| Janet's
'All for you' No.1 on Billboard Top 100 Chart
 Janet
(Miss Jackson if you're nasty) climbs to the No.1 spot on
Billboard's
Top 100 charts with her latest effort 'All for you
' to claims her 9th
No.1 single of her illustrious career. The single (a former No.1 track
on my show The Menu's Top Ten @ 10) is the title track from her
forthcoming album of the same name which will be in stores April 24th
The song climbed to the No.1 one spot
in record time in only 5 weeks which makes it the fastest track ever to claim
the coverted crown without having the single released. Remixes of the
song is in the works which will be featuring DJ Quik among others
bringing their remixing talents to the table and will go to clubs and radio next week so be on the
lookout for it.
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Mya, Lil' Kim, Pink
teams w/Christina Aguilera for remake of Labelle's 'Lady Marmalade'
 The
unlikely pairing of pop lass Christina Aguilera with rap and RNB
sweethearts Mya,
Pink and
Lil' Kim (respectively) seems to be on for the
new cover version of the Labelle classic track 'Lady Marmalade
'. The track
is making quite a bang on the radio circuit as one of the week's most
added tracks to stations playlists across the country.
It will be
featured on the new soundtrack to the Nicole Kidman and
Ewan McGregor
musical film 'Moulin Rouge' which will be in theatres the middle of next
month. The soundtrack (available on Interscope) will be in stores May
8th.
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Bilal's '1st Born Second
finally set for a mid-May release
 After
much anticipation as to whether they would release his album, Bilal's
impressive debut set '1st born Second
' will be at a record store near you come
mid-May. The debut single 'Soul Sista
' (which was featured on the
'Love
and Basketball' soundtrack last year) made such an impressive debut that
plans to release an album were in the works a lot sooner than expected
but now the final product is finished
Rumour
has it that the next single will be 'Sometimes' a move slow grinder that's
sure to please the purest fan of the man. No date yet on it's release but
I'm sure it's not too far in the distant future but I do know the album
will be in stores May 15th.
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Mary J. Blige's new
album is set for a July release
 The
reigning queen of HipHop and RNB, Mary J. Blige has just announced plans to
release her 7th album for MCA which will drop in mid - July of this year. The album
is yet to be titled but Ms. Blige who's last release 'Mary
'
had 2 top 10 hits in 'All that I can
say' (written and produced by
the lovely Lauryn
Hill) and 'Deep Inside'.
She is also featured on the new DJ Clue track
'Back to life 2001
' with Jadakiss
on Clue's new set 'The Professional -
2'
The
song (done originally by Soul ll Soul
back in '87) is getting a lot of love
on the underground and internet circuit and she also plans to include the song
on the new album. I'll keep you posted as more details become
available
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Ms.
Scott looking to 'Sting' the audience
 Jill
Scott is a busy gal nowadays, constantly touring and doing live gigs and
all that hard work has paid off as none other than the grammy award winning and
Ex - Police member Sting
has asked her to be the opening act for his short tour of the US. The tour kicks off on May 5th in Washington
D.C. and will
wrap up just before the end of that month.
She'll
have a short break before going at it again after July 4th as she heads
for New Orleans for the 7th Annual Essence Music Awards ( July 5th - 7th).
The line up will include The Roots,
Carl Thomas,
Joe, Bilal,
Destiny's Child
and Teena Marie and
others
The following
are the latest Sting/Jill Scott tour dates, (but are
subject to change):
5/5 Washington, D.C.— MCI Center
5/6 Roanoke, VA— Roanoke Civic Center
5/8 Greensboro, NC— Greensboro Coliseum
5/9 Atlanta, GA— Philips Arena
5/11 Dayton, OH— Ervin J. Nutter Center
5/12 Moline, IL— Mark of the Quad Cities
5/13 Ames, IA— Hilton Coliseum
5/15 Madison, WI— Kohl Center
5/16 Peoria, IL— Civic Center Arena
5/19 Auburn Hills, MI— Palace
5/25 Portland, ME— Cumberland Civic Center
5/26 Boston, MA— Fleet Center
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