New Bottle of Bubbly for Jay-Z

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It just keeps getting better for Jay-Z… He can rock the mic… sell some clothes… broker deals for athletes… and sell some bubbly… His resume is impressive…

The newest item in the Jay-Z portfolio is the gilded Armand de Brignac (nicknamed “Ace of Spades”) brand of bubbly, which retails for $300 a pop but can go as high as $200,000…  A new company led by Jay Z acquired the brand from New York-based Sovereign Brands, which announced the sale this week.

“We are proud to announce that Sovereign Brands, a New York-based wine and spirits company owned by the Berish family, has sold its interest in the Armand de Brignac (‘Ace of Spades’) Champagne brand to a new company led by the globally-renowned Shawn ‘Jay Z’ Carter,” the company said in a statement.

The best-selling artist, label owner, entertainment mogul, sports agent and now-champagne maker is reportedly worth over $500 million, according to Forbes…

Chris Rock Hits Comedic Limits

Are there social issues that comedians should just leave alone? I’m not sure how to answer that one myself… A joke is just that… a joke… however… jokes can bring out moments of pain for others… You know what you get with Chris Rock… the truth!!!

Wu-Tang Reunited

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Like most album releases… delay’s are bound to happen… so nothing was different here with the new Wu-Tang Clan album “A Better Tomorrow” According to Billboard… the release date is slated for December 2nd on Warner Bros. Records…

On November 3rd the RZA hosted a private listening session at Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan… If Quad Studios rings a bell… Well it is the same studio where Tupac in 1994 was robbed and shot five times by three men…  History…

Back to Wu-Tang… The RZA was joined in studio by U-God and Masta Killa… Billboard released the track list to “A Better Tomorrow”:  Gotta love the Golden Era even if it’s a new era…

1.“Ruckus In B Minor”
2. “Felt”
3. “40th Street Black / We Will Fight”
4. “Mistaken Identity”
5. “Hold The Heater”
6. “Crushed Egos”
7. “Keep Watch”
8. “Miracle”
9. “Preacher’s Daughter”
10. “Pioneer The Frontier”
11. “Necklace”
12. “Ron O’Neal”
13. “A Better Tomorrow”
14. “Never Let Go”
15. “Wu-Tang Reunion”

Animated Side of Iron Mike

Gotta pay homage to the man… Iron Mike Tyson… I absolutely love the idea of the former heavy weight champion of the world… Animated!… The series from Warner Bros Animation debuted Monday 10:30pm on Adult Swim.  Not only has Tyson chosen not to become a low life former boxing champ… He has done some really dope shit post boxing… “Undisputed Truth” directed by Spike Lee was a smash in my opinion… Tyson has a real future in front of the camera… Even if he’s animated… well Tyson is almost always animated…

As we all know… Tyson can entertain in a variety of ways… See the footage of him going at dude interviewing him in Canada… I was like whoa man…  don’t you know Iron Mike… wrong question…

As Deadline Hollywood describes them… the cast of the Mike Tyson Mysteries…  The ghost of the Marquis of Queensbury from centuries past, voiced by Community’s Jim Rash; a boozed-up bird that used to be human, voiced by Norm MacDonald in a role he was born to play; and Yung Hee, the Rachel Ramras-voiced home-schooled and adopted Korean daughter of Tyson.

Tyson is proving that there is more for boxers to do after the right hand can’t land for money… I personally wish Iron Mike the best in his new endevours…

 

“The Pinkprint” Release Pushed to December

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According to Billboard… The third studio album from Nicki Manaj… “The Pinkprint” is now set to be released on December 15th.  Manaj tweeted last month that the album would come out on November 24th.

This release is highly anticipated and I’m sure the multiplatinum entertainer… I would have said rapper… but i think she is far more than that in her already illustrious career…  will provide us with some risqué self promotion.

Just Say No… To Vegas

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Everyone has their reasons.  And so does Mr. West… According to TMZ, Kanye West says “no thanks” to Planet Hollywood’s Axis Theater.

The details of the deal reportedly would have made Kanye Vegas’s highest-paid performer: three weeks, three shows per week, one $4.5 million paycheck. That’s $500,000 per show.

Blood Moon: Year of the Wolf/ Has The Game on Top

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The Game is back on top with Blood Moon: Year of the Wolf… He is currently #1 on Billboard Rap Albums and R&B/Hip Hop albums charts.  Funny, the album has received mixed reviews from music critics.  Blood Moon is full of features from Lil Wayne, Ty $, Chris Brown, etc… too many to name…  some of the recent buzz around The Game was whether he would reunite with 50 and G-Unit.  Maybe that will happen… but for now… it seems as if he is relishing the early success of the album.