Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Lauryn Hill reports to prison
Singer Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in prison on Monday after telling a judge she intended to pay taxes, but it was just a question of when. Yet Hill isn't the only star with tax problems.
Monday, 8 July 2013
Ezinne Akudo Wins Miss Nigeria 2013
Ezinne Akudo on Saturday beat
32 other contestants to clinch the covetous crown of Miss Nigeria held
at the Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos
The 22 year old Law graduate of Abia State went home the star prize of a brand new car, a trip to California and N3m.
Akudo will represent Nigeria at the Miss World pageant scheduled of September in Indonesia.
After a series of competition,
10 beauties scaled through the Abuja zonal screening, and headed to
Lagos for the final selection where she emerged. The Miss Nigeria 2013 beauty pageant held last weekend in Lagos yielded
Ezinne Akudo as the winner. Miss Akudo takes home a 3 million naira cash
prize, a brand new car, accommodation for a year, a trip to California
sponsored by MUD Cosmetics, and free trips to any part of the country by
Aero Contractors.A John Kumuyi Wedding Eye-Witness Defends Love Odih
A commenter on the wedding post
of John Kumuyi and Love Odih claims to be an eye witness to the wedding
and that the photos have been unfairly and maliciously over analysed.
Looking at the picture above, one may be tempted to agree, but could it
be that by the time reception photos were taken, some of the make up had
faded? Read the account and decide for yourself. (www.romancemeetslife.com)
As a friend of the couple, I can’t keep silent anymore. The picture being circulated is not what the bride looked like on the wedding day, it was digital altered to destroy the lives of the new couple and may you all be forgiven for the damage you caused the church of God and the new couple. As someone that attended the wedding, the pictures arousing such controversy looks nothing like the bride on her wedding day. (www.romancemeetslife.com)
No white-looking makeup or blush
No earring
No lipstick
No fake eye lash
No mascara
No relaxed hair (blow drier & flat iron can do that! by the way, her hair is that long)
No colored eyebrow
No eye shadow
No ring on finger
You compare earlier pictures of a deeper life bride with a turban covered hair. In the Caribbean generally, the thick turban covering is associated with a satanic worship church. Can you imagine? No!! Ignorance is bliss. Is that what you want the new couple subjected to because of your lack of understanding? A joining that appears to be like under Satan because of hair covering as you understand it in your side of the world? God forbid!
If you want to accuse the bride of the gown, is it showing any body parts? I thought this was the idea of modesty. Let not thy nakedness be discovered.. Love is also not John's lover/heartthrob/girlfriend or any other careless language, these two were brought together led of The Lord though from thousand of miles apart and I'm sure they went through the deeper life church marriage committee process from their countries. (www.romancemeetslife.com)
I hope you feel guilty enough to stop all the lies and great damage you have caused a new couple trying to begin a life together hard school of marriage, and added to that has to live with scrutiny on a public scale, all influenced by lies and doctored images from the haters.. Let each man run their own Christian race, not with eye service or an envious mind.
Congrats to the new couple and may God soothe the irreparable damage caused by online social media (www.romancemeetslife.com)
P.s there are so many other good things online about Love Odih, not just some fabricated and baseless scandal
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
THE SHUFFLE BOARD Pharrell Wins Again (and Again) and More New Summer Anthems
PHARRELL WILLIAMS IS LITERALLY SLAYING YOU AND THE ENTIRE GAME
The
weird thing about Pharrell Williams is that most people I’ve spoken to
about him seem to think that he’s been M.I.A. the past few years. But in
actuality, he’s been chipping away at the ol’ block with appearances on
a bunch of non-charting singles. Last year alone, he hopped on Rick
Ross’ “Presidential” remix alongside Rockie Fresh, blessed young tyke Conor Maynard’s “Lift Off” (great song btw) and a handful of others. Frankly, Skateboard P never left.
But this is Pharrell's year. This dude’s track record has been essentially flawless in 2013. He lit up Tyler, The Creator’s “IFHY,” one of the Odd Future leader’s best tracks. He’s on the song of the summer, Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.” He’s crooning all over the number one song in the country, Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines.” Come on. This dude is fucking killin’ it.
This week, a handful of new solo tracks from The Neptunes producer quietly slid onto the Internet via the Despicable Me 2
soundtrack. I’ve lost my collective shit over “Happy,” the first leak.
It’s that swinging, feel-good stuff suitable for kids and adults alike.
Pharrell just knows how to do this whole throwback thing. He might just
be the retro king.
And that’s evidenced
on a few of the other cuts that made the soundtrack. “Just a Cloud
Away” makes me want to brush the cobwebs off of my rotten heart and
learn to love again. “Fun Fun Fun” chugs along on a guitar so crisp that
it could snap the diaper off a baby. And then there’s the theme song
“Despicable Me,” which I’m like eh about.
HYPER NOTED The Definitive Guide to Wale’s ‘The Gifted’ Album Credits
The D.C. native is rolling with Rick Ross, and from the looks of it,
straight to No. 1. But he didn't get there alone. Get to know the team
that helped push the project to the top of the charts.
It took Wale three tries, but he’s on top. After stirring up buzz with critically acclaimed mixtapes (100 Miles and Running, Mixtape About Nothing), the Washington, D.C. rapper debuted back in 2009 with his first album Attention Deficit (Allido/Interscope). The LP was a bid for mainstream success—Wale even tapped a fresh-on-the-scene Lady Gaga for his first single, “Chillin.”
But Folarin faltered: the project only sold 28,000 copies in its first
week, bowing at No. 21 on the charts and drawing lukewarm reviews from
critics.
But Wale didn’t give up—the title of his sophomore album, Ambition (Warner Bros./Maybach Music), said it all. Undeterred by Attention Deficit’s reception, he vented about his struggles on his More About Nothing
mixtape and gave away tracks for free as part of his “Throwback
Thursday” series. And in February 2011, the outspoken MC announced his
signing with Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group, putting the wheels into
motion for his next studio effort.
The hard work paid off. Ambition,
released in November 2011, entered the charts at No. 2, selling 168,000
copies in its first week. If there were any fears that signing with
Ross would derail his focus, the LP proved otherwise. “Lotus Flower Bomb”
featuring Miguel, the project’s first single, became his biggest hit to
date, scoring a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Song and earning gold
certification.
Now, after keeping the streets hot with his December 2012 mixtape Folarin and contributing to MMG’s Self Made Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, Wale will hit No. 1 with his third album The Gifted (Atlantic/Maybach Music, June 25), and unseat Kanye West’s Yeezus (Def Jam) from the top position. But Wale didn’t get there on his own. Here’s an extensive breakdown of the team behind The Gifted.
THE STAR
Contribution: Writer and Performer, all songs; Executive Producer; Producer, “Simple Man”
Native
to Washington, D.C., the rapper, born Olubowale Victor Akintimehin, has
released three solo albums including his most recent, The Gifted.
He got his start on a more mainstream level after signing with Mark
Ronson’s Allido records in 2007, later inking a deal with Interscope to
release his debut Attention Deficit in 2009. Two years later, he signed with Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group and participated in the group album Self Made Vol. 1 and its sequel. His sophomore album Ambition was released the same year as the first MMG compilation.
Picture Perfect Beyoncé Kindly Asks You to Check Your Camera
Queen Bey rocked the Staples Center stage last night with an all-female
backing band. If there are any flaws in the "Mrs. Carter Show World
Tour," it was certainly hard to spot them without a zoom lens. She's
focused, man!
Last night at Los Angeles’ Staples Center,
Beyoncé was cautious. After sites posted unflattering pictures of Queen
Bey from her Super Bowl performance, her publicist went into cleanup
mode, asking them to pull the offending snapshots. Few obliged, of
course, so Team Bey did the next best thing: they banned all cameras
from future performances, including her “Mrs. Carter Show World Tour,”
which wrapped its European leg in early June.
For
the third night of her North American leg (and her second at Staples),
Beyoncé took the stage, flaws and all. But throughout the performance,
it was hard to detect them. Two writers braved the concert together,
trying to make sense of the power that Beyoncé harnesses and learning
that while a picture is worth a thousand words, a Beyoncé show is
priceless.
A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF BEYONCE INTERNET MEMES
Before
I begin, I should note that Beyoncé performed her second Los Angeles
show in four days (with a Las Vegas concert sandwiched in between) to a
packed Staples Center, even with General Admission floor tickets going
for $89 a pop. She’s got five more performances in the next week, each
in a different city. The roar when she finally took the stage was
deafening, and the production level of the entire concert was off the
charts. Even I, an indifferent fan, got a few goosebumps when she sang
the opening lines of Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You.” There’s no denying her unbelievable dedication and overall “it” factor.
Having said all that, after a rather unflattering photo
popped up from her Super Bowl performance, Beyoncé banned all cameras
from her current “Mrs. Carter” tour. Coming from a certified jackass and
a professional troller, this is a major no-no, the public relations
equivalent of trying to put out a fire with a bucket of oil. Dude,
you’re supermodel levels of attractive. Who cares about a silly picture.
Just laugh it off, and the whole thing will eventually fade away. A
camera ban does nothing because people will undoubtedly find ways around
what you’re trying to prevent, like writing an entire review about it.
No cameras on tour? No problem. There’s an infinite amount of ways to Photoshop backgrounds and add captions
to keep the meme alive. One photo is more than enough. And let’s not
forget that EVERY SMARTPHONE IN THE AUDIENCE HAS A CAMERA BUILT INTO IT.
Security may have been able to keep the venue camera free, but
attendees were free to sneak in blunts or whatever other illegal
substances they wanted, since those don’t set off a metal detector.
Great job, guys!
Naturally, this
picture was in my head the entire concert, and now that I’ve seen
Beyoncé perform in person, I can say that she makes weird faces like
that a lot. But they’re proof that she’s literally putting all
of her energy into giving the crowd their money’s worth, because her
face wouldn’t contort into such unbecoming poses if she were half-assing
her way through it. And towards the end of the night, the stars
aligned, the seas parted and for one magical moment I saw her hit that
pose exactly. She was even staring in my direction when it happened—it
was as if there was a flash of divine intervention, a celestial being
telling me “impart this wisdom onto others.” And now, I share it with
you.
During a medley of “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It),”
(she spliced in riffs and verses from pop hits with her own material
throughout the performance), Beyoncé took a moment to remind the crowd
that she was born and raised in Houston, Texas: “The dirty South, and in
the South, we like to get dirty.” She followed by channeling her inner
blues, singing “hey” three times in that deep Southern baritone (think
“Ol’ Man River”), clearly pushing the limits of her vocal range.
Combined with her dancing, which unlike many pop stars was just as
rigorous as the backups who didn’t have to sing, her body tensed and
went into overdrive. So before you make a joke at her expense, just keep
in mind there’s a reason she turns into She–Hulk—she’s one of the
hardest working pop stars in the business, a literal superhero. Now,
make your joke.
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