The dearly departed jewel that is Amy Winehouse is giving her fans a treat even in her demise.The new documentary entitled “Amy,” was directed by Senna filmmaker Asif Kapadia and produced by Exit Through the Gift Shop‘s James Gay-Rees, is set to premiere in the U.K. on July 3. No word as to when the movie will make it’s debut in the U.S.
Winehouse tells her heartbreaking story in her own words and shares her reluctance to fame before she released her Grammy-winning album Back to Black in 2006.
It finally happened!! A version of Beyoncé’s “Jealous” has hit the net featuring none other than Chris Brown.
Chris revealed that the remix was recorded for Beyoncé’s “collaboration album,” but it was never used. He may be referring to the Platinum Edition re-release of Beyoncé’s album, which featured remixes from Nicki Minaj, Pharrell Williams, and Kanye West.
Earlier this week Jay Z launched his new subscription music streaming service TIDAL to immediate backlash from music fans accusing him of trying to get rich quick at the fan’s expense.
Jay responds to his critics:
In a TIDAL Q&A held at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music on Wednesday Jay Z explained,
“I guess by having a conversation, and telling people what it is. That opinion came before we even explained what it was — “This thing is horrible! … What is it?” You know? You never hear Tim Cook’s net worth whenever he tries to sell you something. Steve Jobs, God bless, he had to have been pretty rich — nobody’s ever said, “Oh, the rich getting richer! I won’t buy an iPhone!” Yeah, right. It’s not about being pretentious; again, this is a thing for all artists.”
“You pay $9.99 for Spotify, so why not $9.99 for TIDAL. We’re not asking for anything else, we’re just saying that we’ll spread that money to artists more fairly. We’re not saying anything other than that, and we’re saying that we’re in a position to bring light to this issue. We’re using our power that way.”
“And of course there are greater causes, of course. This is not mutually exclusive — there are other problems, real problems going on in the world. We don’t miss the problems; we try to take care of them all. Imagine the President: he has to take care of ISIS, gay rights, equal pay for women, discrimination — all at the same time! So, you can’t say “You started this site when you should be out in St. Louis!” It’s like, okay, J. Cole is out in St. Louis. I wasn’t in St. Louis, but I was in the governor’s office. Because, we can march all day long but if the laws don’t change, then we’ll be marching again and it’ll just be a different slogan on the shirt, and that’s a greater tragedy as well. Everyone has to play their part, everyone has to do different things, and it all has to happen at the same time.”
August Alsina releases a new track called “Hip-Hop. The song samples Naughty by Nature’s ’90s classic “Hip Hop Hooray.” He reflects on the past and wishes for better days. Take a listen to the smooth track below:
Kendrick Lamar debuted his latest video for “King Kunta” on a Jumbotron in Times Square and at L.A. LIVE. The video was directed by X. The video was shot in his hometown of Compton, CA an the whole city came out to show Kendrick love and members of his crew also make cameos.
His album To Pimp a Butterfly remains No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a second week with 123,000, bringing his two-week total to 447,000.
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