In order to celebrate America, Idolator will be taking tomorrow off. But before we close things out, here are a few stories we missed during this verifiably insane week:
• Hey, look! An entire AP story speculating about who might fill London’s O2 Arena in the wake of Michael Jackson’s death that includes a) some Sun-sourced speculation about an ABBA reunion and b) the following fan reasoning for why Whitney Houston should perform instead: “”because they suffer the same pain and deal with the same demons: drugs.” Ay yi yi. [AP]
• To continue Great Moments In Quotes, here’s Nick Cannon on the speculation that his wife Mariah Carey is going to use her forthcoming video for “Obsessed” as a way to lampoon Eminem: “My wife doesn’t beef. She’s Mariah Carey. She’s not beefin’, she’s a vegetarian.” [MTV] MORE »
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the cutout bin
The Cutout Bin: Everybody Has Something Funny To Say These Days
everybody's a winner
Teen Choice Awards Engage In A Bit Of Prediction
Nominees for the surfy Teen Choice Awards were announced today, and the music-related categories were dominated by the usual suspects–GaGa, Kanye, Beyonce, Britney, Taylor. And leading the pack of nominees for Teen Choice Album is the Jonas Brothers’ Lines, Vines, And Trying Times–a neat trick, since the album doesn’t come out until tomorrow. It couldn’t be because the Bros Jo are hosting the show, could it? Or that there’s a huge honking banner ad for Lines right on the show’s official site? How could I even think that such an upstanding network like Fox would engage in these sorts of shenanigans with a trio that they’ve collectively nominated for Choice Male Hottie? Full list of music-related nominees after the jump. MORE »
Help Wanted
Your Lil Wayne Imitation Could Bring You Some Young Money, Baby
Do people tell you that you sound like popular hip-hop artist Lil Wayne? Are you in need of money and in the general vicinity of Washington, D.C.? You could maybe make some extra scratch while impersonating Weezy for the purposes of tricking some poor kid who wants only one thing: A performance by Lil Wayne at his super-ish sweet 16. And you don’t even have to shell out for a wig or a fake tattoo, although you may need to learn how to be shitty at guitar. MORE »
Delays
Today In Pushed-Back Albums: JoJo Screeches, ?uestlove Tweets, And Lil Wayne Shreds Some More
It’s time for another look at upcoming albums that have had their release dates pushed back, a condition that’s growing ever more chronic as the bottom seemingly falls out of the music industry. Today, we look at albums by JoJo, The Roots, and Lil Wayne (yes, again!) that are allegedly coming soon, although not as soon as originally thought. MORE »
The nimbus of his fame
Kanye West Would Like To Offer Up A New Celebrity Taxonomy
In the midst of praising a sort of mediocre, but I guess well-framed paparazzi photo of Rihanna, Kanye West took some time out to offer up his thoughts on today’s biggest stars, and which current celebrities were serving as analogies of stars gone by, I guess because we live in the post-everything age. If you ever wondered which current somewhat-superstar Kanye West views as the new Jimi Hendrix and/or Roger Waters, the answers lie after the jump. MORE »
remixes
Chris Cornell Is Going To Prove His Worth To You In 63 Tracks
Continuing his efforts to prove to fans that the club and the rock show can, indeed, coexist, Chris Cornell has released a mixtape in conjunction with DJ Skee based on his new solo album Scream. In addition to the Fray’s American Idol-enshrined cover of “Heartless” and a version of “Outshined” credited to Audioslave, the 63 tracks include a selection from that Jay-Z/Linkin Park album, a mashup of the “Lollipops” wielded by Lil Wayne and Framing Hanley, “Kids” so as to fulfill the required-in-2009 MGMT quotient, songs from a few bands that played Bamboozle, and a remix of Nirvana’s “Love Buzz” cover. There is also something called “Trent Reznor Speaks,” which I am going to guess is some sort of meta-Twitter dis. (The zipped version is 219 megabytes, so it’s taking a while to leech from the Internet.) Full track listing after the jump. MORE »
everybody's a winner
Beyonce To Have Cage Match With Alter Ego At BET Awards
The pair of videos that led off Beyonce’s I Am… Sasha Fierce–”If I Were A Boy” and “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It”–are up for Video Of The Year at the 2009 BET Awards, along with Jamie Foxx’s cameo-studded “Blame It,” T.I.’s Rihanna-aided “Live Your Life,” and Kanye West’s Ralph Bakshi-inspired “Heartless.” Also, M.I.A. is up for two awards; Best New Artist (even though Kala is her second album) and Best Female Hip-Hop Artist (where she’ll face off against Lil Mama and Trina). Complete list of nominees after the jump. MORE »
noon as the news
Alice Cooper To Hit The Midway
In today’s wrapup of headlines: Alice Cooper prepares to come face-to-face with fried foodstuffs, Lil Wayne gets litigious, Chris Brown goes back to court, and the Wu-Tang Clan is still together. MORE »
upcoming releases
People Who Worked On Lil Wayne’s Rock Album Insist That Lil Wayne’s Rock Album Is Going To Be Awesome
Lil Wayne’s foray into rock, Rebirth, has had its release date pushed back a bunch since it was first announced many months ago. But you shouldn’t let those pushbacks, or the relatively cool response to the album’s dreary lead single “Prom Queen,” dissuade you from believing the producers Cool & Dre, who think the album is awesome. In a completely unrelated development, Cool & Dre have songs that are candidates for the final tracklisting of Rebirth, and they haven’t heard yet which songs made the final cut. But don’t let that dissuade you from thinking they are sincere! MORE »
