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BRANDY - 1st & Love Human (2008) One of my favorite albums of last year.

I think Leona Lewis is the best new female vocalist in years. I can't wait for her new album.

How could i forget TMNT!! Back To The Future too!!

I thought Superman Returns was brilliant. Alot of peope who grew up on it think that same. If u wanna see a dodgy Superman movie, check the 4th one...ha ha. Better yet, the Supergirl movie. I forgot 2 mention the House Party movies. They are classic.

Yeah, prior to that, it only popped up on a mixtape or 2 from 97/98. That was a real gem for a long time. I''m still not sure sure why that wasnt' officially released. Do u know how hot that remix video would have been back at that time? Reguardless of how dope it the remix is, a video with those other emcees and rappers would have done big things.

Hmmm.....I'm only gonna list movies sagas that have 3 or more. When it comes to super hero movies I'd go with the Superman movies, Batman movies, and Spider-Man movies. I really like the Bourne movies. I haven't watched all of the Rocky movies as an adult but they'll probably be in there when I do. There's definitely a few I'm forgetting. I'm not really into Star Trek tho' i really liked the new one. I haven't watched any of the others as an adult.

SPEARHEAD - Say Hey (I Love You) All Rebel Rockers (2009) What a feel-good song. I love that VH-1 is playing this!!!!

All of them are released except for one...ha ha. They aren't on standard versions of the albums tho.' They are from Import or Special Editions, CD singles, soundtracks, compilation albums, EPs, etc. I don't think anything has officially been "leaked." We've heard a handful of song titles tho' that never came out.

Buzzkill

Wow! Congratz on the great news!!! I'm not ready for kids...but u can bottle up some of the security, love, and happiness in life and send it my way...haha.

I actually don't like the pic....what's the point 2 it? The quality of it isn't good. There's a crowd of people but it doesn't look like his performing or anything. I'm curious why they would be revamping the site tho.' No new movie is dropping...no music that we know of. The site was at it's best when L+F was the theme.

Something will happen next year. I don't know what...but something.

I don't know if they are touring or if this is just a random show they are doing. They are touring alot fo the time but i don't remember hearing of them being on a big tour right now. I have 3 of their live albums and i'm hoping they do more new stuff then they typically do in shows.

How does someone so ugly get so many ho's? Oh yeah, blinded by the cash.

Ahhh...i already took off my Saturday for September!! He needs 2 do more PA/MD/VA shows.

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.