Okay, everybody needs to stop whatever they are doing and look at Olivia Wilde and her stunning baby bump. Damn, you talk about one hell of a stunningly beautiful woman. Olivia Wilde, I speak for everyone when I say I would hate to live in a world without you and Instagram. … read more
Are ya’ll familiar with “Athena’s Erotica 2.0?” It’s a new EP from R&B newcomers Jake & Papa. We love exposing our audience to new music and wanted to share this interview we recently had with the guys. Check it out below: Bossip: So talk to us about “Athena’s Erotica 2.0” EP what can we expect from it? J&P: “Athena’s Erotica 2.0” is available right now on iTunes, Spotify, and all that beautiful stuff! It’s Jake and Papa’s take on R&B. We like to make sexual warfare type R&B. We mixed Athena with the idea of Erotica to make that bedroom a nice warfare scene. Bossip: The EP is very sexually driven what made you guys want to show this side of you on the EP? I think that’s what comes naturally for us. We are two young, vibrant men who love women and we love making women feel good it comes natural. Bossip: We took a look at your short film Athena’s Erotica 2.0 and noticed that Papa was getting attacked by a groupie is this art imitating life? J&P: Man it gets tricky sometimes we try to deal with it as professionally as possible..! Bossip: We got a chance to see you guys perform at the House of Blues a couple months ago and you guys killed it! You guys did some throwback jawns from Ginuwine and Jodeci. Would you say your music is heavily influenced by them? J&P: Definitely. We love citing the people who came through before us in our shows because it always takes people back. It’s fun and reminiscent and everybody goes back to a time where it was about having fun. We love Jodeci, Ginuwine, and R.Kelly. Bossip: You guys have been coined the 2014 version Of Jodeci. What does that statement mean to you guys? J&P: It’s a huge statement! Naturally we are trying to establish the Jake and Papa brand, but definitely for us to be compared to a group like that we feel is one of the greatest groups of all time that we grew up listening to it is definitely a blessing. If we can have a fraction of their success, I know it sounds cliche but we would really really love that. Bossip: Lately it seems like EDM & house music is taking over. Do you feel that the essence of R&B is dead? J&P : No, people like to have fun and house music comes in handy when people want to turn up. Truth is everybody needs a little soul and some r&b! Nobody that I know wants to make love to house music. We need to procreate and keep the world going, we got to make some love and you need soul to make love. We never felt that R&B was dead we have been in the underground scene for sometime but there is a lot of people who are keeping R&B alive.. they are out there. Bossip: Who are Jake and Papa listening to right now? J&P: A little bit of everybody. We love Lana Del Ray, Jhene Aiko and Miguel of course. A lot of people out there we keep our ears to the streets and cop new music everyday. Bossip: Celebrity crushes? Papa: That’s crazy, mine changes everyday and these celebrities aren’t what they are all cracked up to be. I like the good ol’ girl next door. Bossip: Who is someone you’d like to work with in the future? Papa: Jhene, Kendrick Lamar, and I really love Tori Kelly if we did some joints with Tori Kelly I think that would be amazing, she is dope. And Lana Del Ray too her new album is unbelievable. Bossip: Where can everybody get your music and where they can look out for you guys? J&P: “Athena’s Erotica 2.0″ is on iTunes right now so R&B is very much alive so go and check that out and cop that an follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook and all that (Jake and Papa).
So you might have heard that the 85 th Academy Awards nominations have been announced . Good for you, person who wakes up early in the morning. This year’s nominees contains some shocking snubs — no best director for Tarantino or Bigelow ? — as well as some pleasant surprises, but if the majority of the nominees will have us bitching or raving until March, the Best Original Song category plays it as frustratingly safe as ever. To be fair, the nomination of “Everybody Needs A Friend” from Ted comes as a surprise, and Adele’s Skyfall theme is a classic that would deserve to win regardless of the year it was nominated. Despite this, looking at the list of nominated songs one can’t help but be baffled, particularly given how interesting this year’s list of potential selections actually was. The list of eligible songs , released in December, reads like one of the craziest drug-fueled mix tapes ever made. There were three — three! — songs from Casa De Mi Padre. There were three songs from Django Unchained including “100 Black Coffins” by Rick Ross that would have finally put Three 6 Mafia’s 2006 win in context. “Razors.Out” from The Raid: Redemption , the sole good song ever associated with Linkin Park, was a potential. And dammit, Matthew McConaughey’s scene stealer “’Ladies of Tampa” from Magic Mike could have been a contender. Even Katy Perry’s “Wide Awake” would have been an interesting (and, I suspect, controversial) choice. The songs are selected based on how they work within their featured scenes, but even that doesn’t get the list off the hook. By that criteria alone, “Ladies of Tampa” should have been the hands-down winner. (Maybe the Academy hates male strippers?) Instead, the nominated songs confirm once again that the Oscars might as well cut a royalty check to Stuff White People Like creator Christian Lander and call it a day. Yeah, a nomination from Les Miserables was a given, because the Academy loves ambitious musicals like the day is long. But “Before My Time” from Chasing Ice and ” Pi’s Lullaby “? Snore. NPR has more interesting music during All Things Considered interstitials. What’s the solution? Probably nothing, aside from demographic shifts that inevitably will result from an influx of new voters with fresher taste in music. But that doesn’t make the risk-averse and tone-deaf nature of these choices any less disappointing. Let’s take a moment then to reflect on the fact that we won’t be seeing a topless Mcconaughey, or western-suit wearing Will Ferrell , performing at this year’s Academy Awards, and why not let us know in comments how you feel about this year’s songs. Ross Lincoln is a LA-based freelance writer from Oklahoma with an unhealthy obsession with comics, movies, video games, ancient history, Gore Vidal, and wine. Follow Ross Lincoln on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Everybody Needs A Hobby of the Day: While crossing bull riding off his bucket list, Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco nearly gets his bucket kicked by a 1,500-pound bull named Deja Blu after falling off 1.5 seconds into the ride. [ ajc / brobible .] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 15/05/2011 20:36 Number of articles : 2
Singer calls Kelly’s ability to channel her ‘kind of creepy.’ By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Christina Garibaldi Jennifer Hudson Photo: MTV News On Tuesday, Jennifer Hudson drops her new album, I Remember Me , and it seems the artists she worked with on the record also remembered her. For the release, she hooked up with Alicia Keys and R. Kelly, who seemed to channel the singer perfectly — almost too perfectly. “R. Kelly was writing for me at the time, and I didn’t even know it, and they just sent me this song,” she recalled to MTV News about the track “Where You At.” “You don’t want to get your hopes up too high of being able to work with someone like R. Kelly, and when they sent the song, they told me, ‘Kelly put up a shrine of pictures of you to channel you, and he created this song.’ ” Whatever he was doing seemed to really work, as Hudson explained: “It was kind of creepy to me, because when I heard the song, I was like, ‘Oh my god! … He’s, like, giving me me! This is what I would do! This is something I would say.’ And I hadn’t even met him until after … and I’m like, ‘This is bizarre.’ ” Crediting Kelly and Keys, Hudson notes that “they gave me my sound.” And it seems whatever otherworldly bond she had with Kelly, she had a more-grounded one with Keys, with whom she worked on the songs “Angel,” “Everybody Needs Love” and “Don’t Look Down.” “I must say that working with Alicia was my favorite sessions in the recording studio ever, and I think it was partly because … it was a learning experience,” she said about Keys, who gave birth days after their sessions. “She’s just amazing to work with. We had such a good time together. … It was an amazing, fun experience.” Which I Remember Me collaboration are you most looking forward to hearing? Tell us in the comments below! Related Videos MTV News Extended Play: Jennifer Hudson