Who Run the WORLD??

GIRLS!!!!!!!!
Beyonce is back yet again!!!!! But did she come back with a bang?? Some people don't like Beyonce's new anthem "Who Run the World." I am a huge fan of hers, but I'm not sure if i agree with every artist making a move to new styles of music. Now don't me wrong, if this song were to play at a party, everyone would be dancing no doubt about it!

Beyonce is taking a new step, dub-step that is! Something that Brittney Spears did as well in her new single "Hold It Against Me." I have taken well to this new style of music. But tell me, where would our creativity go if we didn't challenge ourselves to something new every so often.

Beyonce's newly anticipated album will probably be a summer party jam and just what we need to start the summer off right! I CAN'T WAIT!

F.A.M.E

THE RETURN OF: CHRIS BROWN

In September 2010, Chris Brown had begun work on his fourth album. On September 18, Brown announced that the album would be titled, F.A.M.E. The acronym of the title has two meanings, "Forgiving All My Enemies" and "Fans Are My Everything".




Chris has always lived his life in the media from his very first steps into the music industry. We, the public, have seen him grow into the very man he is today, through ALL of his ups and his very low downs. Even though many cannot forgive Chris Brown for his incident with singer Rhianna, its still hasn't put a hold on his musical up comings with his new album release.


There reason i chose to speak about Chris Brown is because of his evolution of music. Chris came out as an young R&B singer. Many people compared him as the young Usher or Michael Jackson. But now, Chris has taken a drastic change to his career by focusing more towards the pop culture of the industry. Many artist are taking this route during these times, but is it because that's where the money is? Not for Chris! I think Chris is a true artist and understands and embraces his true talent through all emotions and for all generations.

On Brown's F.A.M.E album, there are songs from all genres: from street records to others that are real soul, 808 heavy that you'll hear in the club, and then others are strictly for the heart; songs that your mom and grandma can listen to and love. Collectively, F.A.M.E. is me giving fans every aspect of who I am as far as my art, my culture, and my concepts."

Who is Nikki?

WHO IS NIKKI?? Coming in as "The Barbie" of the rap game, she has taken the industry by full force! With her MANY personalities and spit fire lyrics she shows that females are made to play the same game. Nicki Minaj is a female rapper from Southside Jamaica, Queens, NewYork. She grew up in a troubled home, with a father on drugs and a struggling single mother. Despite her hectic environment, Minaj went on to graduate from LaGuardia High School in Manhattan where she studied singing and acting.

Nicki Minaj started off singing, from background vocals, to hooks for local rappers. Minaj wanted to “stand out” more, from the average dime-a-dozen young aspiring singer and began writing raps. Starting out as the lone female in a group. Nicki soon branched out and was noticed on Myspace by Dirty Money CEO Fendi. Who signed her and put her on the front of his Dirty Money Label.

Nikki was soon noticed by rapper Lil’ Wayne who immediately called Fendi to negotiate meeting Nicki. He was convinced by not only her different style of rapping, but her ability to full on write her own material that she was perfect to be the face of his Young Money label. The two collaborated on mixtape styled remakes of tracks.

 Nearly a year later, Minaj released her second mixed cd titled Sucka Free. Controversy surrounded this as Nicki paid tribute to rapper Lil’ Kim by posing with her legs spread for promotional posters. She describes it as something to “pull people in”, so that they would listen to what she had to say.

Aside from her original moniker, Minaj also uses an array of Aka aliases to describe herself, such as; “Nicki Lewenski”. I dont think this is the first or last we will be hearing from Nikki!!!!

Eminem..... #winning!

In 2010, Grammy-winning rapper Eminem and his former production company have been ruled in favor to receive more financial payments from past song and ringtone downloads. I felt that this situation is relevent to bring back up in 2011 because many artist are still having the same issue in collecting royalties in the music buisness. Being in this industry is very exspensive in the first place, and every bosy is VERY money hungry and thats what its all about. If in these modern times of technology, the only way to sell your music is through digital downloads. As of now the physical CD no longer has a major impact on music sales, but digital downloads are taking over. More so through priroting.

A federal jury last year had ruled against F.B.T. Productions LLC in its lawsuit against Universal Music Group seeking a greater share of revenue from downloads made between 2003 and 2008. But the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found Friday that F.B.T.'s contract entitled Eminem and his producers to a 50-50 split with Universal for recordings licensed to digital distributors such as Apple Inc.'s iTunes.

"We will be filing a petition for a rehearing," the company said. "In the meantime, it should be noted that this ruling sets no legal precedent as it only concerns the language of one specific recording agreement. Any assertion to the contrary is simply not true." (Wall Street Journal)

A jury was seated Friday, with a star-studded witness list, starting with Jimmy Iovine, a founder of UMG. Steve Jobs, chief executive of Apple Computers, Inc., is scheduled to testify, by video. "This is very significant case," said Jay Cooper, an entertainment lawyer with vast experience in the music industry. "A lot of people are going to be watching very closely because there's a lot of money involved." (The Wrap)