Detox Track ‘Could HaveBeen You’ Leaked
Hype has been building up over Dr Dre’s Detox for way too long now. Yet we, the fans, have heard nothing. Until now that is. A track, taken of the album has been leaked titled ‘Could Have Been You’.
‘Could Have Been You’ featuring R.Kelly and 50 Cent got leaked to the internet earlier this month and the Dr is furious over it. The track hasn’t been mixed down and features no vocals from Dre himself. Yet it’s managed to wind up on our computer screens.
0 Kanye West Releases Louis Vuitton Sneakers
Straight from President’s Obama’s Inauguration in the US, Grammy Award Winning rapper and producer Kanye West flew to Paris to launch his new range of sneakers.
The Louis Vuitton Don designed 5 styles for the iconic brand and was there to see one of his designs getting showcased at the world famous Paris Fashion Week. The shoes themselves are set to be going on sale in all of the Louis Vuitton stores for approximately 400 pounds from the start of June, 2009.
0 Jay-Z to Remix Coldplay’s ‘Lost!’
Coldplay has recently announced that they’ve been working with Jay-Z and are planning on having him on their remix of “Lost!”. The track, released as their third single, is taken of their new album “Viva La Vida”.
The band, who are currently are on tour, wrote on their website blog “in a few weeks we are going to release a version of ‘Lost!’ which has a guest appearance on it in the form of Jay-Z“. This of course follows up an earlier collaboration where Chris Martin appeared on Jay-Z’s “Beach chair”, taken of his album “Kingdom Come”.
0 2008 MTV VMA Results and Review
The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA’s) were held last night at Paramount Pictures, in Los Angeles, hosted by Russell Brand.
The awards itself aren’t that great in my books however I still thought I should cover it. Just in case any teenie poppers were out there wanting to know about they’re idol Britney.
0 Dr Dre to Release ‘Aftermath Cognac’
West Coast producer and rapper Dr Dre has now finished The Detox, the final touches are being made slowly but the tracks are recorded, so now the marketing campaign needs to be started as we built up to its release later this year.
To promote/celebrate the upcoming album the good Doctor has teamed up with Drinks Americas in a joint venture to release a drink, called Aftermath Cognac. This was announced on August 6th.
The alcoholic beverage is set to be released with in the next two months. The joint venture between Dre/Interscrope/Drinks America is also planning to bring out a flavored and unflavored 80% sparkling vodka as well. This has yet to be named.
0 Ex Bad Boy Artist Mark Curry “Tells All” About Diddy
Ex Bad Boy rapper Mark Curry is set to release a book next month, February 2009, that is meant to criticise and undermine P.Diddy’s business sense and success regards the Bad Boy Label.
The Ex Bad Boy artist was signed to P.Diddy’s label for 8 years, before leaving in 2005, and didn’t even get the chance to drop one album. Now in a tell all book he is said to be setting the record straight as far as P.Diddy is concerned.
0 Batman Premier- The Dark Knight
Film: Batman- The Dark Knight
Release/Premier Date: 25th July 2008 (UK)
Actors:Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman
After a few years silence Batman has returned. Directed by Christopher Nolan, this clearly looks like one of the biggest action films set this year.
0 Danny Byrd:Supersized
Danny hails from Bath and was one of the first artists to sign to Hospital Records back at the turn of the millennium and his work ethic has always been about quality not quantity which is why this is only his first album in around nine years and it doesn’t disappoint.
The album kicks off with the jungle sounds of ‘Shock Out’ which has been well received by the likes of Andy C who has rinsed it in recent sets. The title track ‘supersized’ oozes funk with a wicked live bass and tight rolling drums that just make you want to dance. Other highlights include ‘Red Mist’ featuring ik and the mighty ‘Gold Rush’, a collaboration with the Brookes Brothers, both impressive slices of liquid dnb.
0 Andy C – Nightlife 4
There is a reason Andy C has been voted best DnB DJ in the world for the last six years and it’s because his skills behind the decks are simply unrivaled and this latest addition to the Nightlife Series shows he’s still got it.
When asked about the mix Andy said ‘This CD is a snapshot of the scene today’ and he’s not wrong, the CD contains a whooping 33 tracks featuring all the latest club smashers with tracks from Hazard, Chase and Status, Lomax and Clipz.
0 The Game Misses No.1 Slot
The third album by The Game, L.A.X, has just missed out from being number one in the charts. A disappointing result considering his last two albums, The Documentary and Doctor’s Advocate both were number one albums.
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