Beyonce is everywhere. 2 Chainz is everywhere. The-Dream is collaborating with everyone, anyone. The latest is their song 'Turnt.'
This song is good. There are some lyrical challenges I have with Beyonce's part. Some super sexual things I'm not used to hearing from her that are more in Rihanna's lane however, it's Bey, she brings such life to anything she sings.
Travis Garland is my favorite up & coming male artist. His voice both recorded and live is simply amazing. I have both of his mixtapes and they don't disappoint!
Although, 'Blue Electric Roses' isn't one of my favorites from the mixtape, I do enjoy the chill vibe of the song. This is one of his more laid back vocal performances. I appreciate his vocal versatility although, I do prefer him when he goes completely in.
In an industry where age matters so much, Travis comes just in time when Justin Timberlake and Robin Thicke are approaching that age where marketing to younger audiences becomes a bit more challenging. Travis Garland is the future of the Blue-Eyed Soul niche.
Check out the video for 'Blue Electric Roses' below.
Although, their joint tour has been cancelled, The-Dream & Kelly Rowland have still released their collaboration 'Where Have You Been.'
Admittedly, I'm not a fan of The-Dream's voice but, I think that his music is underrated. He certainly can write and produce a dope ass song. I'm really enjoying the two of them on this song.
I'm also very happy because it seems as though the material Kelly Rowland is choosing to do has improved tremendously.
'Grown Woman' in full is amazing. I wasn't EXCITED about this new Beyonce music until right in this very moment. Timbaland killed this production and of course Beyonce brought it. Lyrically, it's a bit regressive but, as Bey said she's a grown woman and she can do whatever she wants. HAAAAAAAA.
Get ready to dance with Bey below. and RESPECT THAT. BOW DOWN BITCHES. hahaha.
K. Michelle is one talented lady, vocally. I can't take that away from her. However, that is where my compliments end.
I don't understand how K. Michelle can be singing about all of this, what seems will be, an amazing night of love making like she's ready to go burn the dudes house down. It's too aggressive. Does she not know how to tone it done? There is nothing sexy about this song.
I really would like to understand the interest behind K. Michelle. It's not because of her voice, can't be, because although she's talented, there are plenty artists that would out sing her. Of course the interest is due to her participation in 'Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta.'
I guess the hoodrats need someone to identify with and rock out to as well.
Mario is one of my favorite male R&B singers. His voice is so unique in an industry of male artists that tend to blend into one another. You can certainly identify him out of a vocal line up.
'Somebody Else' is a decent effort for his comeback. To be extremely honest I could have done without Nicki Minaj on the song. She really didn't bring anything to it for me. I think the only reason Mario collaborated with her on this was because he may have needed a currently big name to bring life to the marketing aspect of this song.
Often times people complain that Chris Brown lip-syncs his performances. Tonight proves that the grass is not always greener. Rather, the grass on the other side of this is dead. Completely. Chris sang live and many of his notes were horrid. Falsetto was weak, if not non-existent.
Chris said on Twitter that he was hoarse. That happens of course, however, why not just lip it like all of your other award show performances then? I don't know. In addition to his horrid vocal performance, I am just completely over the reincarnated Michael Jackson thing he is trying to do.
There is a big difference between someone being inspired and someone imitating. Chris Brown does the latter.
Check out Chris Brown and his martial arts festival below. (All shade aside, I truly do love this song, 'Fine China')
After her interesting performance on 'American Idol,' I wasn't expecting to see J.Lo come so hard so soon after. Jennifer Lopez murdered this performance. I'm happy to see her back.
I'm very proud of Taylor Swift! She's growing so much as an artist! Not only are her live vocals getting better but, shes also not just standing in one place anymore! Taylor is performing, working that stage, dancing, whipping that hair back and forth and simply killing it.
Her performance was super creative. It actually had some thought to it unlike many of the performances from the evening.
Selena performed her latest song 'Come and Get It' on the award show. There isn't much to say about this performance because although Selena is gorgeous, she lipped and her dancing was stiff. I'm not a fan of hers but, I thought with her latest video she was going to win me over.
Miguel is going to have the most talked about performance of the evening. In addition to having an amazing performance he attempted a stunt in his set that went bad, very bad.
Miguel tried to jump over a section of the audience to the other part of the stage and landed on two women in the audience. One of their heads were slammed into the stage.
Miguel tweeted that she was alright but, that won't stop people from talking about and/or making fun of this for at least a couple of days.
Bruno Mars open the 2013 Billboard Music Awards with an amazing performance. If only the standard could have continued throughout the award show. He was jamming though. I really enjoyed this performance.
I met Tess my first time at Nema's Boom Boom Room showcase. I was introduced to her by her friend, the beautiful and talented Lydia Caesar. Tess was the first to perform at the event and she completely blew me away. I was an INSTANT FAN.
Tess has created her own genre that she calls 'HipRock'nB.' She is a very dynamic and versatile songstress that puts many to shame.
I'm most certainly encouraging others to be apart of her movement because she won't disappoint. Her most recent performance was this week at HERstory: Unplugged. In a room full of talkative people Tess managed to gain and keep the crowds attention with her humble attitude and perfectionist quality. There were times when Tess obviously wasn't feeling the music like she wanted and she directed the band to repeat it. She didn't want the attendees to leave with a portion of her, she wanted to give her all.
She isn't an artist of false self importance. She steps to the mic, introduces herself (a bit bashfully), and let's you know that she's here to sing. She wants you to rock out with her and that's exactly what I did.
Check out her performances below.
Head to www.thenameistess.com to check out EVERYTHING Tess!
In an world full of up and coming male artists that desire to imitate those that already known, Tyler Jacob stands out. Although, Tyler can certainly stand with the likes of Chris Brown, Usher, etc., he is in a lane of his own.
Tyler Jacob is signed to Kempire Records and has gained some pretty high profile fans: Brandy, Melanie Fiona, Donnell Jones and songwriter Claude Kelly, just to name a few. He has over a million views on his Youtube channel and that number is rising every single day.
I had the pleasure of seeing Tyler Jacob open for Brandy at the TrueExclusives re-launch event and he was great. He reminds me of a modern day Prince (but, not in a forced and trying really hard way like Miguel) and I think he has the potential to go far.
Tyler has an EP Face II Face that you can download for free here. It features original material as well as covers.
Check out Tyler performing 'Face II Face' from the EP below. And make sure to browse his Youtube channel for a plethora of amazing covers.
Niecy Nash is one of those people that you never hear a bad word about in Hollywood. She comes off as extremely genuine to me and apparently I'm not the only one that feels that way. Niecy has embarked on a journey with her new book 'It's Hard to Fight Naked,' in which she cites passion and intimacy as the things that can solve a large majority of issues in a relationship.
Niecy's good friend Brandy was there to help her celebrate and sang 'He Is' from her iconic Full Moon album for the occasion.
The folks over at HipHollywood were in the building to get some footage. You can check out the event, interviews, and Brandy's performance below.
