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to r&b or not to r&b?

Ne-Yo Asks: Why Are You Not Bored With R&B?

Ne-Yo isn't letting the lukewarm response to "Closer" get in the way of his ambitions to "switch it up, try to add to the 'urban' sound, expanding the minds and outlooks of music lovers." He wants you to know that he's bored (bored!) with R&B and, frankly, can't understand why anyone else isn't. "Me, I have a very short attention span, always have, so I get bored EXTRA easy. So with everybody doin' the same ol' thing, wearing the same ol' thing, sounding the same..........MY question is, how is everybody else NOT bored??" Good question, Ne-Yo! Some answers, based on my favorite R&B tracks of late. More »

2:30 PM on Mon Jun 9 2008
By Anthony Miccio
489 views, 14 comments

Latest by n/a: @cosmiclove: oooh, that one feels so good! more »

awards

The BET Awards Promise Big Stars, Big Hits And The Word "Feat."

As the MTV Music Awards become clumsier with every passing year in a less-than-subtle expression of how much acknowledging musical accomplishments has become an annoyance for a network that would much rather chase teenagers around with cameras, the BET Awards stand as the only place where you'll see the biggest acts in pop music (Lil' Wayne, Usher, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey and Nelly are already scheduled to perform) presented with production value and professional competence, acknowledging elders (Al Green and Quincy Jones will respectively receive lifetime achievement and humanitarian awards) without turning into a hoary grandpa fest. "Best Group" seems a little duo heavy, and it's funny to see T-Pain lead the nominations solely on guest spots, but it's refreshing to see a "Best Female Hip-Hop Artist" category. A list of the awards and nominees below. More »

2:00 PM on Fri May 16 2008
By Anthony Miccio
426 views, 12 comments

Latest by n/a: I don't know how they decide the winners, and I don't normally encourage the fixing of awards shows, but if they don't rig it for UGK to win best group, they've managed to completely fuck the dog on a golden more »

leak of the day

Jay-Z And Mary J. Ask You To Give Thanks And Praises

ARTIST: Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige
TITLE: "You're Welcome"
WEB DEBUT: Feb. 28, 2008

leak of some time in the last week or so

Lil Wayne Treats Us Right On A New Mary J. Remix

ARTIST: Mary J. Blige feat. Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz
TITLE: "Just Fine (Remix)"
WEB DEBUT: Between Jan. 20 and Jan. 28, 2008

4:00 PM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Jess Harvell
1,637 views, 3 comments

This Just In: Musicians Not Particularly Good At Picking Believable Fake Names For The Purposes Of Drug Trafficking

Special "you're shitting us, right?" update! From the Albany newspaper story that initially broke the news of 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, and other musicians ordering illegal steroids through a shady online pharmacy:

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tony little wept

Musicians May Be Trading Their Personal Trainers For Steroids

When one thinks of pop star scandals involving drugs, one doesn't usually first think of the "performance enhancing" variety, but at least three musicians have now been "named in connection with an Albany-based steroid investigation." So who's ditching their Hip-Hop Abs workout videos to join the sports world's finest anabolic abusers? More »

10:30 AM on Mon Jan 14 2008
By jharv
1,405 views, 13 comments

Mary J. Blige has ended Josh Groban's Christmas-fueled reign at Billboard's top spot by selling 204,000 copies of Growing Pains. But! The Oprah-beloved Noel did sell 178,000 copies last week, and I suspect that given the soft sales market all around the damn thing will probably hover around the top 40 or so until at least Valentine's Day. [Billboard.biz]

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Mary J. Blige Just Can't Get Enough (Of Her Awesome Life)

ARTIST: Mary J. Blige
TITLE: "Just Fine"
WEB DEBUT: Sept. 27, 2007

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mp3

Yet Another Leak Of The Day: Mary J. Blige Is Happy To Tell You She's Happy

"We Ride," from Mary J. Blige's forthcoming greatest-hits collection, follows the piano-driven template that made "No More Drama" so gripping. But she's on the defensive right away, explaining why she's decided to shed her anger—because she's found a man, and he's so great, that she sings about his putting a song in her heart. We hope, for her sake, that it's a little bit less by-the-numbers than this one. More »

11:20 AM on Tue Nov 7 2006
By mjohnston
109 views, 1 comment

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