Wyclef releases his new single, 'Welcome To The East' featuring Sizzla and Uncle Murda, His new album 'Carnival Vol.II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant is In Stores December 4th. Pretty Hott!
WYCLEF IS GIVING FANS A CHANCE TO WIN ONE OUT OF THREE GRAND PRIZES.
250,000 copies of 'Carnival II... Memoirs of an Immigrant' CDs will come with a game piece each game piece features a code. The three winning codes will be posted on www.wyclef.com.
THE THREE GRAND PRIZES WILL INCLUDE:
Diamond: Speedster Motorcars "Z-Custom Line" replica of the 1939 Lincoln Zephyr (Speedster Motorcars "Z-Custom Line" replica of the 1939 Lincoln Zephyr. Color is "Vanilla Shake & Custard". Featured in T.I.’s music video for "You Know What It Is" featuring Wyclef)
Platinum: A trip for two to Brazil Carnival in Rio 2009
Gold: trip for two to a Wyclef concert in the US during 2008
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To obtain free Game Piece/Official Rules, send SASE to: WYCLEF'S CARNIVAL TICKET GIVEAWAY, Dept.5410, P.O. Box 5007, Stacy, MN 55078-5007. Requests must be postmarked by 2/12/08 and received by 2/20/08. VT residents may omit return postage. Limit one request per envelope. Game open to legal U.S. residents, aged 18 or older. Game starts 12/4/07 and ends 2/12/08. Void where prohibited.
R.Kelly rolled his 'Double Up' tour into the brand spankin new Prudential Center located in the newly upholstered Newark, NJ, Thanksgiving night. While the show was quite entertaining, I cannot count the times that I threw my head back in either disbelief or melodic excitement. As my mind struggled thru the 'Aaron Hall Career Jacker's' performance, I was torn between the fact that I was witnessing a highly sexually charged performance, by someone who I believe is both a tortured soul and a musical genious. R. Kelly has so many hits that much of his show consisted of 1 1/2 minute shorts of some of the most popular singles of the last decade and a half including: 'Ignition', 'Honey Love' & 'Step' of course. The intrusive licking gestures, lap dance, and utter vulgarity, sprinkled thruout the concert reminded me of why songs like 'Age Ain't Nothin But A Number' and 'Seems Like You're Ready' will never be the same... Ultimately I walked away from the concert having enjoyed it and coming firm to my belief, that this guy just doesn't get it. Some people believe they can do what ever they want because of who the are. We(the public) are the power that create such madness and continues to feed its pain. I must say that I felt a bit guilty having gone to the show specifically to witness the surrounding drama first hand, and also to see one of the innovators of modern music in his purest form. Selling over 50 million albums can influence many, many things. At least I didn't pay for my ticket! SDM
ROWE ENTERTAINMENT, INC., NATIONAL PROMOTER OF R. KELLY’S NINE WEEK “DOUBLE UP” TOUR, ANNOUNCES CHANGES IN TOUR LINE-UP
The Drama continues... At this point I wouldn't even tour with this dude...
(November 21, 2007’, Atlanta, GA) – Leonard Rowe, president of Rowe Entertainment announces that the tour line up has changed for the nine-week long DOUBLE UP TOUR which currently features R. Kelly, Keyshia Cole, and J. Holiday.
Def Jam Recordings’ R&B vocalist, Ne-Yo,. was a part of the line-up through Thursday, November 15th. It was Rowe Entertainment’s decision to revamp the line-up, minus the Def Jam Recordings’ artist, because Rowe Entertainment could not obtain the final, fully-executed contract from Ne-Yo’s agent. The decision to release Ne-Yo was made solely by Leonard Rowe the national tour promoter. Contrary to previously published reports, R. Kelly exerted no influence upon Leonard Rowe’s decision.
“From a business perspective, it would have been extremely difficult for me to continue under this cloud of uncertainty. Unfortunately it was decided that in the best interest of all involved, since I was unable to receive the fully-executed contract, I had no other alternative but to release Ne-Yo from the tour,” said Leonard Rowe. “We are currently surveying the availability of other artists in order to fill this void.”
Alicia Keys recorded the 2nd biggest debut in the last two years with "As I Am" selling over 740,000 albums. Keys also landed bragging rights by generating the biggest sales for a female artist since 2004 and the most digitally EVER!
Watch Alicia's Dramatic New Video for her second single- 'Like You'll Never See Me Again'.
Mary J. Blige's "Growing Pains" is scheduled for release DECEMBER 18th, but YOU can pre-order the album on iTunes Here
With the pre-order you will get Mary's first single "Just Fine" instantly, and on December 18th you will receive the Digital Booklet along with a bonus track entitled "Mirror" featuring Eve.
Also...check out a remix video of "Just Fine" featuring Michael Jackson!!
'Keith Sweat has long been renowned as a true master of the slow jam. Now, as he turns his talents for the first time ever to a celebration of holiday music, Sweat casts a radiant glow, proving there's no one better qualified to deliver a Yuletide disc titled A CHRISTMAS OF LOVE.'
Universal Motown’s multi-platinum-selling, Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter/actress Erykah Badu returns to the music limelight with her debut single “Honey.” Laced with Erykah’s bluesy grit and MC style vocals, the song is bolstered by producer’s 9th Wonder’s razor sharp hip hop beats.
Singer/Songwriter Vivian Sessoms and multi-instrumentalist/engineer Chris Parks have brought their individual talents together to create their duo 'Albright'. Each has an impressive career working with the like of Lala Hathaway, Paul Simon, and Michael Jackson, and creating jingles for brands including Dark & Lovely, M&M, and Coke. These two have released their debut album "Sunny One Day" on their indie label Baby Budda Records, now available. Click HERE to listen and download.
The "Goddess of BAD BOY" Cheri Dennis is slated to release her long awaited debut album 'In And Out of Love' on February 26, 2008. Listen to her first single from the album "Portrait of Love" featuring Young Joc & Gorrilla Zoe.
'Marathon' Live @ SOBs From the upcoming album "Love Behind the Melody" In Stores January 15, 2008
by:SDM
Jive Recording artist Raheem DeVaughn debuted his sophomore release "Love Behind the Melody" to a sold out audience at NYC's SOB's last night. Aside from displaying new album cuts, DeVaughn also sported a fresh new low haircut, a far stretch from the cornrows and wooly fro/twists he has sported since his 2005 debut album "The Love Experience". The self-proclaimed R&B Hippie was all over fresh-to-death when he took the stage wearing a slick 3-piece suit and a crisp white collar, rapping and singing "Friday" a snazzy tune set to the Temptations "My Girl". Raheem officially introduced the new album with "Try Again" what he called his 'miss U song'. The beginning of the show was a medley of familiar tunes like his debut title track, and 'Sweet Tooth' mixed in with new tracks like "Energy" which started out as new lyrics stretched out over James Brown's 'Higher' and turned into an excited crowd pleaser. DeVaughn used this track to raise the energy and temperature in the building drawing the crowd into his new vibe, which is still very sensual. He achieved his goal as the crowd's excitement flourished, and he dove into the audience to serenad a few lucky ladies. Apparently, Raheem was feeling the warmth as he appeared back on stage missing his nice suit jacket and shirt, having shed his clothes down to a comfortable wife-beater and a satisfied smile. Another stand out seducer on the new project was 'Marathon', a sexy narration of love making that was cleverly introduced by the ballad killer. He stated that there were 2 types of love making a "quickie" and a "marathon"; each has it's place and time, but you can guess which is his favorite. DeVaughn, who is forever conscious, full of love, and spiritual, 'Passed the Love Along" with a touch to a crowd member who was asked to keep the Love moving by doing the same. By the end of this song, DeVaughn was draped in his customary "King's Crown" and purple cloak which I have seen him do before. This gimmick is not necessarily, necessary, or too cool, but I'll let him do his thing because I am still feeling him overall. "Woman" the first single from "Love Behind the Melody" left no fear of the "Sophomore Blues" as he began the wind-down of the night with it's pulsating praise of our strength and beauty. His drummer 'Big Biscuit' tore up the end of it with an electrifying solo. I am sure DeVaughn would say that he is way beyond the , being he releases his own mix tapes before, during, and in between his major releases, and tours regularly. The few new cuts he performed fit in well with his premier favorite's "Believe In Me" Guess Who Loves You More" and "You" which closed out the show. Love Behind the Melody is set for a january 15, 2008 release date, which happens to be "Black Love Day", looks like the picked a good one for phase two of Raheem DeVaughn- The R&B Hip-Hop RockStar!
