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The extended-standing feud in between Drake and Los Angeles tattoo artist Kevin Campbell seems to be above. Apparently, the two lately had a chat and resolved their problems. As reported on Karen Civil, Campbell announced on his Twitter account that his beef with the rap superstar is done.
“Drake beef officially squashed…Everybody can now move on. Only positivity from right here on out,” he tweeted on Wednesday (Jan. 25). “[Drake] great talking to you buddy, glad everything’s cleared up. It’s excellent that something optimistic came out of this complete fiasco. Keep up.”
Meanwhile, Complex identified a picture of a fan who received a tattoo on their arm of the girl with the forehead “DRAKE” tattoo. WTF?! From seeking at the photograph, it appears like the tat was carried out with a sharpie pen so we can’t verify if it is genuine or not. But at least it is not on the person’s forehead.
Now that Drake settled his disagreement with Campbell, we hope he can finish his lyrical feud with Widespread. However, Frequent says he’s completed beefing with Drizzy. “I sense like I explained almost everything I genuinely required to say on the record,” he informed HuffPost. “I just looked at it as like ‘Hey, it’s just a hip-hop battle.’”
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If you do not previously have a group to root for in this year’s Super Bowl, and dependent on how you really feel about the guy who brought the planet “Candy Store,” you may well want to pick up a Patriots jersey this week.
Why? Because 50 Cent’s crotch says so.
Following in the great football tradition of taking pictures of your junk to send out into the globe, the “Outta Control” rapper recently raised the Super Sunday stakes by creating an uncommon bet: to tweet a image of his private elements if the New York Giants shed.
The wiener wager was prompted by an overeager Twitter follower with the handle MyBestAssets, who tweeted at Fiddy:
“Lets bet. If the Giants drop the Superbowl, u ought to post ur [d---] on the twitter. If they win, I’ll post my boobs & face on here. Bet?”
Following careful consideration, the rapper — whose penchant for Twitter flirtation is nicely documented–replied with the following:
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Fans of dorkily comedic things, take note: Nerd-rock veterans They Might Be Giants were on Conan last night, and it’s hard to imagine a more generally simpatico host. On the show, they played the recent track “When Will You Die.” And as a web exclusive, they also pulled out a noisy version of the 1988 relic “Ana Ng,” a song that you just know got major play in the SNL writers’ room when Conan was working there. Watch both below.
TMBG’s Join Us is out now on Idlewild.
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You can see it in the Canadian icon’s eyes and in the way he moves.
It’s obvious when he humbly doffs his trademark fedora.
It really is there when he gives his favoured salutation, “Hello buddies,” and in the
broad smile that follows.
And it can be identified in his unmistakeable growl and his deeply spiritual
lyrics. As a result, it comes as no surprise to locate that 77-year-old Cohen’s
new album, Outdated Tips, is brimful of grace.
He employs the medium of music to confront not just his personal mortality but the
fate that awaits us all and he does it with a blend of gravitas and
self-deprecating humour.
The songs are offered hymn-like arrangements with heavenly girl choruses and
biblical imagery but you couldn’t phone it an overtly religious album. These
are universal themes that speak to the heart.
And, of program, no Leonard Cohen album would be total with no passing
references to the pleasures of the flesh. (“Dreamed about you infant/You
had been wearing half your dress.”)
Old Ideas, 10 authentic compositions spanning 41 minutes, is only the artist’s
12th studio effort in a music occupation spanning 45 a long time.
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Madonna has promised that
MDNA will be an upbeat album.
The ‘Gimme All Your Luvin” singer exposed that while her Golden Globe Award-winning song ‘Masterpiece’ is a ballad, it is one of the handful of featured on the LP.
“‘Masterpiece’ is one of the couple of kinds of far more down-tempo songs, a lot more reflective,” Madonna explained to MTV News.
“I believe the vast majority of the record is a lot more action-packed. A lot more substantial-vitality.”
Madonna went on to credit her long-time collaborator and producer William Orbit with taking MDNA to the next degree.
“We’ve worked on stuff for so numerous years that we sort of finish each other’s sentences. He is aware of my taste and what I like. Magic happens when we get into a recording studio together,” she explained.
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After considerably fanfare, reclusive singer D’Angelo has lastly made his return to the stage, performing his very first show in over a decade, in Stockholm, Sweden Thursday evening (Jan. 26).
Rocking an all-black tank top and shawl ensemble, D’Angelo looked to be in good spirits as he engaged the crowd for the duration of the 1st end of his “intimate” European comeback tour, opening with a raucous rendition of ‘Chicken Grease’ from his final album, ‘Voodoo,’ which was released back in 2000.
Regardless of the numerous legal and individual battles the troubled crooner has fought above the previous decade, he appeared to be in classic kind last night, rocking a selection of hits from his two albums, and even some new, unreleased songs from his prolonged-delayed adhere to-up, ‘James River,’ which he is stated to be near to completing, according to longtime collaborator Questlove of The Roots.
The D-Tour continues via Feb. three, with dates in Copenhagen, Paris, Amsterdam, London, Oslo, Zurich and Hamburg.
View D’Angelo Carry out ‘Chicken Grease’ Live in Stockholm
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Post by Nick Rose, Jan 27, 2012 at ten:43 am
Madonna will be the carrying out at this year’s Superbowl half time display, and rumor has it that she will be bringing quite a couple of visitors up on stage with her. Cee Lo Green is reportedly the newest title to be extra to Madonna’s checklist of ‘surprise’ visitors for this year’s half time demonstrate. According to This Beat Goes, she has asked Cee Lo to join her in her efficiency on February 5th.
Reports have also suggested that Cee Lo has been flying to New York to rehearse with Madonna. It is stated that Green will be adding his touch to a handful of classics from the Materials Girl. Cee Lo’s name comes in addition to other rumored guest performers this sort of as M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj.
When MTV news caught up with Madonna in New York earlier this week, the pop queen didn’t want to give away as well much. “I am not saying ‘Yes,’ and I am not saying ‘No,’ ” she replied when asked about Minaj and M.I.A. joining her on stage. “Pom poms,” she additional. “That’s all I can inform you.”
You can catch Madonna and perhaps Cee Lo, M.I.A., and Nicki Minaj two Sundays from now at the big game. The Superbowl airs on February 5th.
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