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Michelle Shaprow
This songbird is both beautiful and intelligent. I don’t know what to call her genre of music.. i think it’s called… dance? Gentle Jazz? I am not 100% sure but her lyrics are soft and her melodies are perfectly ambient and is a refreshing break from top 40 music. She is 24 yrs old and graduated from YALE majoring in psychology, music and cognition. My kinda girl!
She is DEFINITELY not mainstream yet and will absolutely blow up so you can get on it first here… 🙂 She is from LA and has a Facebook page but a protected Twitter (with 300+ followers). I read this interview on here while researching for this post. I love her track FERRIS WHEEL. What do you think?
Her inspiration comes from artists like Imogen Heap, Jamiroquai, Erykah Badu, Bjork, Jill Scott…. and she loves the energy of Gaga and Drake. She will be a common household name soon so keep a look out for Michelle Shaprow!
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B.E.T Bangers
I can honestly say that watching the B.E.T awards this year gave me a feeling of pride… I can’t say that I disliked any part of the program, I thought every artist that came out did so with everything in them and gave us an incredible show!
I’m not sure if I believed it, or if I just wanted to believe it, but Chris Brown’s MJ breakdown (+ his new track ‘Deuces’) has won back some of my fandemonium… is that bad? I’m not sure… all I know is, I liked it!!! The entire MJ tribute itself was done beautifully, he lived as a performer and I was definitely entertained.photo courtesy of NYTimes.comCrazy Nicki… what more is to say! The woman is ill!!! Putting aside the fact that she seems to be on every track that becomes a hit, lets discuss the way her I don’t give a “#*$%” about what people say mentality makes her all the more appealing. Congrats on all three awards!photo courtesy of examiner.com
To this day, I can recall sitting in my Mum’s basement bedroom, with all of her teenage friends while they would perform and perfect their renditions of Purple Rain & Raspberry Beret, complete with costume change… I was no older than 4 years old but word for word of (almost) every Prince’s song has been imprinted in my mind from these experiences. Point out an individual born in the 80’s or 90’s that does not know at lease some lyrics to a Prince song… and so, this proves how deserving he is of the 2010 B.E.T Lifetime Achievement Award! Is it weird that I cried as I watched and listened to his acceptance speech? Either way, its how it went down and his talent and creativity is deserving of every tear shed… Prince = the un-aging BIZ!
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Another artist who must be mentioned was the magnificently maternal Alicia Keys!!! Not only did she wear the hell out of that strapless purple dress and pink stilettos but YES, she DID crawl on the piano, and perform the heart out of Prince’s ‘Adore’ in a tribute to his career.
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Drake of course killed an incredible performance with Jeezy, Usher soaked seats when he performed ‘There goes my baby” & there isn’t much left to say about the attention grabbing performance of “My chick bad” by Luda. All in all, it was a great show and I wasn’t even trying to miss a moment. Although unmentioned, there was a room FULL of incredible talent! The last thing I’ll mention, and then leave this topic alone for a moment, are the new elements brought to the award show being the Rising Talent segments as well as Diddy’s Afterparty Lounge, I thought these were innovative and great for some extra creativity and exposure!!! xoxo*HeyDoYou is for the cute, clever and connected*
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Nikki Jean signs with SONY
First of all, I lOVE this chick… I have been following her YouTube channel from the beginning! The first one where she opens the Lupe album in her car and starts crying when her part come on… through her move, touring with yeezee, how she does her hair, her dinner parties, me emailing her about her dope earrings to her replying to me cuz she rocks… anyway congrats girl! You are amazing, aspirational and beautiful inside and out! Enjoy your sweet puppy and all the best in 2009!
I really fell in love with how real she is when i first saw this video… Like Nikki Jean says, focus on that positive energy and who knows where life takes you
