running Rihanna's life.. but now he is dipping up in Fantasia's business. So to speak.
scooped from SandraRose...
Here are a few new music videos for y'all to try out; a sneak peek from Chris Brown and a new one by Tiffany Evans featuring Ciara also, Def Jam's good girl, Chrisette Michele (who's album, I Am is dayum good) has one for ya.
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Kelis is featured in the current Complex magazine.
Since there is nothing wrong with a little light hearted fodder on Friday, check this out. It seems boy bands are all the rage again in R&B. Tyrese is launching a super group with Ginuwine & Tank, Diddy is making a boy band. Jagged Edge is dropping a new one and New Edition is on tour.
TMZ caught with Boyz II Men and they shared what they like to do in their spare time.
Kelly Rowland made rounds to the Wendy Williams radio show here in NYC. Y'all know Wendy brings the heat. It's funny that Kelly will face Wendy live but won't sit down with SOHH.com. They say we are haters over here... said our readers are too vicious. They said SOHH.com readers aren't worth the bullet. (I'm not kidding y'all).
So since she refuses to take your questions as a SOHH reader... listen to her on Wendy.
Let's go... little kitty KAT!
Lil Mo has been out of sight for a minute but now she's back with the jumpoff and she brought her label mate Jim Jones along for the ride.
blinded by them headlights... ya heard
I am convinced lil miss sunshine would have moved more units her first week out had she put out two singles prior to the release of Good Girl Gone Bad.
But of course Rihanna walks to beat of her own drum so.... ummm yea.
[Soulman's EDIT (6:16pm)]:
We've been bamboozled. After watching this video like 20 times, I am willing to bet a whole month's rent, these two dudes weren't even on the same set. I see way too much super imposing. Now if that is the super secret.... then job well done to director Little X.
[/Soulman's EDIT (6:18pm)]
Brace yourself....
talent.... personified
Alicia Keys has been in the studio working on her fourth cd for a minute.
By now a lot more y'all are realizing that her lip gloss indeed is poppin'. Brooklyn's newest female rapper, Lil Mama said to hell witcha... imma go play in the pop music sandbox.
white girls wear lip gloss too...
By now we should be able to trust Akon... musically that is.
Y'all know Soulman got respect for the Lloyd-meister... and we here at SOHH are looking forward to "Player's Prayer" being the next single.
According to WENN, Kelly Rowland is being quoted as saying Beyonce was robbed of an Oscar for her performance as Deena Jones in the flick Dreamgirls.
cheerleader!
Timbaland dropped Shock Value a while ago... a traditionally hip hop/R&B producer who experimented with the likes of Keri Hilson, The Hives, Justin Timberlake, D.O.E., Nelly Furtado, Missy Elliot, Dr. Dre and quite a few others.
You gotta have respect for Carl Thomas, if for no other reason that back in the day, he wouldn't let Diddy "TAKE THAT TAKE THAT" all over his interludes and intros when he first came on to the scene.
But now dude has moved on from Bad Boy and signed with Interscope (50, Gwen, Pussycat Dolls... etc)
As y'all know the king of ringtones stays dialed into SOHH! And although I think T-Pain is all that is wrong with modern music, he can create a toe tapper that has you fools buyin' drinks, likin' bartenders and what not.
Kelly Rowland has ramped up promotion of her album Ms. Kelly in the U.K.
I'll be damned if 'pretty' aint a talent!
Mariah Carey and Eminem have been feuding ever since they had like a two second 'affair' back in 2001.
And Eminem being the poor tortured soul he is just won't grow up and stop being a clown.
*"I should have left it at... 'How you doing?' I shoulda left it at 'I like your music too...'"
Amy Winehouse -- a chick who released a solo album with absolutely no features has hip hop heads all twisted up in her game.
New York's Daily News is reporting that Beyonce shunned a devoted fan outside her hotel in London.
Since we almost forgot about his humping antics, I'd say that Akon releasing a song apologizing to both Gwen Stefani and the under aged humping victim just keeps the drama alive. Let it go Akon.
Fantasia is doing the damn thing and "When I See You" is one of the hottest tracks on her album... but have you heard the remix featuring Remy Ma?
A while back we ran a contest exclusively on SOHH Soulful looking for a lucky young lady to be Lloyd's valentine.... We found a winner.
That other so called hip hop site posted in their rumor section that Cheri Dennis was arrested. Soulman was able to pick up the phone and call publicist Ra-Fael Blanco who patched me through straight to Ms. Dennis.
The JT train just don't stop.
RING THE ALARM!
she'll be rockin' vvs stones if I let you go....
Some theater goers aren't feeling Fantasia and other R&B stars getting roles on Broadway just because they can sing.
I am actually kind of amped about Diddy's "Making The Band 4."
A while back some country fools claimed they secured a pair of Beyonce's unmentionables and were going to auction them off.
What do you get when you mix Ali, Big Gipp, Letoya Luckett, Jermaine Dupri, Letoya Luckett and a Brandy sample?
A hot mess!
Brandy's on the radio, turn it up!
Get a feel for Keri Hilson. She is one of the most known unknowns in music and about to step into the spotlight.
By now you've heard a few tracks from Kelly Rowland's album, Ms. Kelly floating around.
that hubba bubba...
SOHH.com is giving you a chance to WIN TICKETS TO NE-YO’S US TOUR!
Grammy-nominated Def Jam recording artist and chart topping songwriter Ne-Yo has scored his second #1 career debut with his second album, BECAUSE OF YOU, in stores now.
Ne-Yo is currently on an 18-city nationwide tour through July 5th with R&B crooner Trey Songz and new artist Paula Campbell opening.
You could win a pair (2) of tickets for you and a guest to any one of the following shows:
Even though odds are Rihanna won't top the US Billboard album charts with Good Girl Gone Bad, I can't knock the chick for making a dollar out of 15 cents.
SOHH Soulful's favorite producer,Jermaine Dupri was in a car accident here in NYC last night! :-(
Damn!
Ne-Yo is becoming more like Michael Jackson with each passing day.
she says I am the one...
SOHH Soulful reported previously the Kim Kardashian aka every R&B singer's tramp-o-line is the new face of the Christopher Brian denim line...
And who the hell is Christopher Brian... it's short for Chris Stokes... aka Omarion, Marques Houston, B2K... etc.
Chris Brown is dropping his new cd Exclusive on August 28th.
Approx 386,000 of y'all trusted his rep for making good music and went out and bought R. Kelly's new disc, Double Up.
Last night Ne-Yo had a what seems like a dope show in Atlanta.
I am surprised they are still spending money on John Legend videos.
Instant Vintage
As you know, Kelly Rowland is dropping Ms. Kelly, her sophomore cd real soon.
There is still a lot of peeps out there still checking for Tamia.
Amy Winehouse has been either a favorite or a conundrum of quite a few people since the domestic release of Back To Black.
SOHH Soulful was invited to her Chicago show early last month to witness the beehive in motion first hand.
Rihanna news is as plentiful as the mice in the NYC subway system.. Have y'all peep'd the new cover of Complex magazine?
Nicole from the Pussycat Dolls finally speaks on her solo cd.
Don'tcha!
Rihanna's on the move... and rightfully so. She's got a cd hitting the shelves this Tuesday(6/5) and a big live performance tomorrow night on the MTV Movie Awards.
One of our bloggers spoke to Melyssa Ford at NeYo's launch party for Carrington House... his new recording studio in Atlanta.
Melyssa was on hand for the festivities and told SOHH Gyant that she was reconsidering doing a film on Wendy William's life (as the mistress Wendy's husband gets with while she is pregnant) because she thought it type casted her as a slut.
Sometimes when an artist blows up off the strength of a single.... all of sudden you start hearing them on everyone's remix or featured on every hot artist's track and you're like damn... everyone's jumping on sohh and sohh's bandwagon. Ya boy Akon is no exception.
Amy Winehouse is still riding high off the success of her cd Back to Black.... but just how high?
Robin Thicke is the cover star for the new issue of GIANT magazine. Of all the subjects he broaches, he finally gets around to talking about what many of his fans have been discussing since The Evolution of Robin Thicke leaked last summer-- comparisons to Justin Timberlake.
