What's The Verdict On Idlewild?
Thursday. 8.31.06 5:31 am
It's been over a week since the release of the latest Outkast album, Idlewild, and I'm wondering what the response is to the album. I've heard and read mixed reviews on it but the jury is still out. I did pick it up on the day it dropped with high expectations and the album met those expectations for me but others aren't so sold on it.
My thinking is that it's almost too far left for the average hip hop ear, an ear that has grown accustomed to the gun packers of the industry. The game has been in serious transition since their last release. Were they able to reel some of the lost back in with this album or are the lost too far gone?
Whenever Danity Kane is even mentioned to be possibly pushing as many units as Outkast I have to ask some serious questions here?
Also, what's the word on "Idlewild" the movie?
"Easily the most wildly innovative film of the year."--Bruce Kirkland of The Toronto Sun
Oppositely, here's a negative review
There was a great deal of hype leading up to the release but I'm sensing the momentum slowing down. I thought both were excellent products, and a needed change but what's the overall perception?
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Diddy feat. Nicole Scherzinger - "Come To Me" video
Thursday. 8.31.06 5:36 am
"Y'all know what time it is! Let's make em dance!" -- King Diddy
Usually a Puffy jawn accomplishes that much, if nothing else. "Come To Me" [watch it now] is a worthless, steaming pile of Pussycat shit! This wouldn't have even made their album. Diddy tries to bring Danceyback in his own special, pre-packaged, dolphin-toothed manner. Bringing the top pussy along was supposed to ensure victory.
Ehhhh...
This is almost as Brokeback as Sexyback itself. I wonder if they had any idea they’d be releasing damn near the same video at damn near the same time. I could see it now, Puffy and JT the Bigga Wigga at the bar somewhere talkin about what they were about to drop on the world. JT did it on MTV, Puffy hit TNC... Who's on first?
Shit, I’d love to see the Friday Night Sissy Fight that would ensue if there were any static over this.
Nicole... What the fuc?! We thought you were Puerto Rican or some shit. Scherzinger? Damn. Well, something tells me he'd rather have Schillnger... and maybe Robson and Hoyt instead of Danity Kane. I mean, one or all of them would have done just fine in this scenario. Actually, this looks and sounds like what would be one of their vide
os. What message does that send?
Can someone explain Puff's use of a bottom grill here? Everything else about him is screaming Michael Jackson. From the bullshit 3/4 spin every other maneuver to luring a young lady to his private playroom. Maybe next time we see Mike he'll have the whole top diamond and the bottom rose gold?
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Thursday. 8.31.06 5:42 am
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Thursday. 8.31.06 5:44 am
WELL IT SEEMS LIKE IT HAS BEEN A COMPETITION BETWEEN DANITY KANE AND OUT KAST THIS PAST WEEK SO FAR DANITY KANE HAS WON ROUND ONE.
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WEEK.
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Thursday. 8.31.06 5:49 am
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Diddy's Danity Kane Stops The Show With #1 Debut
Thursday. 8.31.06 9:58 am
DANITY KANE, the self-titled debut album from Bad Boy Records' sensational new female quintet, has made a spectacular #1 debut on the SoundScan/Billboard 200 album chart. Driven by a rapidly spreading wildfire of fan demand, the album exploded to the top spot, upsetting releases by established multi-platinum artists OutKast and Christina Aguilera, and selling over 234,000 units in its first week.
The music industry's newest Cinderella story, DANITY KANE is an out-of-the-box phenomenon at retail, selling nearly 90,000 units in its first day alone. The album quickly sold out at most stores across the country, prompting a massive effort by both the label and retail community to restock shelves overnight to meet demand. The album has shipped over half a million copies, with retail orders now topping the 625,000 mark. Meanwhile, on the digital front, DANITY KANE instantly became the #1 album on iTunes, with an average fan ranking of 4-and-a-half stars (out of 5).
The stars of Diddy's hit MTV series Making the Band 3, Danity Kane has defied industry convention, with six-figure sales being generated almost exclusively from huge street buzz and exponential word-of-mouth - an unprecedented achievement for a new artist with little radio airplay.
Bad Boy CEO Sean 'Diddy' Combs said: 'This is an historic moment for Bad Boy Records and Danity Kane. These are five hugely talented women, and they worked amazingly hard to make their dream come true. I want to thank all our friends at MTV for their great support in helping us make the band. Danity Kane is the real deal. I knew it from the beginning, the fans knew it from the beginning, and now the whole industry knows it. The people have spoken.'
'Danity Kane hitting number one represents another amazing chapter in our relationship with Diddy and Bad Boy,' said Christina Norman, President, MTV. 'As millions of MTV viewers witnessed first hand on `Making the Band,? these ladies earned their success through hard work, determination and raw talent.'
'When Diddy and I joined together to find an international supergroup, we knew it had to be a group that would stand out above the rest and set the standard for others to follow,' said Danity Kane?s manager Johnny Wright. 'The talented ladies of Danity Kane are just that. I'm blessed to have found them and look forward to helping to guide them to be the best in the business.'
'The formula works like this: Diddy, Bad Boy Records, talented and beautiful artists, and the marketing strategy,' said Steve Lerner, Circuit City's Senior National Buyer/Music. 'It's the culmination of many factors, and Danity Kane actually brings back the excitement of what the music business is all about - Artist Development!'
'Danity Kane is an amazing artist development story,' noted Virgin Megastore Sr. Product Manager Jerry Suarez. 'For us we were pleasantly surprised, just another indication that if you put a good record together people will buy it. Bad Boy did a great job creating excitement for this release, but that doesn't always sell records. You need to put together a solid release, and they delivered. Bad Boy is doing a great job of being a strong, diversified label.'
'Danity 'Co-Kane'? people are fiendin' for it!' commented Violet Brown, Director of Urban Music for Trans World Entertainment. 'It is great to have a new title of this magnitude!'
The video for Danity Kane's first single, 'Show Stopper,' is in Big 10 (heavy) rotation on MTV and is the #1 most-streamed video on MTV.com, where Danity Kane also has the #1 most-visited artist page. The group?s MySpace page has racked up nearly 14 million audio plays, with 11 million plays in just the last week alone. The group now has over 325,000 friends on their site and is the #2 ranked MySpace artist, just behind fellow Bad Boy artist Yung Joc.
The Jim Jonsin-produced 'Show Stopper' debuted at #5 last week on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart. Danity Kane is the #4 most searched artist on Yahoo! Music, where 'Show Stopper' has jumped from #56 to #11 in one week. At AOL Music, 'Show Stopper' is the #4-ranked song, while its companion video debuts this week at #11. On YouTube, the 'Show Stopper' clip has been streamed over one million times.
In addition, 'Show Stopper' was Warner Music Group?s #1 ringtone the week of 8/14, with sales over 90,000. As of this week, Danity Kane ringtones are being featured at every major mobile carrier.
Danity Kane is the latest in a string of #1 successes from Bad Boy Records. Most recently, Yung Joc?s debut album, NEW JOC CITY (Block Entertainment/ Bad Boy South), debuted at #1 on Billboard?s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. At the same time, the label has hit the top of the charts with current smash singles from both Yung Joc ('It's Goin' Down') and new discovery Cassie ('Me & U'). DANITY KANE is Bad Boy?s seventh #1 album on the Billboard 200, following The Notorious B.I.G.'s LIFE AFTER DEATH and BORN AGAIN, Puff Daddy's NO WAY OUT, Mase's HARLEM WORLD, the WE INVENTED THE REMIX album, and the BAD BOYS II soundtrack.
Executive Produced by Sean 'Diddy' Combs, DANITY KANE sees the five-girl outfit - Dawn, Aubrey, D. Woods, Shannon, and Aundrea - teaming up with some of today's most successful and talented producers. Among the studio superstars bringing their skills to the album are such hip-hop and R&B icons as Timbaland, Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins, Mario Winans, Jim Jonsin, Bryan-Michael Cox, Rami, and Ryan Leslie. The album?s Co-Executive Producer is Bad Boy Executive Vice President Harve Pierre.
Dawn, Aubrey, D. Woods, Shannon, and Aundrea were the cream of the crop among hundreds of women competing for a spot in Diddy's new super group during the taping of the smash MTV reality show, Making the Band 3. Though each of the five members of Danity Kane come from different backgrounds, all have a number of things in common that bond them as a full-fledged group - extraordinary talent, looks, personality, business savvy, an ability to perform under intense pressure, and a lifelong dream of making music.
For more information, please visit www.danitykane.com.
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