Review: Mary J Blige Dons Her Face In Strength Of A Woman

By: Melgie Claire

Mary J. Blige, Strength of a Woman, Capitol


There isn’t a devoted Hip Hop fan alive who doesn’t recollect the standout guest vocals from Mary J. Blige on Method Man’s 1995 raving success “I’ll Be There For You/You’re All I Need To Get By.” The unquestionable demeanor of cool she oozed as she sang close by one of Wu-Tang Clan’s most scandalous individuals was extraordinary.

Twenty-three years later, the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul has a reiteration of exemplary collections under her belt, including “What’s The 411”, “My Life”, “Share My World” and “Mary”. Each venture played like a profoundly enthusiastic, sonic journal she used to cleanse each crude feeling she was encountering. From substance mishandle and sadness to a string of failed relationships, her life conditions gave enough fuel to maintain her genuinely reliable artistic yield.

While she may have subdued her drug addiction and liquor abuse, the Bronx local’s thirteenth studio collection, “Strength of a Woman”, discovers her handling a well-known subject — the disintegration of another relationship. This time, be that as it may, the stakes are significantly higher.

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‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Stranger Things’ Big Winners At MTV Movie & TV Awards:

By Creative Media Times

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With a new brand name comes new categories added this year, including including best host, best reality competition, tearjerker, next generation, trending, best musical moment and best American story.

But it was the first category of the night that drew lots of attention. “Billions” star Asia Kate Dillon presented the first gender-less “best actor in a movie,” which went to “Beauty and the Beast” star Emma Watson. The Shrine Auditorium on May 7, 2017 in Los Angeles. The category is the first in history of putting both male and female actors competing in the same category.

Stranger Things won two prize, one for Show of the Year, and another for star Millie Bobby Brown, who was named best actor in a show.

The cast of Fast & Furious was also honored with the MTV Generation Awards, and Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson and Jordana Brewster were there to accept the award for their highly successful franchise. “In 2002, I was standing on this stage and MTV had given Paul Walker and I an award for Best Duo, and now 15 years later, I’m with my whole family and you’re giving us the Generation Award,” Diesel said.

Full list of winners below >>
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Jay Z & J. Cole Headline 2017 Made In America Music Festival

By: Melgie Claire

Despite the fact that “Made in America” won’t discover its approach to Los Angeles again at any point in the near future, the music celebration headed by Budweiser has turned into a custom in Philadelphia.

What’s more, that proceeds again this year as Made in America 2017 reported its official lineup for the festival, which will run September 2 and 3 which happens at Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, PA and for the individuals who can’t go, TIDAL will live stream the celebration on TIDAL.com.

The current year’s show will profit both the ACLU of Pennsylvania and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. An essential objective of this music festival is to positively affect the communities included.
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‘Dark Tower” Gets Two New Posters Ahead of Trailer Release

By Creative Media Times

The trailer for one of our most anticipated movies this summer, the adaptation of Stephen King’s sci-fi Western horror film ‘The Dark Tower’, is just around the corner. But before that, Columbia Pictures released two new posters (below). Following that creatively provocative one-sheet teaser we saw more than a month ago, these posters show more of what our main characters will look like, but equally intriguing nonetheless.

The posters feature Matthew McConaughey’s sorcerer villain Walter/Man in Black, and Idris Elba’s gunslinger Roland Deschain. We will see more of how these characters interact with the release of the trailer tomorrow. Anticipation is running high for this adaptation especially after that other Stephen King movie ‘It’ smashed online views records.

Here’s the film’s synopsis to those unfamiliar:

Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), the last Gunslinger, is locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim (Matthew McConaughey), also known as the Man in Black. The Gunslinger must prevent the Man in Black from toppling the Dark Tower, the key that holds the universe together. With the fate of worlds at stake, two men collide in the ultimate battle between good and evil.

The Dark Tower will be in theaters everywhere August 4th, 2017.

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Snoop Dogg’s “Neva Left” Official Cover Art Released

By: Melgie Claire

Subsequent to declaring another album was underway earlier this month, Snoop Dogg is back with the official cover art for his fifteenth studio album, “Neva Left”, which fills in as the follow-up to 2016’s “Coolaid”. The matchless Doggfather took to Instagram to share the cover art and furthermore the album is to be released on May 19. With the expectation just building all the more every week, the veteran rapper proceeded and debuted the official album cover for his new venture on his Facebook page.

Snoop fused a return photograph of him taken by amazing photography Chi Modu, who has taken shots of notable hip-hop stars since the 1990s. In the cover art for Neva Left, Modu’s exemplary photograph indicates Snoop remaining under an expressway 187 sign in California in 1993, where the words “Neva Left” are written on the post in white paint.

While disclosing the photograph to XXL, Modu expressed, “That is my photograph taken of Snoop in 1993 when we were taking a shot at pictures for his album Doggystyle. We needed to take it at the highway 187 sign as a result of his verse in “Deep Cover”. The photo shows a youthful Snoop Dogg, brandishing his previous jheri curl hairdo that ended up noticeably well-known amid his introductory album years.
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2017 Coachella Weekend 2 Review

By: Melgie Claire

We’re back at the 2017 Coachella Valley Music and Expressions Celebration for a moment few days of music, daylight and the majority of the Coachella vibes. Things commenced Friday, April 21, with a ton of warmth.

That is correct, the Empire Polo Club in Indio was hot, and for the most part on account of the huge shining circle in the sky. Saturday and Sunday will be considerably more sultry, with temperatures anticipated that would hit triple digits.

Be that as it may, the groups kept it way cool. Tennis had a marvelous set ahead of schedule in the Mojave Tent and Tacocat even conveyed a bubble machine out to the Sonora organize!
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Nelly Furtado-“The Ride” Album Review

By: Melgie Claire

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With 2006’s gleaming, Timbaland-created Loose, Nelly Furtado went from hippie-ish vocalist of “I’m Like a Bird” to a startling pop star with numerous Main 10 hits. The vocalist, in any case, has been experiencing a melodic identity crisis from that point onward, she overlooked subsequent meet-ups wavering between her people history and her pop achievement. The sixth album, “The Ride”, accomplishes balance.

Taking signals from recent partner Dev Hynes, an artist who makes enthusiastic synth-pop, Furtado’s first album on her label finds a home in crunchy outside the box driven tunes that superbly fit her innovative verses. Opening track “Cold Hard Truth” is one of her finest in years, an infectious single with one of the collection’s heaviest beats. The appealing “Paris Sun” conveys a menacingly sexy synth reminiscent of Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer” however with a milder touch.

The Ride’s essential blemish is obvious in its insignificant titles. A lot of the record, especially the ballads, falls into the lyricist’s trap of taking an arrogance and composing each and every piece of subtext out of it.

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Gorillaz revive their status with new album Humanz

By W.S.

As announced on their Instagram, on April 28th, 2017, virtual band Gorillaz will be releasing their latest album, Humanz. Fans have long awaited the band’s next release since their last album, The Fall in 2010.

Gorillaz uses the visual aspect just as much as the musical to convey their message. The virtual band consists of, 2-D, Murdoc Niccals, Russel Hobbs, and Noodle. These characters portray the story of the music . Fans of Gorillaz have deeply invested not only in the creators, but the fic-tional, animated characters who make up the band.

The band interacts with their audience and fans through these visuals of an animated band, and extends this relationship through their social media pages and website. It’s this engagement with the fans that has helped Gorillaz gain popularity over the years. Behind the music and visuals are Damon Albarn, musician, and Jamie Hewlett, illustrator.

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Coachella 2017 Review: Week 1

By Melgie Claire

The Lemon twigs are not old enough to be in the beer gardens Coachella, but someone should get sneaking what they want for their gift for serving the rock and roll retro-tastic with pop buttons Baroque and glam on Friday that the festival started.

Todd Rundgren joined them for their final number at the Gobi tent be aligned with respect to the Brian and Michael D’Addario artists who were inspired by the Rundgren to the Ramones, Paul McCartney to Queen.

In songs like “These words” and “Haroomata” the brothers and two other band mates – high school friends in Long Island, New York – showed soft harmonies, crunchy riffs and compositions developed as three minutes pop symphony.

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Lady Gaga in ‘A Star Is Born’: First Look

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It seems like the remake of A Star Is Born is finally moving forward. Lady Gaga herself, who’s making her first turn as a leading lady, announced in instagram and posted the first look to her role (see image right). According to Deadline, Gaga will also be credited by her real name, Stefani Germanotta.

During the weekend, Gaga headlined Saturday night’s Coachella, during which portions of the film where shot. This comes after an invitation for Gaga’s fans to “be in the audience as Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga films scenes on the actual Coachella stages,” which was also tweeted by the studio Warner Bros.

Here’s the film’s official synopsis:

Cooper plays Jackson Maine, a country music star who is on the brink of decline when he discovers a talented unknown named Ally (Germanotta). As the two begin a passionate love affair, Jack coaxes Ally into the spotlight, catapulting her to stardom. But as Ally’s career quickly eclipses his own, Jack finds it increasingly hard to handle his fading glory.

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