Sound Tracks of the Year

Opening with Alicia Keys and Liza Minelli . Could there be anything more glamourous than this?

Every track here is an Aguilera or Cher. There, nuff said.

Something glamourous. Something sexy.
The makings of a top selling soundtrack.

These two are this year's shoo-ins for Top Soundtrack of 2010 ,in my precious little opinion.

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Genie out of The Bottle

Miss Polizzi looking bootylicious

The Grammy Awards, once again ,came and went.

The usual controversies (other than the bitching of fashionista watch-dogs) such as the seemingly undeserving winners ( a certain Diva-Hustler got a bus loads of Grammies again) and incessant rumours of bribes and favours abound. (Payment in Millions or in Kind, perhaps?^^)

Nothing, however , is as controversial as having Snooki around, of course. Star of hit reality show, Jersey Shore.

Not since Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Rihanna ,Amy Winehouse, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, had there been another celebrity with quite as many 'Scuttlebacks' in the fodders of tabloids.

But of course,

'Scuttlebacks are good!'

according to Wendy Williams.

Anyway, back to the gist of this entry, observers thronging the red carpet that evening had to do a double-take for , although, Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift were the darlings of the night, Christina Aguilera was also there? Eh?

Q .... Surely Miss Polizzi is pleasing the fashion police.

P.S: I think it is very nice that there are days she wants to 'be tall' and pile it up high with 7-inch plantform heels and her signature 'high-poof' hair and then there are days like these where she's just letting loose, be edgy and have a good time and be totally secure about not being a 5'10 monster girl in NY and LA . Fabulous.

Biker Girl

The Biker outfit.


Thanks to Miss Perfection , Beyonce, whose recent stab at bringing the fusion of fashion and music to the fore, since Gwen Stefani , Madonna, Christina Aguilera and Lady Ga Ga, has brought back in the spot light, the iconic couture outfit by Thierry Mugler.

Yes, She is Sasha. And, she is fierce.

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Princesses of Pop

It's the year end season again and the biggest stars are launching their albums to cash in on the holiday-buying mood of the public.

Indeed, it is no surprise that the pop-royalties are out once more to bask in their glory of their long-awating fans.

Britney Spears is staging her Comeback Round-Two.

Beyonce is proving to the world that she ain't burning out any time soon and is as Fierce as ever.

Christina is out to show that motherhood has dented none of her diva-tude. And is out to remind the world how big a star she still is.

Ok, with the princesses clearly name-dropped (as they would like it) , let us briefly discuss what to expect when parting your hard-earned money on any of their big new albums in these credit crunch times. (After all, these girls need to pay their bills too , ok?)



1) Miss Britney Spears' new album 'Circus' ; meant to cronicle and laugh at the hoo haa that she has always been since her 'Opps' days.

Of course , this time she's more specific with kids in tow and a 'womanizer' ex-hussy as she would like us to believe.

Ok, save for the fancy wild wild west theme, painfully well packaged album (double discs, loads of pictures within and an extra double-sided poster to boot) massive marketing hype that helped surge her ho-bum single 'Womanizer' to the top of the charts, this is really a very average album, whether you are a fan of hers or not.

Her previous album , 'Blackout' is a much better album. That album was a better comeback, unfortunately at a time when she wasn't ready .

In this album however, she's finally ready but the album's not.

In 'Blackout, the songs were amazingly catchy . Every song there was single-worthy.

In 'Circus' though, the songs are painfully fogettable.

To a point of being boring, bellying the glossy production for-the-sake-of-it. Not one song is impressive. Not one track is outstanding with neither a catchy hook nor a hum worthy melody.

As usual, there's always that sugar-coated life-story of hers but who cares when you can't sit through a song pondering what's the hype all about and trying to tap your feet to the groove that isn't there.

This is sad for an artiste who's past albums were always filled with very strong melodies. How is it that the recording execs think, such a snooze-inducing material would end up as Britney's, let alone a supposed big comeback effort?

So, suffice to say, this album is average at best. She's still more the circus than the album-sake.

2) Miss 'Fierce' Beyonce Knowles, has always been the drama-mama (ok, sista perhaps since she's not that old). And this new album , is none the different. Her two discs (even for the non-deluxe edition)are meant to seperate the ballads and the hip-and-grind tracks.

In the first disc, the ballads continue to show case her melismas as she wails her way in an attempt to seal her position right next to Whitney and Mariah (good luck with that) . With well sung tracks like 'If I Were a Boy', so far, so good. She's nontheless, more toned down like she intended for this album. So don't expect too much of the 'to the Left, to the left' spite.

For the second disc, it is evident that Beyonce cannot resist but to slip back to her usual manic-self. She continues to booty like no one can. Songs like 'Single Ladies' is almost a rip off from her previous album while songs like 'Diva' is but self-indulgent.

Overall, compared to Britney's, Beyonce's a very consistent and well thought out effort. Her reign as the #1 'it girl' seems unshaken if weary. Britney needs to buck up.

'Sasha' is a well-befitting effort that shows her growth as a legitimate talent.

3) Miss Aguilera is this generation's penultimate Big Voice as she roars louder than her petite frame would lead anyone to believe.

So raw is her belting that her angst can come off scary and you almost cringe at the possible vocal cord-damage she could well be inflicting upon herself . But who could blame her ? She tries her darnest.

All these years, she's seen the less talented Britney constantly atop of her and Beyonce , seemly 'destined' from the start to be the Queen of Dramatics, all of which should have been her's or part that of.

Still, there's no denying , Aguilera was nonetheless, never a small player. Almost it's biggest, in fact.

That said, with upstarts like Leona Lewis (who incidently also has a Deluxe edition of her hit album 'Spirit' out now) in the horizon to add to that growing list of would-be-competitors, it's little wonder that Aguilera is rapidly oiling her guns and showing to the world that she is Miss Perfection.

Yes, with a face seemingly carved by angels themselves, she's drop dead stunning. And yes of course, her voice is unmatced for sheer power and range.

This album, ' Keeps Getting Better' only proves it. Indeed, she does keep getting better from the lofty position that she already is.


***So now begs the big question. Who's album should you pound your bucks on?

Me thinks Beyonce's and Aguilera's.

If you still want Britney, get 'Blackout' instead.

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Feel her Spirit

A girl this beautiful . With a graceful presence
and a voice with power and range that matches the Whitneys and Mariahs.

Now, you can't go wrong with that formula.

Winning the British version of American Idol was her big break.

Clive Davis , as her mentor and producer , was her bigger .

No over-singing just to prove that she can a.l.a Christina Aguilera, Beyonce and Nicole Scherzinger.

She 's the new muse (apart from Alicia Keys) of music mogul-extraordinaire Mr. Davis, who's famous for shaping the career of all-time Diva Whitney Houston.


The note-scaling power antics are mandatory for any of Clive's girls.

But, so is subtlety and grace.

So, yes, Leona is lead well.

If , let's say, you haven't already heard her smash 'Bleeding Love' and grooved to Danja and proving the point that you're not likely from a lonely planet called Gia, yeah.

For a long time, there were the wannabes but never real successors to the Houstons , Careys and Dions.

Now here heralds.

Embrace this

Next Big Thing

.


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> Together with Amy Winehouse, Rihanna, Fergie and Duffy, me thinks, these girls are gonna be tomorrow's Divvvaaaas.
Oh Beyonce, please sit down...

Queen Bee~ good reason

I was ploughing through music videos on YouTube and kinda came across one of my all time favs, 'Lady Marmalade'(yeah , the Moulin Rouge version) .

And as I recall, every time I saw the video, it left me hot under the collar.

The live-version was even hotter.

The presenter announced 'It came at a time when Whore houses were about the music.'

LMAO.

0f course, the exhilaration of seeing Lil Kim, Xtina, Mya and P!nk perform like 'Divas Live' all over again (they should , shouldn't they?) is well, woo!

But as I, inevitably, scrolled down to the comments section and read what Netizens had to snide about , one recent one caught my attention.

She said,

" Why is Lil Kim there among 4 gorgeous singers?"

This montifox1984 ought to get a left-and-right.

C'mon, Lil Kim is THE Biggest selling Female Rapper in History; the most critically and commercially successful female rapper ever.

FOR A REASON .

> She's sold more records than any other female rap artist, world-wide.
> She' had more chart topping albums on the American Billboard charts.
> She's had more chart topping hits.
> She's the only Female rapper with a #1 hit.
> She's the only female rapper to date, to have won a Grammy award.

This Rap Diva has the goods:

1)The smoldering babe -factor. The sultry looks with that bodacious body to match (with the moves and spunk to carry it off).
2) She's a chameleon ; a fashion and sex icon.
3) She's one of the most prolific song writers out there. Yes, this song bird writes her own rhythms; and what amazing stuff she pens , alright!
4) She's very big and influential within the music industry.
5) Most importantly, what makes her such a mega star is this:

She's got the best female Rap vocals out there. Smooth, X-Factored, distinctive and Powerful.

So, she'd definitely earned her place to BE there with the others.


In fact, Lil Kim and Xtina were the only ones worth watching. Period.

Mya was too Chipmunk-ish while P!nk was obviously trying to out do everyone; (whatta slut).


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>>>Ignorance ain't bliss for some folks eh, montifox1984 ?