Blender Magazine Review: Britney Spears and Lil Wayne Hook Up
WHO: Britney Spears [ft. Lil Wayne]
WHAT: "Gimme More" (Remix)
WHY: So Britney's comeback single isn't exactly smashing the charts (it currently stands at no. 68) and, you know, there was that little performance a couple weeks back. Still, we stand by our initial praise of the song — it's sleek, sexy and surprisingly self-aware. And that was before the self-proclaimed "best rapper alive" decided to add a couple quick verses. Wayne purists may poo-poo the MC for recycling much of his guest shot from that shitty Enrique Iglesias song, but the flow is sped-up and much improved here. He's not breaking any lyrical ground ("baby, I could bless you and you ain't even sneezin'"), but there's something about Wayne rhyming over heavily syncopated, 23rd-century synth instrumentals (see: "We Takin' Over") that's hard to deny. Even so, the real star here is the beat, produced by Virginia up-and-comer (and obvious Timbaland obsessive) Max Methods. It manages to retain the future-disco feel of fellow Virginian (and Timbaland protégé) Danjahandz's original track while changing things up enough to keep it weird and exciting. Basically, this new "Gimme More" sounds like a Timbaland remix with Lil Wayne on it. We're not complaining.
(Rating: 4 Stars)
Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand have more in common with pop group GIRLS ALOUD than their genre's contemporaries - according to the band's frontman. The group worked with the female five-piece on a cover of David Bowie's track Sound And Vision, and singer Alex Kapranos was surprised to find the girls' independence and sensibilities were similar to his. He says, "I asked Girls Aloud to do the famous 'doo doo doo doo doo doo' backing vocals. They were in the studio working on their own record. "They're pretty laid back so it was a music marriage made in heaven. We're all independently minded people who want to do things their way. Franz Ferdinand have much more in common with certain other bands."
So here is a review on a new song from Britney's upcoming untitled album.
Ignore all those terrible Britney Spears songs wafting around the internet because the new Britney album is going to be pretty good.Source: PopJustice
We know this because we've heard an actual song from the album, and we don't mean 'Gimme More'.
Here is all we have to you about it.
» It is called 'State Of Grace' which, as much as we love her, is not something we would ever credit Britney with knowing very much about. But not to worry.
» We would describe the track as 'understated' which, again, is something we would not usually credit Britney with ever being. But by understated we do not mean 'half-arsed'. We mean 'subtle and amazing'.
» There is a bit of an Eastern influence on the track, although less so than Hilary Duff's 'Stranger', which is as good a reference point for songs that have an Indian influence as we could hope to offer.
» With a bit of rejigging it might have sounded a bit like 'With Every Heartbeat'. As it stands, it doesn't sound much like 'With Every Heartbeat' at all, but it's not a million miles away.
» The main hook is simply "love is a state of grace between you and I-e-I-e-I-e-I-e-I-e-I-e-I-e-I-e-I-e-I-e-I-e-I-e-I-e-I-e-I". Contrary to what you might have just read it doesn't sound much like 'Old MacDonald Had A Farm'.
» It is not quite a ballad but is quite floaty and very nice indeed.
» It sounds a lot like a Britney song despite sounding like no other Britney song ever recorded.
So there you go - a solid seven facts about a new Britney song
So, here are the reults to the Poll of the Moment:
Which new Britney Spears song do you like better?
| Selection | ||
| Gimme More |  70% | 114 |
| Cold As Fire |  5% | 8 |
| Neither, they are both bad! |  8% | 13 |
| Both, they are both awesome! |  13% | 21 |
| I can't choose, but they aren't awesome, but not bad |  4% | 6 |
I am so sorry for the lack of posts today, but for some reason, all of my teachers feel like giving me a quiz or test tomorrow, so I have to study for every subject except 2 for tomorrow and it's killing me. I promise tomorrow I'll get active again, so keep on checking back!
| -- | 1 | KANYE WEST | 930,251 | -- | |
| GRADUATION | |||||
| -- | 2 | 50 CENT | 659,682 | -- | |
| CURTIS | |||||
| -- | 3 | KENNY CHESNEY | 400,202 | -- | |
| JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES | |||||
| 1 | 4 | HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 | 129,797 | -24% | |
| SOUNDTRACK | |||||
| 4 | 5 | HANNAH MONTANA 2 - MEET MILEY | 42,371 | -5% | |
| SOUNDTRACK | |||||
| 3 | 6 | FERGIE | 42,107 | -8% | |
| THE DUTCHESS | |||||
| 7 | 7 | NICKELBACK | 34,712 | -6% | |
| ALL THE RIGHT REASONS | |||||
| 12 | 8 | COLBIE CAILLAT | 31,976 | +22% | |
| COCO | |||||
| 6 | 9 | NOW 25 | 31,633 | -17% | |
| VARIOUS ARTISTS | |||||
| 10 | 10 | JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE | 31,162 | +11% | |
| FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS | |||||
| 11 | 11 | LINKIN PARK | 30,509 | +9% | |
| MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT | |||||
| 27 | 12 | TIMBALAND | 28,042 | +47% | |
| TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE | |||||
| -- | 13 | GREY'S ANATOMY, VOL. 3 | 27,896 | -- | |
| SOUNDTRACK | |||||
| 2 | 14 | CASTING CROWNS | 27,430 | -53% | |
| ALTAR & THE DOOR | |||||
| 20 | 15 | COMMON | 27,295 | +25% | |
| FINDING FOREVER | |||||
| 5 | 16 | HAIRSPRAY | 26,578 | -31% | |
| ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK | |||||
| 19 | 17 | MAROON 5 | 26,561 | +14% | |
| IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG | |||||
| 21 | 18 | RIHANNA | 26,543 | +31% | |
| GOOD GIRL GONE BAD | |||||
| 14 | 19 | T.I. | 26,187 | +4% | |
| T.I. VS. T.I.P. | |||||
| 9 | 20 | AMY WINEHOUSE | 25,879 | -9% | |
| BACK TO BLACK | |||||
So, I recently found out about this website where you can listen to music free and legally, however you can't download the songs. Regardless, it's really cool if you just want to listen to music in the background. This may be new to some of you guys, but to me, it was new and awesome.
If you head over to Deezer, all you have to do is click on the song to play, and I think that, to make play lists, you have to sign up and make an account. However, all you have to do is make a user name, password and enter your email and birthday and you're signed up! It's really simple to use and it's really cool so I hope you guys enjoy it!
So, I know that this is a music blog, but I figured it is also an entertainment blog, so I'm here to share some news!
If there are any TV fans out there that read this blog, then you will be excited to know that if you head over to Amazon.com, you can get the The Big Bang Theory, Bionic Woman, Chuck, Journeyman, and Life pilots for free. Also, you can get Newport Harbor episode 2 for free, as well!
On iTunes, yesterday you could get Gossip Girl for free, but for some reason, they took it off of iTunes today, but be on the lookout for more, because I'm not sure if there will or not.
Finally, on TV Guide and The Futon Critic, I know that you can (or, at least, could) watch the K-Ville pilot episode for free.
I'll be on the look-out for more, and when I find them, I'll report back here!
First off, last weekend at the VMAs, Timbaland mentioned how Britney may want to make a collabo with Justin Timberlake. Well, look what happened:
Source: MTV
MTV NEWS
Say what you will about the outcome, Britney Spears' VMA performance was one of the most-anticipated ones in years. But think how much bigger it would have been had it been billed as Spears taking the stage with former flame Justin Timberlake to perform together. Huge, right? Well, Timbaland, who claims to have nearly collaborated with the singer in the past, says Brit has quashed any chance of a JT collabo taking place anytime soon.
The super-producer told MTV News during VMA weekend that a prospective team-up between the two would be "the best thing that ever happened" and would "help her out a whole lot." But he then dismissed the possibility, saying in so many words that Brit has become big-headed and had dissed him and Justin. "It'll never happen. Nah. It could've, but it won't."
Timbo's advice to Britney about getting her career back on track. "She needs a story," he said. "She has no comeback story. That's the problem. She has to have a team. She needs to come back with Justin doing records; [then we'd see headlines like,] 'She went back to her ex and she's making smashes.' [But instead she got] so big-headed and [was] like, 'Screw you, screw you, I don't need nobody.' "
So is there any chance for Spears to rectify the situation and possibly work with Timberlake and Timbaland? Yes, says the super-producer - if she apologizes.
"She should humble herself and make a phone call and say, 'I'm sorry.' She knows what she's sorry about," Tim said. "She needs to say, 'I was wrong,' and it'll definitely move forward. ... That's all she has to say."
So, People magazine got to hear an advanced preview of Britney's untitled, but might be called, "Piece of Me", upcoming album, and the review is right here!
Like many of today’s young dance-pop starlets, Britney sounds like she’s looking back to the ’80s as she moves forward toward the release of her fifth studio album (and first since 2003’s In the Zone), due out Nov. 13.Source: People
In addition to the pulsating first single, “Gimme More,” other tracks we heard at an exclusive preview have a synth-heavy sound that nods to new wave. The defiant “Piece of Me” the likely second single and possible album title, features Spears’s heavily processed voice issuing the challenge: “You want a piece of me?” to her foes. The track was produced by Bloodshy & Avant, the Swedish producing team behind her hit “Toxic.”
“Break the Ice,” another uptempo number featuring Spears’s trademark breathy vocals, was produced by Timbaland protegée Nate “Danjahandz” Hills.
The Rihanna-esque “Radar” (also produced by Bloodshy & Avant), sets Spears’s chirpy delivery to a bouncy beat, while the driving “Heaven on Earth,” an early fave, is a throbbing throwback to “I Feel Love”-era Donna Summer.
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BRITNEY SPEARS - GIMMER MORE AUDIO - HERE!
BRITNEY SPEARS - GIMME MORE PERFORMANCE - HERE!
NICOLE SCHERZINGER FEATURING LIL' WAYNE - WHATEVER U LIKE - HERE!
CHRIS BROWN - WALL TO WALL and KISS KISS and RIHANNA - UMBRELLA - HERE!
50 CENT FEATURING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - AYO TECHNOLOGY - HERE!
9:00 PM EST: IT'S BRITNEY, BITCH. OK, she DEFINITELY isn't singing. Thank god for the good dancing! I expected much more, sorry to anyone who thought it was really good! Maybe I was expecting too much. IDK, but the choreography was good : )
9:04 PM EST: Sarah Silverman! Haha, I love her. "Calling Madonna a python" haha. She apologized to Paris haha. I think it is so cute that 50 Cent is alive! lol!! I wish I could stay longer, but I have diarrhea!! :)
9:08 PM EST: Alicia Keys is now talking about how the VMAs are only showing once, no repeats! Incredible surprised guests! Now, for the awards....
9:11 PM EST: Nicole and Eve handing out Monster single of the year. So many nominees! And the winner is: Rihanna Feat. Jay-Z: Umbrella. I knew it!! Same old, same old acceptance speech. Still love her, though!
9:14 PM EST: Kanye West is performing Stronger in his suite! He's good live, IMO. I don't think he wouldn't be all too bad for an opening. But still, Britney >Kanye ;). So, I guess only a half performance? Whatever! Commercial!
9:21 PM EST: A 30 second clip of Akon's Smack That! I hate how they do that, ugh! Now, there are 2 people, one is from 30 YO Virgin and Knocked Up, the main guy and some other guy. Dunno. They are showing the nominees for Viewer's Choice of Best New Artist. Whatever, haha.
9:22 PM EST: Jennifer Hudson and Robin Thicke are presenting the Quadruple Threat award! And the winner is...Justin Timberlake, duhh!! Who didn't see that coming?!
9:24 PM EST: Oh, look, a clip from Fall Out Boy's performance of Thnks Fr Th Mmors. I bet they only show about 1 minute of it! They only showed the second half of the song! I'm annoyed :(
9:33 PM EST: Kanye West and 50 Cent are presenting the Earth Shattering Collaboration Award!! And the winner is... Shakira and Beyonce - Beautiful Liar. I was wrong!! :( PS Check the top for the Britney Spears performance link!!
9:36 PM EST: 10 seconds of Maroon 5 performing Wake Up Call! This reminds me soo much of TRL with the short showing of the music and all of the commercials! Ugh. This isn't that good, IMO. I thought it would be much better. Nicole's performance is located on top, too! Enjoy!
9:41 PM EST: Big Things Poppin'!! That performance lasted what, 40 seconds? I'm going to kill MTV : ( If you're watching it, you'll know what I mean. Rosario Dawson (who's that, if I spelled it right?) is introducing....Chris Brown!
9:43 PM EST: Chris Brown performing something, I can't tell yet :D. Great dancing, though. That seems to be a hit tonight. I think it's Wall to Wall. If it is, it'll be the first time that I have heard it! No idea if he is really singing. Somebody help? Haha, I like the song, though. It's his first VMA performance. Pretty good! Now Rihanna is coming out! OMG, new time slot!!
9:46 PM EST: Rihanna performing Umbrella. I really like it so far. Best so far, IMO. I love her live! Chris Brown is on the center table watching along! Hehe. Another song? Another performance? What is happening?! Now the spotlight is on Chris Brown.
9:48 PM EST: Kiss Kiss is being played now. Wait, nevermind, the background music was only for ~15 seconds and Chris Brown was dancing to it. The crowd loved it, though!
9:54 PM EST: Soulja Boy performing for 10 seconds and promoting their album coming out October 2nd! Now, another reminder to vote for Best New Artist. You better vote! ;) JK, IDC, but you def. should if you like/watching/reading my news on the VMAS!
9:55 PM EST: The stars of The Hills.... minus Heidi!!! Haha. They are presenting the award for Male Artist of the Year. And the winner is...Justin Timberlake. Again, who didn't see that coming!? Congrats JT! This time, though, he actually came up to accept the award. Timbaland came up and is giving it to him!! Aww ;) Haha, Justin's speech is good about how Chris Brown's great performance and JT is getting older haha. Best quote of the night goes to Justin! "MTV play more videos! We don't want to see anymore of the Simpsons on reality TV." Or something along those lines haha.
9:59 PM EST: Cee-Lo with the Foo Fighters performing! I wish they showed more, cause I was looking forward to it! But they showed a good 20 seconds of it (ugh). Oh look, a commercial for the dumb Tila Tequila show. Oh MTV, how bad can you get?!
10:04 PM EST: 50 Cent performing Ayo Technology with Justin. I think it's one of those 30 second ones, though, so don't get your hopes up. Let's see, though. Maybe they'll show they whole thing?! I love this song though (mostly because of Justin), but yeah! Yep, was right! Only about 1 minute showing of it. OMGGGGGGG.
10:06 PM EST: Shia LaBeouf is now on stage, announcing the next title of the Indiana Jones movie which will be called Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (at least, that's what I heard.) He is presenting the award for Female Artist of the Year. And the winner is...Fergie. Haha Ludacris was supposed to accept teh award, but he didn't come up, so Shia accepted it. Lol!
10:08 PM EST: Then Pamela Anderson started talking before they introduced her, haha, she introduced Kanye West.
10:09 PM EST: Kanye performing I song that I don't know the name of : (. I'll find out now haha. It's called Good Life and I think T-Pain is with him. Pretty good song, IMO. I'm enjoying this (compared to the rest of the show).
10:18 PM EST: FOB with Lil' Wayne playing TFTM (too hard to type out right now haha). Now Megan Fox introduced Timbaland!
10:19 PM EST: IT'S TIMBA TIME!! Best performance I bet is right here! CAN'T WAIT. Linkin Park is now singing with Timba opening for them, can't tell if he's DJing now or anything or if it's just the background music! I think it's just the background now. So much going on! Now, Linkin Park is performing Bleed It Out, and I'm liking this very much right now. Best of the night right now, (ignore all other best of the night comments except this haha) Chris Brown's was good with dancing, but this is the best vocals. The crowd is so into it!
10:23 PM EST: 2 of the stars from Entourage, Kevin Connolly and Adrian Grenier, and are presenting the Award for Best Group. And the winner is... Fall Out Boy! They aren't in the same room, but they are in their suite, presenting the award. Now they are showing another clip from the Foo Fighters 'concert' or whatever you want to call it. They are performing with the main singer from System of a Down, dunno who it is.
10:30 PM EST: They are showing some of Rihanna's performance of Shut Up and Drive with Fall Out Boy! Interesting! If only they'd show the whole thing. Ugh, MTV... They are showing a good portion, about half of it, though. Rihanna doesn't sound all that good live... Hm...
10:31 PM EST: They are telling us to vote for Best New Artist again! I think we got the point, haha. They asked Kid Rock what it was like 'losing' (winning) though, and he said he now eats breakfast. I know it was supposed to be funny, but IMO, boooooo.
10:32 PM EST: Nelly is introducing.... Alicia Keys!
10:33 PM EST: Alicia is performing, from what it looks like, No One. I've never really given it a good listen, but from this, it sounds pretty good. Guess I'll try it out again later! Now she's playing the keyboard and singing. How talented :P She's very good live! Now is she performing a new song? I can't really but it sounds like she went into a new one. Whatever it is, it's good, too. There is now a gospel behind her :) The crowd is also really into this one, too. I have a feeling, though, that the best performance of the night will be the finale (Timbaland, I think)
10:38 PM EST: Another clip of Kanye performing some other song. Don't personally care anymore about him haha. They showed enough of Kanye, no offense.
10:44 PM EST: Gym Class Heroes with Fall Out Boy performing Clothes Off!
10:45 PM EST: Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner are out and I think they are presenting the Best New Artist award. Yep, they are! This is the award that you and I, the viewers, voted for. Go Carrie! (Even though I doubt a country artist will win) And the winner is... Gym Class Heroes? They are new? Whatever. Congrats to them :)
10:48 PM EST: 50 Cent performing In Da Club for one of those clip things that they feel the need to show.
10:49 PM EST: HAHA Ms. Teen South Carolina (you know, the dumb one) is telling us how we can choose the top video on MTV.com. Now, she is making fun of herself! Classic! Glad she could redeem herself again. But that's enough of her haha. OK (hopefully last) commercial!?
10:55 PM EST: Mary J. Blige has just been introduced. I guess she is going to perform now? Let's see. OK, nope. She is introducing somebody...Dr. Dre?! That's a surprise to me! Oh, he's giving the award for Video of the Year. I guess it's almost over! Yes!!! Haah, just joking, but it really wasn't that good. Can't wait for the finale! And the winner for Video of the Year is... Rihanna Feat. Jay-Z - Umbrella! I think I said that! I don't remember, haha.
11:00 PM EST: Diddy and Yung Joc are now speaking and they told us how there is another commercial break! Thanks for that wonderful news!!
11:01 PM EST: Another, and probably the last, clip from the Foo Fighter's 'concert'.
11:04 PM EST: Diddy, Yung Joc, Nelly and some other guy named Dallas? (I think?) introduced JT, Nelly Furtado and TIMBALAND!! Watching now!!! Tell you my feedback after! First, Nelly sang Do It. Now, Timbaland, Keri Hilson and D.O.E are performing The Way I Are. Now THIS is the best part! Now it's Justin's turn!! He's performing LoveStoned/I Think She Knows. This just proves how good Timbaland is! I LOVE Justin's dancing! Now Nelly, Timbaland, and Justin are performing Give It To Me. :) Love it! Well, that wasn't such a good finale. The only reason why I liked the performance is because, compared to the rest of the show, it rocked. And that's not saying much ahah. Thank god it's over, though. If I had to rate it out of 10, 1 being the worst, I'd give it a 2.5/10. I really was disappointed. Oh well. What can you do?! Thanks for sticking with me the whole time. I hope you enjoyed it!
11:11 PM EST: IT'S OVER!!!!
