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Eminem, Rihanna Lament Abusive Relationship In ‘Love The Way You Lie’

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘I laid hands on her/ I’ll never stoop so low again,’ Em raps in leaked Recovery track. By Jayson Rodriguez Eminem “Love the Way You Lie” is about as close as Eminem has ever gotten to a love song in his career, and ironically, it’s actually a song about an abusive relationship. The Alex Da Kid-produced track, featuring Rihanna on the chorus, is among the standout tracks on Recovery, which leaked on Monday, two weeks before its June 22 release. Though the Detroit MC never mentions his former flame, Kim Mathers, by name, the ode appears to address their tumultuous relationship. “Wait, where you going? I’m leaving you,” Eminem raps on the opening verse. “No, you ain’t, come back/ We running right back/ Here we go again/ It’s insane, ’cause when it’s going good, it’s going great/ I’m Superman, with the wind to his back/ She’s Lois Lane/ But when it’s bad, it’s awful/ I feel so ashamed/ I snap, ‘Who’s that dude? I don’t even know his name’/ I laid hands on her/ I’ll never stoop so low again/ I guess I don’t know my own strength.” Rihanna croons over guitar licks and piano stabs, balancing out the emotionally charged verses. “Just gonna stand there and watch me burn/ Well, that’s all right because I like the way it hurts,” she sings. “Just gonna stand there and hear me cry/ Well, that’s all right because I love the way you lie.” Throughout the song, Eminem’s voice builds and becomes flush with a mix of fondness and angered regret from his failed relationship. He describes their union as a “tornado meets a volcano.” In the next verse, Eminem ranges from apologetic to accepting the end. “Yesterday is over, it’s a different day,” he raps. “Sounds like broken records playing over/ But you promised her, next time you’ll show restraint/ You don’t get another chance, life is no Nintendo game/ But you lied, now you get to watch her leave out the window/ I guess that’s why they call it window pane.” In an interview overseas recently, Eminem explained his decision to include Rihanna on the album after he had already recorded the track. “As far as the songs with Pink and Rihanna … when I did the song that I did with Pink, I laid my parts first and kind of heard her on the record and felt that she would smash this record,” Em told Skyrock Radio in Paris. “And the other one I did with Rihanna is one of those tracks that I felt like only she could pull it off, only she could do it.” Are you excited to hear Eminem’s new album? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists Eminem Rihanna

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The World’s a Better Place When It’s Upside Down Playlist

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Hey everyone, So, I know it’s been forever since I posted a playlist. And like always, this is what has been rolling around my iPod recently. I am OBSESSED with this band “Girl in a Coma” and the song “Their Cell” is one of the most melodically beautiful songs I have heard in a long time. The lead singer’s voice will captivate you like it has me! The title of this playlist is from Gabriella Cilmi’s “Sweet About Me” which I have been singing to my sister, Bridget, recently. I promise more posts and pictures coming soon! xoxox

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Drake Says He’s ‘Good’ After Thank Me Later Leaks

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘Just allow it to be the soundtrack to your summer and ENJOY!’ MC tweets of album, out June 15. By Shaheem Reid Drake Photo: Jason Merritt/ Getty Images It was inevitable. Drake ‘s Thank Me Later leaked to the Internet on Tuesday night, but the Toronto MC isn’t sweating it too hard. “I gave away free music for years so we’re good over here,” Drake tweeted . “Just allow it to be the soundtrack to your summer and ENJOY! JUNE 15th!” Just as he’d told MTV News months ago, “Fireworks” with Alicia Keys opens his first full-length album. Drizzy is candid from the start, rhyming about Rihanna, sharing his hope that his relationship with Lil Wayne never sours due to success and admitting his insecurity about adjusting to fame. “Fireworks,” “Light Up” (featuring Jay-Z) and “Miss Me” with Lil Wayne had all leaked long before this week. The new leak introduces fans to Drake’s second Thank Me Later collaboration with Kanye West (Ye also produced the single “Find Your Love”), “Show Me a Good Time.” Much like another cut on the LP, “Fancy” with T.I. and Swizz Beatz, “Show Me a Good Time” is that fun, summertime, mid-tempo dance record that the women will adore. It starts with some frantic sampled yells, but Drizzy comes in and smoothes out the situation with his voice. “How did I end up here with you?” he sings on the chorus. “After all the things I’ve been through/ It’s been one of those days/ You try to forget about it/ Take a shot and let it out.” And seconds later, he urges, “Show me a good time.” Later in the song, Drake raps about the Wu-Tang Clan and compares himself to the late, great O.D.B. He goes on to tell the lady in the song he wants to “kick it” with her like A Tribe Called Quest. Then he reflects on the haters. “People really hate it when a backpack rapper gets rich and starts living that life, dawg/ It feels like when you get into that paper, hip-hop hates ya/ They would do it just like I do if they could; it’s in our nature,” he proclaims in rhyme. The verse ends with Drake declaring that he’s made it. The very next record, the Nicki Minaj-featured “Up All Night,” has a darker sound, but the rhymes stay B-boy boastful as Drake celebrates his success. In true hip-hop form, he’s not shy about basking in his own accolades. “Shout out to the fact that I’m the youngest n—a doing it,” says Drake, who also affirms he has the game “in his pocket.” Nicki comes in on the second verse and the lyrical assault doesn’t let up. “Which bitch you know made a mil off a mixtape?” she asks, keeping the animation in her rhyme to a minimum and instead levying insults to her adversaries. “We got the hawks, and I ain’t talking about the Peach State.” Noah “40” Shebib, Boi-1nda, Tone Mason, Omen and Timbaland are the other producers on the album. Do you think the leak will hurt the success of Drake’s Thank Me Later ? Are you waiting for the actual release? Talk about it in the comments. Related Artists Drake

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Jack Johnson Hopes To The Sea Will Be The Soundtrack To Your Life

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘Hopefully, people can take those songs and they mean something,’ he tells MTV News. By James Montgomery, with reporting by Matt Elias Jack Johnson Photo: MTV News To the Sea, Jack Johnson’s sixth studio album , hit stores Tuesday (June 1), and given the track record of his previous releases, there’s a pretty good chance it will debut at #1 on the Billboard albums chart. But if it does, Johnson probably won’t know about it — he’ll be about as far away from the music biz as humanly possible. “Generally, I’ve been out and about when the records come out … [but] we’re about to leave for two weeks on a little camping trip, [and] that works better for me, a little bit. Get away from it and not think about it too much,” Johnson laughed. “So we’re going to be camping for the next couple of weeks, and it’ll be good. [There’s] no real tradition. Whenever friends’ albums come out, I go out and buy them. But when it’s my own, I don’t want to jinx it.” There’s probably no real way Johnson can jinx Sea, which seems a pretty sure bet to top the charts, especially since it landed at #1 on the iTunes albums chart back in April based solely on the strength of pre-orders. Still, it’s not exactly shocking to learn that moving units isn’t his top priority. For a guy who has made a (very lucrative) career out of marching to the beat of a different drummer , Johnson sees Sea as just another step along that path — and a way to once again provide his fervent fanbase with the soundtrack to their lives. “I guess, with all the albums, I never used to think about it, but now there’s different songs that people will tell me, you know, ‘This song really means a lot to me after I lost a close friend,’ or, ‘This song is what we danced to at our wedding,’ ” he said. “And you start to realize — as I do with other people’s songs — you take ’em and they mean something, you have certain imagery that goes along with it. So I hope there’s songs on this — as I went through certain things in my life, whether they were heavy or just something fun, and wrote a song about it — hopefully, people can take those songs and they mean something and they can use it in their life.” Do you have a personal connection to any of Jack Johnson’s songs? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists Jack Johnson

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Rihanna’s Steamy ‘Te Amo’ Video Leaks Online

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Singer debuted ‘Rockstar 101’ clip earlier this week. By Jayson Rodriguez Rihanna in her ‘Te Amo’ video Photo: Def Jam Rihanna had yet another video premiere this week, joining her “Rockstar 101” clip , as the European version of “Te Amo” debuted. The steamy visual features the Barbadian beauty and French model Laetitia Casta getting close to the Spanglish tune. The video was ripped and loaded onto a German Rihanna fan site on Friday (May 28) and spread among blogs Stateside, giving viewers a peek at the edgier fare. The clip’s soft lighting and red hue give off a “Moulin Rouge” vibe, matching the song’s sexy undertone. “Then she said, ‘Te amo’/ Then she put her hand around my waist,” Rihanna sings over the perky production. “I told her, ‘No’/ She cried, ‘Te amo’/ I told her, ‘I’m not gonna run away’/ But let me go/ My soul has arrived, without asking why/ I said, ‘Te amo’/ Wish somebody would tell me what she said/ Don’t it mean ‘I love you’?” Earlier this week, Rihanna debuted “Rockstar 101,” in which she channeled her inner-Slash, the iconic Guns N’ Roses guitar player. Slash spoke to MTV News after the video premiered and revealed that he was asked to make a cameo in the clip, but his schedule prevented it. “I was supposed to actually be in that video,” he said. “I played on the song, and they called me up to ask me to play in the video, but my record was just coming out, and I was sort of worn thin. She was really sweet. She sent me this pleading text to come do the video, but I couldn’t make it work. I told her that me not being in the video wasn’t going to make or break it.” What do you think about Rihanna’s “Te Amo” video? Let us know in the comments! Related Photos Rihanna’s ‘Rockstar 101’ Video: A Pop-Culture Cheat Sheet Related Artists Rihanna

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Kanye West’s ‘Power’: What Do Fans Think?

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘It sounds really victorious,’ one fan tells MTV News of ‘Ye’s first new music in months. By James Dinh Photo: Dominique Charriau/WireImage It’s been months since we’ve heard from Kanye West , so it makes sense that so many fans are hungry for new music from the rapper. On Friday (May 28), a brand-new track called “Power” leaked online. MTV News wanted to know what fans thought of the song, so we ventured into New York’s Times Square to hear what was on their minds. Many music fans couldn’t have been more pleased with “Power.” “It sounds like how he used to. I like him back when he first came out. It was like a throwback,” Kalu Ohator told MTV News. “It sounds really victorious.” Another fan, Adrienne Smith, enjoyed the track because of its uniqueness. “It’s got a cool mix of kind of tribal music,” she said. Despite the VMA fiasco , Smith believes Kanye’s boldness ultimately gives the rapper an advantage. “I think Kanye’s really good about highlighting maybe some of the things we don’t want to think about in terms of American culture, but he does it in such a clever way, and he always had that little bit of arrogance that is Kanye,” she said of the song’s lyrics. Shirin Taki was pleased with the track’s originality. “I liked it. I thought that it was really unique. He has good style. He’s always putting on something new,” she gushed, noting that the rapper always has something great up his sleeve. While some fans enjoyed “Power,” others thought it could have been better. “It started well, and I thought it had potential, but then it kind of just carried on the same and got a bit boring and repetitive,” Haley Heathfield said. In the end, one fan suggested that it really might not be all about the music. “It was good. It seemed a little racy,” Richard Malkling Jr. said. But despite West’s ability to make great music, Malkling couldn’t ignore the rapper’s egotistical past. “He’s always got good lyrics, but I don’t know … too much power for one man.” What did you think of “Power”? Sound off in the comments below! Related Photos What Has Kanye West Been Up To This Past Year? Related Artists Kanye West

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Kanye West’s ‘Power’ Producer Explains How Song Happened

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Symbolyc One got a text saying, ‘Kanye is loving your stuff, he said he’s about to change your life.’ By Jayson Rodriguez Kanye West Photo: MTV News Kanye West has aligned a murderer’s row of producers for his forthcoming album , including Pete Rock, the RZA and Q-Tip. But “Power,” the first track to emerge from the Chicago MC’s highly-anticipated LP, wasn’t produced by one of the aforementioned acclaimed beatsmiths. Instead, underground producer Symbolyc One manned the boards for the number. The Dallas-based producer (a.k.a. S1) has previously worked with Ghostface, Slim Thug, and Chamillionaire, but he’s hardly a household name. “The way it came together, I work with Rhymefest,” S1 told MTV News about the song, referring to another Chicago MC. “I did like four joints on his album. And one day, out the blue, I got a text from Rhymefest that said, ‘Kanye is loving your stuff, he said he’s about to change your life.’ Two days later, I got an e-mail that said my flight to Hawaii [where West recorded much of the album] leaves in three hours! So I was on a flight, and it just happened like that. I went down and stayed for like two weeks, banged out some joints. “The ‘Power’ joint that we did, it was actually a track that I already made and gave to Rhymefest, and he just so happened to play it for Kanye in the studio and he loved it. So when I got out to Hawaii, Kanye had already recorded to it.” A month later, S1 returned to Hawaii and heard “Power” again, this time with more “polish” added by ‘Ye, who co-produced the song. However, S1 picked the sample that drives the record: a snippet of British progressive rock band King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man.” Initially, he didn’t think West would be interested in the beat, because a drum break resembles a sound the rapper already visited on “Crack Music,” a song from one of his previous albums. But West showed a heavy interest in the song, and used it to fire back at his detractors: “I’m living in the 21st Century, doing something mean to it,” ‘Ye raps on the first verse. “Do it better than anybody you ever seen do it/ Screams from the haters, got a nice ring to it/ I guess every superhero need his theme music.” “It was incredible,” the producer said. “We would just listen to the joint in the studio over and over, with the lights turned down and these layers of lights on in the studio. And we would bang it loud, over and over.” In addition to producing, S1 is a part of a trio billed as the Strange Fruit Project, who have been releasing material since 2004. Their next project A Dreamer’s Journey — which S1 described as “alternative hip-hop” — is set for fall release; he and his production parter Caleb oversaw all the material. In the meantime, S1 said he’s fielding phone calls and learning as much as he can from West. “They kind of welcomed me into the family,” S1 said. “I’ve been doing a lot of work with him. He’s just a good dude. He has a super-good heart. He really took care of me and made me feel like a part of the family. And I’m so grateful for the position he’s put me in right now.” What do you think about Kanye West’s new song? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists Kanye West

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‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn’: Behind The Song

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Rock ballad Bret Michaels performed on ‘American Idol’ was heavy-metal band Poison’s first–and only–#1 hit. By Josh Wigler Bret Michaels on the ‘American Idol’ Finale May 26 Photo: FOX Bret Michaels surprised millions of viewers, turning up on the season-nine finale of “American Idol” to perform “Every Rose Has Its Thorn.” The guest spot was Michaels’ first major musical appearance since suffering a subarachnoid brain hemorrhage last month, followed by a series of health-related setbacks. So what’s the story behind that song? To some, it’s a tune made familiar by star Miley Cyrus , who recently covered it. But for Michaels (and Poison fans), the song’s history runs much deeper. In an episode to devoted to him on VH1’s “Behind the Music” , Michaels revealed that he wrote “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” as a way to cope in the aftermath of his breakup from then-girlfriend Tracy Lewis. According to the Poison frontman, the song’s titular rose represented his blossoming music career, while the thorn was a metaphor for how success had cost him the relationship with Lewis. Though forged from heartbreak, “Every Rose” ultimately rose to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed for three weeks, from December 1988 to January 1989. It was Poison’s first, and only, #1 hit. “Every Rose” became not only a commercial success, but also found a place within popular culture. The track played a memorable role in 1991’s “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey,” with the flick’s rock-obsessed idiots reciting lyrics from the song in order to gain entry to Heaven. And Michaels collaborated with Cyrus for her remake of the Poison tune, which landed on her latest album, Can’t Be Tamed.” Of course, the song surfaced again during Wednesday night’s “American Idol.” Singing the track opposite third-place finisher Casey James, Michaels provided his supporters with a powerful message: Just as “every rose has its thorn, and every night has its dawn,” Michaels’ troubles are coupled — and exceeded — by his triumphs. What did you think of Bret and Casey’s “Idol” finale duet? Share your thoughts in the comments. Related Videos ‘American Idol’ Finale Highlights Related Photos ‘American Idol’ Season-Nine Performances Bret Michaels’ Career In Photos Related Artists Bret Michaels Poison

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Watch American Idol Season 9 Episode 43 – Live Finale – Winner Announced

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Watch American Idol S9E43: Live Finale – Winner Announced With their last performances on stage of their final three songs(their song choice, Simon Fuller’s song choice and a coronation song) last night where Lee performed The Boxer for his song choice, then Everybody Hurts as the song chosen for him by Simon Fuller, and his coronation song Beautiful Day. On the other hand Crystal choice Me and Bobby McGee as her first song, and Simon Fuller chosen Black Velvet for her, and lastly, her coronation song is Up to the Mountain. With the America’s vote has been casted and now the results will be shown, lets await the final winner of this season American Idol.

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Drake’s ‘Fireworks’ Leaks Online

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The Toronto MC raps ‘it wasn’t love’ with Rihanna, talks Lil Wayne and family on Thank Me Later track. By Jayson Rodriguez Drake Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage “Fireworks,” the song that kicks off Drake’s forthcoming album , Thank Me Later, leaked online Wednesday (May 26). On it, the rapper touches on his rumored alliance with Rihanna , amid verses about Lil Wayne and his rocky relationship with his father. “I could tell it wasn’t love, / I just thought you’d f—ed with me/ Who could have predicted/ Lucky Strike would have you stuck with me,” Drake raps in the second verse, referring to the Manhattan bowling alley where the two reportedly made out. “Damn, I kept my wits about me, luckily/ What happened between us that night it always seems to trouble me/ Now all of a sudden, these gossip rags want to cover me/ And you making it seem like it happened that way because of me. “But I was curious,” he continues. “And I’ll never forget it, baby/ What an experience/ You could have been the one, but it wasn’t serious/ There was smoke in the air before/ That was me clearing it, that felt good.” The track was produced by Drake ‘s frequent collaborator Noah “40” Shebib and features Alicia Keys singing the hook. The rapper first began performing pieces of the song while on his current Away From Home Tour. Earlier this month, during the Los Angeles stop, he announced Keys would be featured on the number. The song begins with the lyrics, “money just changed everything,” picking up where he left off at the end of the So Far Gone EP’s “Fear.” The third verse finds Drake opening about his father, a Memphis studio musician who worked alongside the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis, and whom he’s had a challenging relationship with; his parents split when he was only 5 years old. “Everything is the same, but it feels different/ My dad called me up knowing that I still listen,” the Toronto MC rhymes. “And he still got his foot out, guilt tripping/ It’s been years, thought I just learned to deal with it.” Drake spoke to MTV News in April about “Fireworks,” explaining why it would be the album’s kickoff. “The song itself is the first song on the album; I think it’s the biggest indicator of what the album is gonna be like,” Drake said. “That’s why I picked that song to go first, and that’s why I wrote the first verse like that. It’s really where I am in my life right now. I know they’re looking forward to the album, so I want them to get a feel of how the story starts off.” Does Drake make “Fireworks” on his new song? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists Drake Alicia Keys Rihanna

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