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kiml122 08-27-2004 08:34 AM

VH1 SOUL will air The Jill Scott Album Release Party will air on Tuesday, August 31 between Sunday, September 5 from 12 noon - 2:00pm. The channel will mark the launch of her new release Beautifully Human:Words & Sounds Vol. 2 with back-to-back videos, live performances and an exclusive interview and "Listening Party" presentation of her new album in its entirety.

Yeah VH-1 Soul did this when The Roots new joint dropped as well. It was really nice.

lovelyivy84 08-27-2004 09:33 AM

I love reggae too, and these artists have talent but I ain't mad at the gay people's reaction. If the song had said "boom bye bye in a n****s head and not batty boy, we would all be OUTRAGED.

I don't mean to say that being gay is better, worse, the same, or whatever as being black, but they have every right to be offended at those lyrics and to be AFRAID of the damage they cause.


Quote:

Originally posted by Paradise359
Music Of Black Origin Awards(MOBO) bosses are facing the wrath of gay rights activists who are furious homophobic stars Elephant Man and Vybz Kartel have been nominated for awards. Leading pressure group Outrage! are urging the BBC to abandon plans to broadcast the prestigious British event, claiming it "rewarded" artists who promote homophobia and hate attacks on gays and lesbians. Elephant Man and Kartel are among eight reggae stars whose lyrics are currently under police investigation in the UK over claims they incite violence and hatred against homosexuals. Outrage! has also vowed to call UK Home Secretary David Blunkett to ban the two Jamaican artists from the event. The group's spokesman Peter Tatchell says, "By accepting the nomination of Vybz Kartel and Elephant Man, the MOBOs are rewarding singers who incite the murder of lesbians and gay men." A week ago, Outrage tried to get EMI to cancel Beenie Man's contract even after the dancehall star had written a letter of apology for his homophobic lyrics. In related news, Buju Banton is currently being charged for assualting a group of gay men on June 24th, 2004 in Kingston. Six men were driven from their home and beaten by a group of armed men . Buju has been named as one of the armed assailants. Buju has denied the charge. He just recently lost a deal with Puma and has had various of his concerts in Europe cancelled because of pressure from gay rights groups.

Lawd lawd lawd...They trying to ban my favorite artists! I love Vybz. I don't see what's the big deal now. Dancehall artists have been singing about gay people forever! Folks just now getting ish translated! lol I knew this was going to happen. I say if you're offended by it, don't listen...not like you know what they're saying anyway. I have no problem with the songs. And Been Man apologizing? Give me a break I hope yall know he doesn't mean that lol
In the Caribbean there is low tolerance for homosexuality...mostly b/c of our nations' Christian foundation. But as w/ rap alot of time we're really dancing to the dancehall riddim & not really checkin for the words. It's the conscious(less homophobic) reggae that truly speaks to our hearts.
These artists will be & have been very successful before 106 & Park. I say if you don't like it listen to something else.


nachural 08-27-2004 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lovelyivy84
I love reggae too, and these artists have talent but I ain't mad at the gay people's reaction. If the song had said "boom bye bye in a n****s head and not batty boy, we would all be OUTRAGED.

I don't mean to say that being gay is better, worse, the same, or whatever as being black, but they have every right to be offended at those lyrics and to be AFRAID of the damage they cause.

You make a good point here. We all would be grossly offended if someone was attacking who were are as a race...grossly offended.
I am Jamaican and I grew up in here (yes that's where I am now:D) and I never really minded the lyrics because it's the norm. There is a lot of hypocrisy not only about homosexuality ( yes we have quite a few here who are out) but about oral sex, bleaching our skin and taking drugs besides weed ( and no not even 20% of us smoke weed). My point is that in our culture we speak out about a lot of things that a lot of people are doing behind closed doors- it never really means anything. My only problem is when an artists can't find anything else to talk about besides homosexuality or performing oral sex- these are just not accepted publicly.

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what if Jamaica stopped allowing artist from other countries to perform because they curse? i'm not advocating violence agains gays, but just what if...

We can't afford to do that. When any artist curses on stage they get fined. Quite a few rappers including Snoop have warrants out for there arrest because they were fined and left the country before paying it.

MeezDiscreet 08-27-2004 05:21 PM

kanye west gets on my nerves
 
according to supa cindy...

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Kanye West is refusing to team-up with other artists in the immediate future - because he wants to concentrate on his solo career. The rapper/producer who has produced for a variety of superstars including Jay-Z and Alicia Keys is convinced continuous collaborations are "diluting" his music. West says "I can make $100,000 a show and if someone wanted to give me that for a track, I have to give them a piece of my soul." Kanye hopes to break into Hollywood as he enjoys "making videos more than making beats and rapping". He adds, "I think I'll definitely go into script-writing. I love anything that allows me to be creative."


lovelyivy84 08-29-2004 08:45 PM

The VMAs
 
BEYONCE- Texas in 1964 called AND THEY WANT THEIR WIGS BACK DAMMIT! I won't even comment on the rest of the outfit.

Wow that's ugly.

aopirose 08-29-2004 11:06 PM

Re: The VMAs
 
Quote:

Originally posted by lovelyivy84
BEYONCE- Texas in 1964 called AND THEY WANT THEIR WIGS BACK DAMMIT! I won't even comment on the rest of the outfit.

Wow that's ugly.

Bwahhaaaaaaaaaa!

20PearlGirl 08-30-2004 01:39 AM

Vivicia A. Fox Does "Players Club"
 
Yes er'ybody that WAS 45 year-old Vivicia out there with Luda and Lil Jon. Droppin' it like it was hot. I really felt bad for her last year when Fiddy dogged her after they broke up, but now, she is starting to act like a 2 pc. snack!:mad:

AKA2D '91 08-30-2004 08:35 AM

Re: The VMAs
 
Quote:

Originally posted by lovelyivy84
BEYONCE- Texas in 1964 called AND THEY WANT THEIR WIGS BACK DAMMIT! I won't even comment on the rest of the outfit.

Wow that's ugly.

Yet her azz can get a $4.7M contract for hair color, from wearing wigs, pieces, and weave. :rolleyes:

AKA2D '91 08-30-2004 09:21 AM

Raven -Symone
 
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...sion_symone_dc


I thought Raven was older than 18. :confused:

SKEEphistAKAte 08-30-2004 10:16 AM

VMA's-
 
Did I hear correctly in Usher's performance that he basically told Chili to stop lying on him in radio interviews and that they still love each other and need to get back together and do it right this time? I watched the repeat of his performance to make sure I heard it correctly, but I need to make sure y'all heard the same thing.

abaici 08-30-2004 10:20 AM

Re: Vivicia A. Fox Does "Players Club"
 
Quote:

Originally posted by 20PearlGirl
Yes er'ybody that WAS 45 year-old Vivicia out there with Luda and Lil Jon. Droppin' it like it was hot. I really felt bad for her last year when Fiddy dogged her after they broke up, but now, she is starting to act like a 2 pc. snack!:mad:

OK, I thought I was losing my mind!!! I'm thinking, that looks JUST LIKE VIVICA FOX!!! LAWD, HELP HER!!


Oh and Soror Lovely, I used that same phrase, but only for the hippie like people.

AKA2D '91 08-30-2004 10:22 AM

I heard it, also. :confused:

SKEEphistAKAte 08-30-2004 10:29 AM

VMA's
 
Um, where was Jada and why did Will NOT have on a ring? He looked kind of....casual.

I thought the show was kind of bootleg. The venue looked kind of plain. I just wasn't feeling it. And Shaq needs to SHAD immediately. His wife is so pretty to me.

More from me later.

AKA2D '91 08-30-2004 10:31 AM

Jada could be OOT promoting Collateral. Possibly out of the country. :confused:

To discuss the VMAs... go to DST. :D

TheEpitome1920 08-30-2004 03:11 PM

Anyone heard that Tyrese got saved and says he'll no longer take off his shirt while performing??

TheEpitome1920 08-30-2004 03:12 PM

Re: Raven -Symone
 
Quote:

Originally posted by AKA2D '91
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...sion_symone_dc


I thought Raven was older than 18. :confused:

Wow, seems she is doing better than the other Cosby kids.

lovelyivy84 08-30-2004 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
Anyone heard that Tyrese got saved and says he'll no longer take off his shirt while performing??
Well there goes his career!

The body was the only thing worth looking at, as he looks more like an alien than Brandy!

MeezDiscreet 08-30-2004 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lovelyivy84
Well there goes his career!

The body was the only thing worth looking at, as he looks more like an alien than Brandy!

i think he favors a shark...

Bamboozled 08-30-2004 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
Anyone heard that Tyrese got saved and says he'll no longer take off his shirt while performing??
I wish Usher would hurry up and get saved then.

FeeFee 08-30-2004 03:41 PM

Re: VMA's-
 
Quote:

Originally posted by SKEEphistAKAte
Did I hear correctly in Usher's performance that he basically told Chili to stop lying on him in radio interviews and that they still love each other and need to get back together and do it right this time? I watched the repeat of his performance to make sure I heard it correctly, but I need to make sure y'all heard the same thing.
I missed last night's show, but I'll be sure to catch the repeats to hear this tidbit right here. Wow!!!

CrimsonTide4 08-30-2004 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
Anyone heard that Tyrese got saved and says he'll no longer take off his shirt while performing??
LMAO but will he still be fornicating?:confused:

MeezDiscreet 08-30-2004 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
LMAO but will he still be fornicating?:confused:
yeah, as if "though shalt not go shirtless" is one of the 10 Commandments. :rolleyes:

TheEpitome1920 08-30-2004 04:08 PM

Umm...why?

http://www.king-mag.com/04sept-oct/cover.jpg

AKA2D '91 08-30-2004 04:11 PM

...maybe to ensure that her CD goes GOLD. :o

TheEpitome1920 08-30-2004 04:17 PM

http://www.king-mag.com/04sept-oct/c...randy/5big.jpg http://www.king-mag.com/04sept-oct/c...randy/3big.jpg

Let’s work from the bottom up. Brandy Norwood has luscious legs. Word to those gray-bearded, trench coat-wearing Texans in ZZ Top. Who knew? Spending most of her decade-long career wearing more clothes than an Alaskan nun in January, the petite princess stripped down on her fourth album, Afrodisiac. “I wanted this to be the most honest album of my career,” she says, referencing the LP’s naked truth motif.

Like Shawn “Young” Carter in the twilight of his career, Ms. Norwood has also changed clothes, now opting for short skirts and two pieces. States Brandy: “I waited ‘til it was time to expose myself as a woman.” States KING: two pieces are great, as long as they’re not the kind Chris Childs exposed Kobe Bryant with.

Showing some love to the regular guy on the street:

“I feel like celebrities are more intimidated than regular guys. I’ve been around a lot of celebrity guys, and they’ve been intimidated by me. But you see a regular guy in the mall, and he’ll be like, “What up, Brandy? I wanna be down. I know you be sitting up in your room, but I wanna go somewhere with you.” There’s no shame in their game.”

Revealing the most taboo thing she has ever done:

“I keyed somebody’s car before. I know that it was wrong. But I had a very good reason to do it. I did it because I was tired of being hurt. It was the same guy’s [car] who called me a bitch, like 13 times. That was my revenge.”

Answering whether she would strip down for album salesor not:

“I’m good. I wouldn’t do that for a quadruple-platinum album. To keep my daughter alive, yes. I would just do the work for that album and still keep my class. People may feel that they’re forced to be over-the-top sexy, but there are people out there who do it tastefully.”

CrimsonTide4 08-30-2004 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
“I’m good. I wouldn’t do that for a quadruple-platinum album. To keep my daughter alive, yes. I would just do the work for that album and still keep my class. People may feel that they’re forced to be over-the-top sexy, but there are people out there who do it tastefully.”
SHE LOOKS TRASHY AS HAYLE in these pics.

Maybe doing this will ensure she goes TRIPLE WOOD!! :rolleyes:

HOESHA, g'on somewhere. I know Sonya and Willie are not happy.

So tell you what, Hoesha, give Quentin back that 11 carat ring and go get with LaPhonse from LaMall. SILLY RABBIT, TRICKS ARE FOR KIDS!! :rolleyes:

Nubian 08-30-2004 04:35 PM

My boyfriend called her (Brandy) the Mother Alien...I had to get on him for being so mean...but I did laugh.

I just want to cook her a meal or something. She looks hungry!

TheEpitome1920 08-30-2004 04:41 PM

It just seems that she has the same hair stylist as Beyonce because her hair always looks a mess. I want to send an email telling her to get her braids back. Ya'll seen the new video? I love the song but hate the video.:(

Steeltrap 08-30-2004 04:41 PM

Re: Vivicia A. Fox Does "Players Club"
 
Quote:

Originally posted by 20PearlGirl
Yes er'ybody that WAS 45 year-old Vivicia out there with Luda and Lil Jon. Droppin' it like it was hot. I really felt bad for her last year when Fiddy dogged her after they broke up, but now, she is starting to act like a 2 pc. snack!:mad:
G-NECK!
Err, whoops, that's Fiddy and 'em. I betcha that Vivica, who is only 40 (that's right, I was born in the same year as Vivvy), will end up dating Lil' STD or one of them Diseased Twins.
:rolleyes:

AKA2D '91 08-30-2004 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
It just seems that she has the same hair stylist as Beyonce because her hair always looks a mess. I want to send an email telling her to get her braids back. Ya'll seen the new video? I love the song but hate the video.:(
What video? For what song?

TheEpitome1920 08-30-2004 04:44 PM

Who Is She 2U?

AKA2D '91 08-30-2004 04:45 PM

I got it. You meant Brandy. I thought you were talking about "B" having a new video. Yeah, Brandy and "B" have that Farrah Fawcett look going on.

lostnfound117 08-31-2004 01:43 AM

sigh.....somebody, PLEASE help me understand this!!!

abaici 08-31-2004 01:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bamboozled
I wish Usher would hurry up and get saved then.

LOL!!! Here, HERE!!!

evaclear04 08-31-2004 06:39 AM

Basically.... Brandy whorewood...
 
YUCK!

AKA2D '91 08-31-2004 07:54 AM

LMAO @ whorewood...you ain't right! You ain't right! :o

AKA2D '91 08-31-2004 09:35 AM

Wrong place...at the wrong time
 
Actress Rosario Dawson of the movies "Kids" and "Shattered Glass" was arrested near the route of anti-Republican protests after she refused to get off the road, authorities said Monday.



Dawson, 25, of Los Angeles, was filming a movie called "This Revolution," according to published reports. She was taken into custody at midday Sunday about a block from the site of the Republican National Convention in Madison Square Garden, authorities said

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...tress_arrested

Steeltrap 08-31-2004 11:43 AM

Fiddy and G-Neck booed
 
G-Neck! :rolleyes:

50 CENT BOOED OVERSEAS: Rapper fails to rock the rock crowds.


(Aug. 31, 2004) *Damn homie. Apparently, fans of rock bands like Placebo, Lostprophets and Dropkick Murphys have no patience for hip hop – or maybe they just don’t like 50 Cent. The brother was booed from the moment he and the G-Unit stepped on stage at the Carling Weekend: Reading festival in the U.K. Sunday night, which featured a lineup of rock acts - including the three mentioned above.
As British-based publication NME puts it, he was “dramatically booed off stage” and was hit with a barrage of plastic bottles – some reportedly filled with urine. Somebody even hurled a camping chair.

“What was he even doing up there? It was the worst thing I’ve ever seen,” one festival goer told NME.

After a while, 50 started throwing the plastic bottles back into the crowd. Chants of “50 Cent is a wanker” (CTFU) were shouted in response, along with other choice words. The rapper then decided to placate the thousands of people by saying, “We’re just all here to have fun.” When that didn’t work, he challenged them to all put their middle fingers in the air.

Needless to say, 50 and the G-Unit cut their set short. They managed to get through “In Da Club,” “21 Questions” “P.I.M.P” and several others before 50 thanked the crowd and skedaddled.

The Reading festival had 50 scheduled to play between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., but they took the stage twenty minutes earlier at 8:10 p.m., and was outta there by 8:35.

Things were a little better for the crew at the Carling Weekend: Leeds festival two days earlier. The rap outfit took the stage to a mixed reception at first, but soon the boos were drowned out by cheers as they ripped into the material from 50’s debut album “Get Rich or Die Tryin’.”

Miss. Mocha 08-31-2004 12:55 PM

My heart goes out to Brandy. It seems like, instead of gaining knowledge through maturity and motherhood, she's going backwards.

Maybe Sonja & 'em should have let her a get a little bit naked as a 19 year old. Then maybe she woudn't have waited until she was a mom, with a daughter no less, to get naked in a raunchy mag like King.

Brandy, sweetie,
you're a mom now. Go sit down somewhere, and figure it out. You should be setting a good example for your daughter, not showing her how to be sleazy.

Beyonce, J Lo, Brittney and them can do that. They don't have any kids!!!!!!!!!

reddawn18 08-31-2004 01:38 PM

Two things!
 
Brandy! WTF were you thinking! you are not sexy. You still got the same body you did when you were young. At least you are not wearing the padded panty!

And 50 cent.... about time! That negro needed to shot down more than that. He is not all that!


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