Lil’ Mo‘s fiancé Gospel Recording Artist Phillip Bryant sings HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Lil’ Mo while Fantasia and Young Dro look on. The party was held at Alexander Deveraux’s in Greensboro, NC.
Thanks to loyal reader Shia D for the link!
Quote of the Day
I BOUGHT 10 ALBUMS OF DAMITO JO, AND 20 OF 2O.Y.O…..and now she tells me she knew they sucked?
– Random poster on Janet Jackson Forum
Janet Jackson has incurred the wrath of her hard core fans by admitting she knew her last two albums flopped because the song selection was lacking.
While the revelation is not something her fans wanted to hear, this may actually signal a new change of attitude for Miss Jackson. Maybe it means Janet has taken control of her career and selected better producers for her new album Discipline which drops February 26.
Or maybe some wise person at her new label sat her down and told her something she hasn’t heard in over a decade: the truth.
Video: Yung Joc ft. Bun B and Young Dro – I’m a G
Yung Joc‘s video for his new single “I’m a G” off the platinum album “Hustlenomic$ featuring Young Dro and Bun B. This might be late but it’s my first time watching it.
New Music: Rocko Da Don – Tomorrow
Rapper Rocko Da Don‘s catchy follow-up to his street anthem “Umma Do Me” is called “Tomorrow” produced by Drummer Boy. The track follows the same “do for self” theme as “Umma” with Rocko encouraging his troops to “stunt, ball like it’s no tomorrow.”
Rocko’s album “Self Made” drops March 18.
- Listen to: Tomorrow
PICS: R&B Live Hosted by Ne-Yo @ Justin’s, 2/13
Photo: Fred Anderson Exclusively for Sandrarose.com
On the eve of Valentine’s day, Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Ne-Yo hosted the official launch of R & B Live at Justin’s Restaurant in Atlanta. From the Big Apple to the music mecca, a musical phenomenon makes its way down south to resurrect the supper club atmosphere. Hennessey Cognac presented the official launch of R & B Live, headlined by the smooth, silky hit-maker Ne-Yo and friends on Wednesday, February 13th, at Justin’s Restaurant.
Originating in New York, R & B Live has generated a cult following of real music lovers and pure sound enthusiast, with A-list celebrity talent, music’s next biggest names, and an acclaimed house band. Re-creating hits in an acoustic manner, R & B Live ushers Atlanta’s music scene into the world of unplugged.
Celebrity guests included Sammie, Bobby Valentino, Cheri Dennis and D. Woods of Danity Kane. This premiere event was brought to you by Compound Entertainment, J Erving Group, Mute, and First Class Entertainment.
Source: The Garner Circle PR
Special thanks to Nicole Garner for the personal invite!
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Out & About: Tameka Foster Raymond
Photo: Fred Anderson Exclusively for Sandrarose.com
Celebrity stylist and Atlanta socialite Tameka Foster Raymond was spotted out last night with friends at the R & B LIVE event at Justin’s Restaurant and Lounge. The event was sponsored by Compound Entertainment, Hennessy, J Erving and First Class Entertainment.
Tameka’s close friends say she is enjoying her new bundle of joy and she is a warm and loving mother to all her children. Tameka graciously posed for my photographer last night and he said she was very pleasant and cordial.
Did the Grammys Snub Janet Jackson?
Did NARAS, the Grammy Awards overseers, snub Janet Jackson during Beyonce‘s tribute to black female R&B legends? A writer for several national publications seems to think so.
In an email to Sandrarose.com, the writer pointed out the glaring omission of Janet’s picture when Beyonce mentioned her name. “They showed all the pictures of everyone she mentioned, except when she mentioned Janet, they stayed on the picture of Gladys Knight. It was shady. Look at the replay,” he wrote.
I totally agree. It seems Janet has been blacklisted throughout the music industry since her wardrobe malfunction during the 2004 Super Bowl. The blacklisting has affected Janet’s record sales and popularity – though Jackson herself denies this.
All the more reason why Janet had better bring it when her album “Discipline” drops Feb. 26th.
In the meantime, Janet doesn’t blame the backlash from the super bowl incident for her faltering record career. She tells Fox 411‘s Roger Friedman, “I think it was the music. The albums weren’t right.”
T.I.P. – ‘It’s a lot of bulls*t out right now’
Clifford Harris aka T.I.P. is getting restless while on house arrest awaiting trial on federal gun charges. T.I. spoke to MTV.com yesterday by phone from his home in Jonesboro, Georgia. Although he doesn’t know when his album “Paper Trail” will be released, he’s already recorded 50 tracks and is preparing to release a new single, “Let My Beat Pound.”
Was Clive Davis Behind Beyonce’s Aretha Snub?
NY magazine is speculating on whether Sony-BMG’s Arista Records head honcho Clive Davis had a hand in the Beyonce-Aretha Grammy snub. As you know, Beyonce made Aretha’s blood boil when she introduced Tina Turner as “the queen” during their Grammy duet.
But NY magazine thinks Davis may have written Beyonce’s introduction – since we know it was clearly scripted by someone other than Bee. In a post on NYmag.com, the writer theorizes that Davis wrote the intro to get back at Aretha for not renewing her recording contract:
Aretha told Variety that she’d split with Sony-BMG’s Arista Records after Clive Davis failed to make her an acceptable offer for her forthcoming album and would instead be releasing it through the AARP (yes, really). All of this must have happened pretty recently, because, in his profile in this week’s Rolling Stone (sadly not online) Davis talks excitedly about putting out said record. And doesn’t everybody at the Grammys just do what he tells them to do? Isn’t that how Alicia Keys got two performances? Could he also have had a hand in Beyoncé’s intro? Or was it just crappy writing, like every other part of Sunday’s ceremony? We have no idea, but we’re certainly not above baseless speculation! (Source)
Britney secretly marries that gold digger (I know, who cares)
As you may have heard (but don’t really care) Britney Spears and her paparazzi friend Adnan Ghalib supposedly got hitched in Mexico. We all know this is yet another Britney publicity stunt. But it seems some of the photo agencies are just now figuring it all out. A few of the photo agencies have issued orders to their photographers to stop chasing Britney.