Ha! How many posts have I done on Wale in the past two weeks? I'm so biased haha.

Wale and his team just dropped a playlist of previews for all of the songs on Ambition!!!! Excited doesn't not even begin to describe my feelings for this album. I think because I've been a fan for a while now, and have seen his progression, I'm beyond proud of him. That's cool, right?

Anyway, I'm listening to the previews as I type this. They sound hot! This is that platinum, Grammy nomination album right here! #Ambition! The album drops TUESDAY NOVEMBER 1!!!! And with all of the free music this man gave us, ALL of his fans better BUY this album! Not download, BUY! Support the artists you claim to love. Just saying. Listen to the previews below!




The always amazing Beyoncé dropped her video for "Party" last night. I was going to watch it on 106 & Park, and post it last night, but honestly, I was so tired yesterday, I completely forgot. My roommate reminded me right as I was going to sleep. I think I'll take another moment to say, "I'm SOOOOO over school!" Shoutout to my college students, and fellow seniors in the Class of 2012. We're gonna make it yall!

Anywho, the video was really cool. It was shot in a trailer park, with Bey all glammed up with friends partying it up, having a good time. J. Cole looked great too. There were even cameos from Bey's little sister Solange and Kelly Rowland. Check out the video after the jump!







Loved the video, and love the song! Two mini gripes though. One--where was Andre 3000? I know that this was the remix to "Party," and I love and respect J. Cole (obviously, else I wouldn't have went to his concert last week). But I would have loved to see Andre! I'm not sure if something was going on with his schedule or something, but the original song features him, and that's who I really wanted to see.

Also, this video should have dropped a LONG time ago. This video was shooting in the summertime, around the time that 4 actually came out. And it looks like it's a summer video. Problem is, we are now in fall. And though I hit my dougie to this song every time I hear it, and will party all year round, the video was not fitting for the season. It did cheer me up a little on this gloomy, rainy day in Baltimore, though.

What did yall think of the video?


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Yesterday, Monica premiered her second single, "Until It's Gone," on 106 & Park. Directed by Diane Martel, the video focuses on on-screen couple Malinda Williams and Brian White. Their argument during a car ride in a storm leads to a crash, with Malinda's life in the balance. The different family members come together in a hospital waiting room, while Monica, as Malinda's big sister, singing the song's lyrics to Brian, whose shady ways are to blame for the situation in the first place. Check the moving video after the jump!






One of Monica's best! I almost cried watching this! It just goes to show you that you should appreciate what and WHO you have while you have them, because when they're gone, they're gone. That's the whole point of the song. And I feel like even though this song is in terms of romantic relationships, it also speaks to appreciating people in general.

Monica's new CD, New Life, is set for release December 13. (Via Necole Bitchie)




Looks like Lindsay Lohan has a new project in the works--getting naked for Playboy! According to Access Hollywood, Lindsay will be posing for Hugh Hefner’s Playboy magazine. In fact, the spread is supposed to be shot this week in L.A.

That's only this week, though. In the meantime, Lindsay's other job is doing her community service. She was ordered to spend 16 hours of community service at the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office before her next hearing on Nov. 2, which comes after a judge ruled she violated her probation.

I would say doing Playboy could hurt her career, but I don't think she could get any lower right now. Or could she? And hey, if it's racking in dollars, who am I to judge? Make your money the best way you know how!

So for those of you who know me, or those who follow the blog/my Twitter page, you know I love a man by the name of Wale Folarin. And that I have been talking about going to this concert for a long, LONG time! I had bought my VIP Meet and Greet package the second Wale announced he was going to bring the Ambition Tour to the Fillmore in Silver Spring. (Shoutout to Fatz and Black Cobain who performed too by the way)

Unfortunately, the meet and greet was canceled, which blew my life, because I really wanted to tell him how much I appreciated his artistry and his beautiful words. And also to tell him that he doesn't know it yet, but we're getting married one day haha. But it was all good. Per usual, as I am at 90% of my concerts, I was FRONT ROW CENTER! Had an absolutely amazing time! So I have video and pics for you guys after the jump...check them out! SPOTLIGHT EXCLUSIVE!





Here's an overview of Wale and Black Cobain :-) Times below. And I swear ON MY LIFE that I sing a lot better than what you hear on these videos haha. Oh, and by the way, I touched him at the 9:00 mark!!!!*falls out*




0:00-1:43—"4 AM"(Black Cobain)
1:43-3:55—WALE!!!!!! "600 Benz"
3:55-5:31—"Beautiful Bliss"
5:31-6:43—"Chain Music"
6:43-7:51—"Nike Boots"
7:51-9:59—"90210"
9:59-11:18—"Sexy Lady" (Tre from UCB)
11:18-12:28—"Dig Dug"
12:28-14:10—"Passive Aggress-her"
14:10-18:40—"Break Up Song"/ "Lotus Flower Bomb"
18:40-20:08—"That Way"
20:08-23:03-"Bait"


I'll put up some pics in a little bit!

Was supposed to put this yesterday, but was a little preoccupied. Anywho, here's some pics and video for the J. Cole concert at Baltimore Soundstage from Thursday night! Absolutely amazing! J. Cole is definitely on my list of artists to interview. Mainly because I was so impressed by his artistry and humility.

Oh, and shout out to the groupies too pressed to touch him that were knocking me around left and right (that's why my camera goes so crazy throughout!). Told my friend I wish concerts were like back in the 60's/70s were people actually just danced and enjoyed the music, rather than being obsessed with touching people! But I had an amazing time regardless! Video and pics after the jump!


Sorry for this sort of blueness in the shots yall. For some reason, as good as my new Sony Cybershot cam is, it was not working with those blue lights Jermaine had on! Most of the vid still came out pretty decent though.




0:00-1:46—Looking For Trouble
1:46-2:56—"A Star Is Born"/ "All I Want Is You"
2:56-3:38—"Higher"
3:38-4:30—"Daddy's Little Girl"
4:30-6:43—"Lost Ones"
6:43-7:59—"Mr. Nice Watch"
7:59-11:15—"Work Out"
11:15-11:30—"Spin Break with DJ Dummy"
11:30-14:10—"Lights Please"/ "In The Morning"
14:10-18:07—"Can't Get Enough"
18:07-22:39—"Who Dat"/ "Blow Up"









Swear my life has been all about concerts lately! Like I really have money to blow like that....pshhh. Wale later tonight! Bad news: Meet and Greet was canceled. Talk about something that BLEW MY LIFE. :-( It's all good though. Video and pics will still be up! :-)


Ok, these have to be the absolutely CUTEST new celebrity babies! Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon finally showed off their six-month-old twins in an exclusive interview with Barbara Walters.

PHOTO: Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon debut their twins, Moroccan and Monroe, to Barbara Walters on "20/20."


You can see more family pics at DemBabies.com. Congrats again to Mariah and Nick!


Look what came in the mail today! My VIP commemorative laminate and my #Ambition t-shirt! Wale VIP at the Fillmore tomorrow! Had to put up pics! Shoutout to my girl Tiffany for letting me rock her sunglasses just now. Had to feel cool haha. Videos and pics of the concert? Of course :-)

Working on the J. Cole videos and pics now....they'll be up a little later. Along with my last Jersey Shore recap for the finale.





I'm a few hours late on this post. I was at J. Cole's concert at Baltimore Soundstage tonight (footage will be up tomorrow,) but I still had to post this video because I LOVE posting about Wale. Simply because I love him. Check out his video for "Bait" featuring go go band TCB below!

Oh and by the way, guess who's headed to Silver Spring, MD to see him Saturday?????!!!!! VIP this time too! So I get to meet him...and tell him how great he is...and tell him how he doesn't know it yet, but we're getting married one day haha. Seriously, my life is grand :-)






rihanna we found love

Rihanna gets hot and steamy in her new video for "We Found Love," which features the "Chris Brown lookalike" Dudley O’ Shaughnessy as her leading man. Besides the blonde hair, I really don't see him looking anything like Chris by the way. Anyways, the couple goes through the ups and downs of love in the video. Even though the song is pretty upbeat, the video is a dark look at love and substance abuse. Check it out below!




(Via Concrete Loop) Jennifer Hudson has released the cover for her new book entitled I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down.

Read the brief summary of the book, which is a personal memoir on J-Hud's 80 pound transformation after the jump!

Soulful and sultry, Jennifer Hudson wowed the world with her powerful voice in American Idol’s third season, and then took Hollywood by storm with a star turn in Dreamgirls that won her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. But before we knew her as an American Idol standout, Jennifer was singing in her church choir in the Southside of Chicago. This uplifting memoir tells the story of Jennifer’s meteoric rise from American Idol to Dreamgirls to her amazing weight loss on the megablockbuster Weight Watchers diet plan. With the Weight Watchers brand endorsing her, Jennifer gives her fans tips for embracing a healthy lifestyle in order to lose weight and reclaim their bodies. Full of stories from her American Idol days, her experience acting in Dreamgirls, and how her son inspired her to want to live healthfully, this book is a gift for her millions of fans and an inspiration for anyone struggling with weight issues.
The book is set for release on January 10, 2012. You can pre-order a copy on Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

She looks absolutely amazing! My friend and I have called her our "thinspiration" in our weight loss journeys. Glad to see that she's working hard to maintain her weight! I might just buy this book. Definitely seems like it will be a great read.

The Situation walks home alone after getting kicked out of the club.I was doing so well with the recaps on Friday right after the Shore....aw. Someone slap me and tell me to stop being lazy! It was Fall Break, though, and I really needed my sleep haha.

Anywho, because my draft has been sitting in Blogger since Thursday night, here's my recap anyway. Picking up from last week, when Snooki and Vinny had sex, Snook calls to tell Jionni. Jionni doesn’t know how he’s going to get it over it. “I cannot right this second call you my girlfriend.” So they break up over the phone, but Snooki assumes they are going to "work on things." Meh...I’d rather see her with Vinny anyway.

Read more of the recap after the jump!

Moving on, the roommates prep to head out for their last night in Italy (the season finale is Thursday wahhhh!) Deena really, REALLY wants to have sex with Pauly. Pauly isn't really interested, but Deena keeps on tugging. The whole night, Pauly tries to find a DTF girl to be with instead of Deena, but fails, so Deena keeps on asking. While Pauly just keeps on avoiding. Poor Deena haha.

Of course there’s drama with Mike. There's always some kind of drama with Mike. He gets into it with a crowd of guys, and of course, the other male roommates back him up, and everyone ends up leaving the club. Deena and Snooki, who aren't tired yet, head to another club by themselves, and try to party. They are surround by guys making fun of them and their dancing, and not giving them space, so they try to move to another area by the bar. The bartender decides it would be funny to throw ice at them, after which Deena and Snooki proceed to tear up the bar, pushing over bottles of liquor. You don't mess with Team Meatball! I love how the bouncer picked up both of them at the same time and carried them out hahahaha!

The Sunday after, Sam and Jenni cook the last Sunday dinner together, realizing that they are actually cool with each other. At dinner, kudos are given to Sam and Ron for not fighting much during their time there (THANK GOD!), and everyone talks about how they're ready to get back to Jersey. Talk comes up of rooms, which poses a problem since Sam and Ronnie were last rooming with Mike, and no one really wants to room with him anymore because of the drama he's brought. Mike ends up saying that he probably won’t even come to the Shore, which I doubt. I know he was probably hurt by his roommates not wanting to be around him much, but he's brought a lot of that on himself. He's been getting into a lot of trouble with everyone, and people are tired of it. Pauly or Vinny even mentions that there's not even MVP (Mike, Vinny, Pauly) anymore. It's just VP now.

Mike ends up gettting into another fight at the club, but instead of having his back like before, the house ignores him and keeps partying. Mike realizes that he’s alone, and heads back to the house. By the end of the episode, Vinny and the rest of the house are coming to the realization that either Mike has to change his dramatic ways, or he has to leave the house. To be honest, I wouldn't be highly upset if Mike left, but at the same time, he's the Situation! When Angelina left, it really was no sweat off my back. When Sammi tried to leave, I didn't mind. But if Mike left? It would be a little weird. The balance would be off. Out of all of the cast, he's one of the main ones who people know and love to watch the most, just because you want to see what antics he's gonna pull next.

SEASON FINALE THURSDAY!!!! I'll be seeing J. Cole that night, but I'll watch the episode somehow someway, and get the recap up for yall.


Beyoncé has finally released her video for "Love on Top!" I love it! All it features is her performing with background singers in a studio, but she looks absolutely amazing. The outfits are incredible! It looks like it was shot before she was pregnant, or only a month or two in, but she has this great glow still. My only gripe is that she cut the whole second verse of the song, which shortens the video to about 3 1/2 minutes, but other than that, I loved it!

Check out the latest video from Bey for "Love on Top" below!






Ne-Yo and his friend Monyetta Shaw (Ne-Yo keeps saying they aren't together), have welcomed their second child together this past Sunday, October 9th. Ne-Yo's rep confirmed the news to PEOPLE.

The couple are also parents to a daughter, Madilyn Grace, who will be turning one next month. The singer just tweeted the details about an hour ago on his new child:



Congrats to Ne-Yo, Monyetta, and big sis Maddie! And welcome Baby Boy Mason!

“[Fatherhood] has been a ride, but I’m loving every minute of it,” Ne-Yo told PEOPLE in September about his new role as Dad.

His newest record, The Cracks in Mr. Perfect, is due out in 2012.


Whooooo Kelly! You better work in this video!!! The official video for "Lay It On Me" featuring Big Sean was officially released today, after all of this waiting, and waiting, and waiting. Kelly looked really good, and so did those background dancers haha! So shoutout to Kelly for FINALLY coming out with this video! Definitely a good one. Check out the video below!





Pregnant and all, Beyoncé is not slowing down! She just released her newest fragrance, Pulse, last month, shot a video for her latest single, "Countdown," and will be releasing another vid for "Love On Top" sometime this week. And now, the mommy-to-be is releasing her own maternity line.

According to NBC New York, in an interview with Harper's Bazaar, Bey revealed that she is starting her own maternity collection with mother Tina Knowles, which will be under the House of Dereon umbrella.

"All I see now are clothes that are flattering on a pregnant woman. It's been so exciting for me! I love figuring out designs that still make me feel edgy and sexy while pregnant. Flowy fabrics are always flattering, but I still rock my stilettos."

I'm so excited for her, and excited for this new line. Well, just to see what it will look like, not to actually buy. Mommyhood definitely is not in my future any time soon! It's certainly a happy time in Beyoncé's life, and I love that she's incorporating her pregnancy into her work.

Well only temporarily. According to Hollyscoop, Kris Humphries dropped his wedding band over the weekend at the Minneapolis – St. Paul Airport. He had to take off his $10,000 Lorraine Schwartz wedding ring to get through the TSA checkpoint.

Kris ended up accidentally dropping the ring. A regular Joe Schmoe, Omar Ahmad, recognized him as Mr. Kardashian and immediately got down on his hands and knees to help Kris look for the ring.

“Kris must have had to take off all his jewelry or it slipped off his finger,” Omar said, “He was freaking out and frantically looking for it yelling, ‘Where’s my ring?’”

Kris was traveling with two friends who didn't even bother to help him look! “They [his friends] just stood there, with looks on their faces like, ‘Oh sh-t! He lost his ring!’ He was crawling on his knees looking for it underneath the x-ray machine. No one was helping him and very few actually recognized him except for me. So I stepped in to help.” Omar continued.

After 10 minutes of crawling around on the floor they found the ring. Thank goodness. It's too early in the marriage to be having to replace rings...

 

Picking up from last Jerzday, Jenni tells Snooki that Mike was still talking about trying to get with Snooki, and how he hooked up with her, blah blah, blah. Snooki gets mad again, and tells Mike to not even come near her.

Mike proceeds to call his friend Unit (who hooked up with Snooki's friend Ryder), and they talk about what happened that night. Unit confirms that Mike and Snooki did have sex or whatever. However, Mike tells other people in the house that he told Unit to call Jionni and tell him what really happened, which is a lie. When Snooki finds out, she goes absolutely CRAZY and throws 50 million things at him, all of which he manages to duck. When the truth comes out that Mike joked about it, he said that he did it to show Snooki how she believes whatever somebody else says, before coming to the actual person behind everything. He had a point, but it just seemed to cause even more unnecessary ruckus in the house.

Read more after the jump!

More and more though, I think that Mike might just be telling the truth. I talk to my friends about the show on occasion (I make no joke when I say entertainment is my life haha). We all agree that Snooki had the right to be upset, but to actually cry about it? Is that not suspicious to anyone else? Like I've been saying, if it wasn't true, Mike would've gotten hit and yelled at, but I wouldn't feel the need to cry unless I was afraid of some truth being brought to light.

In other news, the boys head to Sicily and meet Vinny's family there, which was a beautiful sight to see. Vinny was just meeting them, and they took them all in with open arms, like they had known him all his life. Come to find out, they had pictures of the kid from when he was younger since his mom still kept in touch with his family over there. It was a really nice weekend for the guys to just all hang out. Notice how they never have any real drama?

Whereas, when the ladies went to Tuscany for a wine tour, Jenni lays out the truth for Snooki about her and Jionni. She brings up Snooki hooking up with Vinny a few hours after Snooki asked for a break from Jionni. Jenni told her that if she really loved Jionni, that wouldn't have went down, and I agree. Of course, Snooki can't handle it, and calls her a bad best friend, mentioning that a good best friend would've sugarcoated things for her. I COMPLETELY DISAGREE. I expect people I don't really talk to to not tell me the full truth, but my circle? My crew? I expect 100% truth, and that's what I get, and vice versa. There is no sugarcoating when you're dead wrong. Snooki shouldn't expect that.

Snooki comes back with the girls to Florence and calls her dad. She finds out that Jionni apparently changed his Facebook status to single. (Side bar: that's what makes a relationship (or the end of one) official nowadays, I guess). I laughed, because I thought, "How do you have your dad stalking your boyfriend on Facebook?" So of course Snooki calls Jionni up to question him on it, and to tell him that she and Vinny made out or whatever (not realizing that they actually did more). Jionni gets furious, and screams, "Tell Vinny when I see him, he's done." Ummm...what is your 5'2, 5'3 little behind gonna do to Vinny? I'm just saying. However, Jionni does agree to give Snooki another chance.

Later, Snooki finds out that she really did have sex with Vinny, and has to call Jionni up to tell him that "something more happened." Anddd....cliffhanger.

Yo! There are only two episodes left of this season! Can you believe how fast it went? Until next Jerzday!