We watched Willow Smith rocking the internets waving her hair back and forth the day it came out. Early last week the we found this Sesame Street Remix on our sistergirls site - It Was So Much Easier. We Loves It !!!! so Ladies and Girls - go ahead and Wave Your Hair Back and Forth.
We give this Sesame Street Remix a Big 5 Stars !
Her Talent is Remarkable. No doubt the parents are proud of this lil stick of dynamite. she has a very Rihannaesque sound to her voice. even at this young age, Willow has a professionalism to her performance. that could only come from watching great stars closely, and copying their moves. she's already got her own steelo and her swagger is tight. no-doubt this mini chica will be rich real quick. watch out mylie cyrus she's comin fo ya ass. we bet there won't be no skripper poles in her future on award shows.
All My Ladies (and fellas if you're so inclined ) it don't mattter if it's long or short - Just do it with your hair. Wave Your Hair Back and Forth; Wave Your Hair Back and Forth.
Good Luck Willow - You're Star is Bright and Climbing,
Today we honor Michael Jacksons' efforts to awaken the music buying public about the pirates at Sony Music. Watch As Mike Tells It Like it T.I.S.
This is from one of his appearances in London several years ago. this basically shows us why Mike held back on his music.
just yesterday we read a piece from Tommy Mattola of Sony; who said he knows they have at least 200 pcs of unreleased Michael Jackson Music that they plan to release over the next few years. talk about robbing a dead man. Tommy Mattola is a PIMP - a stupid little minded pirate ass pimp.
to quote Mike "Leave Me Alone"..
Mike Called Tommy Mattola and Sony Music - "Devils".
I'm inclined to believe and agree with him; after seeing that story by Mattola, released immediately after Michaels' death.
Now I understand why Mariah Carey called him a Devil and said she had to do whatever was necessary to get away from him. apparently Mike felt the same way.
The problem we see is two fold. Sony seems to see Michaels unpublished work as theirs; which it isn't. also it seems they have some secret agreement which extends after death. personally speaking, I've never seen a contract which extends after the lifetime of an artist. this is speaking as a recording co. exec presently. I asked lots of my cronies, and they agreed, when the artist dies; the contract ends. redistribution rights and agreements are contingent on agreements made with the artists' estate and executors.
I for one, do not believe that Mrs. Jackson will be interested in talking to Tommy Mattola. Sony better find someone to negotiate with before they think they're going to release any further material from the King of Pop.
This is the reason that alot of releases of previously released material hits the market enmasse following an artists death. in the case of Michael Jackson; his music shot to the top five places on the global pop charts this past week. that alone ensures Sony will see a humongeous profit from a previously static catalog. this is what all record company execs pray for.
somehow the timing of Michael Death is just too convenient; and mattolas' statement makes me get this greasy feeling down deep. Let the chips fall where they may, but if murder was the case, no doubt the footprints will eventually lead back to 550 Madison Avenue.
too many loose strings; too many coincidences; too many un answered riddles. this is the murder mystery of the year. no doubt detectives will be trying to unravel this cocktail of intrigue and drugs for a while. Michael Jackson left indelible proof that he was indeed preparing to embark on another successful peroid as an artist. this would have most certainly removed him from the clutches of Sony Music Finally. AEG, the company who was to sponsor his 02 concerts is cash flush. they have insurance and are prepared to handle the losses. Was Sony prepared to loose Michael Jackson to another company ? I think not.
trust me, my nose is itching on the bad side and somewhere in there is a booger named "Sony Mattola".. have mercy if I blow real hard. cause we're gonna pray for the truth to finally come out. Lets think about this real hard; and the hive mentality will prove that Michael is a Victim in this case.
Please, The next-time you purchase music - REMEMBER WHERE YOUR MONEY IS GOING, REALLY - demand quality for your cash. you're paying for it; AND DEMAND ARTISTS BE PAID FAIR ROYALTIES.
Michael Jackson had a mountain of unreleased recordings in the vault when he died — music that is almost certain to be packaged and repackaged for his fans in the years to come. The material includes unused tracks from studio sessions of some of Jackson's best albums, as well as more recently recorded songs made with Senegalese R&B singer and producer Akon and Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am.
"There are dozens and dozens of songs that did not end up on his albums," said Tommy Mottola, who from 1998 to 2003 was chairman and CEO of Sony Music, which owns the distribution rights to Jackson's music. "People will be hearing a lot of that unreleased material for the first time ever. There's just some genius and brilliance in there."
The releases, Mottola said, "could go on for years and years — even more than Elvis." Since Jackson's death Thursday, there has been an enormous, almost unprecedented demand for the King of Pop's music. Nielsen SoundScan said Wednesday that three of his records — "Number Ones," "Essential Michael Jackson" and "Thriller — were the best-selling albums of the week, and 2.3 million tracks of his have been downloaded in the U.S. alone.
When a music star of Jackson's stature dies, labels typically comb through their archives to pull out anything they can release. New compilations of recordings by performers such as Elvis, Tupac and Jeff Buckley are still released nearly every year.
Mottola, who has described himself as the "shepherd and gatekeeper" of Jackson's catalog and is familiar with it better than anyone, said that for every album Jackson made — including classics like 1979's "Off the Wall" and 1982's "Thriller" — he recorded several tracks that didn't make it onto the records.
(Mottola had only laudatory things to say about Jackson, who criticized Mottola in 2002 as a racist. Among those who defended Mottola at the time was the Rev. Al Sharpton.)
The details of who owns Jackson's unreleased music and concert footage are not entirely clear. Sony Music declined to comment. A person involved with the label who requested anonymity said no new projects or compilations are being planned yet.
The Jackson family has not publicly discussed plans for Jackson's catalog. In a 2002 will filed in court Wednesday, the pop star left his entire estate to a family trust, with his mother and his children named as beneficiaries.
Steve Gordon, an entertainment lawyer and author of "The Future of the Music Business," worked at Sony Music during the 1990s. He said he was at Sony when Jackson's last contract was negotiated, though he acknowledged it could have recently been updated.
Gordon said Jackson owns some of his master recordings, while others are owned in partnership with Sony. Regardless, he said, Sony retains exclusive distribution rights for anything Jackson produced during the term of their contract.
Gordon said he expects Sony's Legacy Recordings division to do something similar to what it did with Elvis and create a division purely for Jackson's catalog.
"They've done every kind of configuration to try to squeeze more money out of the catalog with Elvis and they'll do it with Michael Jackson — be sure of it," Gordon said. "I imagine that there's a ... load of concert recordings that may or may not have been released."
Jackson's last original album was 2001's "Invincible." His 2005 child molestation trial and other controversies distracted him from recording, but he was active in recent years.
He died just weeks before he was to perform 50 concerts at London's O2 arena in what was supposed to be his comeback. He had also begun working on new material.
Two weeks before he died, he wrapped up work on an elaborate production dubbed the "Dome Project," which could be the final finished video piece overseen by Jackson. Two people with knowledge of the project confirmed its existence Monday to The Associated Press on condition they not be identified because they signed confidentiality agreements.
Four sets were constructed for Jackson's production, including a cemetery recalling his famous "Thriller" video. Shooting for the project lasted from June 1 to June 9. Now in post-production, the project is expected to be completed next month.
Last year, Jackson released "Thriller 25," an album marking the 25th anniversary of the album. It included the new song "For All Time," as well as five remixes that involved will.i.am, Kanye West, Akon and Fergie. The Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am has said he and Jackson recorded several songs together. He told the BBC on Monday that Jackson had possession of their demos, and that the songs "demanded all the people to the dance floor."
Akon had hoped to complete an album with Jackson once he finished his London concerts. The singer said they used to meet in Las Vegas whenever they had the time, and would talk on the phone constantly about ideas for the album.
Akon said they never actually completed a song except for "Hold My Hand," which leaked last year. "All the other songs were just ideas," Akon said.
He said he will keep the song fragments — a chorus here, a verse there — "locked up in the vault" until the Jackson family decides how to proceed. He said it could be worked into a tribute album.
"It was all positive records — songs to uplift people, songs to make people think about the problems in life," Akon said. "It was all about bringing people together."
Michael Jackson was more of a Phenomena than Person; if you met him, you remembered him. I met him as a young motown singer, passing through town. he was sweet, quiet and well mannered as were all the Jacksons.
It would be the later years, that would mould a distinct impression of Michael Jackson aside from the Jackson 5; and make us all want to create our own tributes to him - upon his final curtain call.
we're going to update this page as we feel it, and provide links to all kinds of Michael Jackson Memorabilia. as well BadGalsRadio will be spinning 100 Michael Jackson Hits over the next 7 days. every hour you will hear at least "3 Michael Jackson hits" - No Diggity.
we remember the man in the mirror this way, because he made us all look deep into that mirror; and recognize who we are.
Michael Jackson Bio Part 1 - 6 (consecutively posted below)
it was his step away from the Jacksons, that presented a new and more interesting Michael to the music world.
he was an instant hit. it's his ability to dance, sing and think on his feet that endeared us to him. Thriller - his best selling album, is the worlds best selling album still to this day. now that is quite a mark on history.
Even those of us who thought he was slipping away from reality, watched to see what would happen. he was so charismatic that he could draw a crowd wherever he went; it just magically happened..
he was a superstar if ever the word could be used justly..
Michael Was the King of Pop - and He Earned that Title, Righteously through a sacrifice of blood, sweat and tears.
His many strange peroids were usually punctuated with a new and undeniably hot tune or album. he never made a album that didn't sell at least 1 million copies. his albums still sell like the day they were released globally on cd, and now again on Vinyl - from the early motown reissues. he has been in the spot light his entire life.
This Comeback was anticipated to be the greatest show he had ever planned. the rehearsals in Los Angeles were going well; even with reports of an occassional tired day here and there.
Michael was a trooper to the end in everysense of the word..
maybe he knew better than any of us, the sacrifices it takes to create a legacy that recovers from such scorn as was heaped on him in his later years. Michael perservered and pushed on - never looking back and making plans always for more and better.
that, I am sure - is why we loved him so..
" Long Live the King - Long Reign the King of POP " Michael Joseph Jackson 08/29/1958 ~ 06/25/2009
TMZ were told: "when paramedics arrived, Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back." Jackson is survived by three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II.
The website reports he had been taken to hospital in Los Angeles after CPR treatment by paramedics who were called to his home.
Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics were first at the scene of the singer's $US100,000-a-month rented home in Holmby Hills near Sunset Boulevard about 12.12pm (local time) to find him not breathing, the Los Angeles Times reported.
He died at UCLA hospital.
Jackson was reportedly planning a comeback and was living in LA while rehearsing a series of 50 sold-out shows in London, the Los Angeles Times has reported.
Jackson Was Not Breathing When Paramedics Arrived, Officials SayPOSTED: Thursday, June 25, 2009
UPDATED: 10:14 pm EDT June 25, 2009
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Michael Jackson
LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday.
He was 50.
Jackson died at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Ed Winter, the assistant chief coroner for Los Angeles County, confirmed his office had been notified of the death and would handle the investigation.
The circumstances of Jackson's death were not immediately clear. Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m., Capt. Steve Ruda told the Los Angeles Times.
The paramedics performed CPR and took him to the hospital, Ruda told the newspaper.Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.
His 1982 album "Thriller" -- which included the blockbuster hits "Beat It," ''Billie Jean" and "Thriller" -- is the best-selling album of all time, with an estimated 50 million copies sold worldwide.
The public first knew him in the late 1960s, when as a boy he was the precocious, spinning lead singer of the Jackson 5, the music group he formed with his four older brothers. Among their No. 1 hits were "I Want You Back," ''ABC," and "I'll Be There."
He was perhaps the most exciting performer of his generation, known for his feverish, crotch-grabbing dance moves and his high-pitched voice punctuated with squeals and titters. His single sequined glove, tight, military-style jacket and aviator sunglasses were trademarks second only to his ever-changing, surgically altered appearance.
"For Michael to be taken away from us so suddenly at such a young age, I just don't have the words," said Quincy Jones, who produced "Thriller." ''He was the consummate entertainer and his contributions and legacy will be felt upon the world forever. I've lost my little brother today, and part of my soul has gone with him."
Jackson ranked alongside Elvis Presley and the Beatles as the biggest pop sensations of all time. He united two of music's biggest names when he was briefly married to Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie, and Jackson's death immediately evoked that of Presley himself, who died at age 42 in 1977.
As years went by, Jackson became an increasingly freakish figure -- a middle-aged man-child weirdly out of touch with grown-up life. His skin became lighter, his nose narrower, and he spoke in a breathy, girlish voice. He surrounded himself with children at his Neverland ranch, often wore a germ mask while traveling and kept a pet chimpanzee named Bubbles as one of his closest companions.
"It seemed to me that his internal essence was at war with the norms of the world. It's as if he was trying to defy gravity," said Michael Levine, a Hollywood publicist who represented Jackson in the early 1990s. He called Jackson a "disciple of P.T. Barnum" and said the star appeared fragile at the time but was "much more cunning and shrewd about the industry than anyone knew."
Jackson caused a furor in 2002 when he playfully dangled his infant son, Prince Michael II, over a hotel balcony in Berlin while a throng of fans watched from below.In 2005, he was cleared of charges he molested a 13-year-old cancer survivor at Neverland in 2003. He had been accused of plying the boy with alcohol and groping him, and of engaging in strange and inappropriate behavior with other children.
The case followed years of rumors about Jackson and young boys. In a TV documentary, he had acknowledged sharing his bed with children, a practice he described as sweet and not at all sexual.Despite the acquittal, the lurid allegations that came out in court took a fearsome toll on his career and image, and he fell into serious financial trouble.
Jackson was preparing for what was to be his greatest comeback: He was scheduled for an unprecedented 50 shows at a London arena, with the first set for July 13. He was in rehearsals in Los Angeles for the concert, an extravaganza that was to capture the classic Jackson magic: showstopping dance moves, elaborate staging and throbbing dance beats.
Singer Dionne Warwick said: "Michael was a friend and undoubtedly one of the world's greatest entertainers that I fortunately had the pleasure of working with. ... We have lost an icon in our industry.
"Hundreds of people gathered outside the hospital as word of his death spread. The emergency entrance at the UCLA Medical Center, which is near Jackson's rented home, was roped off with police tape."Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Jackson has just died," a woman boarding a Manhattan bus called out, shortly after the news was announced. Immediately many riders reached for their cell phones.
So many people wanted to verify the early reports of Jackson's death that the computers running Google's news section interpreted the fusillade of "Michael Jackson" requests as an automated attack for about half an hour Thursday evening.
In New York's Times Square, a low groan went up in the crowd when a screen flashed that Jackson had died, and people began relaying the news to friends by cell phone."No joke. King of Pop is no more. Wow," Michael Harris, 36, of New York City, read from a text message a friend sent to his telephone. "It's like when Kennedy was assassinated. I will always remember being in Times Square when Michael Jackson died."
Associated Press Writers Derrik J. Lang in Los Angeles and Virginia Byrne, Nekesa Mumbi Moody and Jocelyn Noveck in New York contributed to this report.
