RANDOM THOUGHTS...
- Congratulations to Lil Wayne, who moved 423,000 copies of The Carter III in the FIRST DAY. Who says hip-hop is dead? This is just a lesson in that hard work and passion for your craft can bring new life to any "dying" art form. Who can argue that he is not the greatest rapper today other than Kanye? He told us he was the best and we didn't believe him and he stepped up, worked harder, and showed and proved! I wonder how DJ Chuck T (who famously leaked this album to the internet 2 weeks before it was released) feels now? Where are all the people who say music sales are on the decline? Maybe, it's just that great music is GREAT MUSIC. Leave it at that. Check out a great article on SOHH.com where the producers of this album talk about each track HERE.
- Stop hating on Usher! It is always hard to accept unexpected change in others when we may not be changing in the same ways, however Here I Stand is a MASTERPIECE of vocal ability and demonstration. Before you get caught up in the hate, actually take some time and LISTEN to the album. Usher is growing up (as we all should be doing in our 20s and 30s) and his music is reflecting his growth. We would call him FAKE if he came out talking about the subject matter of 8701 or Confessions at this point in his life because we know he is not living that? So, what's a man to do? Take your stand, Usher.
- My advice to Janet Jackson is to reinvent yourself like you did for your classics Control, Rhythm Nation 1814, and Janet. We haven't seen a new side of Janet since then!
- Britney Spears' last album Blackout, was her BEST ALBUM TO DATE. Go buy it. The drama in her personal life overshadowed the great album that is a credit to her and all those who worked to produce it.
NAS - "BE A N*GGER TOO"
MARiAH E=MC² iN STORES TODAY!
So today's the day! Mariah Carey is back and poised to conquer one of the most celebrated achievements in our time - more #1 singles than the Beatles, who have 20. She has already passed Elvis Presley's record of 18 which is amazing in and of itself. I think Mariah may not be topping what she is already done from an artistic standpoint, but why not stay the course when it is leading you to the history books? Mariah can break new ground on the next album. I will be there to ensure she will! My favorite song right now is certainly "Side Effects" featuring Young Jeezy.
Make sure you check out these tracks, I have included the tracklisting, as
1. Migrate feat. T-Pain
2. Touch My Body
3. Cruise Control feat. Damian Marley
4. I Stay In Love
5. Side Effects feat. Young Jeezy
6. I'm That Chick
7. Love Story
8. I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time
9. Last Kiss
10. Thanx 4 Nothin'
11. O.O.C.
12. For The Record
13. Bye Bye
13. I Wish You Well
Here is a link to Mariah's latest single, "Bye Bye":
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1315753316/bclid1295326835/bctid1493152748
MARiAH PASSES ELViS WiTH 18 #1 HiTS
With Mariah's new single "Touch My Body," reaching the #1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100, Mariah has now surpassed Elvis Presley and stands only behind The Beatles, with 18 #1 hits. Congrats (and happy belated birthday) Mariah!
"I really can never put myself in the category of people who have not only revolutionized music but also changed the world," Carey told The Associated Press on Tuesday via phone from London. "That's a completely different era and time ... I'm just feeling really happy and grateful." - Mariah Carey
ATLANTANS DOMiNATE BiLLBOARD THiS WEEK
NEW JANET JACKSON: "LUV"
BRiSON DISCUSSION: NAS' NEW ALBUM N*GGER
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:22:06 PM] I understand the genius behind it
PERSON 2 [2/12/2008 3:22:11 PM] I still don't understand his explanation.
PERSON 4 [2/12/2008 3:22:16 PM] exactly
PERSON 2 [2/12/2008 3:22:32 PM] I guess I'll have to wait for the CD download
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:22:38 PM] he's saying "ya'll have no idea who the real niggers are in 2008"
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:22:47 PM] if you dont get it now
PERSON 4 [2/12/2008 3:22:50 PM] well controversy ALONE sells but since Nas is certainly a musical prodigy, I am sure the music will match/exceed the controversy
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:22:54 PM] the CD will nto help you
PERSON 2 [2/12/2008 3:23:13 PM] Then what's the point?
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:23:18 PM] the have nots are the new niggers
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:23:39 PM] its a time piece
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:23:43 PM] in time you will get it
PERSON 3 [2/12/2008 3:24:26 PM] he's trying to dispell the N-word - that's brillant - everybody's a N....a - white people, black, chinese, blue people - if he comes out with that message and dispells the word - he'd done something a lot of never had the platform, no how or forum to do - Bravo!!!
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:26:04 PM] I was watching Scarborough (I think) when I got home lastnight and he (for a quick second) bashed NaS like what the hell is he doing?!?!? but if you go beneath the surface you'll get it
PERSON 4 [2/12/2008 3:26:09 PM] what did I tell y'all months ago...a word is only hurtful if its INTENT is hurtful
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:26:17 PM] it's not just the word he displaying
PERSON 4 [2/12/2008 3:26:44 PM] we cannot BAN LANGUAGE as the NAACP tried to do because a word can hurt...you CHANGE THE DEFNITION so its sting is removed!
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:26:54 PM] whats funny though is that the reporter couldn't come back with a followup after he broke it down (a little)
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:27:39 PM] She was expecting some street "nigga shit", but he blew her mind
PERSON 2 [2/12/2008 3:27:43 PM] or was it that she didn't understand it?
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:27:54 PM] it wasn't what she expected
PERSON 4 [2/12/2008 3:27:57 PM] exactly...that's what a NAS offers: BRILLIANCE
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:28:00 PM] he made it perfectly clear
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:28:21 PM] if he would have had "Victim" on his shirt would you have gotten it then?
PERSON 4 [2/12/2008 3:28:24 PM] this isn't just some MARKETING scheme here...he is trying to affect the landscape positively by airing out america's dirty laundry
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:28:41 PM] what he said
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:31:36 PM] I'm riding with NaS
PERSON 4 [2/12/2008 3:31:48 PM] me too
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:32:07 PM] Im gonna find that John Lennon song too
PERSON 4 [2/12/2008 3:32:59 PM] please
PERSON 3 [2/12/2008 3:36:04 PM] good stuff - he's the Rap O'bama - Nas for 2008'
PERSON 4 [2/12/2008 3:36:19 PM] there ya go!!!
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:36:33 PM] I like Obama but he's scared to be NaS
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:36:53 PM] Nas is the Ross pero
PERSON 3 [2/12/2008 3:37:24 PM] lol
PERSON 4 [2/12/2008 3:37:40 PM] naw...don't do Nas like that Mr. Gomez!!!
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:37:46 PM] think about it
PERSON 4 [2/12/2008 3:37:57 PM] He's like the Langston Hughes or Frederick Douglass
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:37:58 PM] Ross could give a flying F what you thought about him
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:38:07 PM] but he spoke the real
PERSON 3 [2/12/2008 3:38:08 PM] but he's a real historian rapper - cant take that from him, especially on the conscious songs he has
PERSON 4 [2/12/2008 3:38:15 PM] Because he is discussing social issues without being too political
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:38:41 PM] Pero (is that how you spell it) wasnt a politician
PERSON 4 [2/12/2008 3:39:00 PM] Perot
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:39:07 PM] yeah
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:39:16 PM] Nasir Perot
PERSON 3 [2/12/2008 3:41:56 PM] like Obama's campaign "Yes We Can" - Nas wants to get masses of all cultures to say the "N Word" - once the outlet has been open to saying it - the word is then dispelled - let the media attack it - then its dispelled - hope he offers something good behind it
PERSON 2 [2/12/2008 3:50:54 PM] So you're saying NAS is changing the word Nigger but you don't know what exactly is behind it?
PERSON 2 [2/12/2008 3:51:05 PM] Is that right?
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:51:59 PM] im not saying that he is changing the word (only webster can do that) he is trying to show the true meaning these days
PERSON 3 [2/12/2008 3:52:24 PM] is changing and dispelling the same meaning? Can somebody help me out
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:52:45 PM] disspell is to get rid of
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:53:46 PM] 1. rid mind of something: to rid somebody's mind of a thought or an idea, especially an erroneous one
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:53:55 PM] encarta
PERSON 3 [2/12/2008 3:55:22 PM] so he says in the clip that the plight of issues are not just blacks now but their now whites, and other cultures. Minding the thought or idea that we're all in the same boat - we're all the N.Word?
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:58:23 PM] The muslims call them the 85% (Deaf, Dumb and Blind) NaS calls them Niggers
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:58:27 PM] think about it
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 3:59:56 PM] If you thought the Millenium started on Jan 1 2000, If you bought duct tape after 9/11, if you thought WMD's were in Iraq then you my friend are a Nigger
PERSON 3 [2/12/2008 3:59:58 PM] i like the notion - it just throughs a word mindful from the derivitive back at the derivitive - where did N-Word come from to begin with?
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 4:01:26 PM] When the slaves came over and had dark skins the white didnt know what to call them. The closest thing they had was Negro (spanish for black) and it evolved into NIgger
PERSON 2 [2/12/2008 4:04:56 PM] Negro means black in spanish. They called them Nigger b/c nigger means: inferior and ignorant and contemptible. Anything bad or ugly that you can think of becomes or equate to a nigger. That's where the word comes from. Now that's why Older Generations of blacks have an issue with the word b/c of the offensiveness of the word.
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 4:06:50 PM] They called them Nigger b/c nigger means: inferior and ignorant and contemptible. Thats what Webster says, but in the beginning it meant Blackie (or the likes)
PERSON 2 [2/12/2008 4:08:25 PM] Right, the color is black in spanish
PERSON 3 [2/12/2008 4:09:11 PM] Now lets analyze the history that both of you mentioned - would'nt it be brilliant to let the originator of the N-word know who is the true meaning of just that. Once minds are opened - the N-word will finally dispell all myths of who truly holds value to it.
PERSON 3 [2/12/2008 4:09:56 PM] We're finally breaking the Willie Lynch thought-like mentally - its okay to talk against something. Especially in these days
PERSON 4 [2/12/2008 4:14:01 PM] exactly...
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 4:16:08 PM] it's an uphill battle
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 4:16:10 PM] though
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 4:16:44 PM] the media is gonna use its power it has over Niggers to try to dead this thing and sell it off as non sense
PERSON 4 [2/12/2008 4:17:17 PM] exactly...they wanted Nas to say something ignorant and silly to make him out to be a buffoon
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 4:17:47 PM] go back up to my post where I said he through her off
PERSON 1 [2/12/2008 4:18:26 PM] she was like "What the hell?" say what Nigger?PERSON 4 [2/12/2008 4:18:35 PM] exactly....
BRiSON EXCLUSIVE: MARIAH'S NEW ABLUM COVER
JANET'S ALBUM COVER "DISCIPLINE"
SNEEK PEAK: JANET JACKSON "FEEDBACK"
***UPDATE***HERE IS FULL VIDEO ON YAHOO! CLICK HERE!!!
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT 106 & PARK TONIGHT FOR THE FULL VIDEO PREMIERE!!!
IT'S OFFICIAL: JAY-Z LEAVES DEF JAM AT END OF YEAR!
According to the Associated Press, it's official: Jay-Z aka Shawn Carter, who for the past 3 years has presided over Universal Music Group's Def Jam Records, will step down effective December 31st.
Rumors of Jay's departure began months ago, where it was suggested he would be leaving "the house that Russell built" to move to Columbia Records to strengthen their urban music just as he brought Ne-Yo and Rihanna, now both platinum-selling artists, to Def Jam.
More on this to come...
UPDATE: NAME OF NEW JANET ALBUM: "DISCIPLINE"
NEW JANET JACKSON NOW!!!!
And you didn't even have to wait until Saturday! Check out Janet's new single, "FEEDBACK" by clicking HERE!!
NEW JANET COMING 2.20.08!!!! 1st SINGLE DROPS 12.15!!
Jay-Z in negotions to make jump to Columbia from Island Def Jam