Music
Adele Keeps It Dirty For Cosmo December 2011
Well, well, well, who’da thunk that everyone’s favorite heartbroken Brit-Pop singer Adele was such a foul-mouthed little pixie? Wait a sec, everyone knew about that? FUCK!
Anyway, all of Adele gets to adorn the December cover of US Cosmo (a rarity to see her full form on a magazine) sporting the weirdest looking cleavage I’ve seen so far. Again, it’s all the work of the Photoshop masters at Cosmo. Check it out!
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Victoria’s Secret Just Can’t Say NO. *UPDATE #2*
Victoria’s Secret usually chooses hot musical acts to perform in their yearly fashion show. Performers like Justin Timberlake, Usher, Katy Perry, the Spice Girls, and the Black Eyed Peas have done the show and it’s always a blast to watch. But it’s not always the case in some years….
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Nicki Minaj Goes 16th Century Medieval For W Magazine November 2011
Oh, Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo would be SO proud! Click below to see the rest.
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Beyonce Whips Her Hair For Harper’s Bazaar US November 2011
Is this some sort of musical month that I’m not aware of? You got Nicki Minaj on Cosmo, Amy Lee on Revolver, Rihanna on Esquire, Gwen Stefani on InStyle, Heather Morris (from “Glee”) on Seventeen, and now you got Queen Beyonce on the November cover of Harper’s Bazaar! Too bad that Gaga and Katy Perry were already featured in last month’s issues otherwise this woulda been a really big trifecta of chick Pop.
Anyway, check out the edit below and read about Beyonce being all pregnant and whatnot.
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Rihanna & Mary Elizabeth Winstead Strip Down For Esquire November 2011
Look, don’t get me wrong, I like Rihanna and I enjoy her music…..but is she REALLY the “Sexiest Woman Alive”? I think this choice is debatable, but regardless, I still like seeing pics of her practically naked. Check it out!
[NOTE: Oh, and when you purchase the issue, it comes with a fold-out poster of Riri!]
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Gwen Stefani Does Her Third Cover For InStyle Magazine November 2011
Yup, has there ever been a year when at least ONE magazine doesn’t feature Gwen Stefani on their cover? Not that I can remember. This time, little ol’ Gwen scores the November 2011 cover of InStyle (making it her THIRD cover for them).
What’s she promoting, you ask? How the Hell should I know!
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Amy Lee – Revolver Magazine’s #1 Hottest Chick In Hard Rock
What ever happened to Evanescence? They’re one of those bands that were popular for a while back in the early 2000′s and then they just disappeared off the radar. (And then we were bombarded by Hailey from Paramore for a bit). Well, it looks like they’re back now and to top it off, lead singer Amy Lee scored herself the November/December 2011 cover of Revolver Magazine looking like an Emo Prom Queen.
For the issue, the folks at Revolver chose 25 of the “Hottest Chicks In Hard Rock” and Amy’s name came out on top beating out other notable rock girls like Lzzy Hale of Halestorm, Brooklyn of Picture Me Broken, Maria Brink of In This Moment, and Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless.
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Nicki Minaj Covers For Cosmopolitan Magazine November 2011
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Rihanna Strips Down For New Armani Jeans Advertisements
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If you are a hardcore Rihanna fan, then you already knew about this campaign. But if you’re a casual fan like me, then check out these new Armani Jeans ads featuring Riri doing her best Tawny Kitaen “Here I Go Again” impression by slivering in her jeans and bra (and jacket) across the hood of a classic car.
To be honest, I’m not sure if Armani is stepping up or stepping down in quality considering that they had Megan Fox as their previous spokesgirl for their jeans brand last season (although they never featured her photos in any magazines that I could think of or find). So I’m gonna vote this one as a step “UP”.
Florence Welch Gets Artsy For Interview Magazine October 2011
Florence & The Machine is one of my favorite bands in Rock music right now. There’s nobody out there that sounds like Florence and I really do believe that her powerful singing voice is totally going unappreciated by the music critics. Why, you ask? Because everyone is focusing their attention on the whiny “oh-I’m-in-such-heartbreak” bullshit singing style of Adele, and all the while Florence and her band get totally sidelined. I’d rather listen to “Kiss With A Fist” on a loop than to ever hear one more whiny note of “Rolling In The Deep”.
But, in retrospect, at least Florence’s picture can fit on the front page of the magazine! Anyway, Florence is the covergirl for October 2011 issue of Interview Magazine with a special interview by movie director Baz Luhrmann. Check it out!
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Katy Perry Goes Retro-Chic For InStyle Magazine October 2011
Uh-huh, another month and another Katy Perry editorial. This time Katy overtakes the pages of InStyle with a big ol’ 10-page editorial that discusses nothing we don’t already know (although she does refer to Beyonce as “that bitch”). Faded pink hair and couture fashion, what else do you expect from this girl???
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Katy Perry Scores Five #1 Singles
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If you haven’t heard by now, let me reiterate it for you: Katy Perry scored her FIFTH #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 for the poppy-yet-corny-but-catchy track “Last Friday Night (TGIF)” tying the record set by Michael Jackson in 1987. This makes Katy the only artist in 24 years to have this many #1 hits in the same album!
The other four songs are “California Girls”, “Teenage Dream”, “Firework”,, and “ET” (which isn’t really my favorite song in her catalog, which puzzles me as to how it got to #1 at all). Oh well, congrats to Katy Perry!
The Go-Go’s Receive Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
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I love 80′s music. I listen to it just as much as I do with early 90′s music. Why? Because 80′s music rules! And as much as I love listening to the Go-Go’s and their fluffy early-80′s Rock-Pop music, I was a bit surprised when I heard that Belinda Carlisle, Charlotte Caffey, Gina Schock, Kathy Valentine, and Jane Wiedlin (sporting what looks like a fake blonde wig) were on hand in Hollywood yesterday to accept their star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
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Last I heard, the Go-Go’s were NOT together. There were rumors of a reunion back in 2000 that got canned due to an injury of one of the members (I think it was Jane) and that Belinda was out doing solo 80′s festival-type tours. But who am I to complain? I’m just stoked that 80′s music is still getting recognized.
Congrats to the Go-Go’s from Celebutopia!
Rihanna Re-Glams It Up For Glamour Magazine
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Rihanna is the September cover girl for Glamour. I swear to god, this girl has been on the cover of every magazine for the last six months! There must be something funky brewing in the juju that’s causing all this popularity, otherwise I’d be hard-pressed to think why Riri would need this many covers! But it don’t matter ’cause it’s not like I buy them for the articles anyway. Although she does talk about her love for Katy Perry…..
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90′s R&B/Hip-Hop Albums That Need Remastering. NOW!
In a world where the musical landscape is bombarded with over-produced drivel and Auto-tuned garbage, it makes music fans like myself cringe at how far down the quality of R&B/Hip-Hop has gone. I mean, does anyone even remember a time when there used to be R&B/Hip-Hop groups? A time when a song could stay on the charts and become a classic? A time when MTV used to PLAY music videos??? All that has become a bygone era.
But back in the early 90′s, R&B/Hip-Hop was really dominating the mainstream and many of the songs and music videos made a cultural impact on the youth of America. These types of artists were doing genres like R&B, Hip-Hop, Pop, and New Jack Swing and it made listening to music fun. If you knew these songs and artists, you were considered “cool” by your peers. Not so much with the current artists nowadays….
With that said, I’m taking it upon myself to list a collection of early 90′s R&B/Hip-Hop albums that need remastering. I’m not talking about a “Greatest Hits” collection with a few remixed songs, I mean a full-on track-by-track upgrade! These albums deserve to get recognized once again for the brilliant (and sometimes corny) songs they’ve place upon us and I ain’t one to skimp out on a good album!
In no particular order:
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TONI BRAXTON “TONI BRAXTON”
To me, Toni’s first album is and will ALWAYS be her best work. Every song in the album is a virtual hit and with production by the LaFace team, there was no way this album could go wrong. Hit tracks include “Another Sad Love Song”, “Love Shoulda Brought You Home”, “Breathe Again”, and “You Mean The World To Me”. I await the day when Toni decides to return to her roots and do another album like this one.
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JODECI “FOREVER MY LADY”
Considered the “Bad boys” of Hip-Hop, the guys at Jodeci debuted their first album under the New Jack Swing genre and unleashed a number of big memorable New Jack hits such as, “Come And Talk To Me”, “Stay”, “Forever My Lady”, and “I’m Still Waiting”. Rumors have been floating for years of a reunion but until that happens, we’ll just have to wait….
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BELL BIV DEVOE “POISON”
With the unforgettable lyric of “Never trust a big butt and a smile“, the homeboys from BBD brought New Jack Swing into the 90′s with the killer single “Poison”. Other hit tracks include “Do Me” and “When Will I See You Smile Again?” With the title track featured in the 2004 smash-hit videogame “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas”, the feedback was positive, which only means that remaster should’ve followed!
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MARY J. BLIGE “WHAT’S THE 411?”
Mary’s first album was an excellent debut that has it’s fair share of Hip-Hop classics (without all the intimate drama that came in her subsequent albums after this one). Mary displays her Hip-Hop prowess in full force in tracks like “Real Love”, “What’s the 411?” and “Love No Limit” that I haven’t seen her do since then. This album will always be reminder of why I like Mary J. Blige. REMASTER PLEASE!
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MARIAH CAREY “MARIAH CAREY”
Can you believe that NONE of Mariah’s albums have ever received a remaster? I certainly can’t believe it considering how many big hits she’s had since her debut. Speaking of which, Mariah’s debut album is (in my very honest opinion) the very best one in her entire discography. You can argue about other albums like “Music Box” or “Daydream” or even “Emancipation of Mimi”, but without her first album, there would be no Mariah (and the billions of copycats out there).
With killer songs like, “Vision Of Love”, “I Don’t Wanna Cry”, “Love Takes Time, and “Someday”, I find it a sacrilege that this album has never gotten the upgrade it deserves. Take note, Columbia Records! REMASTER IT!!!
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COLOR ME BADD “C.M.B.”
I’ll admit it: Color Me Badd is my ultimate guilty pleasure and I am NOT ashamed to say it! I simply love this album and nothing you say will pry me away from it. Yes, I understand that lots of people consider them to be a novelty act that let it’s image overtake its musical talent (and believe me, they had it) but it doesn’t mean their music was “badd” (hah, get it?).
There’s no way you can mention early 90′s Hip-Hop without mentioning the ultra-hot tracks of “I Wanna Sex U Up”, “All 4 Love”, “I Adore, Mi Amor”, and “Groove My Mind”. This group deserves a remaster simply for the reason that it wouldn’t be the early 90′s without them.
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S.W.V. “IT’S ABOUT TIME”
Wait a sec, a female group? With soul? Yup, that’s what you got with SWV. With lead singer Coco, the group debuted their album and garnered a chunk of big classic ol’ skool hits such as “I’m So Into You”, “Downtown”, “Weak”, and of course, “Right Here (Human Nature)”, which was horribly sampled by that mutherfucker, Chris Brown. What’s the hold up, we need a remaster!
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JANET JACKSON “janet.”
I remember very distinctly back in 1993 when Janet’s first single from this album called “That’s The Way Love Goes” (and its video which featured a then-unknown J-Lo) was released, everyone I knew instantly loved it. Janet re-teamed with Jam & Lewis for her sexually charged follow-up to “Rhythm Nation 1814″ and what we got was an instant classic. With killer songs like “If”, “Because Of Love”, “Again”, and “Anytime, Anyplace”, how could this album still not be remastered??? C’mon, Virgin Records!!!
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BOYZ II MEN “II”
While the group’s first album (“Cooleyhighharmoney”) was a hit in it’s own right, it was the group’s second album that launched R&B into the stratosphere like a rocket. The first single entitled, “I’ll Make Love To You” was an instant smash and the follow up singles, “On Bended Knee” and “Water Runs Dry” helped cement the group’s status as hitmakers. Unfortunately, their follow-up efforts have gone largely ignored, but the group is still together and still touring. REMASTER!!!
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EN VOGUE “FUNKY DIVAS”
What, another female group with Soul? Goddamn right! The ladies of En Vogue ruled most of 1992 with their smash singles “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” and “Givin’ Him Something He Can Feel”. There’s no question that this group deserves a remastered album.
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R. KELLY “12 PLAY”
Yes, I couldn’t ignore the one and only R Kelly. Think what you want about him but his music is too good, especially the music from “12 Play”. R. Kelly brought his R&B swagger to his solo debut and churned out big tracks like, “Bump & Grind”, “Your Body’s Calling”, “Sex Me” (featuring a then-unknown singer named Aaliyah), and “Summer Bunnies”. REMASTER!!!
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I really am amazed at how these albums have gone largely ignored by these groups and their record labels. Like I said before, these albums deserve a second chance to shine and I’m sure music fans like myself would definitely appreciate and BUY them.
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OH, I’M NOT DONE WITH THIS LIST! TO BE CONTINUED……..
Getting Sexy w/ Alexandra Stan on the 4th of July!
Here in the US of A, we’re celebrating our country’s re-birth by having a big ol’ fatass celebration! Fireworks, heat, and BAR-B-Q is how we do it, but now it just got even hotter due to hottie Romanian singer Alexandra Stan!
I’ll admit that I don’t enjoy EVERY Pop song that I hear on the radio (Britney’s “Til The World Ends” pisses me right off), but one of the artists that I just recently discovered on the radio is a blonde Elisha Cuthbert-lookalike named Alexandra Stan, who just happens to have a catchy trio of tunes that were just too irresistibly impossible to ignore.
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The songs entitled, “Lollipop”. “Mr. Saxobeat”, and “Get Back (ASAP)” are hot club hits that make you shake your ass! To put an even bigger cherry on top of those hot tracks, her music videos are just as gratuitously hot (almost bordering on porn) and, goddamn it, you will watch them!
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Check out her videos and tell me you can’t watch it without pausing to stare….suck on that J-LO!
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(Unfortunately, goddamned Youtube has disabled all embeds for her third video, so this live version is all I can get, but it’s still hot!)
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I plan on celebrating my 4th of July by blasting these tunes on high while I grill up some hot grits! Enjoy!
Does Anyone Remember Pia Toscano?
Sigh, I REALLY hate doing this celebrity ass-kissing bullshit, but since our Forums are under maintenance, I’ve got no choice to place my HQ photos here in the blog and make it seem like some sort of celebrity gossip, so here we go….
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Remember that voluptuous brunette singer, Pia Toscano (AKA the prettier version of J-Woww), from this season of American Idol that got voted off TWO WEEKS into the Top 12 show? A huge fan uproar was made over this girl and then what happened after that? NOTHING. Rumors had surfaced that she had inked a deal with Interscope Records and then the rumor was that it never happened, I DON’T KNOW.
And now all she does with the remaining few minutes of her 15-minute lifespan is go to trendy Hollywood restaurants with her “Dancing With The Stars” boyfriend (or girlfriend, depending on your view of DWTS), Mark Ballas. Whatever, just click on the pics and download them.
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[Patiently waiting for the Forums to get back up and running.....]
Katy Perry Covers Rolling Stone. Again.
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Considering the last underwhelming Rolling Stone cover story she was in, I rolled my eyes when I had seen that Katy got the latest cover of this week’s Rolling Stone issue AGAIN, which would make it her FOURTH domestic magazine cover in under six months. Not that I have a problem with that.
But at least the pictures are a little more visually stimulating than the last Rolling Stone edit she was in. And by that, I mean she is quite wet and fleshie in one of the pics.
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Fergie Looks REALLY Old! WTF?!?
This is a bit of a head-turner for me. First off, Fergie is on the cover of Allure Magazine looking young and pristine and all dolled up. Take a look at the cover below (on newsstands this week).
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But, as of yesterday, the paps snapped a few pics of Fergie in Paris, France and she looked like THIS:
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I swear to God, this is not a joke, that’s really her! It looks like a Rachel Zoe zombie-a-like! Sometimes I completely forget that Photoshop exists. And in this case, it REALLY made a difference cuz this is fucked up.
Katy Perry Does Paris For Vanity Fair
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If you haven’t already heard by now, Pop songstress Katy Perry is on the cover of the June 2011 issue of Vanity Fair. While the photos don’t exactly show anything we haven’t already seen (aka BO-RING), the fact that her cover didn’t need any Photoshopping is a first!
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