January 2008 Archives

Remember when that mug shot of Cheri Dennis surfaced on the internet?

So you telling me... we rode her bra strap all these months and chica is just now getting around to selling a million copies of Good Girl Gone Bad?

Remember when them pics of Lil Mama and Chris Brown surfaced?

Mary J Blige recently performed at the Maida Vale studios for 1Xtra.

courtesy of Kevipod

“I have one of those voices that will be around for a long time,” states R&B singer Nicole Wray, of her unique tone. “I should never have to watch from the sidelines; I can play the game too. It’s a competition, it’s what I’ve always been doing, since I was eight years old.”

Did we or did we not call it?

One of the questions I like to ask artists is how/if the dynamic of "American Idol" and it's success, MySpace and YouTube factors into their whole plan of marketing and selling records. The answer is always very interesting when artists are either really seasoned or don't have a big internet following.

I love Diana Ross, like the next R&B head. She is the ICON Beyonce will one day become.

I kicked it with Cheri Dennis for a minute on Friday.

The analog girl in the digital world dropped her video for "Honey", the new single from :

And we're talking about Aubrey's boob job.

A good number of you have asked me what's the deal with Jayms Madison-- the chick I introduced to the blog a while ago.

Word on the street is that Ne-Yo got a lawsuit out against Beyonce. This chick can't catch a break.

We aren't sure if it was an error, if it was early info or if the impending strike will foil all intended plans... but someone very reliable just said Janet Jackson is performing at the Grammy's.

I said it before, Amy Winehouse and her camp are gonna run with this marketing plan until her next CD.

On her first single she wasn't going to rehab, so even though reports came in that she checked into rehab after a video of her smoking from a funny looking pipe surfaced... her peeps have declared. AMY IS NOT IN REHAB!

Can you guess what is in Amy Winehouse's pipe?

You know the ladies of Danity Kane are trying to come hard. Last week, I got with D. Woods who was all a buzz about her older sister Chanel who opened for Ne-Yo at Spotlight Live last week. Now Aubrey is featured in Travis Barker's Stars and Straps clothing campaign.

Being a triple threat ain't all it's cracked up to be... being so damn fast to bill yourself as singer SLASH actress backfires on the bootylicious one.

Our Atlanta correspondent, SOHH Gyant was on hand this past weekend to grab this footage of Fantasia in concert.

A while a go we kicked it with Wendy Williams up at her studio:

The other day another blogger said to me that the Grammy's would be canceled. I knew that wasn't true when I heard Beyonce was slated to perform.

At just the thought of Mariah Carey releasing her new CD, That Chick.... the lambs have whipped out all their vintage Mariah!

I've been cruising the blogs all morning and EVERYONE is posting about the Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey listening sessions... but there are plenty of other things going on in entertainment.

I must admit it's not on my calendar, but it's an important date.

Yesterday when I interviewed D. Woods of Danity Kane, she talked about how they peeped DC3's strategy when putting together their forthcoming project.

Y'all know I've been riding Lil Mama for a minute.

This time around on "Making the Band", you've got Danity Kane (whom I interviewed this morning), the guys (or boys as D. Woods refers to them) and Donnie are all living in the same house and all recording albums at the same time. Diddy must be happy as a pig in ish for all the drama they must have gotten on film.

A while back when we sat down with Omarion and Bow Wow... we followed up on that old school rumor of Omarion dating Rihanna.

Normally one would tip their pimp cup... but to this I say let's do a line -- hot rail it, if you bad-- in Amy Winehouse's honor.

First of all, lemme acknowledge my homegirl SHANEL ODUM for penning the most recent Vibe cover story on Mary J. Blige. After Mary's umpteenth cover, Shanel did the damn thing keeping it fresh to death.

the art direction on that particular story is dope too...

Aiight... so as the stans have said in the comment sections of the 1.8 million blogs where her single "Feedback" has been linked, that Janet Jackson is back... however to hear her tell it, she never went anywhere.

As y'all know... Monica dropped her second seed.

Massachusetts State Police are trying to bring a cocaine possession charge against Bobby Brown.

I was over at R&B Dirt and there's an interesting interview posted (via PopJustice) with Kelly Rowland.

Timbaland is still releasing videos from his groundbreaking cd SHOCK VALUE. Up for a visual this time is "Scream" featuring Nicole Scherzinger and Keri Hilson

Y'all aint ready!

Peeps use to think Mariah Carey was crazy. But every doll has their day.

Peeps always wanna talk about how broke Michael Jackson is.

Crank it up, give it to me, come on. Ok so "106 & Park" dropped a sneak peek of the new Janet Jackson video for "Feedback."

image snatched from Janet-Planet.org

UGH!

I swear if he didn't put the smack down with Mariah Carey, I might not even have the gumption to type this entry. But someone just told me that B. Cox is executive producing the new Brandy CD. WHAT THE F^CK?

Ya boy Ray J still has one wish, and it seems like that one wish is a hit record. Now in a deal with Koch/Epic with Shaq -- DJ Kay Slay thrown in for A&R, Ray J is about to drop "Sexy Can I" featuring Yung Berg.

Kelly Rowland impressed us with her video for "Work," however can she do the same with her new video for "Daylight" featuring that dude from Gym Class Heroes?

A few weeks ago a snippet of "Stop This Car" by Michelle Williams leaked to the internet.

It's been a minute since we've heard from the showstoppers Danity Kane.

Don't ruin it... let it marinate. Big up to BARACK OBAMA for winning the Iowa caucuses.

While you were waiting for Janet Jackson's new video of "Feedback" we were compiling our

Now that Janet Jackson has released "Feedback" from her forthcoming CD, Discipline, the fans have taken to YouTube to give her some feedback.

R&B singer Ne-Yo sued the promoter of the R. Kelly Double Up tour for firing him after two shows as the opening act, claiming that the audience and the critics liked him better, according to court papers obtained on Wednesday.

Jennifer Hudson who headlined a New Year's Eve show in Miami was interviewed by People magazine about what her year will entail.

Last night before the famous Times Square countdown to 2008 Mary J. Blige was on hand with MTV to remind us all things are just fine.