Another week of music is underway, and I’ve got some news for ya.
We’ll start with Snoop.
Snoop Dogg released his 11th LP, Doggumentary, last week and saw it sell just over 50,000 in its first week, giving it a top 10 debut at number 8 on the charts.
While finding that out, I also somehow found out that earlier this year Cameron Diaz gave a shout out to Snoop on the George Lopez Show in the form of accusing him of selling weed to her when they both attended Long Beach High School.
Snoop’s tweet in response was “Cameron Diaz givn out all the secrets!! She got a thing 4 that sticky icky!”
I just feel like somehow that’s important to all of our lives.
We are all still waiting on that Charlie Sheen track from Snoop, due out later this week, that will also be important to our lives.
Hip Hop pretty much owned the charts the Billboard 200 chart this week, with 3 Top 10 finishes and 5 in the Top 20. Wiz Khalifa’s new album “Rolling Papers” (I wonder what that’s about?) came in just behind Britney Spears with 198,000 units moved; Chris Brown moved another 91,000 units of F.A.M.E. to make it 362,000 albums sold total (#4 spot), and Snoop Dogg, as previously mentioned, locked up the number 8 spot.
Check out this tight cover of Cee Lo Green’s “Forget You” by the Plain White T’s:
They did it for Billboard.com’s weekly installment of “Mashup Mondays”. Good stuff! I would like to see how other artists would interpret and cover this song.
Legend Bob Dylan performed in China for the first time ever today, although he was only able to play an approved set of music that would not offend the Chinese government and their views of what their people can and cannot hear.
Dylan attempted to perform last year, but the Culture Ministry didn’t approve, which they must do for any concert in the country (sounds like the Ministry of Magic during the dark times of the 6th and 7th book in Harry Potter).
I personally don’t even think I will ever set foot in China as long as it’s under Communist reign, because I’m black and not only do the Chinese not care about me, but the American government doesn’t care about me either. So if something happens to me while I’m there, I’m screwed.
So props to Dylan who, although not black, is brave nonetheless.
The Grammy’s saw a complete overhaul today when Neil Portnow (Recording Academy President/CEO) and company announced a condensing of the number of awards to be given out at next year’s show.
You can check out the press conference and main changes here, and note that the Portnow sums the issue up is as follows:
· “The fact is: Everybody [who] releases a record within the standards and the qualification elements is going to be eligible for a Grammy. It's just going to look a little different, fit in a different place than they may have. They may be facing other nominees or nominations differently than they had in the past. But at the end of the day, we think excellence will prevail."
I have no problem with that.
Later!
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