According to Billboard… R&B singer Raheem DeVaughn arrives at No. 1 on Top R&B Albums with his latest set, Love Sex Passion. It’s his first effort to top the two-year-old chart, and second charting album on the list, following A Place Called Love Land, which entered at No. 7 in 2013.
Meanwhile, Love Sex Passion enters Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums at No. 5 (while also arriving at No. 31 on the Billboard 200).
So, I’m reading the newspaper as I normally do and on page 3 of the NY Daily News is an article of Beyoncé having a near miss of a wardrobe malfunction with a pic as well. Now, I understand the salacious mindset of papers, blogs and magazines in gaining an audience based on what they think we want, but it’s kinda ridiculous that this is not only being reported as news, but at the very beginning of a ‘family’ newspaper!!
They do have an entertainment and gossip section, which this type of ‘news’ is usually displayed, but I can’t believe that this is news nowadays. It’s bad enough that almost daily there is a Kardashian or a Jenner news ‘story’ popping up and it’s more important than, let’s say, education, politics or world news.
Some of the publications I’ve worked at say that you give the people what they want and that’s almost true. But, give your audience an alternative and you create the type of audience that will pick up or view your publication because you are deviating from what’s considered normal these days.
Well, what can you do? You call yourself a business magazine or a news organization and you’re trying to keep up with TMZ and countless other publications that were created for the type of content they report. And then get mad when you can’t even report it correctly or in the time the sites you’re trying to copy, so, you’re still behind…..
Just thinking out loud…… Carry on….
MULTI-PLATINUM SUPERSTAR LUDACRIS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM LUDAVERSAL;
ARRIVING MARCH 31st ON DTP/DEF JAM RECORDINGS WITH NEW SINGLE, “GOOD LOVIN” FEATURING MIGUEL!
LUDA RETURNS TO MOVIE SCREENS ON APRIL 3RD IN FURIOUS 7!
LUDACRIS’ EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH GOOGLE PLAY A HUGE SUCCESS WITH BURNING BRIDGES EP
Three-time Grammy Award®-winner and multi-platinum selling artist Ludacris made year-end headlines when he wed his long-time love Eudoxie. Now, he’s kicking off 2015 in grand style, storming the charts with his newest single,“Good Lovin’” featuring Miguel. “Good Lovin,” as part of his December 6-song EP release BURNING BRIDGES, generated massive buzz when it was offered as a Google Play Music Store exclusive. The video for “Good Lovin” was shot last week week; expect news of its premiere in the days ahead.
Anticipation now centers on the release of Luda’s 8th studio album, LUDAVERSAL, arriving March 31st on Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam Recordings. LUDAVERSAL is the much anticipated follow-up to Luda’s RIAA gold release Battle Of The Sexes, which debuted at #1 on Soundscan—Luda’s fourth #1 album. Battle Of The Sexes crested on the RIAA double-platinum hit single “How Low” and the RIAA platinum “My Chick Bad” featuring Nicki Minaj, both of which rose to #2 R&B, #2 Rap, and Top 10 pop.
On April 3rd, three days after the release of LUDAVERSAL, Ludacris –real name Chris Bridges– returns to the big screen in Furious 7. This marks Luda’s fourth turn as Tej Parker in the wildly popular The Fast and the Furious action film series, which has grossed over $2.3 billion worldwide to date, making it the most successful franchise in Universal Pictures history.
Speaking of unprecedented success, Ludacris became the first Def Jam artist ever to partner exclusively with Google Play on a domestic release. The BURNING BRIDGES EP went live on Spotify on January 6th, and is currently making big moves on the U.S. Viral Chart. In addition to “Good Lovin’,” which is gathering momentum at Urban radio and Rhythm radio formats, Burning Bridges also includes: “New Beginning Intro,” “Money” feat. Rick Ross, “Problems” feat. Cee-Lo, “In My Life” feat. John Legend, and “Burning Bridges” feat. Jason Aldean.