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Usher's 'Papers' Debuts, Singer Airs Dirty Laundry in New Song Posted Oct 5th 2009 4:45PM by Latifah Muhammad Comments [3] Print | Email More R&B star Usher is ready to be done with his soon-to-be ex-wife Tameka Foster-Raymond and the singer puts the ordeal to a beat with the release of his latest song 'Papers.' Just as expected the lyrics of the song are as juicy as they are candid. "Who the hell argues and fights like dogs at 6 in the morning?/ I know its gonna' be some more s--- tonight," he sings. "Our pastor's calling telling me I done went too far and/ I'm seen around town and my friends can't recognize me, 'cuz I took a chance on love." Clearly addressing what some saw as erratic behavior in defense of his two-year marriage to Foster-Raymond, Usher is now singing a different tune. "I done damn near lost my mama/I done been through so much drama/ I done turned into the man I never thought I'd never be/I'm ready to sign them papers." Usher also states that his relationship with Foster-Raymond was opportunistic on her part. "I ain't afraid to say I have needs/the only time you here for me is when the bottles poppin' and everything is sweet/but I'm tired of sleeping in the other room/spending them long nights trying to figure out what in the hell in my heart I ain't do right." Since announcing the split in June, the Grammy winner has remained mum on the details surrounding the dissolution of marriage. Our guess is that he's saving a good portion of those stories for his upcoming release tentatively titled 'Raymond vs. Raymond.' The couple tied the knot in 2007 amid reports that their union caused a rift between Usher and his mother Jonetta Patton, who did not attend the ceremony. Following his nuptials Usher dropped his fifth album 'Here I Stand.' The record failed to come close to the colossal success of his previous release 'Confessions' which spawned several hits and sold over 1 million units in its first week. His latest album is said to feature production from Jermaine Dupri, Ne-Yo and The Neptunes. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Former Bad Boy Ghostwriter Mark Curry Takes Aim at Diddy Posted Oct 5th 2009 5:30PM by Carter Maness Comments [0] Print | Email More Mark Curry, a former Bad Boy rapper and Diddy ghostwriter, is setting sights on his old boss in a new tell-all book entitled 'Dancing With the Devil.' While it's nothing new for the unemployed to take shots at the crown, Curry does come with a substantial bombshell that many of us suspected all along: Notorious B.I.G. was planning to leave Bad Boy before his death in 1997. "Biggie was already on his way out the door," said Curry in an interview with Gyant Unplugged. "I just remember the stories of when Biggie would want money from Puff, and they would be doing a show and Biggie wouldn't show up to the show until ten minutes before the show and Puff would be like "Where is he at? Where is he at?" That's where he would get his leverage. Biggie knew that Puff needed him. If you break it down and look at the situation for what it truly is, Biggie Smalls made Bad Boy. Bad Boy is Biggie Smalls." Curry explains that Notorious and his Junior M.A.F.I.A. associates already had the plans ready for a new label with fairer pay practices. As with most things Diddy, money was behind everything and Curry uses B.I.G. as a springboard to rail on Combs' venomous contacts with other artists. I mean, there must be something there. How many people from the original Bad Boy roster are still producing something significant? I'll wait... Curry writes in the first chapter, "Even worse, Puff charged artists for his appearances on their records and in the videos, usually without their realizing it until they received their royalty statements. That's when they discovered that a large sum of their money had gone to fees which were doubled, tripled and even quadrupled because of Puff "special guest appearances." He charged artists, for example, for having his Bentley in their videos - which he insisted upon - then took a tax credit for business use of the car." Dang. Let's just hope Mr. Curry can make some scraps from this book, because he sure ain't coming back to the game any time soon. ---------------------------------------------------- Ice-T, Coco Ready to Wrestle? Posted Oct 5th 2009 7:15PM by BoomBox Staff Comments [0] Print | Email More West Coast gangsta rapper-turned-actor Ice-T is planning to jump into the ring, and according to reports, he's bringing his blond and buxom wife Coco with him. The 'Law & Order:SVU' actor has announced plans to appear on WWE's 'Monday Night Raw' wrestling program. The details of Ice-T's involvement in the popular Vince McMahon-helmed show are not yet available, but Ice claims that he and his rumored-to-be-pregnant wife will make their appearance on the show this fall. Before launching his rap career in the late eighties with 'Rhyme Pays,' Ice-T appeared in the 1984 breakdancing film 'Breakin'' and the film's sequel, 'Breakin' II.' He made his official big-screen debut with his appearance in 'New Jack City' in 1991. While he has continued to release albums, with diminishing success, his acting career blossomed. He has appeared in such legendary films as 'Tank Girl,' 'Trespass' and 'Leprechaun in the Hood,' an urban spin-off of the classic horror film. In addition to 'Law & Order:SVU' Ice-T's other television credits include the cop drama 'New York Undercover.'

Very cool. I think i saw that they were touring 2gether a lil' bit ago. That should be a really good show....a really good show 2 being a girl 2. I'm really curious about what Queen Latifah is going 2 perform. U could probably call her Hip-Hop's leading 1st lady. She's been doing her thing for over 20 years. However, in the past 5 years, she's relased 2 Soul/Jazz/Pop albums and her current mainstream urban album. I don't know if I'm doing to a Hip-Hop show or a polished show of a mixture of things. Either way, seeing Latifah perform life is a rare thing these days and I'll love it either way. It's making me go back and submerge myself in her albums, most of them were albums i listened 2 religously back in the day.

Very cool. I almost saw De La Soul again. Was it the real Pharcyde or the duo version? I was fortunate 2 see them back in 1993. I'd love 2 see Ginuwine and Joe.

"Uggs To Hugs" is my joint!! Seriously, it's one of my top 3 favorite Kel joints. The video is so fly and feel good. It's just a bit late for it 2 be so summery in the video.

Apparently Queen Latifah is performing in Baltimore. Is she touring? I haven't heard anything about her touring but I got an e-mail stating that she's performing about an hour from me. I don't care if it's a Hip-Hop show or a mixtures of all her stuff, I'M SO HYPED!!! I don't remember the last time I've heard about her performing and with her movie career and everything I definintely didn't expect 2 hear about her doing a show in Maryland. I've been blessed to see alot of my favorite artists perform...this just adds 2 the list.

T-Boz Opens Up About Brain Tumor Posted by Karu F. Daniels on Oct 2nd 2009 6:00PM Filed under: Music, Movies, Television, News, Celeb Updates Comments (6) With HP wireless printers, you could have printed this from any room in the house. Live wirelessly. Print wirelessly. PRINTE-MAIL|SHARE TLC CrazySexyCool News is spreading like wildfire about TLC singer T-Boz's revelation that she battled a brain tumor. The 39-year-old Grammy Award winner told People magazine that she waged that battle in secret for three years. In the Oct. 12 edition of the magazine she revealed having a 7-hour surgical procedure back in 2006 during which doctors peeled the tumor away from the brain stem. The divorced single mother of one said she was battling the tumor during her stint on Donald Trump's popular reality competition 'Celebrity Apprentice,' but didn't want to make it known to the public: "I didn't want pity - I was there to help sick children." On the most recent season of the series, which comedienne Joan Rivers ultimately won, T-Boz (born: Tionne Watkins) competed to help raise funds for the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia. (As a child, she was diagnosed with the life-long blood disorder.) Named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People of the World" by the magazine, in 1994 and 2000, T-Boz said that people are "shocked" when she tells them the news, but added "I won't let you feel sorry for me."

MARIAH CAREY - Inseperable Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel (2009) I LOOOOOOOOVE this song. Definitely my anthem at the moment. The new album is good. The production is better than I expected. It's not a classic MC album but it's 100 times better than E=MC2. Next up... GINUWINE - Last Chance (another current favorite) It's just a matter of time until I watch Kel Spencer's "Uggs To Hugs" again...my favorite Hip-Hop joint all year!!

I didn't follow Mr. Magic super close but have always known him as someone who put Hip-Hop on the map as the 1st BIG Hip-Hop DJ. I remember his compilations from the 80's. It was one of his compilations from 86 that got me a CD quality version of the original version of "Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble" years before The Very Best of JJ+FP featured it. Big loss for Hip-Hop. Respect! Rest In Peace.

I read this the other day. A new article just came out on AOL's Popeater and it did say the incident occured before he was married and before he had his 1st child. Apparently the girl was in a handful of skits he had done in the past.

Ha ha....i love these. Jeff looks so unhappy in the ears. I just got the visual of Mickey throwing Jeff out of Cinderella's castle FPofBA style.

Which isn't a good thing. If the page starts standing still, people will lose interest and possibly leave the cause. We need 2 get more people and keep adding to it. Are we just posting stuff on those websites that have been suggested or just suggesting it and not doing it? Any ideas?

I've only heard 1 or 2 of the podcasts. U guys have been kinda negative on the ones I've heard. With this one focusing on the cause, I think it's time to be a bit more positive and have it focused 100% on music. I wish i was able 2 participate.

ALL-4-ONE - Regret No Regrets (2009) The fellas are back!

I love that while he says he's not doing a full length album, he's still putting out songs on the internet and getting nominated for the R&R Hall of Fame. I hope he gets it, he's up against some big names. I'm not sure how all of that works. Just like FP, he'll be back in full swing musically some time soon enough.

I can't wait...tho' I wish people like Pete Rock and DJ Premier were on the project. I can't believe they brought up Cella Dwellas in the article!! Does anyone on the board remember them. I remember loving their album. I'm pretty sure they only dropped one album. "Perfect Match" was my joint in 96!

I love KRS-One but i don't know if i agree with that. Back in the day...leading up to the 2000's many artists could shine at the same time and they certainly weren't all on Def Jam. Commerically it's gotten very limited in recent years. There's usually only 5 artists at the same time shining on the charts. And usually they are all wack. I don't think that can be pinned on the label. The real Def Jam or the label currently called Def Jam. :-P

"Movies" is a bad word for this Cause. Shame!!

I typed up his Discography and Videography and none of it's showing up on the page. I went back into "Edit Cause" and the text was still there.....weird.

I invited 300 people and only 15 of them joined so far. I need new ideas...ha ha.

I don't think MIIIB would be a step back as long as the script is as good as the 3rd. The 2nd one wasn't bad, it was just average. If they aren't gonna make the 3rd one any better than the 2nd, then they probably shouldn't bother. I think Seven Pounds was a good movie. My only problem is that his last 3 movies were I Am Legend, Hancock, and Seven Pounds. None of them are amoungst his best, funniest, or most entertaining. I like that he does different things but he needs 2 spread out those kinds of movies in between ones on the level of his best movies.

Nobody with "Lil'" in their name gets any respect from me. Especially if u are older than 10.

I disagree. LL's always had his own style that adapted over time. It wasn't until Exit 13 where I felt he compromised to do what was accepted on the radio. And when it comes to the real boom bap sound, i think it was left in the 90's. That agressive, raw, energy-filled sound hasn't really bled into the 2000's.

I must admit, i haven't heard much from Drake, but that's only because I've heard enough. I remember him sounding better than alot of the bottom of the barrel commercial rappers out there but his subject matter (or lack of it was total trash). He's a dime a dozen. Lupe is probably the best new Hip-Hop artist to come out in the past 5 years.

The thing is Tim started the page and is the overall admin. I don't wanna go fiddling with the page without his blessing and I don't think any of the other admins should either. So if Tim can do it or give me the green light, I'll get what I can up their ASAP. Who wants to be in charge of getting the videos together?

As the cause pics up more steam I think it's important that we make things as professional and informative as possible. This is a group effort so we should all get to share our opinion.