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Funny!! 97/98....Hip-Hop's last great year. These videos are taking me back. I wanna live the last 10 years of my life over again (and maybe change a thing or 2).

I've never seen that before. Thanx for posting. This performance took me back 2 where i was in life when Willennium came out. What a good place that was. The performance was good. It's time for him 2 get back on the stage.

From AOL's BoomBox ----------------------------------------------- MC Hammer Promotes Twitter, Facebook at Harvard Posted Sep 1st 2009 7:00PM by Nadeska Alexis If you haven't been keeping tabs on MC Hammer recently, rest easy knowing that in addition to his current A&E show, 'Hammertime,' the energetic 90s rapper has kept busy by ruthlessly promoting his "brand" and simultaneously teaching others how to promote their brands just as efficiently. Hammer, real name Stanley Kirk Burrell, appeared before a crowd of professionals at Harvard University yesterday (Aug. 31) to offer his input on the benefits of social media platforms. His involvement with the Gravity Summit conference on social media marketing gave him a chance to explain why sites like Twitter could be profitable in the market place. "I'm both an entrepreneur and a brand,'' he said. "Being in the center of my universe is important to me. That's what Twitter lets me do. . . . I want to get out in front of the conversation.'' Hammer, who wasn't able to present an actual strategy for finding the profit margin in social networking sites, seemed to believe that his sheer enthusiasm was enough to sell the crowd. After declaring that he got involved with sites like Facebook and Twitter early on because of the number of users the sites attracted, he firmly declared to the crowd that there must be a way to "sell those people something!'' Prolific. And when a curious member of the audience asked Hammer to weigh in on whether or not all musicians should make it a priority to use Twitter, the reality TV star responded with a -- er, well thought out answer, explaining that being in the public eye could be a bad idea for artists who lack credibility. "I happen to know that a lot of guys who are known for their love songs don't actually know anything about love,'' he said. Although it's unclear exactly what bit of knowledge Hammer bestowed upon the patient crowd, we can certainly derive from his Twitter account that he enjoyed his visit to the Ivy League school. "Wheels up !!! Leaving Boston.....Harvard.... loved it!" he wrote. --------------------------------------------- Jay-Z Says 'In My Lifetime, Vol. 1' Was the 'One That Got Away' Posted Sep 2nd 2009 10:30AM by Latifah Muhammad Jay-Z has millions of fans, but there is one album in the Brooklyn-bred rapper's collection that even he won't listen. On the cusp of his highly-anticipated 'Blueprint 3' release, Jay stated that his career hasn't been all good decisions; noting that his work on his 1997 sophomore studio album, 'In My Lifetime, Vol.1,' was riddled with missteps. "What I did with '[in My Lifetime] Volume One' was I tried to make records. I had just made 'Reasonable Doubt' ... it wasn't successful in music industry terms," he said in an interview. "It was a cult classic on the streets, but it wasn't successful in the music business and I tried to blend the two. If you look back on 'In My Lifetime,' there were songs on there that were brilliant. I don't listen to that album because I think I messed it up. "You got 'Where I'm From,' 'Streets Is Watching,' 'You Must Love Me,' and 'Lucky Me.' It's so many incredible records on there that I think I missed having two classics in a row [by] trying to get on the radio. It really hurt me because that album was so good; I can't listen to it. When that record comes on it just erks me. I don't have any regrets but musically, the album [is] the one that got away." Another sharing the same sentiment was the late Biggie Smalls who, according to Hova, immediately took a liking to the album. "The first song I made for it was 'Streets Is Watching,' which was the last song that Biggie Smalls ever heard. He made me play the record 30 times. We played it so much I just gave it him. I was like, 'Just keep it." Next Tuesday, Jay will hit the stage at New York's Madison Square Garden for the "Answer the Call" tribute concert, marking the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Jay's 'Blueprint 3' will also hit shelves that day, eight years after the exact release of the first album in the trilogy. ------------------------------------------------------------- Jay-Z Wants Hip-Hop to Be More Like Indie Rock Posted Sep 1st 2009 6:15PM by Michael D. Ayers Jay-Z has some advice for the future of hip-hop: become more like indie rock. With the internet a flutter yesterday about his and Beyonce's attendance at a Brooklyn Grizzly Bear concert, MTV caught up with the rapper yesterday who was taken a bit back that anyone would even question his taste for good tunes. "I don't understand why people are always surprised to see me at shows!" Jay told MTV News. "I've always said that I believe in good music and bad music, so I'm always at those type of events. I like music." His time spent at these shows clearly is giving him some food for thought and he seems to be noticing a sense of community within the indie rock world that hip-hop has struggled with retaining over the years. "The thing I want to say to everyone -- I hope this happens because it will push rap, it will push hip-hop to go even further -- what the indie-rock movement is doing right now is very inspiring. It felt like us in the beginning. These concerts, they're not on the radio, no one hears about them, and there's 12,000 people in attendance. And the music that they're making and the connection they're making to people is really inspiring. So, I hope that they have a run where they push hip-hop back a little bit, so it will force hip-hop to fight to make better music, because it can happen, because that's what rap did to rock." Such push and pull mentality would be great to see, but of course there are a handful of other factors that go into making a successful indie band or hip-hop act succeed underground or become a movement. In this instance, maybe it's just the spaces that Jay's referring to; places regularly book free shows for indie bands and their fans these days with the help from corporate sponsors -- 12,000 people is a lot -- but the price is right too. But we do agree with his sentiments: having a place to perform is key in this day and age. -------------------------------------------------- Lil Wayne Impregnates Third Woman for the Year? Posted Aug 31st 2009 11:30AM by Sharks Comments [165] Print | Email More According to reports, Lil Wayne has been really busy this year and may be the father of yet another child. An exotic dancer at Los Angeles strip club Spearmint Rhino, has made claims that she's been impregnated by the New Orleans mega-star, making her the third woman Weezy has allegedly knocked up this year. Wayne recently confirmed that actress Lauren London is currently several months pregnant with his child, while singer Nivea has claimed to be pregnant by him as well. The 26-year-old (though his birth certificate reportedly says otherwise) rapper has a daughter with ex-wife Toya Carter (star of popular BET reality show 'The Tiny & Toya Show'), and an 10-11month-old son with an unnamed Cincinnati woman. The purportedly preggo exotic dancer, whose identity has yet to be revealed, is said to be of East Indian descent, and says that she has informed the Wayne of her pregnancy, and that he's assured her in turn, that he wants her to have the child. ------------------------------------------- DJ Unk Suffers Heart Attack, Promises to Change Lifestyle Posted Aug 31st 2009 7:00PM by Nadeska Alexis Tweny-six-year-old ATL rapper, DJ Unk was rushed to the hospital on Saturday (Aug 29), after he complained about having trouble breathing. Doctors determined that Unk, real name Anthony Platt, had suffered from a mild heart attack and the rapper was treated and released from the hospital. As Unk left the emergency room, he informed fans via Twitter that he was in good shape and "still walkn it out," but that the incident had been a wake up call and had given him immediate motivation to adopt a healthier lifestyle. "Never and don't wanna go threw that again," he wrote. "Got to change my diet and slow down! Scared the s--- out of my family and friends luv life." Unk immediately brushed off rumors that his heart attack was triggered by drug use, blaming it entirely on a bad diet, but still he promised to cut back on everything. "No more Kush, Purp, Piff, Haze, Sour desiel for me! No more drinks! Got to do this for my health," he wrote. After his jarring experience, the rapper/DJ continued to post several Twitter updates maintaining his dedication to changing his lifestyle, even probing fans for advice on fruits, vitamins and colon cleansers. "No more hot wings, no fried food, no more seafood! Dam what must I eat?(air) and (water) lol .. What's sum good heathy food anybody?" he wrote. Unk, who made his big break with the 2006 hit single 'Walk It Out,' admitted that after being released from the hospital his strength was only at 45 percent, but still, he kept plans to perform at an upcoming show in Germany this Thursday.

I saw 2 concerts this summer and hopefully a couple more this month. I saw LFO which was dope. To see the genre blending group that got drug along with the boyband craze 10 years ago, it was good 2 see them do their thing out of the lime light with their own style. Their playlist was dope and they put on a great show. I've been a fan since before they got popular and they even surprised me. Summer Girls, Girl On TV, West Side Story, Every Other Time, Life Is Good were all there amoungst a handful of other album favorites. They also worked in 4 of their solo songs and made it a group effort plus a new song. The tour apparently got a pretty good responce and they plan on doing 2 more...for the mid-west and then the west coast. I'm hoping the guys deside to do more music. U could see that they were genuinely good friends and not getting 2gether make some money. The meet and greet afterward was great. 2 go on their bus and chill for a bit and talk with them was really cool. Rich, the member i've alway identified with actually remember me from Myspace since we occasionally write back and forth. I could say so much more about the show but i'm not trying to bore anyone...especially since i don't know if anyone else here actually likes them that much...ha ha. Their open acts were good Keirnan McMullan (i might be misspelling his name) was a dope acoustic artist. I loved his set so much that i bought a CD-R straight from him (he sold out of the actual CD at previous shows). Another acoustic artist who performed 1st was really good 2 tho' i forget his name (he wasn't even orginally in the line up). They had 2 reletivly well known punk/pop opening acts that i thought i would hate (out of my own prejudice) and they were actually good tho' they weren't really my taste. Dope show. Next up was Jason Mraz. I got hooked on Jason Mraz back in 2003 thru' a friend. "Curbside Prophet" was the song that got me hooked. Jason Mraz (even tho' his studio albums are polished up) is the reason i started getting in2 acoustic music. Eric Hutchenson was the 1st opening act. I had heard of him but never his music. I instantly became a fan. His style was like Stevie Wonder meets light rock. A couple weeks later i saw that Best Buy had his album on sale for only $4.99!! The best $4.99 i ever spent on a CD probably. Next up was G. Love + The Special Sauce. I've heard of them years ago but never got in2 them. I liked the acoustic/rock/rap style. Then Jason Mraz took the stage with a full band. The energy was just amazing. There was this overwhelming vibe of simplicity and love in the air. Behind the pavillion was a hillside full of people who could hear the show but only see it on the screens. Jason left the stage, walked up thru' the audience and performed 2 songs at the top of the pavillion so that the drenched crowd could see some of the songs live. My only complaint was that 90% of the show was his new album. He has a handful of hits that he totally overlooked as well as classics he created in his acoustic live days before blowing up that just weren't included in the show. This month i am hopefully seeing Tone Loc in Baltimore. 2 weeks after that I'll be returning to B-more to see one of my favorite groups of all time....ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT. Inner Circle will also be with them. Expect 2 hear how those concerts go.

From AOL's Popeater... ------------------------------------------- Coolio Performs for $3000 and a Bucket of Chicken Posted Sep 1st 2009 1:15PM by SharksComments [20]Print | Email More Nineties rapper Coolio has been hired to play a small venue in Colorado for a "$3,000, a bucket of chicken and a bottle of Patron (he likes the Silver variety)" according to the show's booker. The concert will be held on Sept. 6, at "The Deli Zone" a restaurant in Longmont, whose local paper hails the performance as "the city's first celebrity performance in recent memory." "Where's Longmont at?" Coolio is quoted as saying, in response to being asked by the Longmont Times-Call if he'd ever been to visit the city, which was recently named one of the top 50 places to live by Money Magazine. "My hope is that Coolio is going to give us ... some recognition," said the restaurant's owner, Jeremy King. "I'm hoping to get a cool reputation as a cool place to come see music." The 'Fantastic Voyage' rapper has had a slippery ride of late, losing his "irreverent" reality parenting show, "Coolio's Rules" and getting publicly groped by an Italian model, amongst other bizarre incidents. "I'm really excited about the possibility of Longmont becoming a hot spot for music," stated Jimmy Macias, the venue's excited young booker about the upcoming performance. Besides booking the Zone, the 24 year-old is a rapper in a group called 2 Real 4 da Mind (!), who will also open for Coolio. In other The Zone news, the restaurant has booked Bizzy Bone, of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to perform on Sept. 19.

For those of u who listen 2 it, let me know if it's more like Blueprint (mostly good) or Blueprint 2 (mostly not good). I've been much more open 2 Jay-Z in the past 2 years but i'm still not gonna call myself a big fan.

JOEL OSTEEN - Message "Have A Never Say Die Attitude" Man, I need this right now.

I agee! Other than a JJ+FP or solo album, this is the news i would wanna hear.

Yeah, i stayed up late nearly every night 2 watch it. Arsenio's style and comedic instincts were all his own. No other late night host will ever be ever to recreate that. Late night TV has alwasy been filled with pretty dry hosts who have never grabbed me (other than Letterman and Jon Stewart when he had his own show). Arsenio had a gang fo guests that would otherwise never have gotten on basic late night television. I think he broke down alot of walls down and had more big moments in the 5 1/2 years he was on than any other late night host has in most of their career. I've been wishing they'd release a DVD box set with whatever they could compile together. I have a ton of stuff i recorded off TV back in the day that i need 2 convert to DVD. "It's A Night Thing."

I'm not a Ja-Rule fan but i'd like 2 hear it. Heck, i'd like 2 hear anyone over Gucci Maine or whatever that trash rapper is that popped up on the remix.

I foolishly didn't pick up his new album when i saw it on shelves. Reading this will probably have me picking it up 2day. Enjoy! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Smokey Robinson Still 'Having Fun' After 50 Years of SongcraftPosted on Aug 25th 2009 5:00PM by Melinda NewmanComments (55)Print | Email More Smokey Robinson has found a better way to describe his 50 years in show business than anyone else could with the title of his new CD, 'Time Flies When You're Having Fun.' The soulful, steamy album is all Robinson originals, except for his cover of the Norah Jones hit 'Don't Know Why' and one special bonus track. Guests on the album, which was recorded with the musicians playing live to give the project a warm, intimate feel, include India.Arie, Joss Stone and Carlos Santana. Robinson's glorious falsetto remains as poignant and provocative today as it was on such Motown classics as 'Ooo Baby Baby,' 'I Second that Emotion' and 'The Tears of a Clown.' Robinson wrote more than 35 Top 40 hits for his group the Miracles and others, including classics by the Temptations and Marvin Gaye. And that's not even counting his post-Motown era, which includes such smashes as 'Cruisin'' and 'Being With You.' The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer talked with Spinner about the difference between sexy and crude, today's songwriters, the song he wishes Michael Jackson had gotten to hear and, of all things, getting down and dirty in the bathtub. So many of the songs on 'Time Flies' are sexy and suggestive but never lewd. Where do you draw the line? I draw the line at being crass. As a songwriter, I know there are no new words, there are no new chords, there are no new notes on the piano, there are no new ideas, really. So when I sit down to write a song, I want to say the same thing that's been said maybe before but always try to put a different twist on [it]. I don't think you have to be crass to get a sexy idea across. Many songs on the radio today are about as subtle as a sledgehammer. I hear a lot of good music on the radio. I don't really knock the young writers because they're writing for their era. A lot of things are able to be said now and not censored so they're just coming right down front with every idea, I guess. But I do think there's a subtlety that should be involved because a lot of young people are listening. What's your favorite song on 'Time Flies'? I don't have a favorite one because I give them all my same concentration ... [but] I hope that 'Love Bath' gets some attention because I love the way that song came about. How did it come about? One day, I was actually in the car, and I was thinking about how intimate it is to take a love bath with someone that you love or someone that you're in to. And how intimate that is with the candlelight. You're there in the water and with each other and there's music in the background. So I said, ''Hey! I want to write a song about that." I want to make it funky and groovy. How long does it take you to write a song? Songs take different times for me ... 'Shop Around' is a song that took me, at best, 30 minutes to write. 'Cruising' took five years. There's a hidden bonus track of your jazzy remake of the Jackson 5's 'One More Chance' on the CD. Why leave it unidentified? I did it like that because that was one of the first songs I recorded for the project about three years ago, and after Michael's death I did not want people to think I was exploiting his death. So that's why the song isn't even mentioned on the CD. I didn't put the title on there, I didn't put anything. It's like a mystery song because I didn't want people to think, "Oh, his little brother died, so now he's exploiting that." Did Michael get a chance to hear it? I'm sorry he didn't ... I would have loved for him to hear it; that was going to be my plan. This is your 50th anniversary in show business. What do you wish you'd known at the beginning that you now now? How to govern myself. How to deal with me ... Over time, you get a chance to learn how to deal with yourself through anger, through love, through all the emotions we go through in life, especially the emotions like sadness and anger. You learn how to deal with that to the point that you're not going to let that injure you. You wrote 'You're the One for Me' specifically for Joss Stone, who duets with you on the record. I have known Joss since she was 15 years old. I dubbed her "Aretha Joplin" because that's how powerful she is. She kicks her shoes off and just gets to singing on me; she can really, really, really sing. I don't think I've ever heard Joss sing with her shoes on. How did having Carlos Santana play on 'Please Don't Take Your Love' come about? I called Carlos and said, "Hey, man, I'm doing a CD and I want you to play something on it with me," and he said, "Well, send it to me, my brother"... Carlos has his own studio [in San Francisco]. We had a ball. Carlos is a very spiritual man, so he burns candles and stuff like that in the studio. You still tour a lot. What do like out of playing live after all this time? Let me tell you something: I love writing, I love recording, I love producing, I love all those things. My favorite part of my work is doing the concerts because I get a chance to see the people. I get a chance to just have a two-and-a-half-hour party. I see people there who have their kids in their arms and the first time I saw them, they were in their parents' arms. It's incredible. What's the key to taking care of yourself on the road? I don't drink or smoke, not that I knock people who drink or whatever they want to do. I'm not a party person. It kills me, in fact, a lot of people ... I do a meet and greet after the show and sometimes people will come back there because they think, "Entertainers, all you do is entertain and party." They'll come back there and say, "Hey Smoke, OK, where's the party?" and I tell them, "I just had the party! I had the party onstage." After my shows, I go to my room, I look at TV until I fall asleep and I just try and take care of myself. Why do you still do meet-and-greets after your shows? Because people are there. [long pause] A lot of those people who get the chance to come back have 50 of my albums, so why can't I spend five or 10 minutes talking to them? I may never get that close to them again ever, so that's how I look at it. The album's title is 'Time Flies When You're Having Fun.' Was there a time when it wasn't fun? Yeah, there was. My last couple of years of being with the Miracles, it wasn't as much as fun to me, which is why I retired from the group [in 1972]. My kids were being born at that time and I didn't want to be away from my kids. I felt like the Miracles and I had done everything a group could do at least twice and I'd been on the road since I was at least 16 years old. I was vice president of Motown and I thought, well, I'll just retire and do my vice president duties, maybe write some songs for some people, produce some records, but I'll never do it again myself. And after about three years of that, I was climbing the walls, so I knew what my true calling was. What was the best piece of advice you were given that you now pass down? Never take show business for granted. Never think that you started it or that you're going to stop it. If you happen to have a few hit records and the world becomes aware of you, [don't] think that the world can't do without you. Is there anything you feel you still have to accomplish? I don't have to have a starring role or anything like that, but I would love to have a great, meaty roll in a great movie. You've said how you write hasn't changed over the years, but has any piece of technology made it easier? No. I promise you every time I sit down to write a song, I want to write a song that if I had written it 50 years beforehand it would have meant something that's going to mean something now, and 50 years from now it's going to mean something. That's my goal.

Great interview! Anyone know when it was done? It's great to see a mastermind just laidback and talking candidly.

I didn't really follow DJ AM at all. But i send out prayers to his family, friends, and fans.

Wow! This is the Mariah i've been holding out for....even if it is a cover. Beautiful.

When it comes to Code Red singles, they only released "Boom! Shake The Room,""I'm Looking For The One (To Be With Me)," and "I Wanna Rock." Overseas they released singles for "Twinkle Twinkle (I'm Not A Star)" and "Can't Wait To Be With You."

Other than "Game Proof" I wasn't really into Chilli's leaked stuff that much. It all sounded very Ciaraish. I've only heard one of the leaked songs from T-Boz's album and really liked it. I really wish there was an official release of that FanMail concert. It was so dope.

So overall, this album isn't what i wanted. I didn't expect her to come with another Black Reign. I expected some singing but the truth is there is only 4 straight Hip-Hop joints on the record. It's still a good album and it does reflect where she is in her career properly. This is definitely a grown Queen Latifah. If u ignore the last Flavor Unit album, her greatest hits album, and her 2 Jazz/Soul/Pop albums, this is her 1st urban studio album in 11 years. Much of the album is what i guess u would call mainstream Urban music. It's not straight R-N-B but it's not pop music. "The Light" has Latifah hungry and spitting over a polished Hip-Hop record with a simple/sung chorus. I think this is a good opening record. "Fast Car" has a progressive urban mainstream vibe. Latifah is singing with vocoder background vocals buried in the mix. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot has rap on the track. From 1996-2001 i LOVED Missy. Ever since then she's gotten more annoying, lyrically predictable, and artificially southern. I used to hold Missy as an up-and-comer to the ranks of Hip-Hop's female legends. It hasn't turned out that way...so why is she rapping on a Latifah joint when Latifah could do it better herself? "Cue The Rain" is another urban mainstream track with dance-style synths and rock guitars. Latifah sings with a bunch of swagga on this track. It's not what i want from the Queen but the song has got some energy. It'll make u move. "My Couch" is still keeping the record in the urban mainstream area with a rhythmic R-N-B feel. "Take Me Away (With You)" is keeping the feel of the previous songs in tact. She still singing on a danceable rhythmic R-N-B track. This one features Marsha Ambrosius of Floetry. Latifah does manage to spit a short verse towards the end tho.' "With You" evolves from the previous song and gets dancier with vocoder vocals. "Hard To Love Ya" is a good record. It's got a modern radio-ready Hip-Hop beat. Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men is on the chorus. This is the perfect track for Latifah to spit on but she's singing. Busta Rhymes shows up for a love-based verse. This is one of my favorites on the record. "What's The Plain" is a bland urban mainstream song. U can groove to it, but that's about it. "Long @$$ Week" is Latifah getting back on track (finally). The modern polished Hip-Hop beat has Latifah spitting and not missing a beat. The song is about letting go and having fun after a long and stressful week. It's a feel good record. This is Hip-Hop growing up...i know it speaks 2 me. "Runnin'" has the confusing mixture of dance-synths and and rock guitars. Latifah sounds really good singing on this with moments of her rap-singing as well. Not my flava, but i like this. The song is about a relationship where the loyalty to each other is ?uestioned. "People" may be the best track on the record. The soulful R-N-B meets Hip-Hop track has Latifah spitting alongside Mary J. Blige on the hook. I love this song. Give us a video 2 this!! More grown-up Hip-Hop for the real heads. This is just dope. "If He Wanna" is a reggae-tingled R-N-B joint. Latifah is singing sweetly with Serani on the hook. Simple, relaxing, and good...but not as good as "Weekend Love" off Black Reign. "Over The Mountain" has the Queen explaining how this album was about her "spreading her wings" but that she's not a changed person other than growing. It's a essentially a gospel-message wrapped in a slow haunting Hip-Hop meets Soul track features guitars in the mix. I really like this one. Oh, and she is rapping on this one 2. "The World" has her sing-rapping over a laid back grown Hip-Hop/R-N-B beat. ----------------- The concept of the album was 2 mix all these 2gether....hence the title "Persona." U can also get that impression by looking at the album cover which features 5 Latifahs on different vibes. The fierce ghetto Latifah, the "I'm about to receive my Grammy Latifah, the strictly business Latifah, the housewife Latifah, and the rock chick Latifah. I haven't had time to really get in2 the lyrics. The truth is, alot of those urban mainstream tracks just don't keep my attention enough to even grab what they are about. In my opinion the best songs are the Hip-Hop joints and those are the songs where she sounds most at home (after all she didn't need to stretch for them) and the subject matter is the most clear and the lyrics the most creative. Those open to an experimental Latifah need to get the album. I also think that this album will really speak to females. When i make a copy of this for the car, it'll probably only have about half of the songs off of this album mixed with some of her most recent songs i liked from the past. Latifah really should do an official mixtape for those of us really wanting all Hip-Hop.

Visqo, i spelled her name wrong...it's COLBI CAILLIT. She's an acoustic soul singer. She had some big songs a little over a year ago with "Bubbly" and "Realize." Brakes, i'm liking that song. It's alot better than the previous song he put out for the new album. QUEEN LATIFAH - Cue The Rain Persona (2009)

Classic...definitely one of the masters. Thanx for posting this. Anyone else interested in a Biz Markie remix of an MJ classic? ha ha

COLIE CAILLAT - Runnin' Around Breakthrough (2009)

They performed somewhere in Japan a couple months ago. U never know.

I had no idea it was dropping yesterday until yesterday. I'm gonna write my review soon. I was wondering if anyone else has gotten the album. It's not the Hip-Hop album we all wanted, but it's got 4 or so Hip-Hop joints on it. The rest of it is a mix of R-N-B and Mainstream Urban. I wish it was straight Hip-Hop but i'm still liking this alot.

TLC Prepping First U.S. Concert in Seven Years Posted Aug 25th 2009 12:45PM by Latifah Muhammad Filed under: R'n'B News The women of TLC are looking to get back into the swing of things by way of their first stateside concert in seven years. Although now a duo, following the 2002 death of member Left-Eye, T-Boz and Chilli are billed to play at the "Justin Timberlake and Friends" benefit concert on October 16. Hosted by the Grammy-winning singer, the concert will take place at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Events Center and will also feature performances by Alicia Keys, Ciara and Taylor Swift. The annual event is accompanied by Timberlake's charity gold tournament, which will take place October 16-18. Tickets for the concert go on sale Saturday. Following the death of Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes, TLC maintained a low profile. In 2004 T-Boz, born Tionne Watkins and Chilli, born Rozonda Thomas, starred in the reality show 'R U The Girl?' where they searched for a new group member. After crowning 20-year-old Tiffany Baker as the show's winner, the threesome never recorded an album stating that they had no intentions of replacing Left-Eye. Known for colossal hits like 'Creep,' 'Waterfalls,' and 'No Scrubs,' the trio became the first female group to have an album go diamond-with over 10 million units sold of their sophomore album 'CrazySexyCool.' Once the biggest selling girl group of all time, TLC's musical success has been riddled with financial-lows most notably when they filed for bankruptcy in 1995. Both T-Boz and Chilli are said to be working on solo releases ------------------------------------ Am i crazy 2 be considering going out 2 Vegas 2 see this? I have a feeling they'll begin 2 do more shows so i should probably wait. I got a few days 2 figure this out...ha ha.

Definitely a few albums i'm interested in getting. I knew they were working 2 get that Q-Tip album out...i didin't know it was happening. I also didn't know about the Rakim one. I wonder how the John Forte one is gonna be. There's alot of non-Hip-Hop albums coming out that i'm hyped for...Mariah Carey's, Colbie Callait's, LeToya, All-4-One. This is the time of year that big albums start dropping with the holidays right around the corner. Alot of these people are gonna remind us what music should be like...and that it's still okay 2 buy albums.

I don't think Hancock was good enough of a movie to have a sequel. I guess there is stuff they could do with the story but do they really need to? Since all of this movies do well they just wanna do sequels to all of them. The problem is, only a very few are the kind of movies that can make total sense by having sequels.