Chris 'Take you down' Brown's official 'Graffiti' album cover and track list

There is a big bag of hate towards Graffiti's album cover. But I kinda like it. The only thing I don't like are the cartoon characters in the bottom right. They ruin the slickness and turn the whole thing into some shit that makes the cover look like it's for a sequel of Space jam.

The full track listing for the wife beaters' third studio album has also been released. And save for the album's lead single "I can transform ya", every other song title on the album has the track list read like it's going to be a 12 track apology to Rihanna.

01. I can transform ya (featuring Lil Wayne & Swizz Beatz)
02. Sing like me
03. Crawl
04. So cold
05. What I do (featuring Plies)
06. Famous girl
07. Take my time (featuring Tank)
08. I.Y.A.
09. Pass out (featuring Eva Simons)
10. Wait (featuring Trey Songz & Game)
11. Lucky me
12. Fallin down
13. I’ll go

I wonder if (The heart of a wife beater is) "So cold", (I beat a) "Famous girl", (Smack a bitch 'til she) "Pass out" and (Look how she be) "Fallin' down" are about the beat down he gave The Forehead... The mind boggles.

I've never been much of a fan of Chris Brown's, so I can't say I'm looking forward to this album. As much as many would like to believe this n***a has no career, I think Graffiti will end up being his best selling album to date. "I can transform ya" is doing pretty well on radio, and he's making a fair few appearances on TV and in public.

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New music: 2PM - I was crazy about you

JYP sure isn't messin' about with 2PM is he!? Two songs off of the groups' debut album within 2 weeks! Damn.

Unlike "Tired of waiting" which sounded like some something SM entertainment would have given Girls' generation, "I was crazy about you" channels more of the 2PM we got with the likes of "Again and again" and "I hate you".

Listen: I was crazy about you

2PM's debut album
© 2009 JYP entertainment

Now this, I can work with. It sounds like "I hate you", only better. The production is really slick. I love the piano and the military style march that underlies it. I still can't stand how JYP insists 2PM's vocals be auto-tuned though. It's not used as chronically as it was in "Tired of waiting". But it's still unecessary and only serves to make the song aggravate instead of make it better. The whole thing could have done without Taecyeon's rap section and his constant barking during the hook. But overall, I like the song.

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Beyoncé thanks Jay-Z for putting a ring on it

We know the Beyondroid isn't the most articulate chick in the world. And weren't nobody wanting to hear her run off a list and fry her weave out trying to remember names other than 'God'. The acceptance speech was short, cute, and a rare occassion where the B'droid openly says something non alluding to her relationship with Jay-Z. The way she spun, giggled and quickly exited the stage like she'd said something playful and naughty was cute.

And before the haters start wondering why Beyoncé didn't thank the fans: she'd won two awards earlier in the night and thanked the fans then. Plus, she's on a world tour, released an album with two discs, is re-releasing the same album this month, has shot a video with Lady Gaga and cut a song with her, danced her damn arse off in the "Single ladies (Put a ring on it)" video and cemented herself as an icon in the process. As a fan, I wouldn't be mad if she 'forgot' to thank us. Bitch has given us everything but the weave off her head and a free Samantha Thavasa hand bag.

The "Video phone" music video needs to drop soon. I'm feenin' to see B and Gaga work it out in a music video so badly now that I know it's due to drop any day now.

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New music: Alicia Keys - Try sleeping with a broken heart

"Doesn't mean anything" was nice and all. But ain't no skirting around the fact that it sounded like "No one". And not in that good explosive way like how Beyoncé's "Single ladies (Put a ring on it)" sounded like "Get me bodied". Alicia and her n***a Clive Davis knew they had act right and drop a next single with the quickness. And the second single is most certainly better than the first. At least I think it is. I f**king love it!

Listen: Try sleeping with a broken heart (Radio edit)

The element of freedom
© 2009 J records, Sony BMG music entertainment

Forget "Doesn't mean anything". This is THE single right here. The chorus is killing me! And Alicia's vocals are on-point. Absolute crack!! I would have loved to have heard a rap on this though. Kanye came to mind. Because the beat has that simplicity, hotness and grit to it that I think he'd approve of and rather like. It sounds like a song from the 80's that I've heard before, but for the life of me I cannot remember which song...

Mashonda needn't try sleeping in Alicia's bed to see how it feels to sleep with a broken heart; given Alicia already done slept up in hers with her husband.

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Music video: Backstreet boys - Bigger

Love the song. Love the video. It's been exactly a year since I went to Japan. And watching this video damn near made me cry, as it brought back so memories.

I listened to the Backstreet boys' new album This is us today, and it doesn't completely suck. It features some really good songs. "Bigger" is my fave. But "Bye bye love" is another hot track that I think will surprise some people. It's as far removed from "Bigger" as you can get, and has strong R&B overtones. A good song despite sounding like Chris Brown's "Forever".

"Bigger" was produced by long term collaborator Max Martin. This dude is on his guh-RIND and ain't stoppin' for shat! It's hard to believe that "Bigger" was written and produced by the same dude who produced "Everybody (Backstreet's back)".

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Rihanna's interview on 20 / 20

That 20 / 20 interview that ERRRBODY's been waiting for finally aired. And The Forehead put Chris Brown's dirty draws to air out on national television in such a fashion that I can smell them skid 'n sweat stains from here.

The Forehead sat up in a cosy little room with Diane Saywer with her nasty Road runner hair, and in a dress and position that made shit look like the interrogation scene from Basic Instinct. I can assure you that this interview is easy on the p***y, heavy on the scandal.

She's a damn sight more articulate than that n***a Chris Brown. All he did on Larry King was mumble and lisp for 30 minutes. The Forehead sho' is a smart young lady. She gave perfect answers to everything she got asked. Some of the answers seemed a bit too controlled and a bit too perfect. And you could clearly see where bits were cut and edited. But I don't think anybody was expecting a full on breakdown on national television with warts and all. I certainly wasn't. Chick has an album to promote, and an image to uphold. Of course she has to keep it professional and slick.

This interview didn't really give away what we didn't know already. But it was cool to hear The Forehead speak out on how she both felt and now feels about the ordeal. Her interviews are usually quick, unsubstantial and boring. But his was actually interesting to watch and cemented her as a human being. Behind that big ol' forehead, the stupid hair and the gloss she's been brushed with since day one - she's human.

Doing a victim interview on 20 / 20 with Diane Sawyer is the kinda shit that sells albums. If Rated R doesn't push serious units in it's first week, then damn...

If folk didn't know it already, then I'mma let you know know: Rihanna is here to say whether we like it or not.

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Music video: f(x) - Chu~♥

I can't stand the song. But the video was alright...I guess. Even if it did look like it was filmed on the same set as both "Chocolate love" and 4 minute's "What a girl wants".

The styling of the f(x) girls' was the worst I've seen it. To have them go from pretty regular in "La cha ta", to super sex kittens in "Chocolate love", to trick or treat looking messes in this video - it's odd. I guess the f(x) girls are one of many K-Pop girl groups who have fallen victim to their stylists not being able to settle on a style and try to hone it. When are stylists in the K-Pop game going to realize that throwing girls in any old colourful clobber, a baseball cap and hi-top trainers does not equals cool.

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SHINee borrow a Super Junior for a performance of "Ring ding dong"

The SHINee boys were a member down for their live performance of their hit song on Music bank. It weren't a damn thing though. Because with Jonghyun out, in came a Super Junior member!

You could argue why the hell Yesung was filling in for a SHINee member, when there are four other members up in the group who could have done his verse. But it was clearly done for publicity, and a good ploy it was too! A SHINeee boy is sick, so "Ooooo! Let's chuck in a Super Junior member!". I bet fan girls were beside themselves! Even though Yesung ran off the stage after one verse, further questioning why the hell he even bothered.

What was up with Taemin and Minho's clothes!? Their tops looked like random pieces of fabric draped over their heads.

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New music: Leona Lewis - Outta my head

Ever since I heard previews of Echo I sitting by waiting to hear "Outta my head" in full like a feen. And now I've been put out of my misery. The wait was worth it. I'm so in love with this song.

Listen: Outta my head

Echo
© 2009 J records, Sony BMG music entertainment

This song is a complete shock. But the best kind. I've never liked a Leona joint this much before. I can't even give a rough number of just how many times I've played it today. Unfortunately the album version doesn't feature the breakdown section that was in Leona's live performance of the song at the Hackney empire, which is a shame. Because the beat being stripped away for a good while just highlighted the hotness of it when it finally came back. Plus, it made the song longer - which means mo' hotness to step to.

I can understand why "Happy" was chosen as the lead single off of Echo. A Ryan Tedder production. Twice the charm. Riding on the success of not only "Bleeding love" but other popular productions of Ryan's such as "Halo". But "Outta my head" would have been a better choice. Hopefully it will go as a single at some point, because it has so much potential. The song would cut across pop and dance radio station with ease, clubs would play it, and Leona's gay fan base get a Leona jam they can actually get buck wild to.

Max Martin is a beast right now with his productions. I've liked bear enough everything the dude has been putting out since Kelly Clarkson's "Since U been gone".

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Mariah does it big on the set of "H.A.T.E.U"

I'm gonna just go ahead and say it. Mariah looks like Bowser from Super Mario in a bikini in that picture on the right. Mariah has really been piling on the pounds since she married Nick - which is fine! Why should a woman pushing 40 have to focus so much on being skinny? It's not like Mariah is looking obese. But the issue with how she looks in these pictures isn't her weight: but the fact she's wearing stuff that not only highlights her weight, but looks wrong on her. Mariah continues to delude herself into thinking that if she dresses in outfits as tight and as skimpy as possible, that it will make her look younger than she is and super sexy. Home girl needs to wake up.

These shots are taken from the set of Mariah's music video for "H.A.T.E.U", which I'm inclined to believe stands for "Having A Take-out and Eating it Uncontrollably". The video will be directed by long term Mariah collaborator Brett Ratner. We all know what this video is gonna play out like. Three minutes of Mariah 'acting' with a wind machine and running her fingers down her super plunged to hell neck lines. You can bet her big arse that she won't be looking at all thick in the final music video. Mimi has the Wachowski brothers and Joel Silver on speed dial to hook her up with the CGI team who did The Matrix so she can look as skinny as possible.

It's looking like Memoirs of an imperfect angel is going to suffer the same way E=MC² did. Wrong singles choices and a case of the right single picked way too late. "I want to know what love is" should not have been made a second single, and "H.A.T.E.U" should have been released already.

Album review: Mariah's 12th studio album Memoirs of an imperfect angel

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