Lil Wayne (Feat. Bobby V)-Mrs. Officer/Comfortable

Cool video. Comfortable is favorite record on the album though. I would've loved to see a full video for that WITH a Babyface cameo. But it's all good. Wayne continues to get more milli's...

Keyshia Cole (Feat. Tupac)-Playa Cardz Right (VIDEO)

Decent video. Keyshia looks good. But you already know my feelings on this 2 year old song...

Ryan Leslie-How It Was Supposed To Be

Anotha Banger from Mr. Leslie. Let's just hope the album actually comes out. Now scheduled for January....

T-Pain (Feat. DJ Khaled)-Karaoke (VIDEO)

Video is HILARIOUS. Love it! Thr33 Rings IN STORES November 11th!

The Dream (Feat. Lil Jon)-Let Me See The Booty

First Single. Anotha Radio killlllaaaa killlaaaaa. New album "Love vs. Money" IN STORES December 16th! Glad to see Lil Jon back producing...

Diddy Blog #31-Aint No Line Too Damn Long...

Puff's speakin the truth. Preach brotha. I early voted to avoid the lonnng lines. Took me about 20 minutes to get to vote. Lovely!

Usher-Hush (VIDEO)

This song and video really kinda came outta nowhere. The word is that it was recorded a few years ago and it really makes sense to release it now given our current economic situation...

T.I. (Feat. Rihanna)-Live Your Life (VIDEO)

Eh. Not a big fan of this song or the video. But it seems to be doing very well in Radio. And the video will probably be all over TV.

Ace Hood (Feat. Trey Songz, Rick Ross, Juelz Santana)-Ride Remix (VIDEO)

Low budget of course. Def Jam's really pushin this Ace Hood. Jury's still out for me on this guy. Song is pretty cool though, can't deny much that features Trey Songz. A lof of cameos in here: Busta, Angel Lola Luv, Dj Khaled and more.

Mariah Carey- I Stay In Love (Video)

Other than the fact that the label has done this album no justice....and chosen all the wrong singles...this video isn't that bad. I don't like the car blowing up in the beginning. Looks cheesy and doesn't make much sense. But other than that... Nick Cannon who directed the video, did a very decent job.

Diddy Blog #30-The Twins Endorse Obama...

His little girls have to be some of some the cutest babies. We can clearly see that D'Lila is more outgoing than Jessie. Good stuff though. Diddy seems to really enjoy being a father. November 4th is riiiiiight around the corner!

Lloyd & Ludacris@NCCU Homecoming...(Durham NC, 10/25)

Ok, so here we go. First of all I was a bit disappointed to see that there was only about 500 people in attendance but I was granted backstage access and got to see some verrry interesting things. First of all, DTP artist Brolic from Raleigh, NC was scheduled to perform before Lloyd but apparently someone cracked his CD and it wouldn't play. He was visibly upset but didn't lash out at anyone behind the scenes. He looked at the CD and said "Someone sat on this CD, who had it?" No one knew who originally had it, so everyone just had to deal with the situation. So scratch Brolic, The Dj ended up spinnin until it was time for Lloyd.
Let me tell you, this was my first time seeing Lloyd Live and I must say I was very impressed. He did a great job of incorporating dance moves and being able to sing LIVE....at... the.... SAME.... time (What a concept!). He had two male backup dancers. He really connected with his female fans and they really seemed to appreciate that. And for me, I've seen over 50 concerts and I can really tell when someone is giving their all in a performance and Lloyd was definitely giving his best effort. I talked to him for a second after his set. He told me about a remix with Plies and Fabolous of what I think he meant was "Year of The Lover." I've heard the Plies version, but Fab too? Anybody heard that?? But I talked to one of his boyz and we exchanged contact info, so hopefully I can get that for you soon. I kinda wish his set would've been a little longer. Didn't get to hear all of my favorite songs from him, but I should get to see him perform again in the near future.
Lloyd performed the following songs:
I'm Wit It
Lose Your Love
Treat You Good
Player's Prayer
Year of The Lover
Southside
I want you
Get It Shawty
Girls All Around The World

Now for Ludddaaaa, I've made it clear numerous times before that Luda is one of my favorite MC's of all time. This was my 2nd time seeing him LIVE and I really think he was tired. That's not to say that he didn't give a good performance, but we all know that Luda is known for his high energy and to ME he seemed visibly fatigued. But lets put this in to perspective, he's been promoting his 2 movies out this month, just finished the BET Hip Hop Awards, and fitting in spot performances here and there. I would be tired too. The 500+ folks in attendance were hype though and he fed a bit off their energy.
Durham, NC's own 9th Wonder was in attendance. He produced a song on Luda's new album called "Do The Right Thing" featuring Common & Spike Lee. If you look at the last picture above you can see 9th right behind Luda. DTP artist Lil Fate was Luda's hype man. I thought it was funny when he performed "Southern Hospitality", he said "North Carolina Central girls give me Central h***." Little things like that are really good to incorporate to make your audience feel special. I wish he would've done a couple songs off the new album besides "What them girls like." REALLLLLY wanted to hear "Chopped N Screwed" or "One More Drink."
Luda's set included the following songs:
Southern Hospitality
You's A Hoe
If u don't give a....
Yeaah (Usher)
I'm so hood
They know (Shawty Lo)
Gettin Some
Freak Girl (Gucci Mane)
P**** Poppin
What Them Girls Like

Overall, it was a very good show. I'll give it an 8 out of 10.

T-Pain Behind The Scenes-Karaoke Video Shoot

This joint is a certified BANGER, I can't even front. And the video looks like it'll be comedy. Say what you want about T-Pain. But he does what he does and he does it well. I've heard people say he's destroyed the industry, that he can't sing. But if you really think about it, he's a genius. He has 6 songs in the top 30 right now...

Keyshia Cole (Behind The Scenes)-Playa Cardz Right (VIDEO)

Shouts to the folks @ HitStopz for this one. Still a bit upset this song is 2 years old and they're making it her first single. But don't get me started. Keyshia lookin good nonetheless...
New album "A Different Me" IN STORES Decmember 16th!

Diddy Blog #29-If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck...

He's starting to get that feeling...Can you feel it????

Slim (Of 112) Feat. Fath Evans & Big Boi-So Fly Remix

Wow! Been in a minute since we've heard from Faith. She acknowledges that on the track. Ready for Slim's album "Love's Crazy" IN STORES November 18th!
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Diddy Blog #28-Meet Ciroc Obama

Diddy is a fool! New Diddy blog for the next 12 days. "Diddy blog a day keeps McCain away..."

Mario @ NC State Fair (RALEIGH, NC 10/23)

So last night I had a decision to make, stay home and watch the BET Hip Hop Awards or go see Mario at the North Carolina State Fair. But thanks to the genius that invented Tivo, my decision was made for me. (I still haven't watched the show, so I have no idea what happend as I type this.) But yeah Mario (Mr. Dancing with the Stars himself) invaded the NC State fair in Raleigh...but let him tell it, he was in CHARLOTTE last night.
This dude said AT LEAST 4 times, "It's great to be here in Charlotte tonight." Now If you've ever been to North Carolina, then you understand how different Raleigh and Charlotte are. It bugged me to the point that I went to his manager and said "Umm, you do know you're in Raleigh right?" and she goes *looking around lost* "Uhh yea I have no idea why he's saying Charlotte, but I can't interrupt him during the show." As she proceeds to get a sheet of paper and write "You're in Raleigh!" and places it in front of his mic. :/
Now for the performance, I really want you all to understand the venue this was held in. Dorton Arena in Raleigh is about as terrible a place to have an R&B show as there is out there. It's a big wide open space with glass windows toward the top of the arena, thus if you have any type of band, they will drown a singer out completely, ESPECIALLY one that doesn't have the strongest voice or doesn't bring back-up singers (Mario had no back-up).
So yea, Mario was drowned out by his band but still gave an overall decent performance, connecting with the crowd, even bringing a BIG girl on stage to serenade. I didn't get to write down every song he performed but off the top of my head I remember "Let me Love you", "Cryin Out For Me", "Skippin" (one of my favorites off the "Go" album), "Just a friend", "Kryptonite", "Music For Love", and "Go".
I didn't get to talk to him and ask him why he didn't know where he was performing because I was trying to walk around the fair for little bit and didn't have time to wait for this guy, but I don't blame him. I blame his management. There's no excuse for that. It's their job to make sure their artist knows where they're performing at that particular night. And they messed up.
I rate the performance 4 out of 10. But again a lot of this has to do with the venue being horrible and not knowing where you're performing. Had these two situations been corrected this show could've easily been at least an 8.
Next up, HOPEFULLY Ludacris and Lloyd at North Carolina Central's Homecoming tomorrow. Still working on going to that one. 50/50 at this point. But should I be there, you know I'll have a recap. SO keep it RIGHT THERE!

SNL Special Last Night Featuring Will Ferrell & Tina Fey...

In case you missed this last night like I did. Hilarious! Especially towards the end. Will's one of my favorites...

Ryan Leslie-Quick Sand

Shouts to my homie R.M. Griffin for reminding me to post this. Mannnnn Ryan Leslie continues to get the shaft. His self-titled album KEEPS getting pushed back, now scheduled for a February 2009 release. His music is hot, but he's having a hard time getting it to catch on Nationwide. I know they're feeling him in NY, but I know for a fact he's not getting much play here in the south unfortunately...
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