NEYO - ON RUMORS OF BEING GAY »

“For one, I’m an R&B singer, so that’s one strike against me anyway. I’ve never been the thuggish dude. This is the way I look at it now. For one, you’re nobody ’til they think you’re gay - that’s the truth of the business. Two? You really gotta take the good with the bad. I was having a conversation with my management and the label, and they said, ‘We’ve really got to get you out in public more because after they say you’re a great songwriter, what else is there to say? Nobody knows anything about your lifestyle.’ I think that’s why the gay thing was so easy to believe, because it was one of the only things that came out about me that didn’t have to do with music.”

MOBY - ON BEING A VAMPIRE »

“If a vampire approached you and said: ‘With your consent I’ll bite you and you’ll have immortality but you’ll never see the sun again.’ would you say ‘ok’? Yes, call me crazy, but I think that being a vampire would be fantastic.

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My December is the third studio from Kelly Clarkson and will be released (to the United States) June 26th along with the singles “Never Again” and “Sober”. I listened to the album recently, I really wanted to post a couple tracks, it sounds really good but the quality, not so good. For the most part it’s enough to get you through until the release date. A lot of rock inspirations, pop, and a little techno surprisingly, my favorite tracks are “Sober,” “Don’t Waste Your Time, ” “Judas,” “Haunted,” “Can I Have A Kiss” damn- I might as well just say the whole damn album! Man I can’t wait for this to drop cause the quality, again, is terrible but I can’t complain! The lyrics are so strong and make deep statements but so simplistic at the same time. You might as well call the album a “Confessions of a Broken Heart,” although that album and this album are completely different :slaps myself for saying that: but the concept and rawness of both are uncanny. I can also say, that along with Rihanna, Kelly is also rebelling a little bit. From when she first started out she was all bubble gum and innocent but now it is definitely a difference in style, sound, just overall “image” you could say. I’m actually feelin’ the female empowerment and rebellion going on.

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Dip Set Byrdgang member Stack Bundles was reportedly killed early Monday morning (June 11) in his hometown of Far Rockaway in the New York City borough of Queens. Police have not yet released details on the case, however DJ Envy at New York radio station Hot 97 announced on the air that Stack had been shot to death. Envy also reported that Stack was seen at New York nightclub Stereo as late as 4:30 a.m. on Monday. While he hadn’t yet attained widespread popularity, mixtape fans have been aware of Bundles’ lyrical skills for several years. The rapper, who also led his own Riot Squad crew, first began attracting major attention as a member of DJ Clue’s Desert Storm family. His work on freestyles alongside more established MCs, such as then-camp members Fabolous and Joe Budden, let the scene know immediately he could hold his own weight.

While he worked to secure a label deal, Stack released a myriad of solo mixtapes and appeared on Clue’s street CDs. Last year, he popped up on Jim Jones’ M.O.B. (Members of Byrdgang) mixtape (the same mixtape that introduced Jones’ monster smash “We Fly High”), along with the currently incarcerated Max B. Jones told MTV News last year that Stack had approached him one night in a club, and the only thing he liked more than Stack’s audacity was his skill on the mic. Jones planned to not only release Stack’s solo debut, but also to highlight him on Byrdgang releases as well. On Monday morning, MTV News reached out to a grieving Jones, who said he needed some time to get his thoughts together before speaking on the death of his friend and artist.

I really didn’t know who Stack Bundles was because I’m more of a mainstream music listener, but never-the-less this is sad to hear. RIP to Stack Bundles and my thoughts and prayers are with his friends and family at this time.

[ Source: MTV NEWS ]

Here I Am is the fourth studio album from Eve, scheduled to release on August 7, 2007, the album is said to involve production by Dr. Dre, Timbaland, Pharrell Williams, Swizz Beatz and Scott Storch, and guest appearances by Adam Levine, Shakira, Busta Rhymes and possibly Gwen Stefani! Dang, that’s quite a list there! The buzz second single, following the hit “Tambourine,” will be “Cash Flow” featuring T.I. I’ll have a review up in a minute ;-)

Above is the official cover for record producer Swizz Beatz new album, One Man Band Man, set to be released August 23, 2007. Bout time producers started doing albums (they might as well). The album features guest appearances by Cassidy, Coldplay, DMX, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Kanye West, Nas, Ciara, Mashonda, Jim Jones & Juelz Santana. and features production by, of course, Swizz Beatz, Kanye West, Just Blaze and Buckwild. The first single is “It’s Me Bitches,” which you can hear below along with the remix featuring Jadakiss, R. Kelly & Lil’ Wayne (also on the album), the second single will be “Money In The Bank”.

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WHAT’S SHAKIRA DOING WITH AVRIL LAVIGNE?? » Shakira and Avril Lavigne had a “casual” dinner together at Crustaceon in Beverly Hills. The starlets were all smiles taking pictures with fans, then left in different cars. They both headed to Hyde Lounge, leaving from the back entrance before making their way back home. Let’s just hope and pray to our Heavenly Father above that these two aren’t discussing a possible “rock remix” of Beautiful Liar! CONTINUE READING

Here are a few snaps of Antonio Banderaz, Justin Timberlake, Cameron Diaz, and Austin Powers (pictured above) at the Shrek the 3rd Premiere yesterday in Berlin, Germany! I haven’t had a chance to check out the movie yet, but I’m not hearing such good things about it. I don’t wanna waste $8.50 + tax … so I’ll probably just wait ’til it comes out on DVD in a few months when I can get it for free.

Ricky Martin was named king of the Puerto Rican Day parade and joined Mayor Michael Bloomberg for a ceremonial ribbon cutting before ascending a float that promoted the Ricky Martin Foundation, which advocates for child welfare around the world. The Puerto Rican Day Parade is an annual event in New York City celebrating the culture and people of Puerto Rico. Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony made a surprise appearance on separate floats.

UPDATE: More pics from the parade added after the cut!

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Maybe there’s hope for Paris Hilton afterall! Jail is doing her ass some good. This is what she said on Friday about her lawyer appealing the judgement on keeping her in prison and not allowing her any type of house arrest or electronic monitoring.

“Today I told my attorneys not to appeal the judge’s decision. While I greatly appreciate the Sheriff’s concern for my health and welfare, after meeting with doctors I intend to serve my time as ordered by the judge. This is by far the hardest thing I have ever done. During the past several days, I have had a lot of time to reflect and have already learned a bitter, but important lesson from this experience.

As I have said before, I hope others will learn from my mistake. I have also had time to read the mail from my fans. I very much appreciate all of their good wishes and hope they will keep their letters coming. I must also say that I was shocked to see all of the attention devoted to the amount of time I would spend in jail for what I had done by the media, public and city officials. I would hope going forward that the public and the media will focus on more important things, like the men and women serving our country in Iraq, Afghanistan and other places around the world.”

Kudos to you Paris! You’re still a slut and I hate your guts, but your attitude in this situation is impressing me thusfar.

Oh yeeeeah, I’ve been waiting for this song quite some time now and I know you guys have as well. I told ya’ll I would be ridin’ this shit out until the release date, haha, and I’m so overzealous now because the album is coming along very nicely - man I must give credit where it is due; Kanye is musically genius, no doubt about that. I’m still in complete awe cause this is just unbelievable… I’ve long for “Bittersweet” so bad, it features John Mayer and the lovely Keyshia Cole on vocals, need I say more? Oh and, as always HOP you are the shit :bows: you crazy for this one guy!

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