‘The Voice’ Winner Jermaine Paul to Duet With Alicia Keys
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Former Alicia Keys backup singer and ‘The Voice‘ victor Jermaine Paul is going back to his roots. The soulman is gearing up to record with Keys when far more — but in a significantly diverse capability. No longer a backup singer but now a star in his very own proper, Paul exposed that the pair will do a duet!
Paul chatted with MTV News about the project. “She’s usually been supportive,” Paul mentioned of his former frontwoman. “Even even though I was singing, I would tell her, ‘I want to go solo,’ and she was like, ‘What are you waiting on?’ and I would tell her, ‘I’m waiting on God to fix issues out,’ and she was like, ‘Maybe God is waiting on you.’”
Paul would like Keys to seem on his upcoming debut. “We’ve been operating on a song for a while now,” Paul said. “And, you know, what far better time than now?” Accurate that!
Jay-Z: Jay Electronica Album is Almost Done, ‘Scary Good’
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Jay Electronica’s label boss Jay-Z has promised that his protege’s extended-awaited Roc Nation debut Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn) is finally “really shut” to seeing release.
“I want men and women to be innovative and not classic, not just a single [at] this time, this time [and] this time,” Jay-Z told MTV of his method in cultivating the gifted, mercurial MC’s initial official complete-length. “You know, he operates at his own time, but the album is genuinely close.”
Jay Elec exposed that the album was lastly finished and turned in back in March, tweeting “Dear Believers and Patient Supporters. Thank you for your patience and support. The Album will be turned in Tomorrow evening. The wait ends.”
Even though Jigga did not confirm the album’s completion or release date, he did reveal a thing of equally relevance — Jay Electronica’s record is “scary good.”
“It’s specifically what it should be — it really is wonderful. Him as a lyricist is almost scary. He’s scary very good,” Hov explained. “I’m doing something to it that’s actually untraditional, so we’ll see how it performs.”
Lady Gaga dons another meat dress on tour
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Jay-Z Voices Support for Gay Marriage
Jay-Z is speaking out in support of gay marriage. Following President Obama’s endorsement of very same-sex marriage final week, the Roc Nation mogul has weighed in on the hot topic.
“I’ve usually thought it as some thing that’s nonetheless holding the nation back,” the rapper informed CNN for the duration of a press conference for his “Made in America” festival in Philadelphia. “What men and women do in their very own houses is their enterprise. You can pick to love whoever you love. It is no different than discriminating against blacks. It’s discrimination plain and basic.”
He responded to critics who claim it will expense Obama votes in the upcoming election. “I believe it is the correct point to do, so regardless of whether it fees him votes or not… Once again, it is not about votes, it’s about people,” he explained. “I think it’s the proper thing to do as a human currently being.”
When it comes to his music, Mr. Carter does not have any instant plans to head back into the studio following the birth of his daughter Blue Ivy Carter. “I thought that I would immediately after my daughter was born. I believed I would be far more inspired with all the new emotions and every little thing that I’d have to create about, but it really happened the other way,” he told MTV News. “I just genuinely wanna hang out with her. I just wanna get pleasure from people moments for a bit and I’m positive that feeling of music will come back to me.”
Jay-Z will join Kanye West on the European leg of the “Watch the Throne” tour, which kicks off May 18 in London.
Master P. Talks About His Interest In A$AP Rocky And Meek Mill, Explains That He Has No Beef With Mystikal
Post by Andrew Watson, May possibly eleven, 2012 at 5:40 pm
Master P. is looking to develop No Restrict Records long term with the assist of younger talent and he may well have plans for A$ AP Rocky who brought P. Miller on stage at Coachella to perform ‘Make Em Say Uhh!’ and ‘I Miss My Homies.’ Miller also explained that he was on good terms with former No Limits Records rapper Mystikal who opted to ink a deal with Money Funds Records as a substitute of linking up with Ghetto Bill’s imprint.
Master P. has taken an interest in the long term of A$ AP Rocky’s career immediately after he recognized that Rocky was 1 of the most significant new emcees in the game. “Me and the lil homie talked, guy. He certainly the long term and I’m certainly a portion of helping the subsequent generation. I think he’s like a single of the hottest in the game. A$ AP Rocky, Meek Mill…to be able to give ‘em what I can give ‘em and the ones that listen, it is just outstanding to see that people enjoy reaching out and they want OG’s to assist ‘em. Massive up to A$ AP, I salute him. Being a real guy understanding life and saying man if I don’t know a thing, place some experts around me. The youngster gon’ be huge,” Master P. told MTV.
Master P. is also seeking to put one thing out with Meek Mill and according to the rapper they’ve already hit the studio to produce a track. “I just did a record with Meek Mill and then we’ll all mix it up, lead to it is all enjoy above right here. We in this enterprise not for the fame, we in it for the fortune. And exhibiting that up coming generation how to get paid, that’s what it is about since everybody else just want a hit record,” Master P.
Master P. isn’t also concerned about Mystikal’s determination to sign with Cash Funds and explained that understood the rapper’s factors prior to adding that their friendship hadn’t been impacted by the deal. “We still developing our factor so when he 1st got out of jail, he necessary a thing to get himself back out there. Proper now we in a rebuilding procedure. So I salute Mystikal. We gon’ usually do records, he usually gon’ be in my heart, but also I gotta let him be a guy and do what he gotta do and that is what he undertaking,” said Master P.
Justin Bieber releases ‘Turn to You’ for mom
Justin Bieber has the a very specific gift for his mom this Mother’s Day — a lot more Justin Bieber.
The Canadian pop star released a new song, “Turn to You,” on iTunes Friday that he wrote as a tribute to his mom, Pattie Malette, who raised him on her own.
Lengthy ahead of the “Baby” singer became the most popular head of hair in the music organization, he was a infant currently being raised by a struggling teenager. “Turn to You” chronicles his mother’s struggles in a guitar-driven ballad.
“She had me at, like, the age I am now,” Bieber told MTV final week. “[It really is about] just the struggles she went by means of and how brave she was, and I consider the globe needed to know that.”
All proceeds from the revenue of “Turn to You” will go to the Bethesda Center, an Ontario-primarily based women’s shelter that previously supplied assist to Malette when she was pregnant.
“#TurnToYou produced me cry. my mom cried also. she was a single parent for 13 of my 14 many years. by no means meet an individual so robust!,” Bieber tweeted Friday.
Michael K. Williams Preps For Ol Dirty Bastard Biopic
Publish by Andrew Watson, May 11, 2012 at five:47 pm
Michael K. Williams is busy doing study for his role as Ol’ Dirty Bastard in the upcoming film about the late rapper which will be called ‘Dirty White Boy.’ Williams hinted that although the film will try to dramatize the Wu-Tang Clan rapper’s daily life, it wouldn’t be correct to ODB if it didn’t have at least some humor.
Williams’ research into ODB’s life has left him nothing but respect for the late rapper who the ‘Boardwalk Empire’ star described as a scholar. “I am doing a great deal of research on Russell. I had the pleasure of meeting his gorgeous mom, Ms. Cherry. We sat down for, like, three hrs, and she told me the most wonderful stuff about her son and a great deal of items that the public didn’t know. I’ve been speaking to folks who know him well … individuals who knew him when the cameras wasn’t rolling. I’ve acquired a great deal of insight into who he was as a human getting and as a man and, dare I say it, scholar. The dude was actually rather smart. You have to be in a position to recite mathematics and be 5 % God body — you cannot perform with that. You have to know what you’re talking about. It’s a great deal of studying, a great deal of expertise,” Williams told MTV.
Although the film will focus on ODB’s struggles following his release from prison as well as his death from an accidental drug overdose, Williams explained that the movie makers couldn’t steer clear of such as some comedy. “It’s drama, but if you know ODB, there is going to be some comedy, but we’re not enjoying to that. It’s going to be shot as a straight piece, no buffoonery, for lack of a greater word. It’s only going to cover the last two many years of his daily life when he was released from prison to the day he died. It’s just an insight into what he struggled with in the public eye,” mentioned Williams.
The film is becoming created by Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy, even though the screenplay was written by former VH1 employee and one-time Ol’ Dirty Bastard manager Brent Hoff, even though the story will apparently concentrate on Jarred Weisfeld who also managed ODB.