TLC - I Want Some Of That [Unreleased]

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Chilli's "Dumb Dumb Dumb" Contest

A video message from Chilli...
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All entries must be uploaded to youtube no later than Saturday, May 30th. Winners will be announced on Monday, June 2, 2008.

Contestants are asked to create a cutting edge dance routine to Chilli's upcoming single "Dumb, Dumb, Dumb" and upload their video to youtube, then send the youtube link to chillisdancecontest@gmail.com.

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Chilli Quiz on Aol Black Voices

Here are some screenshots featuring Chilli from this week's AOL Black voices quiz...


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Chilli vs. Tameka Foster Fight

Usher's Fiance In Showdown With Chilli???…hilarious, now where’s the credible source? Any have yourself a laugh, apparently Chilli and Tameka Foster had a verbal catfight, from In Touch magazine. (Photo scanned by UnderForever.com, good luck with the case)…

Chilli at Missy Elliot's Birthday Bash in NY

Missy Elliot turned 36 on July 1st and this year Chilli was on hand for her Birthday Bash (30 June 2007) and the Launch of the Heineken Premium light can, here are just a few of the photos…

T-Pain's 2nd week Sales, Ray-L, T_Pain & more

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This week T-Pain's "Epiphany" slips to No. 5 with a 52 percent sales decline, selling 82,000 copies, on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart.

T-PAIN’s BUY U A DRANK (SHAWTY SNAPPIN') remains number 6 on Billboard’s HOT DIGITAL SONGS moving 84,904 downloads. Bartender on the other hand moves up one spot to number 15 with 49,937. Buy U a Drank remains the number one song played on radio nationwide while Bartender has a 24.1% increase. With all of the above noted, Buy U a Drank is number 4 on the Hot 100 after 17 weeks and Bartender jumps to number 17. Buy U a Drank remains number 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

T-Pain is sitting pretty right now as Konvict Muzik’s chart topper of the moment and both T-Pain & Akon with a handful of featured appearances on the charts. Some songs include Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Featuring Akon, I Tried at number 20 on the Hot 100, R. Kelly (Featuring T.I. & T-Pain), I'm A Flirt at number 35, Bow Wow Featuring T-Pain & Johnta Austin, Outta My System at number 55, Plies Featuring T-Pain, Shawty at number 94, and let’s not forgot Akon’s own Don't Matter, still sizzling at number 36.

Akon’s Sorry, Blame It On Me and Ray Lavender’s My Girl Gotta Girlfriend may not have charted but they are certainly on their way. Both songs pushing for Top 60 positions on Rhythmic radio and Sorry, Blame It On Me pushing for Top 70 on pop radioplay. Both songs are in the Top 100 songs on Urban radioplay.

Akon, Sorry(Blame it on me) Dowload & Lyrics

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Alright so there’s already been some buzz surrounding the Akon track; Sorry (Blame it on me). In the song he addresses the controversy surrounding his Trinidad concert with an underage female. He also apologizes to Gwen Stefani and mentioned the Verizon endorsement loss. Again, he had no knowledge of the girl’s age, as expressed in the song…

The song has already broken into the Top 100 of Top 40 radio play due to numerous stations beginning to spin the track, including KIIS in Los Angeles.

Download : Akon, Sorry (Blame it on Me) MP3
Lyrics: Akon, Sorry (Blame it on Me)

T-Pain & Ray Lavender, Radio & Sales Updates, from KonvictMuzik.net

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Congratulations to T-Pain on getting the number 1 spot on The Billboard 200 for his sophomore album "Epiphany.” According toBillboard, it sold 171,000 copies, a big jump from 47,000 copies for "Rapper Ternt Sanga.”

"Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')," continues to sell digitally, moving 90649 downloads; giving it the #6 position on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs. But the big story here is his second single Bartender debuting at number 16 with 46285 downloads.

T-Pain's Buy U a Drank is still number 1 on radiplay, and Bartender made a 52.8% audience gain jumping 84-54 on national radio, compiled by Nielsen BDS, Arbitron and Radio & Records. Bartender will be entering the Top 10 of Rhythmic radioplay by next week. Click Here for T-Pain Lyrics & Photos

Ray Lavender’s My Girl Gotta Girlfriend is now Top 70 on Rhythmic Radioplay, and is already seeing spins on Hot 97, WQHT New York City, which is a good sign. The song has also experienced significant spins on a handful of Urban stations this week, if put in medium rotation within the next 2 weeks by those stations, the song will be in its way to being Ray L’s first smash single. Click Here for Ray lavender Photos

Spotlight Lyrics: Ray L - My Girl Gotta Girlfriend, Lyrics

T-Pain & Chilli Scans from Hip-Hop Weekly Magazine

Here are some scans from Volume Two, Issue Eleven of Hip Hop Weekly Magazine...T-Pain is interviewed in an article titled “Feel The Pain,” promoting his new album; Epiphany. The magazine later features a great Epiphany review.

Chilli gets mentioned twice in the issue, first in an Usher article; “Off on His Own,” addressing his split from his mother’s management. The article mentioned the rumor of Chilli signing with Usher’s mother’s management, and mentioning “a handsome 36-year-old man,” in her life. Chilli is later featured on the “WENDY WILLIAMS: THE QUEEN OF ALL MEDIA KEEPS HER EAR TO THE STREET,” section, dealing with the same rumor.

Sexy New Chilli Pictures in XXL HIP-HOP SOUL Magazine

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Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas sizzles once more, this time on the pages of XXL HIP-HOP SOUL. Breaking news included in the article, let's just say she really is Gliding; "He's so different than all my past relationships. I just held out, waited and met him. Everybody's shocked. They're so used to me dropping guys real fast." Go pick up your issue when it hits your store shelves!

Chilli - GLiding Lyrics added to Chilli-Online.net

Here's the Lyrics to Chilli's Gliding...

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A new Chilli song "Gliding" has been added to Allaccess.com's Rhythmic and Urban New Music from Kon Live Distribution. We'll keep you posted on if this is just a Promo or the actual First Single from her upcoming album.

Download: Chilli - Gliding

USHER'S MOM TO MANAGE EX-GIRLFRIEND CHILLI

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MediaTakeOut.com, seems to be keeping Chilli in the Internet buzz these days, never-the-less everything they release should be taken with a grain of salt (Note the Dated Photo of Chilli), read on…

May 11, 2007. If you thought that the relationship between Usher and his mother, Jonnetta Patton, couldn't get any more estranged, you'd be wrong. MediaTakeOut.com has discovered that Jonnetta's going after a new client - Usher's ex-girlfriend Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas.

In an exclusive interview, a person close to Chilli told us that she's considering signing on to Jonnetta's management company, J-Pat Management. The tipster explains, "[Chilli] has been managing her own career for a [while]. But with a new album coming out later this year, it might be time to bring in someone else to help."

According to the snitch, J-Pat could be the perfect fit for Chilli. The tipster tells, "[Chilli] and Jonetta are very friendly and they both respect each others talents. So I think they would make a great team."

And the two have a lot more in common than just music. For years, both women have been feuding bitterly with Usher's new fiance, the 39 year old Tameka Foster.

Reports are that Jonnetta and Tameka's relationship is so volatile, that Usher's mom was once forced to take out a restraining order against her. And Tameka's feud with Chilli has been equally explosive. Word around Atlanta is that Chilli split with Usher after she caught him cheating with Tameka.

Developing...

Atlanta Rapper Dolla Inks Deal With Akon's Konvict Muzik

Atlanta Rapper Dolla Inks Deal With Akon's Konvict Muzik

Published: Tuesday - May 8, 2007
Words by Allen Starbury
Atlanta rapper Dolla has signed a deal with Jive Records and Akon's Konvict Muzik where he will release his debut, ATLA.

Before becoming Akon's latest find, Dolla (real name: Roderick Anthony Burton II) was a member of an Atlanta-based group called The Rascals, which caught the attention of heavyweights such as Missy Elliot and Diddy. After making connects with the aforementioned moguls, he ventured into the fashion industry, working for Diddy as a Sean John model. As a model, his image covered the Hyatt Hotel billboard in Los Angeles, but it was his undeniable rapping skills that impressed Akon in the studio that sparked a relationship that eventually turned into a record deal.

So far, the young rapper landed his single "Feelin' Myself" on the "Step It Up" soundtrack and continues to push it even further, as he prepares his debut album.

As far as his musical style, he's versatile. That's why Akon was so taken back by his skills. Dolla refuses to conform to the mold the music world has become so accustomed to. "I make 'me' music." Dolla explained. "I can do street music or pop music, but I make music from the heart -- meaningful songs, songs with substance. I rap about the struggle, like being five years old, seeing your father killed before your eyes and instantly becoming a man on the streets."

By the age of 10, Dolla found himself hustling the streets to support his family. Still a boy, he was made privy to the trials of men.

Jive Records and Konvict Muzik are planning to release his first single, "Who The F--- Is That?" featuring Akon and T-Pain soon.

There is not scheduled date for the release of his debut ATLA as of press time.

Credit: Ballerstatus.com

Spotlight Lyrics: T-Pain - Bartender featuring Akon

T-Pain: Musical Bartender

T-Pain: Musical Bartender

The song has burned a hole in your head. From its catchy hook to its intoxicating beat, T-Pain has mixed together a smooth concoction called, “Buy You A Drank [Shawty Snappin']”. The Tallahassee native wowed audience with his first album Rappa Ternt Sanga and is now hoping to bless them with his second offering.

Epiphany is a blend of sex, pain and the experiences that fame and money has brought Faheem Najm. With a new single blowing up the radio and a video creeping it’s way up the charts, Najm better known as T-Pain sits down with HHDX. In this interview, the “sanga” turned musical bartender talks about his favorite drink, if he’ll ever do a full-length album with R. Kelly and shares a few personal epiphanies of his own.

HHDX: Your use of the vocoder makes you stand out in the game – was that something that you came along by chance or was it just a decision on your part?
T-Pain: Honestly, I came across it by chance. It just happened. I didn’t plan on that making me into the person that I am. I wasn’t trying to do it, at first. I was just really into making music. So, the using of the vocoder had just came about out of nowhere, but I’m glad that it’s worked for me.

HHDX: The style of music you make is a hit with the ladies. What determines your songwriting – the ladies or the clubs?
T-Pain: Songwriting is determined by me, man… just me. I write from real life, you know? I’m not trying to get at anybody. I just make the music for myself. It’s real life. Personally, I have to like the music that I make more and before everybody else.

HHDX: The single, “Buy You A Drink (Shawty)” is a burner. How’d the concept of the song come about?
T-Pain: The song just came up. That’s just how everyone is meeting these days. “Can I buy you a drink?” That’s how people are cultivating a relationship. It’s how one may have a one night stand [laughs]. The song is just a reflection of those things.

HHDX: So, when T-Pain is in the club what can a shawty get to drink on your tab?
T-Pain: [Laughs] You know the boy has to have two shots of Patron on the rocks with a little bit of lime.

HHDX: Can you talk a little bit about your new album, Epiphany?
T-Pain: It’s just more this time on this album. There’s more pain being exposed. There’s more experiences that I have been going through. The whole album is mature. There’s a song on there called “Right Hand.” It’s about a dude that cheated on his girl and he has to tell her before the rumor mill started up about his infidelity.

HHDX: You blend rap with R&B in your music. How is your writing different between the two?
T-Pain: There’s no writing difference between the two. I will say that you have to concentrate more on the R&B writing. But that’s only because more people know how to rhyme. It’s easier in a sense. Honestly, I prefer writing R&B and singing versus rap. You can put more feeling into it. You don’t have to yell just to get your point across. You can be smooth with it. Hell, everyone is a rapper nowadays, so I’m trying to be and stay different.

HHDX: Did anything in your life happen that influenced the titling of the album?
T-Pain: Man, Kev… everything has been happening in my life. I have had a lot of tragedies to deal with. I lost one of my close friends. People who I’ve known have been getting killed. So, I’ve had two years to think about this album. I’ve poured everything that I could into seventeen tracks on this album.

HHDX: Your boy, Mickey “MeMpHiTz” Wright, was instrumental in your career. What do you think he saw, or what Akon saw in you that other’s may have overlooked?
T-Pain: I don’t know, man. A lot of people were looking at my hair. They were asking me what I was going to do about that. That’s what it was. I came up different than everyone else. I don’t have the same story; the same shit, the same background. That’s how you appear different. So, I took my differences and used that to my advantage.

HHDX: So, given that, how does it feel to be simultaneously slept-on and sought after?
T-Pain: I never felt anything about that. I didn’t know how to succeed, you know? I have never tasted success, so it didn’t phase me none. I couldn’t fail because I never tried.

HHDX: You also branched out and made a song carving into the MySpace craze. How did that come about?
T-Pain: Brandon T. Jackson brought it to me. Nobody would do that song with him. He had brought it to a couple of people, which mainly were a bunch of rappers, and they didn’t want to do it. But he brought the track to me. I heard it and we ended up doing it that night. It was his first time in the booth. So, I’m glad to have been a part of that experience.

HHDX: Aside from getting hits on your page, you making hits on the charts with R. Kelly. After the success of the songs y’all do together – could there be any plans of you two doing a whole album together?
T-Pain: [Laughs] Nah, he got too much time on him; too many years on him.

HHDX: Last question – with more male R&B singers coming out and selling, how does T-Pain continue to standout within the crowd?
T-Pain: I can only do one thing and that’s just be me. I can’t do the same shit that everyone else is doing. I have to be a different kind of artist. So, in order to stay ahead, I can only be just me… that’s all I know.

Spotlight Lyrics: T-Pain - Bartender featuring Akon

T-Pain Arrested During Performance In Miami

Numerous Sources have reported that T-Pain was arrested this weekend…

- Singer T-Pain Arrested During Performance In Miami
- T-PAIN ARRESTED...allegedly acts a fool at Radio One Springfest concert.
- T-Pain And Crew Detained After Concert
- T-Pain Arrested During Miami Concert
- HIP HOP STAR T-PAIN GETS ARRESTED!!

Spotlight Lyrics: T-Pain - Bartender featuring Akon

Kardinal Offishall Gets Konvicted And Designs Video Game Console

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Toronto dancehall MC Kardinal Offishall has signed to R&B artist Akon's Konvict Muzik label, which will release Offishall's new Not For Sale album sometime this summer.

Akon will produce the album, which is set to feature contributions from De La Soul, Rihanna, Lil Wayne and Clipse. The partnership with Konvict means American distribution for the new album, as Offishall's 2005 album, Fire And Glory, was only released in Canada by Virgin Records.

"[Offishall] reminds me of myself and that's why I think we get along so well," Akon told andPOP.com in November. "He just produces the kind of music he wants to make and that's the way it should be. He's smart with his career decisions and looks out for his music."

The two men previously collaborated on Akon's' "Kill Di Dance" from 2005's Illegal Alien, Vol. 1 mixtape.

Offishall (real name Jason Harrow) recently contributed his skills and image to Nintendo's "The Art Of Wii" contest. Six Canadian artists, including IllScarlett cover artist Adrian Forrow, were commissioned to slap a fresh coat of paint onto the video game giant's iconic Wii system. The consoles, including one co-designed by Offishall and artist Allistair Lee, can be viewed here.

—Natalia Manzocco
CREDIT: Chart Attack

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POPSCREEN: T-Pain ft. Yung Joc

"Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')" - Dir. Benny Boom
Published On Friday, April 27, 2007 4:38 AM
The Harvard Crimson
By SANDERS I. BERNSTEIN


Sure, the title “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’)” is ridiculous. But that’s not really important. Neither the song nor the video works because of innovation, or technical perfection, or even grammatical propriety. They work because they channel their club-hit influences so well.

The video, like the track, is not particularly original. Just as the song recycles the lyrics of wildly successful tracks including “Snap Yo Fingers” and “Walk it Out,” the video is replete with the apparent prerequisites for any commercial rap video: darkly-lit shots of a club where beautiful women dance around the singer, with money raining down and Cristal in the cups.

But just as the song is an undeniably catchy fusion of pure pop-rap-bubblegum ridiculousness (the phrase “I’m gonna buy u a drank” has never sounded so smooth), the music video too achieves success. There’s one particularly memorable image where, as T-Pain sings “I got money in the bank,” money appears on-screen, dripping with liquor. No longer are money and dranks separate considerations; in T-Pain’s world, you have money-dranks. In the ultimate display of making it big, crisp Benjis serve as Solo cups. Who wouldn’t want to attend T-Pain’s party?

And that’s the secret to the success of T-Pain and Young Joc. It’s a fantasy, pure and simple.

Both artists (and the video’s viewers, living vicariously through them) can “make it rain” like Adam “Pacman” Jones without worrying about a single repercussion. And that’s why the club scene gets recycled in so many guises, in so many songs, and in so many videos. Getting your drank on is simply too appealing.

Spotlight Lyrics: T-Pain - Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin') Lyrics

AKON DENIES STEALING LOON'S TUNES

R+B singer AKON has slammed allegations that he stole a song from rival rapper LOON. Loon claims that Akon fused stolen vocals from his hit song Who Is That, with those of another artist, T-Pain and the Locked Up hitmaker. But, manager of Akon's record label Konvict Muzic, tells AllHipHop.com, "Given Akon's current track record of making writing and producing hits, it is very unlikely that he would have 'stolen' a record form Loon. T-Pain had no knowledge of what was happening once the song got leaked." But Loon's representative remain stands by his allegations, saying, "Why does Konvict Records feel they need to steal hits from Loon? "Loon is a bonafide hit song writer so let's expose these people and give Loon his bona-fide dues."

Spotlight Lyrics: T-Pain - Bartender featuring Akon

T-Pain "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')"Takes Over the Airwaves and Cell Phones

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Konvict/Jive Records recording artist T-Pain dominates the music airplay and ringtone charts with his break out single "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')" from his upcoming sophomore release Epiphany.

This week "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')" beats out artists such as MIMS, AKON, Avril, and Beyonce as the #1 ringtone on the Billboard Hot RingMasters chart for the 2nd week in a row. The ringtone sold 182K this past week alone and has sold nearly 800K ringtones to date. In radio airplay "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')" is ensconced at the #1 position in four separate charts #1 at R&R Rhythmic - beating out Fergie, Timbaland and Bow Wow , #1 at Mediabase Rhythmic, #1 at R&R Urban - knocking AKON out of the top spot, and #1 at Mediabase Urban.

His new single "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')" features Yung Joc and borrows from four different snap records to create one hot track. "Basically, these days lots of people begin their relationships in the clubs," explains T- Pain. "Whole conversations begin with some guy buying a young lady a drink. I wanted to make a song for those folks."

After catching the ear of songwriter and producer Akon, he was quickly signed to Akon's label Konvict Records and rapidly followed in his footsteps to the top of the charts. T-Pain's previous singles from his gold-selling debut album Rappa Ternt Sanga have sold in excess of 6 million ringtones to date. The sophomore album Epiphany is produced, written and arranged by T- Pain.