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Mainstream of Consciousness: You Need to Handle That With Your Label

 

Chris Brown, God bless him, is furious that an unfinished track meant for a forthcoming duet with Rihanna has leaked all over the Internet. We get a sense that he's more upset with the dedicated 12-year-old fans that love him so and shared the track, as opposed to the source of the leak. Mind the infrastructure, Chris! ♣ Today marks the first day of BET's new issue-driven talk show The Truth With Jeff Johnson. The show is only a half hour, which begs the question: Would you use a single Tic Tac to cure halitosis? ♣ Not to be outdone, Master P is launching Better Black Television (BBTV) to compete with BET. This, of course, comes on the heels of BET helping to make him a millionaire and a household name. ♣ Westboro Baptist Church will protest Bernie Mac's funeral because they have nothing better to do and clearly didn't piss off enough people with their last pointless, distasteful protest. ♣ VIBE's fifteenth annual "Juice" issue collapses under it's refusal to understand that maybe we no longer need it. ♣ Additionally, The Source is re-launching, because it refuses to take the hint as well. 

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nOvaMatic  |  08/15/2008 at 3:56 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Mainstream of Consciousness

 

• Music is Lil' Wayne's drug, not real drugs, mind you. In order to prevent being dragged kicking and screaming into the depths of Hell with him, we'll call this a slight fabrication. [HHDX]
• T-Pain, The Face of Urban Music, is launching his own label called Nappy Boy Digital, because the one goal he must achieve before he dies is proving to the world that, yes, it can get worse. [SOHH]
• Pharrell got all Akon on a poor kid by pushing him off the stage at a concert. If there's anyone I ever want to be assaulted by, it's Pharrell. In fact, I think I'll call my attorney right now, as a preemptive. [NR]
• Because the rap game needs an injection of the estrogenical persuasion, Charli Baltimore is working on her comeback and may align with Murder Inc. once again, since they've done so much for her in the past. You can't keep ol' girl down, no matter how hard you try. But try harder. [HHDX / 2DB]
• Create your own snarky remark, it's easy: Chris Brown might be portraying a bank robber in a new flick produced by T.I. [MTV]

nOvaMatic  |  06/06/2008 at 4:30 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Mainstream of Consciousness

 

• Did Ashanti, Akon and Nelly just release the worst song in the history of music, the Internet, and the world? If so, that could only mean they topped themselves. Bravo! [HM]
• We just learned that Pretty Ricky is like Kabbalah, courtesy of group member Diamond Blue: "Pretty Ricky is more than just a group; it's a lifestyle, a state of mind." Also, they're adding a new member named "4 Play". If you don't take yourself seriously, who's left to do it? [SR]
• We understand that everyone is shocked and shamed that T-Pain is nominated for 5 BET Awards, most of which for songs that aren't his. But it's not a Grammy, it's a BET Award, which is like the Clap. [DFP]
• Foxy Brown has disowned her own album. Brooklyn's Don Diva was meant to be a mixtape, not a commercially-released studio album. So you can blame the album's inconsistencies on someone other than her this time. [HHDX] [AHH]
• Only one-third of the jurors selected for the R. Kelly trial are black, which is unacceptable and "racially biased" to the defense. Throw him to the white wolves! [SOHH]

nOvaMatic  |  05/16/2008 at 4:30 PM  |  Leave a Comment  |  Permalink

Mainstream of Consciousness

 

• Diddy says the LA Times story really hurt his feelings. "It just really hurt... Just knowing how people in this day and age, what they read online and what they see in the papers, they just take it as fact. It's like, come on, I been working so hard to rise above all of this stuff, and to see it now trying to pull me back down." Wait a minute. Someone that throws chairs to express himself, beats up people because they won't let him screw their girlfriend, robs people of their publishing and came up (ironically) with the term "bitchassedness" doesn't understand why people would readily believe he conspired to have someone shot? And now he has "feelings"? I wish his music these days was as inventive as his sense of reality. [MTV]
• Check out this footage of Weezy's new dance craze called the "Wam". George Michael was not harmed during the filming of this video. [AHM]
• Chicago Tribute wonders if Leona Lewis is "all that". We usually let our commenters handle that assessment.[CT]
• Lil' Jon's winery has finally launched. Thinking about where that wine came from actually makes me less thirsty, thanks. [AHH]
• Cherish's new look is truly beweavable, all things considered... [C+D]
• Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon? Hell, why not? He's just a minor pit stop on her road to becoming completely hood. [SP]
• Beyonce and Jay-Z are getting married in FIVE MINUTES! [AHH]

nOvaMatic  |  04/04/2008 at 3:55 PM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

How to Get Lindsay Lohan Mentioned On SoulBounce in 3 Easy Steps!

 

1. Eskay says he got the oddest e-mail about Wale the other day. Turns out, Lindsay Lohan is a fan of Wale! Can you believe it? I can't. Hmm, let's see how "organic" this is. Wale is signed to Mark Ronson's Allido Records. Mark Ronson is Samantha Ronson's brother. Samantha Ronson either does cocaine or other "adult" things with Lindsay Lohan. Methinks this is all happenstance. [Nah Right]
2. N.E.R.D.'s clip for "Everybody Nose" reportedly features a cameo from Lindsay Lohan. Last night, a fight broke out on the set of the video. Although Lindsay Lohan is mentioned by name in the title of this article, she wasn't there during the fight. So, why was she mentioned in the article at all? We don't know. But, there's a giant, dancing nose in the video since the song is about cocaine. Lindsay Lohan, also, is about cocaine. [MTV]
3. Lindsay Lohan is signed as an "artist" to Universal Motown. Yes, I gagged too. Anyway, she's supposedly working with Timbaland on her "album." Or maybe not, since she can't show up for any of the meetings. "Universal is trying to make her new album a success by lining up great producing talents, and, recently, they even hooked Timbaland. But Lindsay has canceled their planned meetings twice," says a source. I don't want to jump to conclusions, but cocaine might have something to do with this. [GGs]

Now back to your regularly-scheduled updates about actual musicians.

nOvaMatic  |  04/03/2008 at 3:05 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Mainstream of Consciousness

 

• Beyonce excuses the leak of her latest work-in-progress while shamelessly plugging the work of Kelly, Michelle and Solange. Only, we know that's not her talking. [CL]
• Half a Man Half a Dollar 50 Cent, who once upon a time said Bush was doing a great job, cannot decide between Clinton and Obama. Unlike DMX, at least he knows who's running, Also, he reasons that Curtis bricked because it was chock full of hit records! [MTV, HHDX]
• Remy Ma, who could face 25 years in prison for assault and weapons charges, might class things up by marrying Papoose during her bid. Yup, still have no idea who/what "Papoose" is. [HHDX]
• Dimension picks up Ice Cube's script for Janky Promoters, which is sure to be followed by Jankier Promoters, Next Janky, Janky After Next and Not Another Janky Movie. [SOHH]
• Jail hasn't stopped Mobb Deep's Prodigy from blogging in ALL CAPS and totally forsaking the concept of proper punctuation. [VIBE]

nOvaMatic  |  03/28/2008 at 7:26 PM  |  Leave a Comment  |  Permalink

Sh*t or Shinola: Kelis' Canning, Angie's Answers and the 'Gangster' Leak

 

It's time for even more Crowd Participation from SoulBounce readers in the form of a new column we're trying out today. We'll cover a number of "important" or interesting music items from this week and have you tell us whether it's "sh--" (a mess) or "shinola" (a good look).

Sh*t or Shinola? Kelis Getting Bumped From Jive
For some reason, Jive prematurely setting Kelis free of her label deal seems to be HUGE news across every urban and music site in our orbit. You think if she shaved her head and busted a car window that they would've kept her?

Sh*t or Shinola? Angie Stone's "And One More Thing" Tour 2007
There's an interview coming up in which Angie Stone details her split with J Records and D'Angelo. Again. The internet moves fast, ya'll, and we might feel like we already have a solid understanding of what went down. You think there's anything left to learn?

Sh*t or Shinola? 'American Gangster' Leaking All Over the Place
Notice all those tracks popping up all over the interwebs from Jay-Z's American Gangster album? How about the film itself? You might have a few enterprising music journalists to thank for the infraction. (Vote "shinola" if you benefited from this leak!)

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Soul Bounce  |  11/01/2007 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

'Purple' Power!

 

• "New York has always been a melting pot. We can agree with many things. But some of the different places, they only buy their own music. And that's because we're letting them separate the music [into] Dirty South hip-hop or underground hip-hop." Rakim said it, not me. [PFM]
• Join the other poor souls across the country this weekend that will attempt to break the Guiness World Record for the Largest Simultaneous Dance with Michael Jackson's "Thriller." [SFW]
• Relativity Records jacks Jennifer Lopez for new Common collection. [NS]
• Diddy's still paying the price for "Ready to Die", but unfortunately will never pay for what was New Edition's last album. [AHH]
• Prince's Purple Rain has been voted the best soundtrack of all time. This is an important achievement, in that it takes our minds off of High School Musical for a bit. [M&C]

nOvaMatic  |  10/24/2007 at 9:39 PM  |  Leave a Comment  |  Permalink

KRS-One Explains Nelly Feud; Gets 'Fit'

 

• Remember when KRS-One and Nelly were beefing back in the day? Remember how little you gave a damn? Re-live that moment. [SOHH]
• Also, KRS is the next idle rap legend to join Celebrity Fit Club. Our bets are on him to be this season's Screech. [XXL]
• OiNK was fried by the pigs. [PFM]
• "Nas sucks," according to Curtis Jackson, who just recently expanded his vocabulary. [MTV]
• RZA finally offers Ghostface the pacifier to which he's been entitled all these years. [PFM]
• "I've just got to get that album out," the pop star tells PEOPLE. "I have to get it out, if it's the last thing I do." And it might very well be, Brandy. [SOHH Soulful]
• The Notorious B.I.G. has been immortalized as a wax statue that is unable to tell Diddy to sit down. [AHH]
• Angie Stone says she left J Records because she didn't want to mentor Alicia Keys. We thought it was to escape Hurricane Chris. [Chron]
• Chaka Khan is 'terrified' about her Broadway debut in The Color Purple. She plays Sophia with the fierce right-hook, so we really don't see the problem. [Starpulse]

nOvaMatic  |  10/23/2007 at 7:20 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink