At the tail end of the 1990s, Brandy and Monica recorded one of the most popular catfights in history — the multi-platinum “The Boy Is Mine.” Now that they’re older, wiser and done fighting over Mekhi Phifer, they’ve decided to pick up where they left off and update the references of voicemails to Facebook on “It All Belongs To Me.” Read the rest of this entry »

Drug Dog Busts Snoop Dogg’s Bus [CNN]

Brandy Sets Record Straight On Beef With Kim Kardashian [The Urban Daily]

Tavis Smiley Ousted As Keynote Speaker From MLK Event [News One] Read the rest of this entry »

Delonte West Banned from Mavericks’ White House Visit [LBSports]

M.O.P. Read Children’s Story “Goodnight Moon” [The Urban Daily]

Parents Upset By Slavery In School Math Worksheet [AJC] Read the rest of this entry »

Keyera, Bodacious x 3

Former Atlanta Hawk Cheerleader Makes Porn [Don Chavez]

Brandy Continues Her Bathroom Tour [The Life Files]

Facebook Just Cost Somebody Their Benefits [The Life Files]

Bengals’ Uniforms No Longer Look Stupid Now That Team Is Good [The Onion]

Robin Thicke Speaks On Giving Jay-Z The Stanky Face [Global Grind]

How To Make Hash In Less Than 10 Minutes [HMJ] Read the rest of this entry »

In today’s media-friendly world where the chase is always for the next big thing, there’s one of three surefire ways to get your face & project out there. You can either release quality music that captivates the ears of critics & fans. An artist can piggyback off an affiliated larger artist, perhaps even have the bigger artist do a few appearances.

Or you can get in front of a video camera or behind the mic in an interview & talk some wreckless shit.

Fredro chose Plan C as a part of the Onyx promotional campaign.

Besides talkin’ slick about 50 & claimin to have received a cool mil off Koch long before anyone else, Fredro says he never smashed Brandy…he just got topped off lol. Read the rest of this entry »

…as in ya’ll slept!

While taking a little time out of my day to catch up on the world of R&B (since Hip-Hop is the first love), BET did nothing but reinforce my reasoning for ignoring their cornmeal of supposed entertainment programming. Forcing me to be an outsider, all I saw was a bunch of mofos leaning on Chris Brown and T-Pain for their worthless 15 seconds of fame.

Shit, Hip-Hop’s gonna be fine…R&B is in trouble.

It’s a genre not known for it’s die-hard fanbase (ever heard a debate on Ciara vs. Cassie?…Didn’t think so). Hot or not, Usher’s “Love In This Club” sounds like a half-baked, toaster strudel that was baked in a Apple Garageband oven.

Oh wait…it was.

And by allowing candy corn like Madonna and Mariah to blur the lines of what is actually R&B has the entire industry going soulless like Shang Tsung was the CEO.

While the countdowns and radio stations continue to swoon over everything that’s diluted, pardon me as I highjack the Stray Shots to shed some light on some worthy albums that should have gotten just a much burn as their overhyped competition.

Truth Hurts – Truthfully Speaking (Aftermath, 2002)

A triumph and tradegy all rolled up in one. After the chronic smoke had faded from 1999′s 2001, Dre adopted a new protégé in mad Black woman form. With Focus, Organized Noize, Mel-Man, Timbaland, Hi-Tek, R. Kelly, DJ Quik annnnd Dre on the boards, her sultry yet sassy vocals help combine for a nearly-flawless debut. But with her biggest hit “Addictive” featuring Rakim and an uncleared sample, Interscope figured she wasn’t worth half a billion dollars.

Glenn Lewis – World Outside My Window (Epic, 2002)

Usually comparisons to legendary artists can make a singer come off as a gimmick, but even Stevie Wonder himself acknowledged the similarities while recognizing the originality in Toronto native, Glenn Lewis. From the easygoing Read the rest of this entry »