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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Rihanna to release full version "Birthday Cake" on her B'day!


WHO WANTS SOME CAKE?

I still remember the aftertaste that "Birthday Cake" left behind after it stopped all of a sudden. I really felt the need to take a baseball bat and go Breezy-style on Rihanna. How dare she cut that shit to 1 minute and 18 seconds. I was in complete disbelief, when I realized that this was it! One of the hottest tracks on that record - a filthy hip-hop cut, fusion-ed with a dirty bass synth and a combination of hand-claps and chants, that would transform any catholic nun, into a professional pussy-popper - simply cut short.

Take a listen:


Well the good news is, the sex anthem became such a fan favorite, that Riri has finally decided to give their starving Navy-sluts exactly what they want. She will allegedly release the full length version of "Birthday Cake" on her Birthday, February 20. In fact the producer of the song "The Internz", reconfirmed that statement.

This are some good news, now my next question is? Will there be a video? Who knows? The fact is, this are great news. 



#CAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKE!!!

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Girls Generation continue the slayage with "The Boys" on Live with Kelly!


After basically shutting that shit down on the Late Show with David Letterman, the girls returned this morning with another performance of "The Boys"on the Live with Kelly! show. The whole performance was kept shorter, there was no remix, but non-the-less, these hoes went all in and came out with wigs. The audience; bald!

I was impressed at how secure they seemed. No more nerves in sight, definitely an improvement over the Letterman performance. The choreography was on point, the singing was also good, besides Sunny fucking up her part, but I'm gonna let it slide.

After performing the shit out of "The Boys", and leaving Kelly Ripa with the wish to join SNSD, they went on to speak about how they became Girls Generation and went on about the auditioning process. Soon after that, they started showing Kelly and Howie Mandel some moves. Very entertaining, indeed.

I'm really proud of this girls, to be the first act to perform on late night television. A huge step for K-Pop and in general the Asian music scene. Congratulations!!

P.S.: They so need to get a performance on Ellen.

New Album: Capsule - Stereo Worxxx & New Single: Step on the floor


Capsule are finally back with a new album and I simply can't believe it's been almost a year since they released World of Fantasy. Toshiko Koshijma and Yasutaka Nakata are back on that grind. I see that Toshiko went for the longer hair this year, probably because MEG's hair is getting shorter by the minute.

Anyway so far I really like the cover, but I'm not feeling the hair. I preferred the wig she was sporting on World of Fantasy, but as long as the album slays my life I'm cool with it. The album is set to be released on March 7, a good month from now. The first single "Step On The Floor" was released today at midnight on the Japanese iTunes-store. They just have released the new track list:

Standard Edition
1. Feelin' Alright
2. Never Let Me Go
3. In The Rain
4. Dee J
5. Step On The Floor
6. Tapping Beats
7. All The Way
8. Motor Force
9. Transparent
Limited Bonus Disc
1. Feelin' Alright ( Extended-Mix )
2. Never Let Me Go ( Extended-Mix )
3. In The Rain ( Extended-Mix )
4. Dee J ( Extended-Mix )
5. All The Way ( Extended-Mix )
6. Motor Force ( Extended-Mix )
The tracklist's length is pretty much what we get every year from Capsule, not to long and not to short. I guess they rather have less songs than having a filler in there that ruins the whole thing. As to the single "Step On The Floor", is quite nice I won't go all in on a review, because I only listened to it once. What I could make out, is that there's a lot of vocals and the production stinks of Perfume's latest album JPN. Yes, I get it Nakata had his fingers on both projects, but I would have wished that he went with something well...how to put this, more "original". Don't get me wrong I like the song, but it didn't slay my life as much as the single "World of Fantasy" did or the album track "PRIME TIME". Yes, I am a fan since last year, and I know that they're sound used to sound different and less mainstream, but still before you roast a bitch let me tell you that I also enjoy they're older work.

Give "Step On The Floor" a listen here.

I guess, at this point I'll just shut up and give the new single another listen, don't be shocked if I comeback an edit my opinion on this one.

Ciara enlists Bangladesh & LMFAO producers for 5th album


It seems like C-Error is trying everything to make that hit record happen, that's why she's back in the studio working on her 5th studio album, like the rent was due yesterday. It has been confirmed that she's been working with popular producer Bangladesh and the producers behind LMFAO's success "Party Rock Anthem" (Goon Rock, Josh Stephens and Dre Koon).

Koon mentioned that the song they produced for CiCi, would be a song that would reach mainstream radios. Will this grant Cici, that global smash hit? That is still to be seen. On the other hand Bangladesh would provide her definitely the urban songs, since his latest work to date is "Cockiness". The aggressive , sexual hard hitting anthem that he served up for Rihanna's newest album Talk that Talk.

Ciara really needs to come hard with this album, and I really hope that the label change plus a more mainstream appeal will get her at least some shine. Her last two albums have been complete flops, I already thought it would be curtains after Basic Instinct, but she's still on that grind trying to get again on top of those charts. She's already had her second chance and she failed. She needs that hit, her 17 fans that are left, will definitely not get her on top again of the charts.

Watch Girls Generation slay America with "The Boys" on Letterman!


First, Wondergirls, then BoA and later on Utada Hikaru. Now it's Girls Generation's turn to debut on US television. The nine girls, made The Late Show with David Letterman  their first stop on their short US-promotion for The Boys.

I really have to say, they did an amazing job with this performance. There were of course some nerves in the beginning, but after the first verses they were able to shake them off. I was kind of disappointed with the camera work, those guys had no idea how to frame this girls. I guess they were completely overwhelmed by the amount of girls that where dancing, grinding and two-stepping. But they sure as hell, must have liked Sooyoung, she was all the time in the picture.

To the vocals, well it was 60% miming and the rest well Taeyeon. What also did piss me off: couldn't they have cleared the stage completely? Poor Sunny, almost crashed against the keyboard. But over all, they really  managed to deliver a good performance, leaving David Letterman in awe and the audience with a WTF face: "Whut? There's a choreography and they're not dressed like prostitutes or trannies?" YES, that's right.
Sorry, I had to throw some shade at Rihanna, Britney and Lady Gaga.

And might I add: #DEAD at the fanboys singing "GG". That just made my day. 

Girls Generation represent. Good job ladies, now all you need to do is slay Live with Kelly and book a performance on the Ellen Degeneres Show. To bad they're album The Boys sucks so much, they would have slayed with an English version of their Japanese debut album.



ANYWAY THEY SLAYED!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Lady Gaga ends promotion for "Born this way"


Well I guess it's curtains for the Born this way-era. Honestly, I couldn't be happier because it was such a big hot mess and it dragged and dragged and it tried way to hard and failed.

What was the line Gaga said during the start of 2011: "The best album of the decade". Ohm, right..!

An Interscope executive has confirmed to Billboard this week that they're not aware of any current plans for another single to be released from Lady Gaga's album Born this way. Gaga is already working on a new album and they hope to release it this year. *shrugs at the thought of it*

Now, I'm not the biggest Gaga fan but I know from a true source (yes my boyfriend is a little monster), that he's everything but happy about the outcome and the choice of singles in this era. In fact, and I agree on this one, gems such as "Government Hooker", "Scheisse", "Bloody Marry" and "Heavy Metal Lover" have completely been sidelined by Gaga. Those were the songs, and I think I can speak for most of the fans, we were rooting for.


Instead she gave precedence to those songs that in her belief were: the true spirit of the album (The edge of glory), this sort of "it gets better songs" (Born this way) & I'm trying to be everything else but a superficial, fame whore songs (You and I)". She tried so desperately this era, to out-do herself, to be indie, to be the spiritual leader with songs that seemed to have been recorded in a church and dragged along a glitter-infested dance floor. It was simply annoying at some point and it was clear, people started to grow tired of her.

This led to her singles failing to chart in the top ten, one after the other or arriving there and getting bitch-slapped by Adele's "Rolling in the deep". Yes, she sold 5.5 million records, and maybe you can blame it on today's economic climate that it's not as good as the Fame-era, still it is definitely not a flop. But with all the promotion she got, she should have shifted as much units as Adele or even more. Which leads me to my next point...

Well it seems like "Marry the night"'s bombing on the chart triggered this era's soon ending, and most probably Gaga's over-exposure, her so tired shocking-techniques and of course her, over-hyping the whole project like her rent depended on it led to it. The era "Born this way" was simply handled wrongly to begin with, and they made it seem as if it was the best thing since sliced bread with Nutella. And it clearly isn't. It was just another pop record.

At this point I just want to say one thing: Gaga stay away from the lime-light, as long as possible. Make your homework and try to bring something fresh and new. You're way to talented to end up as the next Cindy Lauper and if you keep up like this, you will be. In the beginning the biggest thing and some years later sent to oblivion.

Cassie to release "King of Hearts" on Valentines Day. FINALLY!


After years trying to avoid Valentine's Day at all costs, I have now two things to look forward to this year:

#1 - My boyfriend and I will be exactly 9 months together on February 14. I love him to death. <3
#2 - Ms. Ventura will release her outrageously much anticipated new single "King of Hearts".

She dropped the news via her official twitter:

I was hoping for another "King of Hearts" snippet, but instead the link leads to a new photo of Cassie, shot by NYC photography duo Gomillion & Leopold.

Here's the photo:


My personal opinion: I think it would have looked better with some really fierce stilettos. But at this point, who gives a damn. Here we have again the teaser for "King of Hearts". I can't fuckin' wait to get my long overdue Cassie-dose.

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