Beyonce brought the “I Am Tour” to New York City at Madison Square Garden last night (June 21st). In the opening set, she performed “Deja Vu”/”Crazy In Love” and of course who comes out on stage? Her Boo/Husband Jay-Z. He also snuck a quick performance of “Give it to Me”. Am I the only one that’s not surprised? Last year, Beyonce surprised the audience in NYC on his tour and now he is returing the favour. I wonder who will pop up on stage when Beyonce brings the tour to Toronto on July 2o. Peep the video.
The wait is now over. Here is the official video “Kinda Like a Big Deal” by The Clipse featuring Kanye West. “Kinda Like a Big Deal” is the first single off their upcoming album Til The Casket Drop. The video is shot by Bernard Gourley in Brooklyn, NY which features a lot of colored lighting and no bling, no money and no girls. I guess thats a good thing right?
Til The Casket Drop is the third studio album by The Clipse which is set for release September ’09. With many tracks floating around the web, it is still not confirmed which will be the second single. It’s between “I’m Good” featuring Pharrell and “Eyes On Me” featuring Keri Hilson. We will have to wait and see which direction the label will go with.
Richie Hennessey released his EP – Bubbles in The Tub. Many of you may know Richie Hennessey aka S Roc as one of the four members of Brassmunk. The EP contains 6 solid tracks blended with soul, r&b and funk. Richie worked with producers Jake One, King Sampson, Mellenius of ToneMason and Thrysite for this project. The EP is a very colorful funky soulful vibe. Peep one of the tracks - Living 4 2omorro below & download the EP.
Bubbles in the Tub (Produced by Robert Strauss)/ Set Me Free(Produced by Jake One)
Speak Up (Produced by Mellenius for ToneMason)
Unbreakable (Produced by King Sampson)
Every Moment (Produced by King Sampson)
Living For 2morro (Produced by King Sampson
Dedicated (Produced by Thrysite)
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Sunday June 21, was the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards held in Toronto. Many celebrities, artists, athletes including Perez Hilton, Jonas Brothers, Chris Bosh, Audrina from The Hills and Drake came out to support the awards. Danny Fernandes, Classified, Black Eyed Peas and Lady Gaga were some of last night’s winners.
Best International Video – Group: Black Eyed Peas, “Boom Boom Pow”
Pop Video of the Year: Danny Fernandes, “Private Dancer”
MuchMusic.com Most Watched Video: Girlicious, “Like Me”
As much as I didn’t really care for the awards presentation, the performances are always a good highlight. Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas and Classified were some of the artists that performed. Lady Gaga blew me away with her high energy, ultra charismatic performance. I firmly believe she is BETTER artist than Britney Spears. I am kind of mad that I missed her show on Friday. If you missed the performance, check it out below.
Famous Blogger Perez Hilton got “assaulted” by Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas last night after the MuchMusic Video Awards After Party.
Celebrity-blogger Perez Hilton claims he was assaulted outside a nightclub this morning following his appearance as a presenter at last night’s MuchMusic Video Awards.
Hilton alleges that Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas and his security guards assaulted him shortly after 3 a.m. in front of Cobra night club on King St. W.
Toronto police confirm that Hilton had contacted them with an assault allegation, but had no comment pending an investigation. In a Twitter posting, Will.i.am denied an assault took place.
Perez Hilton confirmed via Twitter that he was assaulted by Will.I.Am and had a bloody nose.
I’m in shock. I need the police ASAP. Please come to the SoHo Metropolitan Hotel now. Please.about 7 hours agofrom Sidekick
I was assaulted by Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas and his security guards. I am bleeding. Please, I need to file a police report. No joke.about 7 hours agofrom Sidekick
Still waiting for the police. The bleeding has stopped. I need to document this. Please, can the police come to the SoHo Met Hotel.about 7 hours agofrom Sidekick
Will.I.Am created a Twitter account last night and released this tweet below.
i just made a twitter account because it isnt cool for someone to blame you and blast you with lies…about 6 hours agofrom web
Will.I.Am posted a video early this morning to talking about the altercation – [source] where he stated he didn’t hit Perez Hilton. So who did? Perez Hilton just released a video on his website talking about the assault and releases information on who punched him [source]. Perez stated that Will.I.Am’s manager “Polo” punched him in the face. So why are we using Will.I.Am name again? I understand it was something that happened between Will.I.Am and Perez Hilton but Will.I.Am didn’t punch you, his manager did.Too much unnecessary drama that went down last night but you gotta love Twitter for the exclusives. Who needs TMZ when you got Twitter. More story will unfold. Stay tuned.
Belly is back with a brand new album and of course, a brand new single “Hot Girl” produced by Da Heala. Within the last two years, Belly has accomplished a lot. His first album The Revolution earned the # 1 rap album in Canada in 2007 and 2 MMVA (MuchMusic Video Award) for Best Rap Video of the year for his single “Pressure” featuring Ginuwine and “Ridin” ft. Mario Winans. In 2008, Belly won a Juno Award for Best Rap Recording of the Year. Belly, also known as ReBELLYus, is preparing to release his follow up album 7 Days & 7 Nights set for release October ’09.
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There’s another light skinned dude on the block named J Cole who is currently signed to the Roc Nation. If you are part of the Roc Nation, you are 100% Grade A quality artist. Jermaine Cole aka J Cole released his latest mixtape The Warm Upwhich is written and produced by him. Please do not sleep on this dude! Download the mixtape NOW!
Also, J. Cole held a The Warm Up mixtape release party in NYC. Peep the video below.
1. Intro (The Warm Up)
2. Welcome
3. Can I Live
4. Grown Simba
5. Just To Get By
6. Lights Please
7. Dead Presidents II
8. I Get Up
9. World Is Empty
10. Dreams ft. Brandon Hines
11. Royal Flush
12. Dollar and a Dream II
13. Water Break (Interlude)
14. Heartache**
15. Get Away
16. Knock Knock
17. Ladies ft. Lee Fields and The Expressions
18. Til’ Infinity
19. The Badness ft. Omen
20. Hold It Down
21. Last Call
22. *Bonus*Losing My Balance
