So have you felt the "blaze"yet?????? It's D-Day.... August 18th... the official release date of Sean Paul's new album Imperial Blaze (VP/Atlantic Records). Check out the album cover below:
So for all of you who did not pre-order the album off of AllSeanPaul.com, go to I-Tunes, Amazon and VP Records to get it. Here is the full track listing below for the extended version. The regular version ends at #14.
1. Intro: Chi Ching Ching
2. Lace It
3. So Fine
4. Now That I've Got Your Love
5. Birthday Suit
6. Press It Up
7. Evening Ride
8. Hold My Hand (I'll Be There)feat.Keri Hilson
9. She Want Me
10.Daddy's HOme
11.Bruk Out
12.Pepperpot
13.Wine Baby
14.Running Out Of Time
15.Don't Tease Me
16.Lately
17.She Wanna Be Down
18.Straight From My Heart
19.Private Party
20.I Know U Like It
O.K and for your viewing pleasure here is the Ray Kay directed video for the first single off the album "So Fine".....shot it Miami, it's blazing hot.....
Go to WhitneyHouston.com to listen to the song "Million Dollar Bill" it's one of her first two singles from her upcoming album I Look To You. The song is written byAlicia Keys who personally asked Clive Davis (the album's executive producer) to be on the album. Her boyfriend Swizz Beatz produced the song (aka he made the beat and what not). So far this year the only time their names were together in the news were over his baby mama drama with his ex-wife Mashonda, and the fact that Keys supposedly broke up their relationship. Nice to see them doing something positive with the music vibes.
Oh and about the song.It's pure Whitney Houston. No auto tune, no raunchy lyrics. This song could have been released in 1985. It;s like old school RnB. Caught me after about 4 listens. Will catch you too:-)
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The othe single released so far is the title track "I Look To You," written by R. Kelly. Yo Kells go hard. Say one say two, pardna can write!!!! Awesome song!!!!!!Powerful!!!!! Go listen!!!!
Hey guys go to my On The Scene page and check out these pics from the party stand at the Bangladesh vs.West Indies match at Windsor Park Sports Stadium on July 26th! It was so much fun.
Fanatik Bandwas in the house, Club DVD DJ's on the one's and two's, Dj flip the Boss, Clint Henderson, Nayee, were in the area..."wood dem...wood dem" was the recurring tem on everyone's lips...lol....all in all I had a time....look a little preview below.
Click HERE for the rest...All pics courtesy of Hyacinth Lawrence!!!!
According to All Hip-Hop:
Florida rappers T-Pain and Pitbull have been tapped by the Miami Dolphins to create the NFL Football team’s new fight song. Their song, along with a version by soft-rocker Jimmy Buffett made its debut last night (August 7) during a celebration held at the Versace mansion on South Beach with Miami Dolphins owner Stephen M. Ross. Ross is attempting to bring star power to boost awareness about The Dolphins, in attempt to boost attendance at the team’s Land Shark Stadium. "The new fight theme songs by Jimmy Buffett and T-Pain feat. Pitbull will be introduced for '09/10 season,'' Miami Dolphins spokesman Elliot Stares said. "The original fight song will never be obsolete and will remain on the musical agenda.'' The words to the new fight songs are the same as the original, with updated music.
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By the way in a bid to capitalize on more star power: Marc Anthony recently became a new owner of the team.
Jay Leno's new prime-time series is going to kick off with a performance by Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West. 
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NBC said the three singers will perform together on "Run This Town," a tune from Jay-Z's new album, on the Sept. 14 debut of "The Jay Leno Show." The The network and Leno said this week that there will be fewer musical acts. They also said he will feature interesting combinations of performers.
Leno stepped down as "Tonight" host in May. He said that he'll expect guests on his new show to do more than talk — like, for example, race electric cars on a track being built near his NBC studio in Burbank.
The series will air weekdays at 10 p.m. EDT.
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See pics from the set of "Run This Town" in our On The Set segment HERE!!!
[Jamal Barrow the rapper known as Shyne learned recently] that he will be given the minimum in regards to his parole, according to his attorney, Oscar Michelen. Through an interview with HipHopDX, Michelen informed all of the conditions and arrangements made as it pertained to his parole release. 
“He gave him two-and-a-half [years], which was the minimum. The D.A. had requested the maximum, five years… [Shyne] got a chance to address the court today. He did address the court and asked court to consider not giving him any post release supervision at all. But the court said that it was obligated to do so. And [the judge] pointed out that he agreed with our argument [and so] he's gonna give us the minimum… And we're just thankful that the court read our sentencing memorandums and agreed with our position. We now wait for his release, which should be October 6th.”
Some may question why the sentence is coming now, especially since the rapper has already served 8 _ of his 10 required years. Michelen explained that when he was sentenced in March 2001, he wasn't given a parole sentence which was actually mandatory. As a result, the Correction Department made a request for the court to re-sentence him.
Life behind bars has caused a change in the rapper. Spiritually, the man once known as Jamel Barrow has now become a devout Orthodox Jew and changed his name to Moses Michael Leviy.
Initial fears came from the client and his attorney if Shyne were given the full five year parole term it would limit him from making rounds and even making a consideration to music as he would not be allowed to leave the state of New York and he would have constant surveillance on him as he would have to be given permission to engage in most activities as an artist. He will, however, still have particular restrictions to deal with after his release in October, according to Michelen.
“[The] parole [board] will decide [any restrictions],” he noted. “The usual parameters are you can't leave the state without prior permission. If you change your address you have to give them notice. You can be randomly drug tested. They could even search your home randomly without notice. And the most important [parameter of parole] is if you were to commit a crime, or get re-arrested for anything, you can face jail for the full two-and-a-half years of your PRS [post release supervision].”
Although the last thing that might be in the mind of Shyne is music, there have been rumors that he has been in talks with Jay-Z to be yet another recruit for his new Roc Nation imprint. The rapper allegedly went to speak with Shyne last Friday to discuss the possibility of him signing. Nothing has been confirmed from this rumor, however.
Shyne has been incarcerated since his involvement in a shooting on December 27, 1999 at Club New York. At the time he was under the Bad Boy label and was in the company of then Puff Daddy and his former girlfriend Jennifer Lopez. Although there seems to be no need for worry or retaliation, Shyne has stated that he knows his former boss had a hand in him living behind bars and snitched on him in some form.
Sidenote: his father is Dean Barrow, who became Belize's first black Prime Minister in Feb.2008. Jamal was born "out of wedlock"and does not acknowledge his father.
Straight from AP:
It's well after midnight and the New Yorker is strutting down a crumbling sidewalk in impossibly high — red-sequined — heels, lip-syncing a few seconds of her rap while cameras roll for a music video.
Almost inevitably, a misstep on Havana's cracked and uneven concrete sends her pitching forward.
"Sorry, I'm going again," giggles singer and rapper Lumidee, regaining her balance and turning sharply on the same heel that nearly toppled her to head back down the block.
"Yeah," director Michel Miglis yells from behind a camera perched on a second-floor balcony over her head. "And don't smile!"
Best-known for her summer smash of six years ago, "Never Leave You" — think "Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh" — 24-year-old Lumidee has come to Cuba to finish a video for Iranian-born signer Arash Labaf's song "Kandi," to which she contributed rap solos.
It's Labaf's third video in Cuba, but including Lumidee makes the production one of very few music videos filmed on the island to feature an American. Forty-seven years of U.S. economic sanctions have choked off nearly all travel and trade between the two countries.
Her trip to Cuba is more proof that while the Obama administration and the government of Cuba talk tentatively about improving relations, the entertainment world is already well into the thaw.
"When I heard the shoot was in Cuba I panicked. I didn't know what to expect, and I was a little bit scared to come," said Lumidee, who was born Lumiana DeRosa Cedeno.
"You don't know how it's going to be. Like you're not wanted here, and the people would not like you," she said. "But Cubans just seem happy and laid back."
The video, in which Labaf plays himself and three goofball characters vying for the girl, includes shots on a beach east of Havana and at the famed Bacardi Building downtown, which served as headquarters of the rum giant before it fled the island after Fidel Castro took power in 1959.
U.S. jazz and folk musicians have often worked with Cuban colleagues. Collaborations have included Ry Cooder in the Buena Vista Social Club recordings of the 1990s and jazz festival appearances by the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Charlie Haden and Jack DeJohnette.
Audioslave broke the decades-long barrier to U.S. rock concerts in Cuba with a thundering show on the Cuban capital's seaside Malecon in 2005. But Washington's trade sanctions and the Cuban government's ambivalence toward rock and rap have kept most American musicians away.
Lumidee, who is of Puerto Rican heritage, grew up in Spanish Harlem. She and an entourage including her manager and husband, makeup artist and a DJ friend had to fly through a third country because of their U.S. passports. She asked that her full itinerary not be published to avoid problems with American authorities.
Hey it's an interesting article....
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Bahamian-American actor Sydney Poitier is to receive The Medal of Honor award in an official ceremony this month at the White House.
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He became the first black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1963 for his role in Lilies of The Field. His most well known movies were To Sir, With Love, In The Heat of The Night and Guess Who's Coming To Dinner-all box office hits in 1967. In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked him 22 of their 25 Greatest Male Stars of All Time. He has not forgotten his island roots: since1997 he has been the Bahamian ambassador to Japan.
Says President Obama of the receipients:
“These outstanding men and women represent an incredible diversity of backgrounds.Their tremendous accomplishments span fields from science to sports, from fine arts to foreign affairs. Yet they share one overarching trait: Each has been an agent of change. Each saw an imperfect world and set about improving it, often overcoming great obstacles along the way.”
Other Medal of Honor recipients include:
-Stephen Hawking, renowned Physicist
-Jack Kemp, 1996 Republican Vice Presidential Nominee ,
-Harvey Milk, LGBT pioneer and the first openly gay elected official
- Nancy Goodman Brinker, founder of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s leading breast cancer grassroots organization
- Pedro Jose Greer, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs at the Florida International University School of Medicine and founder of Camillus Health Concern, an agency that provides medical care to over 10,000 homeless patients a year in Miami
- Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), a champion of healthcare reform and the Senate’s liberal lion and second most senior member
- Billie Jean King, former world no. 1 tennis player and first woman commissioner in professional sports
- Rev. Joseph Lowery, minister at the United Methodist Church and co-founder the Southern Christian Leadership Conference along with Martin Luther King
- Joe Medicine Crow, the last living Plains Indian war chief and author of seminal works in Native American history and culture
- Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman Supreme Court justice
- Chita Rivera, Tony Award-winning actress and first Hispanic to receive the Kennedy Center Honor
- Mary Robinson, the first woman President of Ireland and a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Janet Davison Rowley, geneticist and recipient of the National Medal of Science–the nation’s highest scientific honor
- Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Anglican Archbishop emeritus who was a leading anti-apartheid activist in South Africa
- Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize awardee and economist who pioneered the use of micro-loans to fight poverty
The Medal of Freedom was established in 1945 by Harry Truman to recognize civilian service during World War II. Revived by John F. Kennedy during his term and not limited to U.S. citizens, past recipients include Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, Tony Blair, Gen Tommy Franks, John Kenneth Galbraith, Harper Lee, Colin Powell and Arnold Palmer.
Well in our latest On The Cover segment I featured Nia Long on the cover of Pride Magazine where she basically spoke of musicians who act who don't necessary have the acting chops. She mention Beyonce's name but I don't think she dissed her per se. I mean for me it's a legitimate statement.
Because you're a great singer does not translate into acting and vice versa. On the other hand some would be actors did not get their break in that field and music was the avenue they had to use to get where they were going. Imean look at Mos Def. He's been on the Rap scene since my high school days and he is an incredible actor. Same way Idris Elba is a great actor now all of a sudden he is all over the globe DJing and singing and ting. All of a sudden to us who didn't know his dreams and the depth of his talents.
Didn't mean to stray, but here's what the mag had to say re the Nia Long matter:
In response to the media coverage around Pride Magazine’s Nia Long cover story, Pride Magazine would like to apologize for the fact that editing of the final article may have left Nia’s comments open to tabloid manipulation. As Europe’s premier publication for the woman of colour, Pride seek only to celebrate the achievements of celebrities such as Nia Long and Beyonce Knowles, and hope no offence has been caused through the media speculation.
Congrats to Antiguan Shelana George won the 48th edition of the Miss Jaycees Caribbean Queen competition in Antigua this past weekend! She takes over from Dominican Marah Walter who was preceded by another Dominican, Leandra Lander.
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The theme for the pageant, held Friday July 31st at the Antigua Recreation Grounds, was ‘Integrating the Caribbean through Pageantry,’ Contestants appeared in national dresses to introduce themselves. Followed by the interview segment, then Swimwear, then Talent.
Miss Antigua and Barbuda-ShenalaGeorge (Winner, Best Evening Wear)
Miss Barbados- Dannyele Leslie (1st Runner Up)
Miss Jamaica- Katrina Grant (2nd Runner Up, Best Interview, Best Talent, Miss Congeniality)
Miss Dominica- Kayan Toussaint
Miss Montserrat-Loralyn Fergus
Miss St. Croix-Sheniqua Robinson
Miss St. Kitts Nevis-Samantha Boone
Miss St.Lucia Cathy Daniel- (Miss Photogenic, Best Swimwear)
Miss St.Vincetn and the Grenadines- VeroniqueWilliams
Miss Trinidad and Tobago-Kelly Babooram
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Check out Pitbull on MTV's MADE's Hop-Hop Dance Challenge in New Jersey on August 6th!
Click HERE for free tickets.Note: Must be age 16 or older and live in the New Jersey area. Good luck!
