Aaliyah tribute album due Nov 26th 

 

The long awaited tribute album for Aaliyah will be on record shelves November 26th according to Universal Records. The late singer's label Blackground Records (who has now signed a distribution with Universal) has not yet releeased any details as to who will appear on the album but I guesss all in good time.

Speaking of appearances there'a also a tribute concert sceduled. Missy Elliott, Eve and Tweet are among the performers who will take to the stage in New York City's Irving Plaza on October 22nd for Where My Girls At, a musical celebration honoring the fallen angel as she is known nowadays. The concert is part of the Vanity Fair In Concert series, co-organized by DKNY and the Step Up Women's Network.

Tickets for the event are avaliable through Ticketmaster... www.ticketmaster.com/artist/844105

Source - aaliyahonline.com   

 

 

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MOBO Awards: the winners are...

 

And speaking of Aaliyah, she was awarded the Best Video of the year at last week MOBO awards held at the London Arena and there were some surprise winners. The biggest most likely was newcomer Norah Jones beating out veterans Peter White, Hugh Masekela and Joe Sample in the jazz category and teen group Mis-teeq who beat out favourites So Solid Crew and Sugarbabes in the 'Best Garage' category.

 

The biggest winner on the night was North London's lovely lass and newest darling Ms. Dynamite who took home 3 of the 6 awards she was nominated in and newcomers Ashanti and Alicia Keys won for 'Best R&B Act' and 'Best Album' respectively.The entertainment was just as surprising with Craig David (who was snubbed at last year's award) performing his latest single from his yet-to-be-released sophomore set.

 

Here are the nominees and winners (in bold) for the 2002 MOBO Awards

Best R&B Act in association with Choice FM Tweet Usher Ashanti (Winner) Ms. Dynamite Alicia Keys	Best Video in association with MTV Base Eminem - Without Me B. Rhymes ft. P Diddy - Pass The Courvoisier Ja Rule ft. Ashanti - Always On Time Aaliyah - More Than A Woman (Winner) Ms. Dynamite - It Takes More
Best Newcomer presented by KISS 100 Ms. Dynamite (Winner) Ashanti The Streets Alicia Keys Daniel Bedingfield	Best Album presented by MasterCard Ashanti - Ashanti The Streets - Original Pirate Material Ja Rule - Pain Is Love Ms. Dynamite - A Little Deeper Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor (Winner)
London Tonight UK Act Of The Year Mis-Teeq Ms. Dynamite (Winner) Daniel Bedingfield Beverley Knight So Solid Crew Sugababes	Best Single presented by Galaxy Network Ja Rule ft. Ashanti - Always On Time Nelly - Hot In Here Ms. Dynamite - It Takes More (Winner) Alicia Keys - Fallin’ Fat Joe ft. Ashanti - What’s Luv?
Best Producer presented by MP3.com Neptunes (Winner) Irv Gotti Dr Dre Missy Elliott Timbaland	Best World Music Act presented by British Airways Femi Kuti Gilberto Gil Angelique Kidjo (Winner) Papa Noel / Oviedo P
Best Garage Act presented by The Daily Telegraph Mis-Teeq (Winner) Daniel Bedingfield Heartless Crew More Fire Crew So Solid Crew	Best Hip Hop Act Ja Rule feat. Ashanti (Winner) Busta Rhymes ft. P Diddy Nelly Ludacris Blak Twang
Best Reggae Act Elephant Man Sean Paul (Winner) T.O.K Beres Hammond Capleton	Best UK DJ Steve Sutherland (Winner) DJ 279 Tim Westwood Dreem Teem Trevor Nelson Matt White Shortee Blitz EZ Simon ‘Schoolboy’ Phillips Semtex
Best Jazz Act Norah Jones (Winner) Peter White Hugh Masekela Joe Sample	Best Gospel Act Mary Mary Michelle Williams (Winner) Trin - I - Tee 5 7 Yolanda Adams
Raymond Weil MOBO Unsung Award Street Politiks	MOBO Lifetime Achievement Award Chaka Kahn
MOBO Contribution to Urban Music Jimmy Cliff	MOBO Outstanding Achievement Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopez

 

 

 

Source - mobo.net       

 

 

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The Roots 'Phrenology' due in Nov 

 

The Roots are back with a new set that's due Nov 26th. The Philadelphia outfit has been busy doing other projects since their last release 'Things fall apart' in 99 but all parites have come together to work on 'Phrenology'. According to their website www.theroots.com, there no tracklistings as of yet as they want to keep it under wraps until the set is released. I'll keep you posted as soon as they become available

Source - billboard.com 

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Major labels to pay $140 million to consumers   

 

The five major record label groups and the three largest music retailers have agreed to pay $143 million in cash and CDs to resolve a long-standing class action price-fixing case.

The settlement, announced Monday, brings to a close allegations that the major labels and retailers had violated antitrust laws and illegally inflated the cost of CDs. At issue was a policy called "minimum advertised pricing," or MAP, under which the major labels would jointly pay for advertising if a retailer agreed to sell CDs above a certain price.

This pricing practice began nearly a decade ago as a way for Musicland's Sam Goody, Tower Records and Trans World Entertainment to combat the loss of business when large department stores such as Wal-Mart and consumer electronics retailers such as Circuit City and Best Buy began selling CDs below cost. State prosecutors said this amounted to price-fixing, which not only cheated consumers by eliminating price discounting, but violated federal and state antitrust laws by reducing price competition among retailers, according to a suit filed in August 2000 in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

"This is a landmark settlement to address years of illegal price-fixing," New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said in a statement. "Our agreement will provide consumers with substantial refunds and result in the distribution of a wide variety of recordings for use in our schools and communities."

As part of the settlement, the record labels and retailers admit no wrongdoing, but agree to stop using MAP policies and pay $67.4 million in cash to be refunded to consumers who overpaid for CDs between 1995 and 2000 and donate $75.7 million worth of CDs to charities, public schools, libraries and hospitals in all 50 states. Details are still being worked out to distribute the cash refunds, since it's not expected that the majority of those affected would have kept sales receipts. Prosecutors will make announcements later to inform consumers how to file claims.

The settlement amounts were determined by market share. Universal Music Group confirmed that their share will be $18,850,000 in cash and $21,750,000 in product for a total of $40.6 million in cash and CDs. Warner-Elektra-Atlantic will pay $29.4 million in cash and CDs, while Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) will pay $27.8 million in cash and CDs, Sony Music Entertainment $27.2 million in cash and CDs, and EMI Music Distribution $15 million in cash and CDs. Musicland, Tower Records and Trans World Entertainment will pay a combined $3 million.

 

Source: soulnotes.cc