Rihanna gets an 'F' on X-Factor

Rihanna performed live on the season fianle of London's X-Factor last Saturday and the Barbados native bombed. She performed her hit single 'What's my name?' and sounded very off-key, horrendous and nothing like what the track sounds like when you listen to it at home. It just goes to show what good marketing and a good team behind you can do, no wonder it's so hard for real talent to make it in the music business.



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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChstffKK-bM

Yes the Rumours are True

Well, after their vacation in Jamaica there is no doubt that Caribbean song bird Rihanna or 'Ri Ri' as she is more affectionately called is dating America's pop sensation Chris Brown. The 2 were seen backstage "frolicking" as we Island people love to say or "making out" as our Western counterparts like to say at a Smile Jamaica- Africa Unite concert on Saturday night (February 23rd) at James Bond Beach, Oracabessa St. Mary. The show was put on by the Marley Foundation to close out Reggae Month in Jamiaca where Rihanna was scheduled to perform. The couple was also spotted at the Hilton Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica on Monday (February 25th) having a blast by the pool area. But if you cannot believe it this picture does not lie!

ARE THE RUMOURS TRUE?

Well it seems that the good girl (Rihanna) has gone bad but could it be true that she is dating the young and handsome pop sensation, Chris Brown? Well, rumour has it that the two are ‘hitting it off’ and that they may be dating. It has been said that the romance began when Brown joined Rihanna and Jay Z on the remix of her hit “Umbrella”.

So, unto a next topic of interest Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel, are the two an item? Sources say that the two have been seen around town with each other but as far as they are concerned they are just friends. Also Jessica Biel did join Justin on his European tour but was sent home early by the pop icon because he wanted to focus completely on his tour and that it is an important tour to him. Even though Biel was seen in Europe with Justin, he still refuses to admit that they are in a relationship but instead says that they are just really good friends...L.O.L... I believe that they are friends but friends with ‘benefits’ if you know what I mean.

PART 2: Who’s Playing in Your Stereo in 07?

Young Joc, Young Jeezy and Jim Jones really ‘spit’ some hardcore, crazy, grave lyrics and if their songs were lacking anything, their videos surely made up for it. Jim Jones’ remix for ‘Ballin’ is just as great as the original. The remix features some top artistes in the hip hop game such as Diddy and Baby and younger acts like T.I, Juelz Santana and Young Dro. Game came back this year with a bang and it does not hurt that he has collaborated with one of reggae’s greatest artiste Junior Reid in his song ‘One Blood’. Not to leave out my Caribbean comrades who created quite a buzz in 06 that is, Rihanna (from Barbados) and Sean Paul (from Jamaica). Rihanna’s song ‘Unfaithful’ definitely brought me back to some memories I had when I was cheating a few years ago and I am still enjoying that song but I am behaving now. There are a few favourites that I blast on the speakers from Sean Paul’s album such as ‘Temperature’ and ‘We Be Burning’. I am not a Beyonce fan but her songs “Ring the alarm’ and ‘Irreplaceable’ are surely any man’s warning not to ‘cross’ his girlfriend. Akon’s single with Snoop Dog called ‘I wanna love you’ has this Jamaican flavour to it with the dancing and it is something you can dance to in the club. Ciara’s song ‘Promise’ definitely took over BET’s 106 & Park and I am still listening and dancing to it. Unlike her I am unavailable and the promises she sings about I already made them to someone special. Well, the last person that is playing from the car stereo is Lloyd featuring Lil Wayne in a song called ‘You’. This guy Lloyd is cute and the boy can sing it is strange that he has been in the music business since he was 11 and he is just being known to the world 10 years later. None the less that song ‘You’ is great and it is no harm that he is so handsome and Lil Weezy is looking hot too. Even though some of these songs came late in the year they still created and left an impact and imprint in the music industry. These young acts and veterans are definitely to be watched for in 2007.

PART 1: Who’s Playing in Your Stereo in 2007?

A new year has start but there are still good, ‘hot’, nice songs or albums from 06 that are still blasting from your speakers. That is, those songs that you have to play loud and sing along to either when you’re cruising alone or hanging out with your friends or crew. I still have Neyo’s ‘Sexy Love’ playing because that’s a ‘hot’ song right there that sends chills up my spine and makes me want to just slow wine. His performance back here in Jamaica was great! Mary J. Blige’s album is still doing well and that Ludacris collaboration with her is a great song but I think the ending is misleading. T.I’s album ‘King’ is just one ‘crazy’ album; it is one of the best albums for 2006 and one of the best I have heard in awhile. I am currently listening to track 16 which is ‘Hello featuring Governor’ because someone dedicated it to me. It is kind of like a ‘thug’ love song, one that talks about a guy missing his ex-girlfriend, reminiscing about the good times they had and why he is still calling her. This was definitely a year for new artiste and Chris Brown definitely took the prize for the best new act. His songs are great and his videos are even better. They certainly make you want to get up and dance and that song ‘Goodbye’ makes you really want to think and evaluate your relationship. Even though Mariah Carey’s album ‘Emancipation of Mimi’ was released in 2005 she still made an impact in the music world for 2006. It does not matter if her albums were 10 years old because her songs are always good and she is always playing in the stereo. I also do listen to a bit of rock and roll and Green Days and All American Rejects absolutely kept me entertained for the year and earned the privilege of being played so much in my car.