Wednesday, 28 July 2010
NEW RELEASE: Usher ft Jay Z And Ester Dean - 'Hot Toddy'...
Yet another hot track - this time produced by the very talented Polow Da Don - has leaked from Usher's current comeback era. Entitled 'Hot Toddy', it features Jay Z and Rude Boy writer Ester Dean, it is rumoured to be on Usher's upcoming EP, Versus, but with Ciara in place of ED.
Listen to it after the jump.
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
PERFORMANCE: Jay Z & J Cole At Wireless Festival 2010 - 'A Star Is Born'
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Jay-Z (Feat J.Cole) - A Star Is Born (Wireless Festival 2010) from Roy Thomas on Vimeo.
Saturday, 26 June 2010
INTERVIEW: Jay Z And Eminem Visit David Letterman...
Click on the third video (02:44 mark) for Em and at (06:04) for Jay.
Click on the fifth video for Em and Jay live on the rooftop.
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Tuesday, 15 June 2010
CANDIDS: Jay Z And The Queen B Hang Out With Aziz Ansari ...
We just love this pic so much we had to put it up. Ha-larious.
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Sunday, 13 June 2010
PERFORMANCE: Jay Z And Kanye West Perform 'Run This Town' At The Isle Of White Festival..
Kanye West joined the King Of Roc Nation at the Isle Of White Festival for a rendition of the #1 hit , Run This Town.
Watch it after the jump...
Friday, 11 June 2010
VERDICT: Jay Z Scores Yet Another 'Rolling Stone' Cover...
What can we say that the above doesn't? We love the shades, the I-run-this-town attitude, the sharp shape-up...
But we're still holding out hope for a Queen B/Jay RS cover - unlikely as it is - aptly titled, 'THE REIGN'. Can't you just see it? And B hasn't actually had an RS cover in the US since '04. We know; we can't believe it, either.
VERDICT: 8.11/10
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Tuesday, 20 April 2010
CANDIDS: Queen B And Jay Z At LAX After Coachella..
Purely because of the above shot, we've decided to add a new feature to this blog, CANDIDS.
How many ways is it possible to enthuse about how much we LOVE, yes, LOVE, the above? The Queen is working that floor like it's a runway with FIERCE Alexander Mc Queen shoes and those curves on FULL display, while Jay is stepping, rocking one hell of an ensemble, both with indoor sunglasses.
What isn't there to love about these two?
yes. Yes. YES.
Saturday, 17 April 2010
PERFORMANCE: Jay Z And The Queen B Slay 'Forever Young' At Coachella...
The King and Queen of Roc Nation!!
They slayed!! Bow down!!
(P.S. This just made us remember how much we miss the Queen. Four months to go...)
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Saturday, 20 February 2010
INTERVIEW: Jay Z On The Jonathan Ross Show...
Lovin how the King and Queen Of Roc Nation are ON TOP right now....
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010
2010 BRITS SPECIAL: Jay Z And AK OWN Empire State Of Mind..
Once again, the title says it all. This and Gaga's were the best performances of the night, hands down. And AK was rocking that dress and them killer heels. Loved Jay's acceptance speech - 'I also want to thank the Spice Girls ’cause they inspired me.". OWNED!!
Friday, 1 January 2010
VIDEO PREMIERE: Jay Z's Video For New Single - On To The Next One
Oh, Jay. After the various kick-arse singles you've gifted us with from TBP3, we've forgiven you for your weak verses from Run This Town. It's gone. Brushed under the carpet.
And now you come with this. You're killing us, Mr B. You're killing us. Yet another sick vid, great visuals, the monochrome, your simple attire. It's too much, dahling, too much...
Here's to a CRAAZY 2010. We have a feeling you're gonna be even bigger than ever...
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Thursday, 31 December 2009
LISTS: #191-210 Of Our Top 210 Songs Of The Noughties

So, here it is, bunnies! The last installment of our favourite songs of the decade...
We've come such a long way *wipe away tears*...
Enjoy...
191) No Air - Chris Brown & Jordin Sparks
192) Make It Clap - Busta Rhymes
193) Pass The Courvoisier - Busta Rhymes
194) I Know What U Want - Busta Rhymes ft Mariah Carey
195) Slow Jamz - Twista ft Jamie Foxx
196) Never Let Me Down - Kanye West & Jay Z
197) Halo - Queen B
198) P.I.M.P. - 50 Cent
199) Hallelujah - Alexandra Burke
200) Do You Know - Enrique Iglesias
201) Shake Your Tail Feather - Nelly, Diddy, Murphy Lee
202) Hero - Enrique Iglesias
203) Thong Song - Sisqo
204) Paparazzi - Lady Gaga
205) When I'm Gone - Eminem
206) AM To PM - Christina Milian
207) Slow Down - Bobby Valentino
208) Lose My Breath - DC3
209) You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse
210) Me Against The Music - Britney Spears ft Madonna
TBC...
No, not really...
LISTS: 20 Hottest People Of The Decade
Just yesterday, we saw Interview's Hottest People of the decade. Naturally, we were like wtf? to most of them. Where were the expected faces - Megan Fox, Queen B and co? Had they gone mad?
So, in reply, we've posted below our own list of our 20 Hottest People Of The Decade, based on the scale we've posted immediately below...
N.B In order to make the list, you had to be 30 or under, and make at least Just Really Really Pretty/Good-Looking....
The Looks Scale (with examples)...
There are sections for this scale ( Butters, Average, Pretty, Really Pretty, Really Really Pretty, So Pretty, All That, All That And More, All That And Far More) under which there are sub-sections written below...
N.B. Where guys are concerned, sub 'pretty' for 'good-looking'. And people don't be offended, remember that we love 99% of the people in the below examples, these are just examples of them LOOKSWISE only, in our opinion.
- Really Butters
- Just Above Really Butters
- Butters
- Just Above Butters
- Quite Butters
- Borderline Average ( Jason De Rulo)
- Low Average ( 50 Cent)
- Average ( Ne-yo... no offence, peeps, you know we love us some Ne-yo)
- High Average ( Rhi)
- Quite Pretty (Lo Bosworth)
- Borderline Pretty (America Ferrera)
- Low Pretty (Shenae Grimes)
- Pretty (Alexandra Burke)
- High Pretty ( Leighton Meester)
( There is also a Between Pretty And Really Pretty) (Taylor Momsen)
- Low Really Pretty (Jessica Stroup)
-Just Really Pretty ( Jayde Nicoles, Brody's ex)
- Just Above Really Pretty (Blake Lively)
- High Really Pretty (Heidi Pratt)
( here there is a between Really Pretty and Really Really Pretty) (Sarah Hyland)
- Borderline Really Really Pretty (read Good Looking here: Marvin from JLS)
- Low Really Really Pretty ( Cheryl Cole)
- Really Really Pretty ( read Good Looking here as well: Nelly)
- High Really Really Pretty ( Anna Lynne McCord)
(Here there is a between Really Really Pretty and So Pretty) (Jaslene ANTM Cycle 8)
- Borderline So Pretty (Olivia Palermo)
- Low So Pretty (Alessandro Ambrosio)
- So Pretty (Whitney Port)
- High So Pretty (Solange)
( here there is a between So Pretty and All That) (Jessica Stam)
- Low All That (Megan Fox)
- All That (Queen B)
- High All That (Adrianna Lima)
- All That And More (Kelly Rowland)
- All That And Far More (Selita E Banks)
So, without further ado, on to our list (not in any specific order)...
1) Selita E Banks - All That And Far More
2) Jessica Lowndes - So Pretty

3) Queen B - All That And More
6) Kelly Rowland - All That And More
7) Chanel Iman - High So Pretty
9) Tamsin Egerton - Really Really Pretty
10) Whitney Port - So Pretty
11) Zac Efron - Really GoodLooking
12) R Patz - Really GoodLooking
13) Chace Crawford - So Goodlooking
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
LISTS: #130-190 Of Our Top 210 Songs Of The Noughties
On to the obvious. Here are the next 60 songs in our list of our Top 210 Songs Of The Noughties...
131) With Me - Sum 41
132) Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
133) Rich Girl - Gwen Stefani ft Eve
134) Let Me Blow Your Mind - Eve ft Gwen Stefani
135) Lean Back - Fat Joe
136) Lollipop - Lil Wayne
137) Leave (Get Out) - Jojo
138) Breathe Me - Sia
139) Look - Sebastien Tellier
140) Get Low - Lil Jon
141) 1 Thing - Amerie
142) With Or Without You - U2
143) Case Of The Ex- Mya
144) It's OK - Atomic Kitten
145) Goodies - Ciara
146) 1,2, Step - Ciara
147) So What - P!nk
148) There U Go - P!nk
149) Ridin' - Chamillionaire
150) Bad Day - Daniel Powter
151) Crush.Crush.Crush - Paramore
152) Afrodisiac - Brandy
153) Welcome To Heartbreak - Kanye West
154) Californication - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
155) Crank Dat Soulja Boy - Soulja Boy (sadly, yes...)
156) It's Not Over - Daughtry
157) La Ritournelle - Sebastien Tellier
158) 21 Seconds - So Solid Crew
159) Number 1 - Tinchy Stryder
160) Soulmate - Natasha Bedingfield
161) Turn Me On - Kevin Lyttle
162) Who Let The Dogs Out - Baha Men
163) Bad Boy For Life - Diddy
164) Ignition RMX - R Kelly
165) Perfect Gentleman - Wyclef Jean
166) Down - Jay Sean
167) Foolish - Ashanti
168) Always On Time - Ashanti
169) What's Luv - Fat Joe ft Ashanti
170) No More - 3LW
171) One Wish - Ray J (Famewhore that he is, it was a good track)
172) Move B**** - Ludacris
173) Breathe - Blue Cantrell ft Sean Paul
174) They - Jem
175) Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
176) Clubbin' - Marques Houston
177) All The Small Things - Blink 182
178) Can't Fight The Moonlight - Leann Rimes
179) Switch - Will Smith
180) I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
181) Hey Ya - Outkast
182) Milkshake - Kelis
183) One Call Away - Chingy
184) Not Me, Not I - Delta Goodrem
185) Let Me Love You - Mario
186) It Wasn't Me - Shaggy
187) Dip It Low- Christina Milian
188) Beggin' - Madcon
189) He Wasn't Man Enough For Me - Toni Braxton
190) When Love Takes Over - David Guetta
TBC...
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LISTS: Our Favourite Award Show Performances Of The Noughties
Yes, bunnies. We're doing a list of our favourite Award Show Performances Of The Noughties, cause there have simply been too many sick ones to just ignore; VMA ones, EMA ones, Grammy ones (shout out Queen B and Prince)...
We must acknowledge, and, below, we do...
2000
- Britney's Oops I Did It Again Striptease Performance - you know this ish is gon go down in history. It was EPIC and you know it.
2001
- Britney's Slave 4 U VMA Performance - the snake, the cage, the barefoot gyrating and sick choreography. It's too much, dahlin, too much (said like Edna in The Incredibles. Bish is fierce).
- Janet's All 4 U Performance At Her MTV Icons - showing those bitches exactly why she's an icon. It's Janet, Miss Jackson if you're nasty...
- J To Tha L.O. Play EMA Performance - ignore the craazy choreography; for coming down in that plane alone, this ish must be recognised.
2002
- Shakira's Whenever Wherever VMA Performance - ah, Shakira. What's there not to love?
2003
- Queen B's First Solo VMA Performance Of #1 Smash Crazy In Love/ Baby Boy - if only for the fact that this cemented the launch of one of the biggest careers of the decade, this must be mentioned.
- Christina A/ Britney/ Madonna/ Missy Elliott In That Performance At The VMAs - cause you know that kiss was all over the headlines the next morning, along with the snapshot of JT's reaction. Fuckin' Priceless.
2005
- Usher's Confessions VMA Performance - the smashed glass, a foolish attempt to ask Chilli back in front of an audience of hundreds of millions... who can forget it?
- DC3's Last Performance - A Medley - At The WMAs - and a standing ovation that lasted minutes, well deserved. One of the best performances we've ever seen. We were standing long before the end. The reason why they're the greatest girl group of all time. In- fucking-credible.
2006
- Mariah's We Belong Together Performance At The Grammys - along with FLy Like A Bird. (again) it's too much, dahlin, too much...
- Queen B's Two Performances - Irreplaceable And Deja Vu - At The WMAs - the first was pure Sasha Fierce looking back, the second pure B, and both sum up all the reasons we love her so much.
2007
- Chris Brown's Kiss Kiss VMA Performance - we loved. Loved. LOVED.
- AK's No One VMA Performance - brilliance. Pure brilliance.
2008
- Coldplay's Vida La Vida VMA Performance - we loved this song, the confetti, the whole thing.
- Pink's So What VMA Performance - the Celine coat, the small explosions, the strut. You know bish was working it like the rent was due tomorrow.
2009
- Queen B's Single Ladies VMA Performance - as if we needed a reminder of the most iconic video of the decade, or the reason why she is the Queen. All you other bitches (with the exception of very few) fall back. You know who you are.
- Gagita's First VMA Performance : Paparazzi - loved it or hated it, you know it cemented her position as the hottest new artist of the year.
- Jay Z's Empire State Of Mind AMAs Performance - we'd have put up the VMAs one, just for his kick-arse entrance alone, but Lil Mama oh-so-memorably ruined it. And we loved this just as much, so here it is...
Now, for next year's Grammys, which you know is gon be craazy. Queen B, Gagita, Taylor Swift, BEP... (all together now) it's too much, dahling, too much...
LYM (said like Mariah)...
Monday, 28 December 2009
LISTS: The Next 60 Of Our Top 210 Songs Of The Noughties
We know. We know. We're the first to admit that we've been kinda lazy since X-Mas, but we're back like Britney, bitches...
To make up for it, we've posted the next 60 in our list below...
41) All For You - Janet Jackson
42) 911- Wyclef Jean ft Mary J Blige
43) Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
44) Rehab - Amy Winehouse
45) Just Dance - Lady Gaga
46) Poker Face - Lady Gaga
47) Drop - Timbaland
48) I Don't Want You Back - Eamon
49) Beautiful Girls - Sean Kingston
50) So Sick - Ne-yo
51) Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
52) My Life Would Suck W/O U - Kelly Clarkson
53) U Got It Bad - Usher
54) Burn - Usher
55) Yeah - Usher
56) My Boo - Usher & Alicia Keys
57) Uh Huh - B2K
58) Ride Wit Me - Nelly
59) Hot In Herre - Nelly
60) Run It! - Chris Brown
61) Makes Me Wonder - Maroon Five
62) This Love - Maroon Five
63) She Will Be Loved - Maroon Five
64) Outta Love - Anastacia
65) Stan - Eminem
66) Ghetto Gospel - Tupac ft Elton John
67) Jenny From The Block - JLO
68) I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry
69) Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
70) Patience - Take That
71) Rule The World - Take That
72) It's Gonna Be Me - Nsync
73) I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
74) The Call - Backstreet Boys
75) Empire State Of Mind - Jay Z ft Alicia Keys
76) No One - Alicia Keys
77) Fallin - Alicia Keys
78) Be Without You - Mary J Blige
79) Smack That - Akon
80) Locked Up - Akon
81) I Wanna Love You - Akon
82) The Way I Are - Timbaland
83) Who's That Girl - Eve
84) Gold Digger - Kanye West
85) Stronger - Kanye West
86) Through The Wire - Kanye West
87) Hey There Delilah - Plain White Tees
88) 03 Bonnie & Clyde - Jay Z ft Queen B
89) 99 Problems - Jay Z
90) Numb / Encore - Jay Z & Linkin Park
91) Speed Of Sound - Coldplay
92) Vida La Vida - Coldplay
93) Fix You - Coldplay
94) Say It Right - Nelly Furtado
95) Maneater - Nelly Furtado
96) All Good Things - Nelly Furtado
97) Homecoming - Kanye West ft Chris Martin
98) Beautiful Day - U2
99) Bed - J Holiday
100) I Don't Wanna Know - Mario Winans
TBC...
Monday, 23 November 2009
PERFORMANCE: Every Performance From last Night's AMAs - J Lo, Shakira, Timbaland, Rihanna, BEP etc...
Rihanna
Shakira
Timbaland
Black Eyed Peas
Janet Jackson
Jennifer Lopez
Lady Gaga
Adam Lambert
Jay Z And Alicia Keys
Eminem And Fifty Cent
Whitney Houston
Alicia Keys
Mary J Blige
Daughtry
Kelly Clarkson
Green Day
Keith Urban
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Sunday, 1 November 2009
VIDEO: Jay Z ft Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind
Nice vid and check out the way AK is working that piano!
We like..
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Monday, 26 October 2009
NJI: Queen B To Feature In Gaga's Next Single
Below is the tracklist for Fame Monster, released 23.11.09
Friday, 25 September 2009
Jay Z On Oprah
This was recorded a few weeks ago and features Jay chatting to O about his wifey, Queen B, the 'N' word and his rise to fame, & other such things. Also has an exclusive look inside the Rocaweari offices...
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