Posts Tagged ‘R&B Music’
September 7, 2010
Check out this new single from Rihanna called “Only Girl (In The World)” which will appear on her upcoming album, Loud.
Not a bad song.
Feelin’ this one?
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September 7, 2010
Ameriie (yes, she wants us to add an additional “i”) was spotted in Dallas, Texas this past weekend at a Grey Goose event.
Remember Ms. Ameriie with her dark brown locks? Well, no more! The Grammy nominee decided to dye her hair platinum blonde to look more like Hollywood’s finest, Paris Hilton. Ha jk!
Ameriie had this to say to Rap-Up.com about her new dye job:
“I’ve always wanted to go platinum blonde, and I figured I’d finally just do it. One of the things that inspired me are photos I’ve seen of children in the Solomon Islands. They are very brown-skinned, and a lot of them grow white-blonde hair naturally. The contrast in dark skin tone and extremely light hair is really beautiful to me. So I just went for it!”
Amerrie is currently working on her upcoming album Cymatika Vol. 1 which should be out sometime next year.
August 25, 2010
Check out some behind-the-scenes shots of Nicki Minaj and Trey Songz filming their new music video “Bottoms Up” together.
Nicki threw on her blonde wig and a super tight getup to get down to business for Trey’s new video.
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August 25, 2010
Lauryn Hill‘s been popping up here and there doing gigs playing her old hits and several of her recent singles.
Whether or not Hill makes a full comeback in the music world is still very much a question, however many see her return as the second coming of Sade who after a ten year hiatus has returned with both new music and new inspirations.
AllHipHop recently wrote an article on Hill discussing her past contributions and her return to music.
Here’s a snippet from the article:
Instead of hoping for her to be the Hip-Hop savior she never was or wanted to be, we should all be thankful for her contributions and champion the women today who carry on her artistic traditions. It’s a dual responsibility of media and fans. Hip-Hop media by nature is chock-full of sensationalism, publicity stunts, and needless drama. Publications and writers many times feel forced to cover much of this since it always guarantees big hits and readership. But unfortunately those events will not push the culture forward, and should never dominate a writer’s pen over the driving force of Hip-Hop which is creative musical expression. The goal of the Hip-Hop journalist should and always be, to “shine light” on those individuals.
After The Miseduation of Lauryn Hill, we all wanted a female Hip-Hop Messiah, but being L Boogie was good enough. As briefly as she wore the crown, it inspired many and moved us forward artistically. If she ever returns, she will be welcomed just as we do with Sade’s appearances once every decade. But until that day comes, let’s be sure to support and celebrate the aspiring great female emcees and singers today who carry on her legacy.
Read the full article here.
August 25, 2010
Today marks the 9-year anniversary of Aaliyah‘s untimely passing. Even after so many years it still feels like yesterday when we heard the reports on tv that her small plane went down after touching off from a Bahamas airport.
Shortly before her death in August 2001, Aaliyah allowed cameras to take a look into her personal life for MTV’s Diary. The special followed her as she prepared to release her 2001 album Aaliyah which dropped in June before her death.
For those of you who never got the chance to watch Aaliyah’s Diary special, check out the full piece after the jump. And for those of you who have seen it, take a look again at the special talent we’ve lost.
August 23, 2010
Apparently there are supposed to be three covers in the works, so far this is the first to be dropped. R. Kelly released this cover art for his new album entitled Epic.
We could have made this on print shop.
This is far from epic….
