While Kim Porter is sitting at home in her new Beverly Hills mansion with her accountant figuring out what the hell she’s gonna do with all the money she’ll be making in child support, Sean “Diddy” Combs was recently spotted with some friends in the south of France … St Tropez to be exact … soaking up some rays and getting his vacation on in a private yacht. In the words of Lyfe Jennings: “Must be nice…”

Looks like your girl Jo Jo wasn’t the only one! New Konvict signed artists BRICK & LACE also decided to do a wicked counteraction to Sean Kingston’s smash hit “Beautiful Girls” and their own little personal spin on it called “Heart Breakers” – Check it out below!

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WHO DOES RONNY THINK HE IS? » You have GOT to be kidding me! It’s not very often you come across someone who wants your pity for a mess they got themselves into. Apparently Ronald Isley is on the grind trying to keep his butt out of jail for 3 years. He is currently in the process of requesting a pardon from President Bush for his recent conviction of tax evasion. The Isley Brothers frontman was found guilty on charges of of evading federal income tax payments to the tune of $3.1 million in 2005, and was sentenced to 3 years in prison subsequently in September 2006. The evasion spanned a time-period of 5 years (1997 – 2002). U.S. District Judge Dean Peterson labelled Isley “a serial tax avoider” in the Los Angeles court last year. He is scheduled to begin his 3-year prison sentence come August 7, but if he gets his way … he’ll get away scotch free. The new buzz is that his fans and record label Def Jam have started lobbying Bush to pardon the singer, urging people to contact the White House. Isley is currently battling cancer of the kidney and recently recovered from a stroke. The petition reads:

“In lieu of the recent charges brought against Mr. Isley, he is currently in the process of a total restitution of his financial obligations to the IRS. Mr. Isley has also offered to perform for troops at various military bases to help heal the country and show his support for their tireless efforts to protect this country. It is important to point out that Ronald Isley has no prior criminal record, and has been a law-abiding, taxpaying employer since 1956.”

I honestly don’t see that happening, but I could be wrong. Maybe good ol’ Dubya has a heart, or maybe not! Check out some dirt we recovered on Man-Eka and see who’s going to prison for for days after the cut! CONTINUE READING

Yo, I absolutely cannot wait until this airs on TV! Snoop Dogg is funny as hell. As you know, Flavor Flav recently GOT ROASTED by various celebrities, and from the looks of it, they pulled NO punches. Flavor Flav took all of the hilarious jokes like a man LOL. Check out the uncensored clip of Snoop Dogg roasting homeboy above. – VIDEO VIA HIP-HOP RUCKUS!

Mike INTRODUCED HIM to y’all a few days ago, and now I just confirmed a phone interview with Def Jam’s newest addition, The Dream! I will be conducting the interview sometime next week, so if you have anything you would like to ask him, let me know here or e-mail me, and I will do my best to fit some of them in. Only serious questions will be considered though, so please keep that in mind. Be on the lookout for more exclusive interviews from Think2wice in the coming weeks! RESPECT THIS HUSTLE!

To assist you in finding the right questions to ask, make sure you’re up to speed on The Dream by hitting up his MYSPACE!

Planet Earth is the forthcoming album from music icon Prince, BUY, BUY, BUY. This album kind of sticks to the original LP, which was 45 minutes, it’s really short. Anyway, despite that fact – I really enjoyed the album! So the quantity didn’t matter, rather the quality of the album, and that it had! My favorite tracks are, of course, the first single “Guitar” – play the gui-tar Prince! If you notice in the breakdown of Justin Timberlake’s “I Think She Knows” Interlude they both favor each other. I also love “Chelsea Rodgers,” which is the second single ironically. Another favorite of mine that you absolutely must listen to is “Future Baby Mama” and “Planet Earth”. I recommend this album for all those R&B/ Rock heads, it’s a great record you can throw in the whip while your driving to work or just riding around on a cloudy night.

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NICOLE & T.I.

PCD frontwoman Nicole Scherzinger was recently spotted filming the video for her new single “Whatever You Like” featuring T.I. I can’t wait to see the outcome of this video. I’ve always thought Nicole would be better off alone. She’s pretty much the only one that sings anyway LOL. If you need to be brought up to speed about how the song goes, check it out below. – Images via HIP-HOP CRUNCH! Check out the rest of the flicks after the cut…

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Sean Kingston is the self-titled debut album of your boy set to released on July 31st so BUY, BUY, BUY please. The album features guest appearances by Paula DeAnda, Vybez Kartel and Kardinal Official (people say I look like him, lol). Now, as far as production went your boy Jonathan Rotem aka JR took it upon himself to produce on this project while Sean Kingston wrote the entire album. He is “the package” as far as I’m concerned; great singer, rapper and songwriter whose rise to fame began with a little invention called MySpace. Now, known for deftly switching between an Urban-American dialect and a Jamaican patois in his music – Sean Kingston creates this genuine sound that immegiately draws you in. This is the case with his latest LP, you know? At first, I thought his whole theme was “hopeless romantic” but not at all! I think the album doesn’t vary, nor disappoints, and is very diverse on subjects. I still can’t believe he’s a peer of mine and he made it so big. I feel proud that he’s from Miami and reppin’ to the fullest! I wish him all the success, he deserves it, after listening to that album – I sort of step into his shoes for a minute. If you want to know my personal, personal opinion … I would definitely recommend this as a good buy. You will not regret it, seriously.

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Chamillionaire recently premiered two new videos, “Hip Hop Police” (produced by JR) featuring Slick Rick and “Evening News (produced by Kane Beatz),” from the album Ultimate Victory set to drop September 18th! So in actually you all are getting two for the price of one right now! LOL, but forreal I love Chamillionaire. You can’t do nothing but respect him, do you hear the shit he’s talking about in these two songs yo?
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