Celebrity News for the SU2K3

AKA2D '91 · #1 06-02-2003, 09:02 AM

LL Cool J Looking For A New Record Deal
Sun Jun 1, 3:00 AM ET

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Veteran rapper LL Cool J is currently making the rounds in search of a new multi-million-dollar recording contract. The rapper released his tenth album, 10, in October on Def Jam Records and is now a free agent.

According to New York's Daily News, the rapper initially hoped to re-sign with Def Jam Records for 20 million dollars but the label didn't bite. The rapper's spokeswoman said, "He's continuing to negotiate with Def Jam."

In the meantime, LL Cool J will be touring with Dru Hill this summer and continuing his promising acting career. The rapper is one of the stars of the new movie S.W.A.T., which also stars Samuel Jackson, Colin Farrell (news), Michelle Rodriguez (news), and Jeremy Renner. The film will hit theaters on August 8.

AKA2D '91 · #2 06-02-2003, 11:47 AM

Angie Stone and future hubby.

Gina1201 · #3 06-02-2003, 03:14 PM

Mya's sexy new song "My Love Is Like ... Wo" is far from your average choice for a first single. She needed some time to sit with it - a whole year. But after 365 days and a little coaxing from her camp, the singer felt more comfortable releasing a tune where she declares, "My ass is like wo."

The first offering from her third LP, Moodring, doesn't spell the end of Mya's shows of sensuality, however.

"You keep it tight, hit me off how I like, every day, every night," she sings on the piano-powered "No Sleep," where she makes a 3 a.m. booty call to her man. "They say I'm shy, but you know that's a lie," she goes on to sing before further testifying about how good the love is with her mate.

Mya's words on "Anatomy One-on-One" might make you pat yourself on
the forehead with a handkerchief, as she sings even steamier lyrics, vividly detailing a session of passion with her Mr. Do Right. "You found a position that turns me on," she gushes. "Temperature's hotter than fire/And the heat has got me burning up/ Let's stop, drop and roll together."

Unfortunately her flames are doused with a dose of reality that is as sobering as a cold shower on "Step." Here you can imagine the petite crooner getting set to put up her dukes as she complains about a girl who's trying to take her man. And you wouldn't believe it by Mya's usually dainty behavior, but she can get down and dirty in a slugfest. She threatens to take off her heels and tells the jezebel that wants to break up her happy home, "I ain't got no time for the bullshhhh/ You should have a little respect 'cause if a girl is f---ing your man, you wouldn't like that."

Mya is "cold-blooded" after all, as she sings on the disco throwback "Sophisticated Lady," where she promises to make any man holla because she is the flyest of the fly. The playfully unabashed "Whatever Bitch" also steps outside the usual R&B soundscapes. That cut finds Mya using house music to dismiss jealous girls who roll their eyes at her and want to spoil her partying.

"They calling me a ho 'cause I'm trying to get my freak on," she scoffs. "But bitch, we're in a club, what the hell do you expect bitch?/ I worked too freaking hard to let a hata bring me down."

But Mya's biggest foe on Moodring may not be a woman - it could very well be the object of her affection. "Why You Gotta Look So Good?" tells the story of the songbird struggling to leave a bad relationship. G-Unit member Lloyd Banks guest stars on the track, rapping from the male perspective about the same woeful situation.

"We both know if you put on some extra pounds I would have left a long time ago ..." Banks says. "I can't find good enough reason to try to hit the road .../ It's a shame how your female anatomy keeps grabbing me."

Besides recording Moodring, which is due July 22, Mya also just finished filming a part in "Havana Nights: Dirty Dancing 2." Unlike her part in "Chicago," where she appeared as an inmate, she plays a role closer toherself in this flick: a singer.

-Shaheem Reid

CrimsonTide4 · #4 06-02-2003, 03:20 PM

I need her to spell "wo" correctly. . .her CD sounds like HOT GHETTO WHOA!!

librasoul22 · #5 06-02-2003, 04:11 PM

OMG, there is a Dirty Dancing 2 coming out??? WO!

RedefinedDiva · #6 06-02-2003, 04:23 PM

Mya sounds like she is trippin like Whoa!
I've waited a long time for her CD like Whoa!
Mya's getting buckwild like Whoa!
Angie Stone's man looks kinda cute like Whoa!
I am trippin' out like Whoa!
May have to DL Black Rob's track Like Whoa!
Can you tell I'm happy like Whoa!
School's out for the Summer like WHOA!!!

Gina1201 · #7 06-02-2003, 06:28 PM

From mtv.com:

Like Eminem, 50 Cent and Nas before her, Beyoncé Knowles is pushing up the release of her album to combat piracy.

The Destiny's Child singer's solo debut is now scheduled to hit stores June 24, two weeks before the original due date.

While Beyoncé has tried to keep Dangerously in Love under wraps, several of the tracks have leaked online and have hit the streets on bootleg copies of the album.

Beyoncé's LP, which includes the single "Crazy in Love" (#13 on Billboard's Hot 100), is expected to be one of the hot sellers this summer.

"It's a phenomenal record," Beyoncé's father and manager, Mathew, said at Saturday's MTV Movie Awards taping. "She went back to her roots on this one. [And she] co-wrote and co-produced almost 75 percent of the record. And it has a lot of guests on it."

Along with Jay-Z on "Crazy in Love" and the ballad "That's How You Like It," Dangerously in Love also features appearances by Missy Elliott on "Signs," Sean Paul on "Baby Boy" and Outkast's Big Boi on "Hip Hop Star."

Beyoncé also recorded a duet with Luther Vandross for the album, a remake of Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway's 1978 duet, "The Closer I Get to You." Also included are Donna Summer, DeBarge and Shuggie Otis covers, according to Mathew Knowles.

The singer will premiere much of her new material on her June 14 pay-per-view TV special, "Ford Presents Beyoncé Knowles, Friends & Family, Live From Ford's 100th Anniversary Celebration in Dearborn, Michigan." Her Destiny's Child groupmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams will also join Beyoncé, along with her sister, Solange Knowles.

—Corey Moss, with additional reporting by Jeff Cornell

RedefinedDiva · #8 06-02-2003, 07:31 PM

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Originally posted by Gina1201
"It's a phenomenal record," Beyoncé's father and manager, Mathew, said at Saturday's MTV Movie Awards taping. "She went back to her roots on this one.

Ummm..... Exactly, what are her "roots"?

Anyway, I am anticipating the album. She has a new fan after Diva Duets.

Gina1201 · #9 06-02-2003, 08:01 PM

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Originally posted by RedefinedDiva
Ummm..... Exactly, what are her "roots"?

Anyway, I am anticipating the album. She has a new fan after Diva Duets.

I was unsure about what he meant also. Maybe it's due to the amount of writing and producing that she is doing. Although, sometimes she gets on my nerves, I too will be copping the album.

Eclipse · #10 06-02-2003, 08:07 PM

I'm obviously very tired because I thought the name of this thread was Celebrity News for the SUCKAS LOL

Why I just shared that with you guys I don't know......

librasoul22 · #11 06-02-2003, 11:56 PM

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Originally posted by Eclipse
I'm obviously very tired because I thought the name of this thread was Celebrity News for the SUCKAS LOL

Why I just shared that with you guys I don't know......

Um, lol, I am STILL trying to figure out what exactly it means. I get the 2K3 part, but the SU is throwing me, lol.

RedefinedDiva · #12 06-02-2003, 11:57 PM

summer....

Gina1201 · #13 06-03-2003, 10:22 AM

Damon Dash has amassed quite a posse for his Roc-A-Fella Records camp in the last two years. He
saved Cam'ron from being just another anonymous, street-reared rapper. He resurrected M.O.P. out of
the grimy landscape of Brownsville. And he welcomed Ol' Dirty Bastard with open arms when the Wu-Tang MC was released from jail.

And for his latest reclamation project? Posh Spice.

Ex-Spice Girl Victoria Beckham is recording a new solo album that Roc-A-Fella honcho Damon Dash will oversee. The as-yet-untitled album, due in September, will be released on Beckham's European
label, Telstar, and through Roc-A-Fella in the States.

"I've never helped anyone outside the Roc like this, so this is different for me," Dash said. "But when we talked, I got to feeling how she wants to win like I want to win. I got to see where her heart is and how she'd work hard to promote her record."

Dash already snapped up Beckham, wife of English soccer star David Beckham, to promote Roc-A-Wear, the clothing line he owns with Jay-Z, in billboard ads alongside Naomi Campbell and as the line's European spokesperson as it's launched overseas. But recently, the two met in Paris to discuss
Beckham's musical aspirations. Dash realized there was serious pop potential in their relationship.

"She pays close attention to what makes people move and she truly loves hip-hop and R&B as well as pop," Dash explained.

Almost more surreal than the partnership between one of hip-hop's most savvy moguls and one of pop's ex-icons is who exactly Dash has her working with. Already, he's overseen the recording of two songs — "It's That Simple" with M.O.P. and "Let's Do It Again" with Cam'ron.

"She went into the gutter," Dash laughed. "I mean, M.O.P. is the grimiest group we got, and she took it there. I wanted to push her limits."

When Dash introduced her to M.O.P. in the studio, they didn't know who she was. "They thought they were just doing me a favor. But she won them over. They liked her as an individual."

Dash doesn't know if Jay-Z will make a cameo, but he's already recruited Macy Gray and Ol' Dirty Bastard, a.k.a. Dirt McGirt, to write songs with
her.

Any criticism fans of the Roc may have with this latest signing can get kicked to the curb, Dash says. "If I say it's aiight, it's aiight. I think I've built up enough respect in hip-hop at this point that they should trust my opinion. They wasn't worried about it with Jay. They wasn't worried about it with ODB. They shouldn't be worried about it now. You watch — I'm not just going to make her a pop star but a Roc star, too."

—Joseph Patel

Senusret I · #14 06-03-2003, 10:29 AM

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Originally posted by Gina1201

And for his latest reclamation project? Posh Spice.

LMBAO @ posh spice being a reclamation project.

CrimsonTide4 · #15 06-03-2003, 01:41 PM

And what's probably gonna be one of the biggest travesties in sequel history, Dirty Dancing 2 has just added some flava to its cast. R n B hottie Mya has just signed on to co star in the movie which is being set up as a prequel to the original 1987 hit movie. The movie's titled Havana Nights: Dirty Dancing 2 and will take place in 1958 Cuba. Mya will play a singer in the movie no surprise. And the plot follows a lonely girl who moves to Cuba and ends up doin' both the vertical and horizontal mambo if you know what I mean with a local boy. No word on when Dirty Dancing 2's gonna hit theaters.