Thursday, April 9, 2009

Are They SERIOUS ?!?!?!?

I chose not to post the full video, if you would like to view it in FULL, do so at your own risk...

It seems like 2009 is going to be the year of girl groups, some good ("Dear Jayne" check em out) some bad (like these girls).

This is "Jane 3". I don't know jack about them nor do I care, but can someone tell me how old they are, because during the verses they look 15, but during the chorus they jumped 10 years ahead and look 25 which is very non-age appropriate by the way

I'm a little upset that I even sat through this atrocity on BET. All I have to say is Music seems like it's getting good again. It seems like were quickly going back to the way music was made in the golden era (the 90's). Lately the public is doing a good job weeding out the good sh!t and the bull sh!t, and this is the latter.

These girls are going to make it as far as I can throw a shot put.

NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And..... They're Back!!!


So I was gonna be a jerk and place this under the "can girl groups make a comeback" section, but that would be kinda rude, funny but rude. Well Incase you haven't already heard, everyone's favorite Independent Women Destiny's Child have decided to give it another go and reunite less than 4 years after calling it quits. BARE IN MIND that this reunion was not by choice no, no, no, no, no.

You see many moons ago when "Girls Time" (the name they went by in the mid-late 90's) originally got signed to Columbia Records, Papa Knowles and the label agreed to a 5 ALBUM deal. 1998 saw their boring debut, 1999 saw "The Writings On The Wall" (still their best album imo and most successful in America), 2001 saw the pop-friendly "Survivor" and 2004 saw the soulful "Destiny Fulfilled". Now as you can see that's only 4 ALBUMS, so due to their 12 year old contract they still have ONE more album to record, and due to the recession Columbia Records wants it out this year, or really early 2010, becuz they know as well as we do that this is one group they'll see some profit from.

Soooo Ms. Kelly gets dropped last week and Beyonce's latest album is not doing to well compared to the previous releases and Michelle's first "r&b" album (which was released in October) has sold roughly 70K in the U.S. to date. So this reunion comes as absolutely no surprise to me. I expected this news to hit us EXACTLY this year around this time. So when everybody was commending Queen Bee for going back to record "Destiny Fulfilled" after selling nearly 10 Million WW with her solo debut album, its not because she wanted too, it was because she had to. Its also funny that this news comes along after Kelly is reported to be on suicide watch....... You know the Knowles clan is full of secrets and scandals. I believe they had this planned the whole time. I bet you their 1st single is already recorded and was written by Solange.

Do YOU think this was planned or coincidental ?

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Did Anybody Know That....


One of my favorite members from a rap group Jadakiss released a new album yesterday (April 7th album IN STORES NOW).

I haven't really been keeping up with current music lately, but still this comes as a shock to me. I remember he had released that mediocre single "By Your Side" w/Ne-Yo a while back, so I shoulda saw this comin. Im gonna download it and even if it's not that great I'm gonna buy it, because I gotta stay consistent with my LOX, Jada, Styles & Sheek catalogue. His newest single "Can't Stop Me" seems alright, kinda like a "Why pt. II", real smart move.

Some of the album's collaborators include Faith Evans, Nas, Ghostface Killah, Pharrell, Barrington Levy, Jazmine Sullivan and the LOX family of course. As much as I think collabo's have gotten way out of hand (and this album signifies that), I must admit he's choosen some good people to collaborate with and I cant help but to forgive him for it, or maybe I should say that after I lsiten, lol.

Brutha 3 will have a mini album review within the next few days.

Can Girl Groups Make A Comeback ? (Vol. 2)... RICHGIRL


And up next on the dock we have another somewhat new girl group that goes by the name of........ RICHGIRL. (from l-r) Audra, Brave, Lyndriette & "Seven". This group was groomed and created by Rich Harrison. The man who's produced Beyonce's hit single "Crazy In Love" and Amerie's "One Thing".

The girls haven't even made a buzz, but their name has. Harrison wants to make it clear to the public, that he didn't name the RICHGIRL, because his name is Richard or because he's trying to make the group seem high maintenance. The name RICHGIRL stands for "a certain attitude and confidence, combined with individuality and talent that any girl might possess, each in their own way." As a friend of mine said "a pretty glamorous was to call them gold diggers". Im just a little frustrated with people calling their groups names that a solo singer should use (ex: Isyss). I just thought that ship had sailed a long time ago. It was really innovative back in the day, but it became so non-creative once the music industry did the exact same thing.

Their single "24's" (which also goes by the title of "24 inches") is a very catchy song which I could see having a decent video and getting their named out there, but had this single been released 3 summers ago, maybe even 2, they would have had a HUGE HIT on their hands. Rich Harrison kept his signature "one thing" sound throughout this song, which i expected, but Im not sure if it was a good idea. I mean yes it's great that he stuck to what he knows can possibly be a hit, but that sound is rather played out now I think. He still does have a chance for people to like it though, and THANK YOU RICH for not allowing these ladies and their beautiful voices to be distracted by yet another vocoder heavy track.

What do YOU think ??? Hit or Miss ???

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

We Never Saw This Coming...

A collaboration between "Wild & Peaceful" Lady T and The 1st Lady of Bad Boy Records ???

Im pretty sure I could speak for all of my Bruthas when I say "We Never Saw This Coming" lol, and I'm not sure I wanted to see this come about. "Can't Last A Day" is the new single off of Teena Marie's new album "Congo Square", which features Faith Evans. The album was originally scheduled to be released today, but for obvious reasons it got pushed back. I mean did any of you know that Ms. Marie was "back". Yeah I hear the crickets too...

I must admit the song is not entirely bad, but the song is much more suited for Faith's vocals. In my honest humble opinion I think I would prefer if Teena just completely gave the song to Faith to record as her 1st single, but either way Im glad we have veterains like Teena to show these young chicks how it's done. Even if it wasn't done properly, but thats just my judgement. Listen for yourselves...

THROWBACK TUESDAYS...

Enjoy a 90's OBG (Oldie But A Goodie) on this smooth Tuesday afternoon by your truly, Brutha 3.

Where were you and what were you doing when you first heart THIS song....



It would be nice to have another Male R&B Group dominate the charts like these fellaz did again, right now, all we can do is reminisce on the stuff we haaaaad...