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Janet Jackson has No Label
Posted in Janet Jackson, Record Label on the October 10, 2008
Janet Jackson is now without a label as she is no longer with Island Def Jam Music Group. She isn’t releasing any info regarding if she was dropped though. The report of the split comes from producer Rodney ‘Darkchild’ Jerkins. He confirmed that Janet is now a free agent. He adds “We didn’t get the support from the record company.” He also said that Janet “felt like it wasn’t pushed. I felt like it wasn’t pushed correctly. She just didn’t get her just-do as an artist of that magnitude.” He also talked about her future saying “I could make an album with her, possibly me, Jimmy Jam, and Terry Lewis. Keep it real simple. They focus on what they’re great at, I focus on what I’m great at. We come together and make a classic Janet record.”
R Kelly Lawsuit
Posted in Hip-Hop, R. Kelly, Record Label on the August 25, 2008
R Kelly may be done with his kiddie porn trial but he is now facing more legal woes. This time, he’s on the lawsuit-filing side. The singer is reportedly mad after a nightclub allegedly used his name and image to promote and event without ever getting his signature on a contract. R Kelly claims two promoters for Sugar nightclub put his name and face on fliers falsely advertising that he was set to host one of their parties. He says he knew nothing about it. Kelly wasn’t asking for any specific amount in the suit but he did say that he’s seeking enough relief to “stop defendants’… disgorgement of ill-gotten gains”. Someone’s been reading the dictionary.
Lil Mama on her Label
Posted in Lil Mama, Record Label, Remix on the June 29, 2008
If she’s not careful, she may be out of a contract soon. Lil Mama recently spoke to the press about why her record label sucks saying “My fan base is out of this world and the youth really look up to me and I know for a fact my album wasn’t promoted correctly because people would come up to me like, ‘Oh your album is out?’ Or, ‘This is the second one? It’s really disturbing to know that I signed with a company that didn’t promote my record properly. Highly disturbing.†Honey, the biggest thing I’ve heard from you is your remix of Avril’s song. And that’s not really a good thing to be associated with.
Best of Fergie
Posted in Fergie, Hit Song, Record Label on the June 19, 2008
Have you ever heard of the girl group Wild Orchid? If your answer is no, join the club. But if looking at the picture of the group sparks a bit of interest in you, there’s good reason. If the girl in the middle looks familiar, you might want to consider giving the idea in your head the name of Fergie. Her former record label is releasing a ‘Best Of’ for her former group. Why? I doubt they even had one hit. I don’t even know them. Obviously, her old record label is looking to cash in on the fact that Fergie’s really famous now and her earlier works could mean money for them.
Jonas Brothers Rock the Future
Posted in Jonas Brothers, Music Bands, Performance, Record Label, Rock on the February 21, 2008
20-year old Kevin, 18-year old Joe and 15-year old Nick, collectively known as the Jonas Brothers, performed at the Chevy Rocks the Future event at the Buena Vista Lot at The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California on Tuesday. Chevy introduced its lineup of gas-friendly and gas-free vehicles as well as new green technology at the event.
Those Jonas boys just love being nice. Nick said “Being eco-friendly is important to us. We worked with our record label to come up with the first-ever CD-VU+ format, a 100-percent recyclable package.” I never even knew such a thing existed in the music industry.
Carrie Underwood on Women’s Health
Posted in American Idol, Carrie Underwood, Celebs, Country Music, Record Label on the January 13, 2008
American Idol alum, one of the few that hasn’t been dropped by a record label, Carrie Underwood is in the January/February issue of Women’s Health magazine. In her cover article, she gets asked about everything from Tony Romo, being a vegetarian and wanting to be a news anchor. But what was most interesting for me was when she spoke of her weakness for 80s hair metal.
“I remember singing Motley Crue’s remake of ‘Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room’ in front of the mirror. That was the age of the real ‘rock star.’ I would like to have experienced that first-hand.” Who knew that the little country girl liked to head bang?