Monday 27 February 2012

Lil Wayne and Bruno Mars release 'Mirror'



Lil Wayne and Bruno Mars have collaborated on the new single, 'Mirror'. The single is on Lil Wayne's ninth album Tha Carter IV.

Their haunting music video features Lil Wayne throwing black and red paint on a wall. This turns out to be a rather satanic image of himself drawn in red, and looks like blood and Jesus on the cross. It's rather dark, but I like it. It's arty, and creative and their voices blend perfectly. Bruno Mars never disappoints with his chilling vocals and Lil Wayne gives the girls some eye candy with his toned abs and tattoo collection. The lyrics, "Man in the mirror" also remind us of the late Michael Jackson, which I am sure was done on purpose. Great song, great artists.

Check out the video:


Monday 13 February 2012

Jennifer Hudson's Tribute to Whitney Houston at Grammy's


The Beautiful Jennifer Judson sang I Will Always Love You at The Grammy Awards in memory of the late Whitney Houston. It was beautiful, even bringing a tear to her eye as she ended the song "Whitney we love, we love you."


Adele picked up a total of six Grammy's including Record of the Year, and Album of the Year. Her voice finally in a stable state, she came back with a vengeance, singing the hit Rolling in the Deep.


Foo Fighter also picked up five awards, and performances were given from Paul McCartney, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift (who won best country song award) Katy Perry, David Guetta, Chris Brown, Bruno Mars, and Maroon 5. 



Sunday 12 February 2012

Whitney Houston Dies in Hotel Room




Whitney Houston died today at the age of 48 in her Hotel room in Beverley Hills, the cause of death unknown.

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The legendary singer, known for her classic hits such as I Will Always Love  You  and selling 170 million records worldwide has passed away her bodyguard finding her in the bathtub, with several prescription bottles found nearby. There was no sign of illegal substances or the consumption of alcohol.

Whitney is one of my all time favourite artists. No one could top her - she is truly one of the greatest female artists.

Born on the 9th August 1963, in Newark, New Jersey Whitney Houston was born into a musical family. Her mother was a gospel singer, and her cousins and Godmother, Aretha Franklin, introduced her to musical genres such as the blues, gospel,  soul and rhythm and blues. At the age of 11, Houston performed for the first time in her baptist church choir, and began to play the piano.

Whitney has starred in many films, and made a lot of records. She dated Eddy Murphy, but met R & B singer Bobby Brown, whom she met at the 1989 Soul Train Music awards.



She famously starred in The Bodyguard where she plays herself along side actor Kevin Costner. This is a clip of the singing the Dolly Parton's classic, I Will Always Love You which was the best selling single by a female artist of all time.


Whitney Houston became known for her addiction to drugs, introduced by Bobby Brown. Her involvement with crack made her spiral out of control as she lost weight, missed interviews and cancelled concerts. Their relationship was a public one, with domestic abuse rumours circulating, and Bobby charged with misdemeanor battery in 2003 after he apparently struck Houston. Whitney gave birth to a daughter - Bobbi Kristina and the pair divorced in 2007.

Whitney performed Million Dollar Bill on The X Factor 2010, where she unfortunately received some bad reviews, her dress came loose and her performance wasn't the best. The latest album released was in 2009 I Look At You.

She had her ups and she had her downs. She won a total of six Grammy awards and sold millions upon millions of records. She will be remembered for her incredible loud and powerful voice, moments of scandel but overall true beauty. RIP Whitney Houston.