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Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Federal Agents Mad Cause I'm Flagrant

Diddy's oldest, Justin, is growing up into quite the handsome young man. He gets it from his mama. [CL]There are plans for a revival of Michael Jackson's Captain EO at Disneyland. [TF]AEG to Dr. Conrad Murray: "Who you gon get...

Butta  |  11/18/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Chickens Is Watching

Get ready. A new MJ-themed Vegas Cirque Du Soleil show may be on the horizon. [IDOL]Speaking of MJ, a portrait of him at an LA auction sold for $812,000. Wow. [TOI]Alicia Keys looks very soppable nice on the new Uptown...

Harlem  |  11/12/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Bounce-Worthy

Bounce-Worthy: Saunders Sermons

Miami native Saunders Sermons first love may have been singing, but it quickly encompassed Jazz as well when he picked up the trombone at the tender age of 11. Currently touring with Maxwell, Saunders' MySpace page proudly boasts "I worked...

ill Mami  |  11/10/2009 at 3:00 PM  |  Comments (21)  |  Permalink

Month of Mary

'My Life' At 15: 'I Never Wanna Live Without You'

"I never wanna live without you, baby / I wanna be your lady / Love is so amazing"One of the standouts on an already stellar album, "I Never Wanna Live Without You" is amongst a handful of tracks that...

Butta  |  11/09/2009 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Ain't Nobody Humpin' Around

Why, yes. All Black people do rap. Even when we're singing. [FF]Kanye West as Fred Sanford? Diddy as Conway Twitty? Yup. [DNJ]A Ghostface ghost story of course would involve little people and rock band KISS. [YT]R. Kelly's tribute song to...

ill Mami  |  11/09/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Month of Mary

'My Life' At 15: 'My Life'

"Life can be only what you make it / When you're feeling down, you should never fake it" So begins the haunting title track from the My Life album, arguably one of the most beloved songs Mary J. Blige has...

huny  |  11/05/2009 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (7)  |  Permalink

Soul Cynic, SoulTube

Diddy's A 'Starmaker'? Really?

So, the other night, as I was flipping channels, minding my own business, I came across MTV, where the show Making His Band was on. The music channel must've wanted me to turn the channel immediately, because, as if on...

Harlem  |  08/06/2009 at 4:00 PM  |  Comments (11)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Pimp Harder

Rolling Stone really likes Mos Def's The Ecstatic. [CC]Check out The Source's MJ tribute cover. [RR]Jamie Foxx and Queen Latifah have joined the cast of the movie Valentine's Day. [SR]Diddy slow-jammed the news with Jimmy Fallon the other night. The awkward-sounding remix,...

Harlem  |  07/30/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: All They Do Is This

Albums by Mariah, Diddy and Amerie pushed back. [EUR]Is classical music enough to repel graffiti artists? [CUR]Jazzy Jeff is a DJ Hero. [AHH]Kelly Clarkson fought not to have her Beyonce-sounding single released, and lost. [NYP]The full story behind "Purple...

nOvaMatic  |  07/28/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Leave a Comment  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: This Year Halloween Fell On A Weekend

Diddy announced his new group Dirty Money recently. The world yawned. [AHH]Anita Baker has a live DVD and new album in the works. Oh, and she may be working with Snoop Dogg, too. [BB]Mariah Carey has another fragrance on...

Butta  |  07/27/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: I Gotta Be

There's a movie that featured Michael Jackson we've never seen. [THR]Mariah's Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel has been pushed back to September. [IDOL]Diddy graciously steps aside, pushes Last Train to Paris back to November. [HHDX]Ne-Yo refuses to write any songs for...

Harlem  |  07/23/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: U Got It Bad

Chris Brown's apology. That shirt might be a punishment worse than jail. [BJ]A marriage of irrelevance: Jay-Z on the cover of Billboard. [RR]Paula Abdul is thisclose to not re-signing with American Idol. [NYM]Check out this clip of Q-Tip performing "Vivrant...

nOvaMatic  |  07/21/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (6)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Who Da Hell You Tryna Impress?

It's OK, Mariah. We understand. I guess. [US]Meet the real breakout star of the MJ memorial. [ML]Take a guess as to why skilled musician new L.A. Lakers forward Ron Artest chose the number 37. And you'd be wrong. [IDOL]Stop the...

Harlem  |  07/09/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (5)  |  Permalink

The Interwebs

Diddy Proudly Reaches Over 1 Million Twitter Validators

Congratulations are in order for one Mr. Sean John Combs as he reached the highly coveted mark of over 1 million followers last evening on Twitter, which is quickly becoming a den of celebrity pole-jocking. But perhaps the main...

nOvaMatic  |  05/27/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

Q-Tip Goes 'West', Takes Us On An Award Tour

First, Happy Birthday, Q-Tip!  Secondly, Is anybody working today? Well, in case you've decided to kick off the holiday weekend a little early, you might want something good to occupy your time. Here it is--a video of the former A...

Harlem  |  04/10/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Leave a Comment  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

'P. Twitty' & The LOX In The Same Video With No Bloodshed!

Well this is fun. Check out this clip of Diddy hanging out with Jadakiss and the rest of The LOX in this clip from "PTWITTYTV" in advance of Jada's new album release. Yes, we're two days late, but the sight...

nOvaMatic  |  04/08/2009 at 12:00 PM  |  Leave a Comment  |  Permalink

Soul Cynic

Judging Artists Outside Of Their Music: How Bad Are We?

Last week's post on Erykah Badu's tweets detailing everything from her feelings about past love Common to her love of being a single mother got some of you thinking judging from the comment thread. It got me thinking a bit,...

ill Mami  |  04/06/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (20)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Didn't Mean To Turn You On

Primo is involved in the new DMC album. [DJP]Plies has coined a new term for women. "Goonette." Yup, our culture allows this. [WAOD]Nothing went Platinum this year. Are you surprised? [BI]Destiny's Child is a go! [M&C]Are you man enough to...

nOvaMatic  |  04/03/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Soul Cynic

Is Diddy Still As Evil As We Once Believed?

Diddy is an enigma to me. And before you start snickering, let's ponder this: Diddy is a man who has built a global empire of music, fashion, and television production and along the way has managed to run a...

ill Mami  |  03/30/2009 at 1:00 PM  |  Comments (14)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Take. You. Higher.

Pseudo-rapper Joaquin Phoenix got into a tiff with a heckler while he was performing in Miami. [MTV]Former Xscape singer Kandi Burruss, now of Real Housewives of Atlanta fame, defends her ex's reputation, says he isn't deadbeat. [SR]Is Diddy's twitter >...

Ro  |  03/13/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink