Will you be able to nail this at the club???

The infectious club banger is hot dare I say. As much of a loser that he can be at times, he stays bringing the heat musically. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t anticipated his next project. I feel whip-lashed right about now….

It sounds okay but she can do a lot better than this, and doesn’t quite generate much buzz for her musical return. I totally approve of Rihanna going the Prince direction because it crosses the pop/rock market which she has currently been riding to lately. It is also more fitting since that type of sound doesn’t require her to incorporate any sort of vocal prowess (I think she can sing but can easily admit that vocally she has limitations). I can’t ever see her going back to R&B because the new direction is what’s hitting it big for her right now. And why fix it if it aint broke?

The scenery was beautiful, and at least they were on actual location which was good. But it didn’t look like a Pussycat Dolls video. It looked like a Nicole video. The other girls looked like back-ups and nothing more. Nicole got at least 90% of the airtime, which was not surprising at all. Besides, didn’t they just premiere a video?

It definetely reminded me of ‘Toxic’, in terms of cinematography, graphics and the different identities used. It seems Britney had a lot of fun with the costumes, and torturing that poor fella. Overall, it was a fun video as well and takes a similar approach to Janet Jackson‘s ‘Son of a Gun’. Now this is the type of video that should have won her a VMA, not that ‘Piece of Me’ crap (well it wasn’t that bad but yes, crap in comparison to her other video’s). Maybe she’ll win one next year for this, who knows. Britney will release her new album ‘Circus’ on Dec 2nd and is slated to do a number of performances and interviews to promote the project.

In other news, Beyonce’s new song ‘If I Were A Boy’ has missed the Grammy deadline by 8 days. She’d have been up for Best Song and Record and would have faced stiff competition from Alicia‘s ‘Superwoman’. Reportedly, If I Were A Boy is now being touted as the best song of her career. *crickets*

Nick celebrated his 28th birthday this week with Mariah at The Bank Nightclub of The Bellagio Hotel, and some parts of the video was shot near there as well. Nick is also directing the video but judging by Mariah’s Forever-21 clothes, it looks like it’s going to be a typical Mariah vid. She better not tarnish my song! One more after the cut.

New music from Joe, John Legend/Brandy and Michelle Williams – all inside this post, so check it out!

♫ MICHELLE WILLIAMS: SICK OF IT

A new bonus cut from Michelle’s latest new album ‘Unexpected’. HOT!

♫ JOHN LEGEND FEAT BRANDY: QUICKLY

A new song taken from John Legend’s 3rd album ‘Evolver. HOT!

♫JOE: HEAVY (PRODUCED BY DARKCHILD)

A left-over/bonus track taken from Joe’s latest new album ‘New Man’. HOT!

Britney is hoping that the TV special will set the record straight about her life. During that time, she divorced the father of her two young sons, went through a custody battle and lost, went to rehab and had very public meltdowns. But the seriousness of Britney’s instability was hugely witnessed during her disastrous performance at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards. I remember watching that and my heart sank. Now on the comeback trail, Britney has won back her sanity and is releasing her sixth studio album, ‘Circus’, in the US on December 2nd, her 27th birthday. Her video ‘Womanizer’ will premiere tonight, and you know I’ll be posting the goods as soon as it airs on TV so stay tuned on that.

Beyonce greeted a group of overly excited children as she passed along the way. Teyana Taylor and Ceelo were also on the set to the shoot their parts. I am really glad that T.O.N.Y is finally getting the single treatment. The song is just really amazing to me and it’s one of my favourite songs from her latest album ‘Solange & The Hadley St. Dreams’.

Here’s a couple more pictures of Solange during the shooting process. Her cute lil son Daniel was also at the shoot:

Solange was looking lovely and I totally look forward to seeing the video. There are loads more images at the source. CONTINUE ON WITH THE POST TO READ YET ANOTHER BEYONCE SCOOP.

According to ABC, Beyonce has been given the go ahead and has been cast to play singer/actress Eartha Kitt in an upcoming biopic about the singer’s life:

Here’s the report:

Singer and actress Beyonce Knowles recently received the greenlight to play legendary Eartha Kitt in a biopic of the singer’s life. Her sex-kitten nighclub act with that signature throaty performance helped Kitt rise to fame. She is perhaps best known for her role as Catwoman in the 1960s ‘Batman’ series. During her career, Kitt endured a 10-year blacklisting owing to her sharp criticism of the Vietnam War. Today, the 79-year-old singer is battling colon cancer. She told the New York Post, “I never expect anything to happen to me. “I’m the healthiest person in the world”. SOURCE.

Hmmmm…..I thought Alicia Keys was already given the go ahead to play Eartha Kitt. I actually reported Alicia landing the role last year. If anything, I recall Eartha saying she was honoured at Alicia being the one chosen to re-enact her life story. Sorry. I got it mixed up. Alicia was offered the role to play Lena Horne, not Eartha Kitt. Lena was the one who gladly welcomed Alicia as the frontrunner to bag the role. Anyway, as for Eartha, it’ll be interesting to see if Beyonce pulls this off but must she play ALL of the female black legends? Dreamgirls was losely based around Diana Ross and The Supremes, she just got done completing her role as Etta James in Cadillac Records and now she’ll be playing Eartha Kitt. Pretty daunting. I admire Beyonce the ARTIST but I never seem at all that entranced to run to the cinema to watch her movies. I just don’t think she can act. And I know I’m going to get a lot of flack for this but she did ‘okay’ in Dreamgirls considering that she didn’t have much lines or airtime anyway and was outdone by Jennifer Hudson.