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Kelly Rowland No Longer a Child of Destiny’s Label

Step by step, Kelly Rowland is distancing herself from the forces that helped her achieve music stardom.
Two months after she parted ways with longtime manager Matthew “Beyoncé’s dad” Knowles, Columbia Records has announced that Rowland is leaving the label for which she’s been recording since her Destiny’s Child days.
“Because Columbia Records has been my home [...]

T.I. Sentenced to a Year And a Day

The self-proclaimed King of the South will rise again. In about 366 days’ time.
As expected, T.I. was sentenced today to one year and one day in Georgia prison as part of his plea deal with prosecutors over a 2007 felony weapons charge.
“Today I would like to say thank-you to some, and apologize to all,” the [...]

Rappers Cleaning Up Lyrics Post-Imus

 
Rap’s critics have been complaining for years, only to watch the music become even more profane — and more popular. But now it seems as if Don Imus may be accomplishing what a generation of detractors could not.

Four months after outrage over Imus’ sexist and racial comments led to intense scrutiny of rap’s negative imagery, [...]

Rapper Kingston’s Summer Off To “Beautiful” Start

The person who makes you the happiest can hurt you the most — just ask 17-year-old rapper/songwriter Sean Kingston.

“I was going out with this girl for two years — the most beautiful girl in school — but she cheated on me with my best friend,” the Miami-born, Jamaica-bred Kingston says about his first heartbreak.
The experience, [...]

Sign O’ The Times As Prince Gives Away New Album

 
 LONDON (AFP) - US pop maverick Prince on Sunday gave away about three million copies of his new album “Planet Earth” with British newspaper the Mail on Sunday, amid protests from music retailers.

The 10-track CD is reported to be worth about 250,000 pounds (369,000 euros, 508,000 dollars) to the diminutive musician from Minneapolis best known [...]

Keith Sweat’s “Hotel” Rates Well

Live album now, new disc this fall.

If anyone has made the act of begging into a melodic sound, it’s R&B singer Keith Sweat. However, Sweat’s career has hardly been wanting.
 
      After honing his skills in his hometown of New York, he was discovered in the mid-80s and released his debut album, “Make It Last Forever,’ [...]

Top 5 Performances Of the 2007 BET Awards

The show was very entertaining as usual. The most notable performances, or those worth sticking around to watch, are as follows:
1. Ciara - Amazing choreography. I’m not normally a fan because of her less than stellar singing, but the performance reminded me of vintage Janet Jackson or Aaliyah. I also noticed tons of confidence. She [...]

Top 5 Free Music Download Sites

An extensive selection of free music downloads is the dream of any serious pop music fan. Unfortunately, legal downloading of most mainstream pop music requires purchasing the song in question. Many of the top sites offering music for purchase will offer an occasional song for free download. However, there are a number of web sites [...]

Female Hip-Hop Fights A Bad Rap

 
Before 2007 is out, Eve, Missy Elliott, Foxy Brown, Trina, Shawnna and Remy Ma should have new albums in stores, setting the stage for a banner year in the world of female rap. For the long-suffering genre, that would mean that more than two or three titles could finish in the top 100 of Billboard’s [...]