Craig David Talks U.S. Success
Radio 1 talked to Craig David following his return from the United States about his success over hear where so many other British artists have found trouble. David says, “At the end of the day, they were really just waiting to unleash it because it had been such a long time coming to the States, because we’d been everywhere else with the album, and we saved the album for America last. We dropped it and they were just ready to just go all out and out and it’s just crazy to see nearly a million copies of the album sold already. We’ve only just gone onto the second single now - so it’s crazy.” The full transcript at bbc.co.uk/radio1 has since been removed.
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Loading ...Toni Braxton Wants Drugs
Toni Braxton talked to CDNow.com about the upcoming birth of her baby boy, which is due around Christmas. Braxton says, “I’m gonna be at the hospital and I’ll probably be asking for every drug, the epidural, everything. You never know; it could be easy. My baby could slide out of the car on the way to the hospital.”
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Warmth And Strength In New Stone / Evans CDs
Steve Jones of USA Today reviewed Angie Stone’s Mahogany and Faith Evans’ Faithfully giving each great reviews, though gave Stone’s work 4 stars with 3 stars for Evans. Jones says, “Each brings a warmth and strength of character to her music that says, sure, she’ll stand by her man, but if he crosses her, there’ll be hell to pay. Each also has a confidence in her own talent that allows her to inhabit or float over just about any kind of beat without ever relying on it to carry a song.” Read more.
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Musto Offers Clothing Advice For R&B’s Finest
The Village Voice’s Michael Musto offered advice to Alicia Keys and Macy Gray telling them, “Alicia Keys, darling, I beg you to take off the headgear. You look like you’re hiding from something, and honestly, you shouldn’t, because you’re not that bad looking—really! And Macy Gray, baby, kindly burn your hats and other doodads immediately. Your raggedy bohemian chic, which was so darned endearing, has morphed into a calculated weirdness that looks like the result of countless bucks and way too much fussing by stylists. Mess it up again!”
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Destiny’s Child Pull Out Of Frankfurt Awards
The Sun reports Destiny’s Child have pulled out of Thursday’s MTV Europe Awards in Frankfurt, Germany because they fear flying. Taking their place are Limp Bizkit, even though they don’t have a guitarist.
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Preview ‘Mahogany Soul’
BET.com had a preview available for Angie Stone’s new album “Mahogany Soul”, which removed. BET also talked to Angie about the album where the singer admitted, “I really enjoyed experimenting with different sounds on Mahogany. I was able touch upon a lot of topics and I give glory to God for the opportunity to record it.”
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Angie Stone On The A List
Getmusic.com’s Anthony Decurtis had his first post-September 11 interview with R&B artist Angie Stone. Angie says artists have a duty to deliver a relieving message to a public that is speechless about what happened. Getmusic.com has since removed the video.
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Alicia Keys Posts Website Update
Alicia Keys posted an update today on her official site message board, the first in about 2 months. Keys has been in Europe for two weeks and has had two days off for the first time “in I don’t know how long so it was truly a pleasure to spend the time here and look around at a place I’ve NEVER been before!” Keys addressed her flying outside of the U.S. saying, “I feel almost the need to see what’s going on in other parts of the world, I mean I have the American perspective, but you know it’s like we all get caught up in our side of the world and forget that virtually everybody is so similar no matter where they live. We get so caught up in what seperates us that we forget to remember what unites us. We are humans.”
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Alicia Keys Talks About Label Signing
FHM talked to Alicia Keys in their issue this month asking about the competition that ensued for the singer. Keys said of pulling out of her Columbia Records contract, “In the end, it didn’t work out. I had to go to a label that was on the same page with me creatively.” Of course the men’s mag has several shots of Alicia posing seductively in bikini tops.
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Forbes Looks At Aaliyah’s Post Death Popularity
Forbes profiled the rise in sales of Aaliyah related merchandise following her tragic death on August 25. Speaking with Trinity University sociology professor Michael Kearl, he pointed out, “There’s a curious relationship between death and rock ‘n’ roll. Rock ‘n’ roll plays with all taboo topics, which inevitably include sex and death. Look at all the bands that have death in their names–the Grateful Dead, Dead Kennedys–and there are countless rock songs about death.”
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