Music

UK NEWS: TIM WESTWOOD TAKES SINGER CIARA OUT ON A SHOPPING SPREE TO PRIMARK

Today while on Twitter I came across some hilarious twits from Radio 1 Hip Hop personality, Tim ‘Big Dawg’ Westwood. Singer Ciara is currently in the country touring with Britney Spears and for some unknown reason asked Tim to take her to her favourite store, Top Shop. But Tim, who I’m guessing suffers sleepless nights worrying about his own financial security, the state of our economy and the recession had other ideas…. Via Twitter  Ciara asked me to take her shoppin today her favourite shop is Top Shop but I suggested Primark. She hadn’t heard of []

PIC OF THE DAY: T-PAIN DEFENDS HIS ‘BIG ASS CHAIN’

Singer T-Pain posted photographs of his RIDICULOUS new chain last night on Twitter, and then defended his latest acquisition by telling the “haters”… Let’s celebrate the fact a black man can have things like this and still care for 3 kids and wife in a $6 million house with 32 cars. Oldest child 5 and already got 4 million in her own account. I don’t do dumb sh*t like this till I know the fams good. so don’t judge me from what []

NEW MUSIC: JAY-Z – DEATH OF AUTOTUNE (RADIO RIP)

Everybody seems to be talking about Jay’s latest offering ‘Death Of AutoTune’ on Twitter. I just listened to the track and I like it. The old man has impressed me. Lines like, “Boys jeans too tight/colours too bright/voice too light…” put a huge smile on my face. LISTEN Via Nahright Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

UK MUSIC: JLS – BEAT AGAIN

Former X-Factor contestents JLS have released the video to their highly anticipated debut single Beat Again In my opinion JLS as a group have always been incredibly WEAK and Beat Again just sounds like a track that NSYNC would have recorded back in 2000.  But it will probably go down a storm with the teeny boppers…. What do you all think? Hit or Miss?

SAVE RISE FESTIVAL PETITION

Rise Festival was a London event set up by the Trades Union Congress in 1996 as a music event to promote anti-racism. The original event took part in Finsbury Park, north London, featuring artists Chumbawumba, Fun-Da-Mental, Asian Dub Foundation and Incognito and was held again the following year in East London’s Victoria Park in Hackney. After a three year hiatus the event was revived when Ken Livingstone was elected Mayor of London in 2000 and held annually around London featuring acts such []

PRIDE MAGAZINE FRONT COVER (JUNE ISSUE) IDRIS ELBA

Via Pride Magazine Idris is an attractive man but I just don’t fancy him. I do look forward though to reading his interview and I cannot wait to see the hunks featured in the Britain’s Top Bachelor list. I plan on stopping off at my local newsagency tonight!

AMY WINEHOUSE DROPPED FROM QUINCY JONES TRIBUTE

Via Digital Spy Amy Winehouse has reportedly been dropped from a forthcoming tribute album for music legend Quincy Jones. The producer has been forced to remove the singer from the record after waiting nearly a year for the finished track, The Mirror reports. Winehouse and Mark Ronson were also said to have been dropped from a concert with Michael Jackson which was supposedly planned to promote the release. Ronson said: “The track isn’t finished and she’s not around. If she’s not here []