Rihanna’s b’day bash!
Feb 24th
After performing at the NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles, Rihanna raised a toast during her 23rd birthday party on Sunday night at a private home in Beverly Hills. The Bajan songstress mingled with guests including Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Diddy, Cee Lo Green, Snoop Dogg, Zac Efron, and Christina Milian, chowing down on Sprinkles red velvetcupcakes and playing Nintendo Wii in a cutout dress with purple fringe. Read the rest of this entry »
Jay Sean begs Rihanna and label for some attention
Feb 21st
Jay Sean has made an impassioned plea to Rihanna, begging her for a duet. “Rihanna would be amazing, because we’re in a very similar lane – it’s that pop/dance/ R&B thing,” he explained, adding that the Barbadian star was his favourite female artist in the world. As for their ideal track to duet on, Jay cheekily said: “It’d have to be a raunchy song and we’d have to act it out.” (yawn! get over yourself!) The Do You Remember star’s new album, Freeze Time, features collaborations with Lil Wayne and Mary J. Blige, and Jay said he was happy to let them take the lead in the studio. Read the rest of this entry »
Kid Rock “feels bad” for T.I.
Nov 9th
T.I. returned to prison this week to serve an 11-month stint behind bars. His friend and collaborator Kid Rock is speaking out and sharing his compassion for the incarcerated rapper.
“It’s sad. He’s such a nice guy. It’s a tricky situation, but I feel bad for him,” the rocker told Entertainment Weekly. “I understand someone’s gotta learn their lesson, and I know they gave him a chance, but there’s a better way his time could be utilized to help other people, something to help the community.”
Tip was sent back to prison in Arkansas for violating his probation, but Rock doesn’t side with the legal system. “Some of these jail things, I don’t agree with them, especially when you got so much horrid shit going on in the world.”
Rock enlisted Tip and Martina McBride for “Care,” a song off his new album Born Free. The hip-hop star didn’t know who the country crooner was and vice versa. “I recorded them separately,” he said. “It’s funny, because Martina’s kids knew who T.I. was, but Martina obviously wasn’t that familiar with him. And T.I. didn’t have any clue who Martina was.”
A version of the song with Mary J. Blige in place of Martina previously leaked. Read the rest of this entry »
Mary J Blige kicks off her tour with Miguel and Jazmine Sullivan
Oct 6th
Mary J. Blige stepped on stage in a form-fitting shiny bodysuit and boots on the first date of her “Music Saved My Life” tour at Chastain Park Amphitheater in Atlanta on an October’s night . Before taking the stage with hits like “No Drama” and “I’m Goin’ Down,” Miguel and Jazmine Sullivan warmed up the crowd with their soulful music. MJB and Jazmine recently teamed up for the Swizz Beatz-produced remix of “Holding You Down (Goin’ in Circles)” from Jazmine’s sophomore album Love Me Back, now due November 30.
The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul has been in and out of the lab cooking up her 10th studio album. “Yes, we’re working on one,” she tells the us, revealing that some of the guests may include Jay-Z, Swizz Beatz, Johnta Austin, and Ryan Leslie. “I don’t know what we’re calling it. I’m not rushing to come out with it. When it is done, it is done.”
There no need to lie, “Stronger With Each Tear” was a commercial fail and has pretty much little airplay is ANY! With all respect to the queen of hip hop soul, Mary J. Blige may just end up with a future of just singing chorus vocals in some rapper’s hip hop track. Mary J. Blige is expected to come to the UK with both Miguel and Jazmine Sullivan during November. So keep it locked on TheMoMoShow.com for your chance to win Platinum tickets to Mary J. Blige‘s “Stronger” concert Read the rest of this entry »
T.I. pushes back “King Uncaged” to push forward “Takers”
Aug 18th
Rap star T.I. has announced that his upcoming album, “King Uncaged” will now come out next month. According to the rapper he has just really focused on promoting his new movie, “Takers“. He told us: “I pushed the album back so I can completely focus my attention to the rollout and release of this film “Takers“. I feel it wouldn’t be fair to the film or the album if I was splitting my attention span amongst the two, so I hit pause on the album to completely focus my attention to rolling out this here film.
“Once we prayerfully debut No. 1-25-plus, 20-plus million, then after those bottles have been popped and that celebration is underway, I will completely re-submerge myself back into the music, fully on album mode.” In other T.I. news, the rapper made an epic comeback in a concert that was held in New York earlier this week and he was joined onstage by the likes of Mary J. Blige, Swizz Beatz and B.o.B. R&B singer Keri Hilson and rappers Cam’ron and Maino also made appearances.
After the show Tip took to his Twitter page and posted: “Special thank you to Axe for providing a magical night for my 1st concert back!! SO (shout out) to my partners for holding me down tonight- Mjb, Keri, Cam, MAino, Ricco, Swizz, B.” – In all fairness, not 100% shocked that the album was pushed back…really come on now this is T.I. we are dealing with here. Read the rest of this entry »
Drake’s ‘Fancy’ was Mary J. Blige’s song first, Swizz Beatz reveals
Jul 29th
“‘Fancy‘ has been well-traveled,” said Swizz Beatz, who produced the song. “It started off as a Swizz record. Then I got Mary [J. Blige] on it. It was supposed to be on her [Stronger With Each Tear], but we missed the deadline. Then I pulled it back for my [upcoming] record. Then five o’clock one morning, on the phone speaking with Drake, he’s in a different time zone, we’re trying to figure out what he needs [for his album]. He’s like, ‘Yo, I just need a record for the ladies.’ I’m on my computer playing him joints over the phone. Then I played him ‘Fancy.’ I was like, ‘You want something like this?’ But I was playing it as a reference.”
On the original version of “Fancy,” Swizz raps about an educated girl who works at the Guggenheim Museum, while MJB sang about an independent female. “She got it all together,” Blige sings. “She don’t need you to help her/ She got her own paper/ She don’t need you to take her on a shopping spree/ My girl’s fancy, fly and free.” Drake didn’t want something like what Swizz played; he wanted that exact song for his album. ”He was like, ‘That’s the record I need,’ ” Swizz recalled. “I said, ‘OK, I’ll make you that.’ ” Drake replied: “No. That’s the record I need.”
“I’m a producer first,” Swizz said. “So he can have the record. I’m still on it, it’s still love. He’s a heck of an artist, and I feel no ways but honored.” The finished version of the song we hear on the album features Drake, Swizz and T.I., but at least one other MC was on the wish list to be on the song. ”Andre 3000 was supposed to be on ‘Fancy,’ ” Swizz revealed. “Drake had a group of people he wanted to be on it: Andre, Tip, this one, that one. But the deadline for the album rushed a lot of things. [Drake] can tell you the rest, but Tip just wound up being on it. Which I’m cool with, cause that’s the homie.”. Drake is filming the videos for “Fancy” and “Miss Me” this week in Atlanta. Read the rest of this entry »
Big Boi “Shutterbugg”
Jun 5th
Let me introduce you to one of the hottest tracks for this summer! Big Boi (other half of rapping duo OutKast) has made his début under the Def Jam label. “Shutterbugg” although a huge move from the pop-rap of OutKast, Big Boi does well in the new single showing originality in the music video and the single itself. “Shutterbugg” will be the lead single off the album “Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty” (yes, that was a mouthful). Interestingly the new album (do I really need to repeat it!?…) “Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty” will be distributed through Def Jam and Purple Ribbon (the label which is owned by OutKast) – could this mean that OutKast are not totally finished!
In regards to the music Big Boi – this has to be given five stars! Even more so this music video has kinda got my excited about the album; confirmation came today that Big Boi‘s album will include work and collaborations from T.I., Jamie Foxx, Gucci Mane, B.o.B, Andre 3000 and Mary J Blige. “Shutterbugg” is currently climbing up both the billboard hot 100 and R&B charts. “Shutterbugg” is also expected to be released officially in the UK in the coming week. The Big Boi is currently in heavy circulation on tv and radio. Read the rest of this entry »