Tru To You

Newcomer Jeremih enters the rnb arena with a rather ridiculous song if you ask me.

If you haven’t heard the song before the basic run down is about the way the sex is gonna run down. Nothing much happens in the video of course considering he’s trying to go mainstream. I enjoy the percussive and vocal arrangements on this track. The auto-tuner is a little over used but I am not gonna deny how crazy catchy this one is. Maybe that is why it hit #1 on the US billboard R&B charts. Still can’t believe it.

He’s signed on to Def Jam – the same label as Ne Yo. Should Ne Yo be afraid? Nah, I think this track was released for shock value and Ne Yo has more vocal skills.  Jeremih’s debut album is coming out June 30th, 2009 if you’re interested.

Check Jeremih out on his MySpace or Def Jam page.

Ever watch American Idol? Elliot Yamin was a contestant and became 3rd runner up in Season 5. He’s gained a following allowing labels to bank on him. Fight For Love is his sophomore follow up (continue reading…)

The sophomore follow up to “I Am”, Chrisette Michele’s new, “Epiphany”, gives us an uplifting mid tempo experience (continue reading…)

Fantasy Ride, Ciara’s 3rd album release comes out May 5th state side. The album encompasses a diverse range of (continue reading…)

It’s been a week since Day26’s second album entry. After taking a listen… (continue reading…)

I thought I would follow up on my last Keri Hilson post with a formal review of the her album. (continue reading…)

If you’re looking for a soft slow jam listen then you have to check out Cases’, The Rose Experience. (continue reading…)

R&B / slow jam fans will definitely dig this new one by J. Holiday. While hybrid Hip Hop / R&B enthusiasts may be a little disappointed.

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And the day had to arrive. That’s right. The season finale of True Beauty.

The final three, Billy, Joel and Julia were faced with a naked photoshoot as their last challenge. Billy and Joel breezed through, as expected, while Julia’s conservative background hindered her shoot.

Well, maybe not that much because she shot a pretty good photo being dipped in oil and everything. Like really? Who would say no to that?

In the end, and very much under the radar, Julia won the competition and did so by passing all of the ‘tests’.

Judges – how could she not win? With that squicky clean personality and natural good looks there was probably no questions going into this episode that she would win. Joel can be too much of an ass and Billy is just fake.

Pretty anti-climatic finale but a guilty pleasure to pass the time. I was excited in the beginning to watch this show with Ashton Kutcher and Tyra Banks names attached. They could have done many things better but I don’t think they cared after the 3rd episode.

This reality show was a safe ride for the network. Nothing really new to offer and probably pulled in some decent ratings. Let’s hope, if there is another one, they’ll pull in more tricks.

Good bye True Beauty and check out Julia’s winning speech.

For more info on True Beauty check out their official website.

Awesome! Laura got kicked off. Can’t believe it took that long. I don’t even think she took the competition seriously, but I wouldn’t really either considering the “challenges” they were facing.

Speaking of challenges, we sat down to watch the remaining contestants attend a red carpet event to see who could ‘mingle’ the best. With every episode there’s gotta be one surprise and this week’s was the arrival of the mothers, and father, of the contestants.

A little bit of a ZzZzz action in this episode since there was nothing really out of the ordinary. No special challenges or crazy situations. Just straight up dress nice and talk to people…oh wait…Ashton Kutcher’s mom was there too but I don’t think it was necessary.

In the end, Joel and Laura were the bottom two with Billy being safe for this week. Laura got booted off obviously because she has no personality and, earlier, she leaked to the stylist that she was using Billy. Tsk tsk…Don’t these people know they are being filmed?!??! Gahhh…

Anyway, good for Laura to go home and now they are down to three. Next week is the finale so it should be a good one.

Check out the official True Beauty website for more info.