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NEW TUNES TUESDAY: MALA REIGNZ “OMG”

J Medina — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:53:56 +0000

HEY DUDES & DOLLS HERES?ANOTHER NEW TUNES JOINT FOR YOU TO CHECK OUT I’VE BEEN HEARING?GOOD THINGS ?ABOUT THIS?FEMALE MC, IM NOT GONNA LIE I KINDA LIKE THIS OMG JOINT.
LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU ALL THINK .

NEW TUNES TUESDAY: DONNIS “GONE” (VIDEO)

J Medina — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:14:08 +0000

http://www.mtvu.com/video/?vid=503047

NEW TUNES TUESDAY: SHYNE “MESSIAH”

J Medina — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:09:22 +0000

Shyne-Messiah-2dope

JAYZ FILMING FOR “EMPIRE STATE OF MIND” IN HARLEM (VIDEO)

J Medina — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:46:46 +0000

Footage of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys‘ upcoming “Empire State of Mind” music video has landed online today (October 1) and shows Hov filming scenes throughout New York City.

THE SOUNDSCAN BREAKDOWN!

J Medina — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:42:08 +0000

In this week’s Soundscan BreakDown, Jay-Z falls back a notch, Drake is still holding it down at No.9 and Sean Kingston makes his presence felt on the charts.

The Blueprint 3 fell back one step to No. 2 with 134,100 sold copies losing out to Pearl Jam’s Backspacer which moved 189,300 units to go No. 1. According to Nielsen Soundscan, Jays latest No. 1 debuting album has sold 908,100 copies in just three weeks.

Whitney Houston’s I Look To You dropped two slots to No. 4 with 65,800. Houston’s comeback album has been able to rack up 620,300 scanned discs after a month on shelves.

Young Money artist Drake’s So Far Gone retail re-release slid three spots to No. 9 with 36,100. Going into his third week in stores, the rap newcomer’s latest offering rests at 109,700 moved units.

Pop group The Black Eyed Peas’ E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) fell to No. 16 moving down six slots with 29,000. With a solid four months under their belts, the group has been able to secure 1,140,300 scanned discs.

Rap newcomer Kid Cudi’s Man On The Moon: The End Of Day took a slight hit falling 13 positions down to No. 17 with 28,300 units sold. Going into his third week on charts, the Kanye West associate’s debut album has sold 132,600 records.

R&B singer Trey Songz’s Ready dropped seven slots to No. 21 with 19,200. Headed into its fifth week of availability, the singer’s third solo project has moved 223,900 albums.

Maxwell’s Black Summer’s Night moved down six spots to No. 27 with 16,600. After three months in stores, the singer’s comeback album rests at 778,700 scanned discs.

Down South rapper Lil Boosie’s Superbad: The Return Of Boosie Bad Azz took a hard hit falling 27 positions down to No. 30 with 15,000. With just two weeks under his belt, the rapper’s latest album has secured 63,900 sold records.

Sean Kingston’s new album Tomorrow landed on the charts this week at No. 37. The singer’s latest effort has moved 12,600 pieces after seven days in stores.

Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon took a fall as Only Built For Cuban Linx Part II dropped 18 slots down to No. 40 with 12,000. After three weeks on shelves, the rapper’s long-awaited release rests at 101,200.

Beyonce’s I Am…Sasha Fierce moved down four positions to No. 44 with 11,100. With 45 weeks under her belt, the singer’s third solo project has sold 2,424,800 records to date.

Eminem’s Relapse fell 14 spots down to No. 45 with 10,900 units sold. After 19 weeks of availability, the rapper’s comeback album has sold 1,339,400 copies.

Evening things out in Top 50 is Pitbull’s Rebelution which dropped 12 slots to No. 48 with 10,000. Going into his fifth week in stores, the rapper’s latest offering has sold 82,000 records to date.

Be sure to check back next week to peep reviews on new releases from Warren G, Playaz Circle, Ghostface Killah, and Mack 10.

MASHONDA writes a letter to ALICIA KEYS (must read!)

J Medina — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:41:33 +0000

THE FOLLOWING IS A OPEN LETTER WRITTEN BY MASHONDA (SINGER) ESTRANGED WIFE, OF SWIZZ BEATZ TO ALICIA KEYS ADDRSSING THE ALLEGED AFFAIR/RELATIONSHIP THE TWO HAVE BEEN HAVING (ALICIA AND SWIZZ). READ ON….

“After having a great evening with my son and enjoying some fun twit chat, I decided to sign off and get some work done. However, a few hours later I was advised that I should check @aliciakeys twit page (twitter). I’ve never reached out to her on twitter before. I feel our issues are a lot more serious than a website conversation. Not to mention that I’ve reached out to her many times in the beginning of this whole thing, as any wife would do. Unfortunately, I never succeeded in getting a response.

The 1st time I meet AK, my husband introduced us to each other at an event. ( I have no choice but to call him my husband, until he is not anymore) In the messages that I sent to her (AK), I made it very clear that on the contrary of what she might be hearing, I am still married to my husband, living with him and just had a child. Its been two years and I still have not received a response. What I do receive, is constant displays of selfishness and disconcern to me and my son.I was a fan of AK’s last album, we were both signed to J Records and I always checked up on her projects. I sang her songs and admired her for creating Superwoman and Karma, I would never deny her, her talent. I believed in her until I found out she was possibly sleeping with my husband. The affair was denied by both, until it was finally admitted months later.

Already I can hear some of you saying ” why are u blaming her, You cant make someone leave their wife, You cant break something thats broken”. Well, my marriage was not broken, as far as I knew we were celebrating our sons birth and getting ready to celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary . Call it blind love, whatever. I call it being a devoted wife.. As far as me blaming her and not blaming him, thats false. Me and my husband have worked out our differences. We are in a good place as people and as parents. I accept his choices and I am comfortable enough with myself to move on. I am so very blessed in many ways.

My concern with AK is no longer the fact that she assisted in destroying a family but that she has the audacity to make these selfish comments about love and wanting to be with someone, even after knowing their situation. How is this the same Superwoman that I sang out loud with in my truck? I ask myself sometimes.

If you are reading this Alicia, let me start by saying, you know what you did. You know the role you played and you know how you contributed to the ending of my marriage. You know that I asked you to step back and let me handle my family issues. Issues that you helped to create.
Im not saying everything was perfect all the time but no relationship is perfect. We made a vow to God and I believe you should have respected that, as a woman. I know you owe me or my son nothing but I just wish you would’ve handled things more carefully. I’m not judging you, I put you and the whole situation in the hands of God, the Higher Power. Just know that as a woman, I expected so much more from you. I never had intentions on reaching out to you this way but after reading your twits tonight, and the constant disregard, you left me no choice. I feel that after 1 and a half years of you hiding this affair and acting like it doesnt exist, that now is the time to confront it, since you talk so openly about it now

This is not a publicity stunt, I dont have a record coming out. I just need to close this chapter in my life and that means confronting our issues. There is a small child involved. His dad loves him to death and he wants to spend more time with him but hes afraid because he knows we don’t have a relationship. This is my main concern. My son NEEDS his dad and I NEED to be comfortable with you. For him!

I know many will see my point and many will not be able to look into what’s real because they only want to see Alicia Keys the celebrity, not the human. This is not for the “people”, this is for you. Like I said I was left no choice but to reach out to you this way. By now, Im sure you want to find a balance in this as well.

I read your tweets tonight and I felt they were very insensitive. You have no idea how much pain I was caused because of this affair. Its baffling to me that you don’t understand what I might have gone through with this situation. I dont consider myself a victim anymore, Ive learned alot from this! I just ask you to try and be a bit more realistic and delicate to the situation, at least until my divorce is final. I felt me attending the party would have been a starting point for us, since you shook my hand after I offered it, but I suppose I was wrong.

If its so, that you and my husband are meant to be together, then God bless you both and I hope you never have to deal with what I did. I would not wish it on my worst enemy. If you two being together forever is the case, its more of a reason for us to get along, because I’m not going anywhere. Theres a child to be raised.

To answer your tweet, choose smart over spark. Sparks burn everyone, be smart! Its simple actually, just think of the shoe being on the other foot.

Stay blessed and lets work this thing out with respect and dignity.”

OK SO THE QUESTION IS DO YOU FEEL MASHONDA HAS HANDLED THE SITUATION CORRECTLY TAKING ALL SHE HAS WRITTEN INTO CONSIDERATION ABOUT THE ALLEGED AFFAIR.

YES OR NO? VOICE UR OPINION