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Mariah Carey- "Touch My Body" (Music Video) 2008-02-27 21:48:00 The highly anticipated music video for Pop/R&B diva MariahCarey
's newest single, "Touch My Body" has been released. Accomplished video/film/TV director Brett Ratner reigns as director and concocts a surprisingly playful approach to the sensual song. Carey looks stunning as ever, and does a remarkable job of delivering on the video's good-humor premise. The video features a co-starring appearance from Jack McBrayer of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby fame. McBrayer emphatically delivers in his nerdy role, and interacts with Carey exceptionally.With its refreshing concept and undeniable humor, the clip for "Touch My Body" brings an instant spark plug shock to the catchy, yet ultimately monotonous song. (Click to read review of "Touch My Body") Carey and Ratner continue Read more:Music
, Mariah Carey
* Q's Picks* America's Next Top Model Cycle 10 2008-02-25 22:07:00 America's Next Top Model
reached a new milestone as its tenth season (aka cycles) premiered last Wednesday night on The CW. While the show has yet to have produced a winner equivalent to the show's namesake, ANTM's insight into the various facets of the world of modeling makes it one of the more intriguing "reality" shows on television. Cycle
ten's model hopefuls rank among the show's most eclectic selection ever, and there are a handful of girls who may successfully break into the world of modeling.Q's Picks for ANTM Cycle 10AnyaThis stunning 19 year old from Honolulu, Hawaii undoubtedly posses a high fashion look. With a striking beauty similar to Ann, (Cycle 3) Anya has the looks to book work; whether she wins the competition or not.FatimaBorn in the country of Somalia, the 22 year old Read more:America
Nicole Scherzinger- "Happily Never After" 2008-02-24 19:31:00 "Happily Never After" is set to be the fourth official single release from pop singer Nicole Scherzinger
's debut album, Her Name Is Nicole. Originally an unreleased song slated for The Backstreet Boys' album, Unbreakable, "Happily Never After" was written and produced by R&B extraordinaire, Ne-Yo, with Shea Taylor sharing songwriting credits. The empowering ballad paints a vivid portrait of rising from a scorned love. Vocally, Scherzinger sounds beautiful, but ultimately falls short of possessing the amount of amplitude needed for the splendidly written and produced song; turning the overall product disappointingly ordinary.With her previous singles ("Whatever U Like," "Baby Love," and "Puakenikeni") failing to make an impact on the Billboard music charts and U.S. radio, the impendi
Danity Kane Sings Solo for Diddy 2008-02-23 17:19:00 On this week's episode of Making the Band 4, (MTV Monday's at 10 pm ET/PT) along with relationship tribulations, (i.e. Aubrey and Donnie) Day26 and Donnie J. were put through extensive vocal training after Diddy
decided to halt recording on their debut albums. Later in the episode, the girls of Danity Kane
(Aubrey, Aundrea, Shannon, Dawn, and D.Woods) are featured giving Diddy a solo vocal assessment. Each member sounds amazing in this video clip and sings with abundant emotion. Partially surprising are Shannon's and Aubrey's performances; giving the fact that both members' vocals have been questioned in the past. In the end, each girl proves that they absolutely can hold their own vocally.--Quinton
Jordin Sparks ft. Chris Brown- "No Air" (Music Video) 2008-02-21 17:34:00 "No Air" marks the second single release from American Idol Season 6 winner, Jordin Sparks
' 2007 self-titled debut. The Underdogs produced track teams Sparks with R&B phenom, ChrisBrown
. Sparks and Brown shine brightly on the beautiful rhythmic ballad. Brown displays some of his best vocals to date, while Sparks shows listeners unfamiliar with the Idol winner, that she has the chops to stand along the current batch of female pop contemporaries. With its passionate duet performance, thought-inspiring lyrics, and remarkable instrumental backdrop, "No Air" is a refreshing blast of originality to music airways.The music video for "No Air" is ordinary, yet involving. The video does a solid job of directing out the premise of the actual song. Sparks and Brown look vibrant, and do a gr Read more:Music
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*Q's Picks* American Idol Season 7- Top 12 Males Perform 2008-02-20 19:03:00 Tuesday night, American
Idol kicked off the semifinal rounds (that feature the Top 24 contestants) with the Top 12 males singing songs from the 60's. Overall, this year's males are absolutely stronger than last season's selections. While some guys managed to separate themselves from the pack, all the guys showed (or have proven in earlier auditions) that they are talented.Best overall performance: David ArchuletaDavid Archuleta gave a rousing performance of The Miracles classic "Shop Around." While he is only 17 year olds, his voice is amazingly seasoned. Looking natural on stage while displaying his wonderful vocal tone, Archuleta's performance was a highlight of the night. While his vocals may have been off in a few places, there's no denying his vocal talent and overall "X" factor. Read more:Season
, Males
, American Idol
*NEW* Day26- "Over Now" 2008-02-19 17:12:00 Day26 (Robert Curry, Willie Taylor, Brian Andrews, Qwanell "Q" Mosley, Mike McCluney) is the R&B quintet that was formed during the fourth season of MTV's popular Making The Band series. Currently, the guys can be seen on the newest season of Making the Band 4 (MTV Monday's @ 10 p.m. ET/PT, with various repeats during the week) along with platinum Pop/R&B group Danity Kane and solo artist, Donnie J."Over Now" is a track from Day26's upcoming self-titled debut due to be released on March 25th. The amazing ballad features the guys singing passionately over a compelling production. Band member Willie vocally breezes through the first verse and can be heard on the song's bridge that smoothly flows into the heartfelt chorus. Other Day26 members that are heard predominately are Mike,
The-Dream- "Falsetto" 2008-02-18 20:40:00 "Falsetto" marks the second release from R&B triple threat (singer, songwriter, producer) The-Dream
's debut album, Love Hate. Following on the heels of his debut hit, the Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 hit "Shawty is a 10," "Falsetto" is a quintessential mid-tempo entry into the world of R&B. The track features playfully creative lyrics, first-rate production, and a refreshingly unique ending structure. Vocally, the Dream sounds superb, coasting through the production while giving odes to the falsetto vocal technique in the song's inventive chorus, and ingenious breakdowns.The music video for "Falsetto," while nicely edited, doesn't bring forth anything creative nor noteworthy to the medium; turning out to be the typical R&B video skewed towards the image of Hip-Hop. While it la
Update on Kevin and His Kevipod Site 2008-02-15 18:50:00 I emailed Kevin
directly yesterday after I found out that his new Kevipod blog and his Myspace page was deleted. I received a response back from Kevin, and this is what the email stated:Hey Quinton,Yeah, i was the one who deleted my new URL and Myspace site. I don't want to give really any details i just will say that something "serious" happened to me yesterday. For that reason, i deleted all the sites related to "Kevipod". I'm afraid i won't be able to comeback to the blog business for REAL REAL long time.I'm currently working on sending emails to all my visitors to tell them the exact thing i'm telling you now.kev.Here is the response back that I sent:Hey Kev. Thanks for the reply. I'm so sorry to hear that. :-( I can understand why you would delete the sites since something serious ha Read more:Update
*Must See* America's Next Top Model Is... 2008-02-14 20:52:00 It's Tyra Banks fools! Don't believe it? Watch the video below from You Tube User: Gloostikk. This video was ingeniously edited, which results in one of the funniest videos I've ever come across. It's must see!Tyra Wins ANTM--Quinton Read more:America
, Next Top Model
*Leaked* Ashanti- "The Way I Love You" Music Video 2008-02-14 17:34:00 Here's the apparent leak of Ashanti
's video for "The Way I Love You," the lead single off her upcoming album, The Declaration. "The Way I Love You" is an assertive, and melodic tune, and the video manages to portray the lyrical content of the song to the highest degree. With it's impressive cinematography and subtle shock value, the video for "The Way I Love You" sets a new standard for Ashanti; managing to become her best video yet.--QuintonAshanti - "The Way I Love You" Read more:Music
A Sad Day. Kevipod's Music Blog Shut Down. New Kevipod Site Now Up. 2008-02-12 14:36:00 This came as a big shock to me as I'm sure it did to thousands of music lovers who frequented Kevipod's site. "RUMOR" has it that Kevin's site was apparently shut down sometime last night after Kevin posted a leak of Mariah Cary's upcoming single, "Touch My Body." Mariah's label received information on the leak. The rest, is what you call history. :-( Blogspot deleted Kevipodmusic. This wasn't Kevin's first warning, as he had amassed multiple warnings as his music blog continued to reach new heights in popularity.Shorty after Kevin's music blog was deleted by Blogspot, some user registered the newly available URL into their account. So (as of this instance) if you visit , it is NOT Kevin who is in control of it. Kevin has created a new blog, but it's status at this moment is in limbo. K Read more:Music
Visit and Keep an Eye on My New Blog, Dear Rich and Famous 2008-03-18 16:12:00 I have decided after consideration, to start a new blog. Click to Visit My New Blog: Dear Rich and Famous
The Best of 2 Worlds blog will most likely be on indefinite hiatus. I'm extremely proud of the work and articles I have produced for this blog. As a writer who has had previous work published, it was great to push myself once again, and rekindle my professional side of writing. While I've taken much pride in these efforts, it also took a substantial amount of energy and time. With all that's going on in my life, I've come to the conclusion that a more casual type of blog would be less of a burden at this moment in time.I was slaving a way at work today, when I came up with the idea for the new blog, Dear Rich and Famous. I have no idea if the idea/styling of this new blog is widel
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