Jill Scott And Eve's New "Shame" Single

With a new album, Light Of The Sun, on the way, Jilly from Philly took it back to her roots and teamed with fellow Philly native Eve for the new single "Shame."   See a clip of the video and Jill talking about why the video shoot was so important inside....

CNN recently caught up with Jill Scott on the set for her new single "Shame" with fellow Philly native Eve.  The single represents a return to Jill's hip hop roots while the video itself represents something a bit more personal.
Shot at the Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center on the city's north side, this is the place where Jill spent her summers as a child and where she began to write poetry.  What's special about the shoot is that Jill decided to do the video there after learning the center was on the city's list to be demolished.  So Jill and her Blues Babe Foundation swooped in to save the day.  Jill paid for a new roof, gym floor and basketball court.

"When I found out it was closing, it just hurt my feelings because kids like me needed a place to go. We just started to really take care of this facility because we don't want it to shut down."

She continued,

"Every community needs a rec center.  I put a lot of my love and my heart here."

When Elaine Lark, a local grandmother, learned of Jill's generosity she said,

"It's nice to see that Jill Scott thought enough about North Philly to come back and have everything here [at the rec center].  "It's a boost for the community. A lot of times entertainers don't come back, but I love that she did."

But for Jill, rebuilding the rec center was second nature saying,
          "You still have to come back.  Where you come you take care of that place. Everybody is supposed to  be a part of their own community."  

Watch Jill's interview and a clip of the video here:

 

Source: TheYBF

Report Claims Rihanna's "LOUD" Tour Is NOT A Bust, Rih Readies For Academy of Country Music Awards!

In response to reports that Rihanna's LOUD tour has poor ticket sales, one industry insider has posted some facts (given to him by Live Nation) that dispute reports of low ticket sales.  Find out what the powers that be are saying about Rihanna and her tour inside.  Plus--chick is readying for a country-collabo at this year's Academy of Country Music Awards next month...

Acclaimed music analyst and blogger Bob Lefsetz recently posted infomation he obtained from Live Nation chairman Irving Azoff about Rihanna's worldwide tickets sales.  After Bob published his findings, Roc Nation co-signed on the report saying Rihanna's tour is not the disaster The New York Post reported it to be earlier this week.
So here are the facts according to Bob/Irving/Roc Nation:

1. There are 56 sold out Rihanna dates in Europe. 
2. 64% of tickets for Rihanna’s domestic shows have already been sold. And they’re selling at the rate of 700 a day.
3. Rihanna’s Boston show is four months out. Projections say that 90% of the seats will be sold by showtime.  Also, the Post story said Rihanna needed to sale 15,000 tickets to break even, but Bob reports only 13,500 seats are available for sale.  And so far, Rihanna had sold 5,800 tickets for Boston, not the reported 3,700 tickets.  

And news just broke this afternoon that Rihanna's going country!  At least for one night.  Rih is set to perform a collabo of her new song, ‘California King Bed,’ with Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles.  It'll be the pop singer's first appearance at the ACMs, and it'll be an interesting one at that I'm sure.
The ACMs are set to air live from Las Vegas on April 3rd at 8 PM ET on CBS.
So does this prove that Rih Rih's still WINNING?

Source: TheYBF

Jay-Z Scores Collaboration With Sade + Readies The Release Of "Watch The Throne" With Kanye West

Jay-Z is about to take the game over once again thanks to two high-profile collaborations.  Not only is he ready to release the Kanye West duet album Watch The Throne everybody's been waiting on, but he can lay claim to being one of the first artists ever to hop on a track with Sade.  Deets inside...

Although she said previously that turned her back on collaborations, Sade has tapped Jay-Z for an upcoming Ultimate Collection set for a track called "Moon & The Sky."  The project is currently scheduled for a May 3rd release and will make Jay the first hip-hop artist to work with the "Smooth Operator" singer.  This ought to be interesting.

And his album with Kanye, Watch The Throne, is almost done, according to an interview producer Young Guru did with Vibe.com.

“Right now, I’m really trying to get Jay and Kanye to hurry up and finish this Watch The Throne album because the world needs to hear it.  It just needs little tweaks and things like that. But the core of the album is finished.”

And rapper Talib Kweli, who also knows a little bit about the album, recently said,

"I think the most unexpected part is kind of out the way with 'H.A.M.' That was probably the last kind of track I was expecting to hear from Jay and Kanye, but they definitely have some tricks up their sleeves. And they have some types of songs that you would think they might have. They really did a good job at covering all aspects, from the songs I've heard."

Sounds like we can expect a lot from this album.  But there is still no official release date....