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Friday, December 31, 2010
Possible TrackList Of Born This Way????
This may NOT be the official track list of Born This Way!!!!This Might Be Real or This Might Be Fake!!!
Cool Black's 2010 Entertainment Review
by Dankwa Brooks AKA Cool Black
As you can tell by this blog, I love media. Not just films, but television and music too. You might call me a MEDIAPHILE. I also love to read and watch the many “Best of the Year” lists that get published and shown this time of the year.
This year I decided to form my own list. The people who know me know that even though I’m not a critic, I’m a critical thinker and I have a critical eye. You might say “That makes you a critic”. Perhaps…I just don’t like the term. I also think a “critic” is someone who criticizes, but is not an artist beyond that. I'm an artist!
Having said that, here is what I thought was the best media had to offer and at the end the almighty return of the Cool Black Awards. (For the record I used to have “awards” for the column I wrote in college.)
Disclaimer: While I tried to consume as much media as I could in 2010, honestly I did, I couldn’t consume everything so when you say “what about BLANK?”, I probably haven’t seen it, haven’t heard it or just didn’t like it…but feel free to ask :D
NOW! Let's review shall we?
Toy Story 3 is the rare second sequel that is just as good as the previous installments. Excellent triad of films.
The Town I’ve seen a ton of heist flicks, but this one seemed interesting. The resulting film was great. It managed to take a different…take on the heist genre.
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths is not only one of the most action packed animated films I’ve seen, but the story was great and it had all of the all-stars, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash etc. as well as some kick ass villains.
Honorable Mention, An official recognition of merit (i.e. really enjoyed them)
The Karate Kid Another remake? I went to see it to see how they would screw it up. I was wrong, the movie was terrific! (Read more of what I had to say about the film here )
Takers Another cool different take on the heist film.
Night Catches Us A very nice movie with understated performances. Nothing flashy, just solid.
(Read more of what I had to say about the film here )
For Colored Girls Some excellent performances in Tyler Perry’s best film to date. (Read my full review here here )
Predators Really good sequel to the franchise. Gives great homage to the original.
Best Singles of 2010
(in no particular order)
1. B.M.F. (Blowing Money Fast) Rick Ross
2. Lil Freak Usher feat. Nicki Minaj
3. Whip My Hair Willow Smith
4. Un-thinkable (I'm Ready) Alicia Keys
5. Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home) Usher
6. Over Drake
7. Power Kanye West feat Dwele
8. Love the Way You Lie Eminem feat. Rihanna
9. F**k You Cee Lo Green
10. All I Do Is Win (feat. T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross) DJ Khaled
Best Albums of 2010
'Thank Me Later '
Really good album that grew on me. (Read my review here )
Usher
'Raymond v. Raymond'Usher’s last album ‘Here I Stand’ was cool, but it couldn’t compare to the smash ‘Confessions’. This album doesn’t compare to that album either...but it comes close.
Raheem DeVaughn
'The Love & War MasterPeace'
Really good album. Raheem DeVaughn would be a bigger star if he wasn’t a “soul singer” and made more “radio mainstream” songs, but his fans appreciate him for what he is...the truth.
Nicki Minaj
'Pink Friday'
The album is more pop than hip-hop, but I still liked it. (Read my full review here )
And now! The moment you've all been waiting for...
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Kanye West
'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'
The best album of 2010 is a masterpiece. Read my “sort of” review and further explanation of why it is a “masterpiece” here
Of all the singles I listened to and loved over the year, Un-thinkable (I'm Ready) by Alicia Keys still holds the most resonance. The song off of her 2009 album The Element of Freedom (one her BEST albums by the way) was already one of my favorites before it started getting radio play in the spring 2010. (Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready) was number one on the US Billboard R&B chart for twelve consecutive weeks.) The song had great lyrics, great melody and most of all great emotion and vulnerability.
Didn’t want to see this show because it reminded me too much of a show I really liked last year ‘FlashForward’ that got cancelled. It looked like the same ol’ serialized conspiracy crap. I tuned in because of the fantastic Blair Underwood and it looked interesting. The pilot to me was all over the place and Blair Underwood didn’t seem to have as big a role as I thought. I tuned in the next week…and the week after that…and the week after that and BOY did it suck me in. Blair Underwood’s involvement did get bigger and more integral and the conspiracy stuff was well executed. You really can’t sustain a show like this without an effective lead and Jason Ritter was it. He was the perfect reluctant hero. He wasn’t "Jack Bauer" here to save the day. He was a hero because he had to be. Fantastic job by Jason Ritter.
The Social Network I’m going to join the bandwagon and cite as one of the best movies of the year. A cerebral and excellent film all the way around, story, acting, and direction.
Inception was a trip, a mind trip. I thought the movie was kind of out there for the first act, but by the end I was completely into the movie and I thought it was excellent. Just as cerebral and excellent as ‘The Social Network’, but with more suspense and action.
ANTOINE DODSON
face, let me say he IS NOT the "Person of the Year", he is "Pop Culture Person of the Year", there IS a difference. Now, allow me to give you some background and then my explanation.
Kevin Antoine Dodson (born June 27, 1986) is a former resident of the Lincoln Park housing project in Huntsville, Alabama, whose interview on local television became an Internet sensation.Dodson was interviewed on July 28, 2010, by NBC affiliate WAFF-48 News after the attempted rape of his sister by an intruder in her bedroom, in the projects of Lincoln Park.
The video of the interview caught attention because of the passionate and flamboyant style of his delivery, speaking directly to the camera, in which he directly addressed the people of his neighborhood as well as the would-be rapist, and his use of street vernacular. The reactions were mixed. Some local viewers phoned the TV station to complain that interviews with people such as Dodson reflected poorly on the community, whereupon the station defended broadcasting the interview by stating that censoring such people is "far worse".
The video of Dodson's television interview went viral and then inspired several musical remixes, including a video by musical group The Gregory Brothers, known as the "Bed Intruder Song".
The song was a huge success and eventually reached number 89 on Billboard's Hot 100 list. The popularity of the song inspired many covers and remixes, including a punk rock version by a team formed by Hayley Williams of Paramore, Jordan Pundik of New Found Glory, and Ethan Luck of Relient K.
Dodson was interviewed for the Today Show on NBC on 26 August 2010 about his new found "Web superstardom". On the program, Dodson's YouTube video was called "one of the most watched online videos ever," with the hosts noting it had already been viewed more than 16 million times as of that date. Dodson has done radio shows in Australia, has fans in London and is now widely recognized in his hometown of Huntsville.
Dodson launched a website in which he asks for donations to assist his family in moving "out of the hood". The money, as well as money from sales of "Bed Intruder" on iTunes and merchandise such as T-shirts, will go to helping his family buy a new home and setting up a foundation for juvenile diabetes, a disease that has afflicted both his sister and his mother. In August 2010, Dodson noted the irony of having "a hit on iTunes, but we're still in the projects"; one month later, Us Weekly reported that Dodson had made enough money from the song to move his family out of the projects to a better house. In September 2010, the Gregory Brothers reported that they had sold more than 100,000 copies of The Bed Intruder Song on iTunes.
In October 2010, Dodson even gave a live performance of "Bed Intruder Song" with Michael Gregory of The Gregory Brothers at the 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards.
-info from Wikipedia
Now MY reason for picking him the Pop Culture Person of the Year.
Technically, popular culture (commonly known as pop culture) is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream. Heavily influenced by mass media, this collection of ideas permeates the everyday lives of the society. In my opinion Mr. Dodson fits this description.
As of today December 31, 2010 the "Bed Intruder Song" you saw above has 58,886,933 hits. That's 58 MILLION hits.
I saw the initial news video on Facebook and just shook my head. I TOTALLY agreed with the people that thought “interviews with people such as Dodson reflected poorly on the community”. I thought this guy became an Internet sensation for ALL the wrong reasons.
When I saw the video remix with the Gregory Brothers I just had to laugh out loud. It made a ridiculous video even more ridiculous. As you read above that video and subsequent song made Mr. Dodson even more famous. This video even spawned merchandise and parody.
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YES Mr. Dodson became famous for all the wrong reasons, but he has entered pop culture and while this time next year he will be a distant memory, 2010 has been a year he will never forget.
Oprah Winfrey
Yes Oprah is always tops on the lists, but not this one. She IS as she ALWAYS has been, making "gangsta moves" with her own network launching 1.1.11 (or January 1, 2011) OWN-The Oprah Winfrey Network.
Jay-Z
How can Jay-Z top Oprah? I guess he holds the most resonance to me and I wrote the list.
Since the release of his album 2009 album The Blueprint III (You can read my review here ) Jay-Z has been on a media blitz, including a memorable performance of his hit “Empire State of Mind” with Alicia Keys during the World Series (featuring the New York Yankees), being interviewed by Oprah for her magazine O Magazine, as well as a “hometown tour” with Eminem in New York and Detroit in September 2010.
The man has just making public moves in these last 18 months capping off the year with a best selling book. (Read more about that here )
He is mostly “Person of the Year” because of these two articles
2010 Hip Hop Cash Kings
Jay-Z's Empire 2010
I mean who really ever thought Jay-Z would be a success outside of music? Music is still his bread and butter, but he has become an astute business man as well. He hasn’t started his own network yet, but the way he is rolling, that may never be out of the question.
That’s it for the year 2010. I will probably publish an addendum for movies and albums when I watch more movies released in 2010 and more albums released in 2010, but for right now, this is it. Thank you for taking this review with me.
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Kanye West's top 25 tweets of 2010
December 23, 2010 5:34 PM ET
Do you have a favorite day of 2010? We do. July 28. Why July 28, you ask? Because it's the day Kanye West joined Twitter and enriched our minds, bodies and souls. So often celebrities join Twitter and don't live up to the idealized version of them we have in our heads, leaving us to wish they never joined the social networking site at all. Not Kanye. Kanye is a Twitter goldmine, bestowing upon us endless nuggets of information, thoughts and quotes.
As of Dec. 23, Kanye has tweeted 1,220 glorious times and choosing the top 25 was no easy task. We're talking about a man who bypasses the PR buffer to unleash his uncensored thoughts on the whole VMA debacle with Taylor Swift and his "fight" with Matt Lauer and The Today Show (he's still waiting for that apology he already accepted in advance, Matt). This is also a man who jogs in Lanvin and thinks every week is Fashion Week. Through Twitter we learned why he loves typing in all caps (HE'S NOT MAD, HE'S LAZY!) and received possibly the greatest hashtag ever, #kanyeshrug. Try to use it in a tweet this week.
We may be criticized for this next statement, but here goes nothing: Kanye West is the greatest celebrity of this generation. Go on, hate us. We know you want to, but you can't deny the entertainment value Kanye brings into our lives by just being himself.
So let's have a toast to Kanye's top 25 tweets of 2010.
25. On Oct. 12, "Mosquitos suck"
24. On Oct. 24, "I've got question about 'the illuminati' ... what is it exactly ???... and why do people think pop stars have a membership???!!! LOL"
23. On Nov. 12, "Hotel robe got me feeling like a Sheik"
22. On Oct. 14, "I'm actually tweeting at a credenza"
21. On Oct. 16, "I hate when people type LOL next to sh*t that is nooo way near LOL-able..."
20. On Oct.14, I'm afraid that the older I get the more I'll have to regret... what do you do with regret... especially for an admitted perfectionist"
19. On Sept. 18, "I make awesome decisions in bike stores!!!"
18. On Aug. 12, "Drinking New York City tap water"
17. On July 28, "Is the Versace sofa to hood? Might need to cover it in plastic!!!"
16. On Aug. 1, "Fur pillows are hard to actually sleep on
15. On Aug. 17, "Sometimes I get emotional over fonts"
14. On Sept. 4, "People tweeted that they wish I was dead... No listen. They wanted me to die people. I carry that. I smile and take pictures through that"
13. On Oct. 21, "I have decided to become the best rapper of all time! I put it on my things to do in this lifetime list!"
12. On Oct. 24, "What's better for devil worshipping Iphone or the Droid... Does lucifer return text... is he or she on Skype? Don't wanna be sexist"
11. On Sept. 26, "Yo being nice is my whole sh*t now"
10. On Oct. 16, "I hate when I'm on a flight and I wake up with a water bottle next to me like oh great now I gotta be responsible for this water bottle"
9. On Oct. 17, "In all honesty ... I really don't be thinking about Wal-Mart when I make my music or album covers #Kanyeshrug!"
8. On Sept. 9, "Man... whatever happened to my antique fish tank?
7. On Sept. 4, "I'm sorry Taylor"
6. On Nov. 9, "I am a creative person.... I'm not a good celebrity but I'm a great artist... I'm tired of using my celebrity to sell my art."
5. On July 31, "I love me"
l4. On Sept. 26, "hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahah aaand 140"
3. On Nov. 2, "I always misspell genius SMH! The irony!"
2. On Oct. July 28, "hold on.... I'm bout to hop on this #BABYMAMAJET the jets Billionaires give to they baby mamas or they 1st 2nd or 3rd wife"
New Rumors About Born This Way
Several sources close to Lady Gaga made public several new aspects of 'Born This Way'
1. The album could include 17 songs, and not 20 as earlier thought.
2. The cover of 'Born This Way' could be simpler than expected, but still being simple, reflect the majesty and the efficiency of our Diva.
3. 'Born This Way' could contain a new duet with Beyonce Lady Gaga.
4. On December 31, SHOWstudio and Lady Gaga through your Twitter, make public: the album cover, the exact date of the first single release and the date to market the album.
Once again These are NOT official Facts about Born This Way They are Rumors!!!! They Might Be Real or They Might Be Fake!!!
thx to gagathisway
Alejandro Reaches 2 Million Downloads in The US
Alejandro got two million official downloads in the USA. Lady Gaga is the first artist who obtains more of 2 million downloads with seven songs:Poker Face (5,722,000 copies)
Just Dance (5,844,000 copies)
Paparazzi (2,776,000 copies)
LoveGame (2,258,000 copies)
Bad Romance (4,414,000 copies)
Telephone (2,643,000 copies)
Alejandro (2,000,000 copies)
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Did Raz-B Provoke Chris Brown to Roast Him On Twitter?! ...Tells Chris "I Was Not Raped" After He Told Us Months Before He Was!
Chris Brown and Raz-B got into it today. It all started when Raz-B sent out this tweet:
Im just sittin here Thinking how can niggas like @ebenet & @ChrisBrown disrespect women as Intelligent as @HalleBerry11 @RihannaYou can click on all the snap shots below for the drama. But at the end of the day Raz ended up saying he "didn't get raped!"
Wouldn't that be considered a case closed??? If you check out the info in the original post below, you can watch for yourself on video, Raz claiming he got raped (sodomized) by Marques Houston. Getting back to today's argument, let's not forget the fact that Raz-B was stalking Rihanna all day on Twitter:
Those are just some on them lol. Seems as if Raz was sorta plotting something, right? He has been promoting his new album soooo much since "confessed" the rape. And, at the time of the rape allegations came up, Raz-B and I had an interview set up to help him get his message out there. Raz never did the interview but kept stalling.
So to now say he "wasn't raped" is what stands out to us though! Not to judge, but doesn't this sound way too familiar? Something like a Tila Tequila story...
We did make this statement on Twitter earlier,
We were huge supporters of @razb2k! But not a fan of using serious allegations of rape for publicity.FOR SOME WEIRD REASON, THE VIDEOS OF RAZ-B SAYING HE WAS RAPED KEEP GETTING DELETED! WATCH AT 2:00 AS RAZ SAYS HE WAS INDEED RAPED. BUT WHY SAY NOW YOU WEREN'T? YOU CAN SEE WHY PEOPLE WOULD BE UPSET...
But TMZ decided to put a different spin on the story...going more with Chris' gay slurs as the headline. If you come to this blog a lot, you know that we stand by victims constantly, but we are on Chris' side this time. But we did try and warn him:
It's so sad when "celebs" use us to get on their side with these serious allegations. All I can say here is God only knows the truth.Chris did bodyyyyy him though:
Then Rihanna pops up (2 days since her last tweet, while on vacation in Barbados) and says:
SO....guess who has a #1 album in Canada this week???? Thank you all my Canadian Massive!!! #whosloud
...TWITTER WAS A CIRCUS TODAY LOL
UPDATE: DEC 30TH
ORIGINAL STORY BELOW:
Posted October, 10, 2010
Former B2K member, Raz-B, has put out quit a few videos lately that we have been showing to you but if this last one doesn't touch your heart I don't know what will. Though, these are by far NOT the first allegations made, Raz-B and fellow R&B singer Quindon Tarver are claiming both Chris Stokes and other R&B singer Marques Houston forced sex upon them.
Yes, these are allegations here but as I report this, I can't help but to be so extremely sad for these boys who went through this. I cried just a few minutes into these last videos, it's just way too much. To give you some background on myself, saying that I loved the group Immature would be an understatement...but if this story is true, it just disgusts me especially as a true fan who followed their work. I know for a fact Quindon Tarver was with MH a lot because I seen them at numerous shows together as kids. I really hope justice will be served for Raz and any of those boys that went through this. Raz mentions offers on the table from Oprah and Tyler Perry to speak to them and I think he should let his voice be heard to the world. Hopefully someone out there can really help these boys.
If these allegations are indeed true, BOTH Chris Stokes and
Marques Houston should go to jail for a long time.
Below is Raz-B on the phone with Quindon Tarver speaking about
being sodomized by Chris Stokes and Marques Houston and more:
This next video actually gives the graphic details of the sexual acts forced upon them. Quindon and Raz find out that they had similar encounters. "The first time Marques ever put is D*** in my **** was in that room too."
They go on to describe specific features on Marques' and Chris' genitals. "Marques Houston is not circumsized. He asked me to suck his d***, I told him no."
WATCH IT FROM YOUR PHONE - CLICK HERE
Here is another video of Raz-B before these came out explaining more:
CLICK HERE TO WATCH IT FROM YOUR PHONE
Raz also refers to Omarian's face in his response video in one of the videos as looking like Chris Stokes. We reported the other day that Omarian had a "look of death on his face", and that face looks like he is scared information might come out, on HIM. Take a look at that video below:
WATCH IT FORM YOUR PHONE
Like I said this is not the first time these allegations have been brought up. Check out MTV's report from 2007, when Chris Stokes responded to Raz-B.
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1578567/20071226/b2k.jhtml
Also check out Raz-B's other recent videos about this subject:
Raz-B from B2K Goes Off On Omarion & Marques Houston - Calls MH a Pedophile! Omarion Responds (Video)
How are you guys feeling about all this? I know we have heard tons of publicity stunts but guys this one just sounds too real. Why would someone say this stuff?
- Lady T
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