It is Tuesday, March 08, 2011, and already there is a bunch to talk about this week in music!!!
A bunch of notable albums dropped today, including Raekwon’s Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang, Avril Lavigne’s Goodbye Lullaby, R.E.M.’s Collapse Into Now, Glee’s The Music, Season Two, Volume 5, and Lupe Fiasco’s highly-anticipated L.A.S.E.R.S.
Will any of these albums overtake Adele’s 21 for first place on the charts? I think so. But will any of them eclipse Adele’s first week sales of 352,000? That’s asking a lot. I imagine people are tired of buying R.E. M.’s CDs, as this is their 15th LP, and we shall see if Lupe’s album will match up with all the hype surrounding it.
Lupe’s hype continued into this week as more revelations surrounding his new album, which took over three years to release, came out. He claims to “not really care about the success anymore”, and chuckled while recounting when he was specifically told “not to rap too deep on this record”. The album, which released one single a week starting 6 weeks before the album dropped, features Skylar Grey, Trey Songz, John Legend, and others.
Other breaking news is that of Waka Flocka Flame's new PETA ad. Or should I say NUDE P.E.T.A. ad.
I cannot believe it either.
But Waka, who signed a deal with PETA in February, has begun to appear in various advertisements, highlighted by his Ink, Not Mink nude ad, which is posted below. I hope that this is the last time I EVER see Waka Flocka Flame naked.
On a sad note, Diddy reminisced a bit with Power 105’s Angela Yee this morning while speaking on the coming 14th anniversary of his death. “March 9th is a day of celebration, it ain’t really like a day of mourning”.
Good to hear from Big’s closest friend, who last night received the Jackie Robinson Award, which is awarded to those who “embody the humanitarian ideals of Jackie Robinson and raises funds for the Jackie Robinson Foundation”. As a central figure in Hip-hop for over 15 years and a ground-breaking black business-man, Diddy has indeed earned this award. Congrats!
The words "Charlie Sheen" and "crazy" seem to go together pretty well these days…………..
Although Raekwon doesn’t seem to agree. He thinks that “Charlie Sheen is a rich dick, man”.
I don’t know if that’s any better though.
Further comments from the Wu-Tang member’s interview with “The Juice”:
“I just think when you behave yourself like that, when you’re so much of a powerful man, it ain’t cool. You make $2 million an episode, B ---What the fuck?!”
For some strange reason, I agree.
That’s all the news I have for now…………..later in the week I’ll be back to recap what happens between now and then. May Charlie Sheen remain (or should I say become) quiet until then. Later!
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