Singer Ciara had a brush with cops on Tuesday night, May 11 when a playback of her new songs prompted complaints from local residents. The “Goodies” hitmaker was celebrating a pal’s birthday in Los Angeles when they decided to continue the party in a nearby parking lot.
Ciara insisted it was the perfect time to unveil her latest recordings to her friends – but their raucous reactions resulted in a visit from police officers. In a series of posts on her Twitter she writes, “Tonight was sooo much fun!! I originally had plans to go to the Victoria Secret party, but that changed (at the) last minute… and I headed to celebrate my friend’s birthday party!”
“It was sooo much fun, and the funny thing to top it off was we all decided to go to a parking lot and play a few of the newest songs I recorded and we realized we had the music just a little too loud because the police came by and said they had received reports of loud music!! But thank God we had the music down in time, and there was no trouble with the po po (police).”
And the singer even managed to charm the two cops into posing for pictures:
“We actually ended up taking photos together!!… Here’s a pic of me and the police officers. Thought it (would) be fun to share my night with u!”
Looks like another group is branching off to do solo projects, Brandon Flowers from The Killers has announced via his website that he’s going solo. The “Human” hitmaker will release his first solo album, “Flamingo”, later this year. The news marked the launch of the rocker’s own website BrandonFlowersMusic.com.
The Killers have laid low from touring and music at the top of 2010 due to the passing of Flowers mother. The Killers drummer Ronnie Vannucci is doing a side project as well. No dates have been confirmed for either project, but you can sign up to Brandon’s website for news. I know I did, The Killers is the best band! Yeah I Said it!
David Letterman is branching out from invading TV screen to becoming a music mogul. The talk-show host has formed a record label called Clear Entertainment/C.E. Music and signed a pop-punk band Runner Runner as his first act.
The band’s tracks “Unstoppable” and “So Obvious” are already out for fans’ listening pleasure. The five-piece band are currently working on their debut album which is slated for summer release later this year. Moreover, they will go on a tour starting next month.
The album will be released under the partnership of David’s newly-formed label and EMI Music’s Capitol Records. More detailed info about his first signee, including listening to their music and obtaining their tour dates, can be checked on Runner Runner’s MySpace.
Young Jeezy is going to a nightclub and partying hard in a music video for his track “Lose My Mind”. “I need a Louis Vuitton straitjacket,” he previously joked about what he wanted to wear when shooting the video in Miami.
“Lose My Mind” is a track taken from Jeezy’s upcoming fourth studio album “Thug Motivation 103″ which will be released later this year. The music video features a cameo appearance from Plies. It is directed by TAJ and was filmed in black and white scenes.
Beside shooting video for his own song, Young Jeezy has also filmed visuals for Fat Joe’s track “(Ha Ha) Slow Down” which has him lending his vocal. “The video is going down movie-style, if the hip-hop police let us,” Joe told MTV. “We in Harlem. We gonna touch that town. Me and Jeezy gonna have Puff surfin’ on the ‘hood of the Phantom Drop. That New York Diddy bop. Jeezy coming through with that A-Town stomp.
Apparently this time she’s going a little more urban with it as well. Lindsay Lohan recently wrote on Twitter about being inspired by Madonna in her new studio album. The “Mean Girls” actress opened up that the track which has Madonna influence is written by Kara DioGuardi and J.R. Rotem.
Lindsay also confirms she will hook up with rapper Snoop Dogg in another song. “Snoop dogg is on it… and i can’t say the others yet!! kara d and jr rotem wrote a track that has a madonna undertone.. shhhh lol,” she tweeted.
Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse have reunited to record an upcoming album in honor of music industry legend Quincy Jones – two years after the pair was originally slated to start the project. The superproducer was at the mixing deck for Winehouse’s 2006 global smash “Back to Black” and the pop star returned the favor the following year by singing “Valerie” for Ronson’s covers compilation “Version”.
Ronson was then due to return to the studio early last year with his muse to record a new version of Lesley Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me” for the Jones album, but that plan was dropped as Winehouse escaped to the Caribbean for an extended sunshine holiday.
But now the former collaborators have patched up their friendship and working relationship – Winehouse’s father Mitch has confirmed the artists are busy working with Jones on the project. He says, “Over the weekend she did three tracks for Quincy Jones. She’s doing great.”
In an effort to promote her upcoming album “Amazing” Miami siren Trina graces the cover of King Magazine. Wait, didn’t they shut down and relaunch like five different times? Well anyways, they choose Trina for the relaunch, seems her covers are always big sellers for them. Don’t forget Trina’s album drops May 4th, be sure to check it out.
Nas has had to scrap his upcoming London concert with Damian Marley as a result of the flight chaos caused by the volcanic eruption in Iceland. Air travel across the whole of Europe has been disrupted for days due to the heavy cloud of volcanic ash floating above the continent, which can cause jet engines to fail.
Over 63,000 flights have been canceled, costing airlines $200 million a day and affecting six million passengers worldwide – and Nas and Marley are among those who have been forced to alter their travel plans.
The pair was due to perform at London’s Electric Ballroom on Wednesday, April 21 in support of their new collaborative album, “Distant Relatives” – but that show has now been shelved because they are unable to fly over from the U.S.
What do you get when you combine part performer, part songwriter, part producer, and sheer drive? What you get ladies and gents is the undeniable talent of Demarco. The guy hailing from Jamaica is here to take his rightful place amongst music royalty and rightfully so. One listen to the music of Demarco and you see how effortlessly he flows through R&B, Hip Hop, and Pop to create his own lane in the Island Pop genre.
The sheer drive part we mentioned early is for the kids frequent flyer miles he racks up traveling the globe working with top artists/producers in the industry. We here through the wire Demarco is putting the final touches on his long awaiting debut album and it couldn’t come at a better time. With Summer upon us and people ready to get out and have a good time, Demarco is here to pump some life back into music.
Mark our words, Demarco is someone you’ll be hearing alot more from and we 100% co-sign on WhutsGood!
Maybe it’s a case of Akon sticking up for his signee Lady Gaga and all, but he held no punches in a recent interview with Vibe:
“Aw man, that’s not even any competition,” Akon tells Vibe. “You are actually giving Christina too much credit. She always had her cool little look and way about how she went about things. But soon as Gaga came out everything switched up. Christina stepped out of her own shell to become something different. And the crazy thing is Christina is really talented. She has unlimited range when it comes to singing. Her voice is out of here. I just think she just needs to believe in herself more. I think sometimes she gets insecure because of all of the success Gaga has had not realizing that she was already successful before Gaga came out.”Akon continues, “Christina shouldn’t have anything to prove or anyone to compete with. I miss the old Christina Aguilera. I like the old one better than the new one. Honestly, Gaga and Christina could probably get together and do something that’s amazing. But that’s impossible if they are both trying to do the same exact thing musically.”
Umm wasn’t Christina already a huge star before Gaga hit the scene?
