You can listen to a snippet of "No One Else", a track from B5's new album, on their MySpace.

UrbanBridgez.com has an interview with B5.


Via OhSoB5.com.

Block Entertainment has finally launched a fully fledged website. There are plenty of the features that you might expect, like an audio player, video player, downloadable wallpapers and buddy icons, tour info and more.

Via Gorilla Zoe.

Cassie revealed that she is currently filming a new movie called "Step Up 2". According to the movie MySpace (you can enter a contest to dance in the movie), she'll be featured on the soundtrack as well, with a track called "Is It You". It appears that you can download the instrumental to the track at the MySpace.

The movie is slated for a February 2008 release to theaters.

In his latest post at WordOfSouth.com, Zoe talks a bit about his background.

Times Online has the story.

As a promotional effort for the upcoming album, Yung Joc has started a campaign called "What's Your Hustle?" The object is to help you to raise your "hustle game". The first installment is his Hustlenomics Tips 1-3.

I just wanted to mention that I received an interview response from Simone Hines after my deadline. But, it was so great, that I've decided to update the article to include it. So, check it out. It's under "Senorita".

Laurie Ann was kicked off/left Making the Band 4 in last night's episode. I watched the replay of it probably 15-20 times so that I could accurately describe the scene in my entry, so I thought that I would sit down and put some thoughts out there.

First of all, I have to say that I've found Laurie Ann a fair bit annoying this season. It's TV and it's entertainment, but she seemed to be overdoing it for the camera way more than anyone else. So, assuming it's not one big publicity stunt, I think this was building up.

Earlier in the show, she's the only judge we see to shout out praise. After Dan performs, she says "yes!" loud enough so that everyone can hear it. Michael Bivens laughs and says "no favorites". Diddy tells her not to do it - the performance wasn't even hot according to him - and he'll edit her out. She tells him he can't edit her out because there would be no show. lol. Really? After he tells her not to get beside herself, she tells him he can gab all he wants. (?!) And he tells her she needs to leave. I agree with this - she's pretty clearly stepped over a line here and has become disrespectful. But, after she exits, Diddy sends Slam after her to bring her back.

So, she brings the boys in to practice routines like 9 hours before they are supposed to be cut. She doesn't seem to practice much and expects them to just get right into the routine. So... they don't do very well and she's angry and she rips into them pretty much over and over again with rare exceptions. When Jonathan tells her he wants to quit, she tells him to go - and then mocks him on the way out. I guess she was trying to get the other guys pumped, but I don't think it worked.

So, the cut comes and Diddy is frustrated with their inability to perform. He tells all of them to go outside and then conferences with Bivens and Gibson. Diddy asks her how long she's been working with them. She says just since today. Diddy says that he thought she was working with them since the weekend? She says no... this was the test (to see if they could pick it up quickly). But, Diddy continues, that's not what he said to do. This would mean that he told her that she was supposed to be working with them in advance of the cut, not on the day of the cut. Now, Diddy is heading to a cut without the information he needs.

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Babs has some pictures on her MySpace from a recent video shoot. The question is: what video? I hope to find out soon.