Rihanna set to judge International Songwriters Competition
Jul 17th
Urgh! Rihanna, yet again has managed to pull her self into some sort of lime light. The stage walker and “Rude Boy” singer has been selected to be a judge at the upcoming International Songwriters Competition. The Competition results in 66 winners including a grand prize winner who will share more than $150k in cash and prizes, with the with the top scorer earning $25′k in cash and $20k in prizes. Rihanna joins a list of other artists and industry heads including Timbaland, Kings of Leon and Peter Gabriel.
Now, let me put this in the nicest way possible (please give me a moment) – Rihanna is not a talented singer in any sense of the word and she is definitely not a songwriter, so it is quite baffling that she could be expected to judge such a competition. In fact, most of the material included on her own projects is actually handed to her, along with the direction of her music and image. It’s all carefully calculated by her label.
I mean maybe they put her on there to just fill up a seat? With such a talented panel and a presence of a R&B star (Timbaland) already there, I mean what would possess you to place Rihanna on any (let alone a song-writing competition) sort of panel? Really, what was the need? I can only imagine of how worse this can get! I mean what is next for Rihanna? A place as a judge American Idol judging panel? – I mean if that goes down then I might have to shut this site! Read the rest of this entry »
Drake “Over”
Apr 16th
Drake launched his official promotion single from his new album Thank Me Later, the single is already having huge success, with a debut at #4 on the Billboard Rap Chart and moving into #10 on R&B charts – this is only the beginning of Drake‘s killer album. The video is nothing what we expected, it’s clear there seems to be a trend going through the Young Money family of videos that they’ve not become the grimy gritty rap videos, but have become more radio friendly and in some way or another cutting edge. This video is effective and follows Drake‘s success till this point. I personally wouldn’t expect this for a Drake video, however Drake seems to be a one of a kind in rap industry at the moment and one that is favoured by all.
The new album Thank Me Later is set for release this summer (15 June 2010 to be exact), and confirmed tracks will the likes of Jay Z, Kanye West, The Dream and Kings of Leon (more on the way and to be confirmed) there is a huge media hype for this LP. MoMo sources inside and close to the project running with Cash Money Records says this is one of the most expensive albums that has been created under the label and is having huge promotional pushes to ensure the LPs success, to the extent that a deluxe, diamond and platinum editions to the LP are being planned whilst the album is still under production. Drake‘s new album is in a two tie contract with label Cash Money and Universal Motown records (who have been pushing the project back), so expect the release date to be changed and most likely the single line-up too!