Almost 20 years after their album “Middle of Nowhere” made way into preteen discmans across the nation, Hanson is talking about how their hit single “MMMBop” is still a deep song about relationships and how they’re just like Taylor Swift.
Rick Ross is set to take over Beats 1 Friday night to discuss his album Black Market and will be counting down his top 10 favorite songs. The boss will be on Beats 1 at 2pm EST and is expected to discuss working with Kanye West in Hawaii, getting Jay Z to spit a verse on “Free […]
When you gotta go, you gotta go. Just ask rapper Wiz Khalifa. Wiz Khalifa was cited on Saturday, October 10, for public urination after police busted the star peeing outside of a Pittsburgh bar. According to the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, “Rapper Wiz Khalifa was cited for public urination about 2:30 a.m. on Saturday behind a bar called The Flats on Pittsburgh’s South Side.” Wiz, 28, was in town for Pitt’s Midnight Madness basketball season kickoff on Friday night. This isn’t the first time Wiz Khalifa has headlined weird news. In 2011, after being arrested on charges misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, Wiz took a selfie in jail . The photo caused media frenzy, causing many to question why he was allowed to have his cell phone in jail. Currently, Khalifa is on tour. His next stop will be Europe to before in the UK, Germany, Norway, France, and Belgium. Where will the Wiz whizz next??? The rapper’s sixth album, Rolling Papers 2: The Weed Album, was released in May. It is a follow-up to his album Rolling Paper released in 2011. View Slideshow: Celebrity Mug Shots: BOOK ‘EM!
Rihanna Unveils “R8” Album Art Rihanna is having a huge week. Hot on the heels of her Vogue cover story , the Bajan pop princess just surprised a select group of fans and journalists with her new album art. Rih hosted a top-secret, private viewing at Mama Gallery in LA on Wednesday night, and excitedly unveiled the cover art for her 8th studio album, created by artist Roy Nachum. Though Rih and her Navy have affectionately referred to the upcoming album as “R8” up to this point, Rih revealed that the project will actually be entitled Anti . The cover features a photo of Rih at five years old, which she revealed was taken on her first day at day care in her home of Barbados: The entire front and back cover is embossed with braille, which translates to a poem by poet Chloe Mitchell. Apparently the braille passage keeps in line with Rih’s overall vision for her album, which she sums up saying “People who have sight are sometimes the people who are the blindest.” Interesting, right? Hopefully this means the new joint is dropping soon! Since she unveiled this in a secret showing, we’re sensing that Rih is going to “pull a Beyonce” with this one and just drop it off in iTunes when no one’s watching. Hit the flip for the translation of the album cover’s braille message and more from Rih’s album unveiling… Twitter / YouTube
Kat Graham Drops New Album, Addresses Break Up We’ve been Kat Graham supporters for years now so we are excited to see her finally release her first album “Roxbury Drive” last Friday. The album which is exec-produced by 11 time Grammy winner BabyFace was released through her own Zoo Label. Graham says it was a struggle to decide whether the indie route was best for her music career. “I honestly wasn’t 100 percent sure of the independent route, and whether to go at it with full force. Am I smart to be using my own money?” Ultimately she had a conversation with Prince after he invited her to come make music. The pro-indie pep talk instilled more confidence in the triple-threat who has had dreams of pursuing music and acting since a very young age. In fact, Graham says that majority of this album is 90s inspired. She explains that she was personally moved by artists like Aaliyah and TLC who could where baggy clothes and represent 90s femme power. The album’s first track, “1991,” was really originally intended to be a one-off homage to the era, as Graham incorporated a sample of TLC’s “What About Your Friends” as a tribute to her heroines. “Then I had a friend say to me, ‘You should just make a whole album like that.’ We sat down and listened to a bunch of records from that era and made it a point to say, ‘You know what, if we’re going to do this, let’s really commit to this sound.’” She’s learning more now from her fresh and ongoing friendship with Babyface. “I ran into him at the Grammys and said ‘Hey, I’m having rehearsals for my showcase. I’d love for you to come by.’ And he came by the first day, then he came again the second day, and on the third day we had a meeting and he said, ‘I want to work with you on this. I believe in you on this.’ I’ve been such a huge fan of Babyface.” This album came from a place of happiness, she disclosed, where she felt “I’m in love with you, I need you, I want to be with you.” But there was a moment she had realizations that the person she was dating actually added nothing to her life and was really just a male groupie , according to her. Well, we’ve all been there, famous or not. She expresses that her song “Star F***er” is meant for anyone with someone who’s trying to take their star power away from them to feel better about their decision to make them kick rocks. To check out the full album, click here .
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