New Music: Kelis “Acapella”

Here’s Kelis’ first “comeback” single, “Acapella.” And by the sounds of this, the new mom is going in the direction of straight dance, no urban. Her voice sounds nice, the track is borderline spin-class, but I like it. A dance in your socks song. You can read Kelis’ message at her IAmKelis site. (thanks to [...]

Downtime with 50 Cent and Eminem: backstage at the AMAs

Thisis50 posted video of 50 and Eminem (along with Em’s manager Paul Rosenberg and others) sharing downtime at the rehearsals for last night’s American Music Awards. Fif narrates, Em doesn’t address the camera, but its still nice to see the lowkey footage. Now it woulda been really interesting if they had also shot 50’s immediate [...]

Ill Doctrine’s reluctant take on Beanie Sigel vs Jay-Z

“That is until 50 Cent swooped in like the tooth fairy and started sprinkling magic beef dust on everybody….” “Jay-z is like one of those British dudes with the big hats, that you just can’t get anything out of…” “He’s just not that into…beefing with you.“

New Music: Raekwon “Angels (remix)”, Jim Jones feat. Maino “Tryna Win”, and Rihanna bonus

Raekwon recorded his own version of Dirty Money’s “Angels” track…Jimmy teamed up with his boy Maino for “Tryin’ to Win,” which is off his upcoming Ghost of Rich Porter mixtape… and Rihanna and Justin Timberlake did this song “Hole in My Head,” which is a European bonus track on Rihanna’s Rated R. New Remix: Raekwon’s Dirty [...]

American Music Awards recap: Jay-Z’s subliminal message to 50 Cent? (Plus J.Lo’s slip, and Adam Lambert)

The best performance of the AMAs was Lady Gaga’s flaming piano in a box, in my humble opinion. Worst? That was probably a tie between Shakira’s drumline, Rihanna’s wooden, Jeezy-less “Hard,” and Fergie’s sour notes. But while the core AMA viewership was probably still giddy about all of Taylor Swift’s wins….hip hop fans were debating Hov’s [...]

HOT OR NOT: DONDRIA - “YOU’RE THE ONE”

[See post to listen to audio]♫ Dondria - You’re the One ♫ ALTERNATE LINK ♫ Never heard of her? Check out SoSo Def recording artist, Dondria, with her debut single, “You’re the One.” If you’re not familiar with her, you should know that Jermaine Dupri immediately signed her to his imprint after she became a YouTube sensation, singing [...]

SPOTTED: WHITNEY HOUSTON & RAY J HEADING TO DINNER AFTER THE AMAs

A very happy Whitney Houston and singer/reality star Ray J were spotted heading to dinner after attending the ‘09 American Music Awards on Sunday (November 22) in Los Angeles. Whitney performed and was presented with the ‘International Artist’ award. In related news, Ray J revealed in recent interview that he and Whitney are just “good & [...]

EVENT PICS: ‘09 AMAs (PERFORMANCE, AUDIENCE, BACKSTAGE PICS + VIDEO LINKS)

The 2009 American Music Awards was held on Sunday night (November 22nd) at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles and boasted numerous performances from the top stars of today; including: Janet Jackson, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston and more. Peep the photos below, check out the winners list here and and if you missed it, [...]

WHO ROCK’D IT BETTER: BEYONCE or MELODY

For this edition of ‘Who Rock’d It Better’ we have singers Beyonce and Melody Thornton wearing the same Sass & Bide Higher Ground dress during recent events. Beyonce rock’t the black version of the dress when she accepted her awards at the ‘09 MTV Europe Music Awards earlier this month and Melody rock’d the white version [...]

EVENT PICS: ‘09 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS (ARRIVAL PICS)

Singer Rihanna arrives to the 2009 American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Sunday (November 22) in Los Angeles, California. Also pictured above are singer/rapper Drake, Keri Hilson and Mary J. Blige. Peep more ‘ARRIVAL’ photos below. ( Photos: GETTY IMAGES )