January 22, 2010

A Must See: Hope for Haiti Now Telethon

Tonight you need to be at home! Or, I’ll let you slide if you are attending a Haiti fundraiser. Beginning at 8pm EST (7pm CST) MTV’s “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” will broadcast across a number of networks, including MTV. There will be over 100 celebrities and influencers broadcasting live all over the globe, from LA to NY to London to Haiti, to help raise money for the reconstruction of Haiti.

Performers include Wyclef Jean, Madonna, Alicia Keys, Kid Rock, Jay-Z, Bruce Springsteen, Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, Justin Timberlake and tons more. I’m super excited because this concert will be one of a kind. Some artists will perform songs that have never been heard before, while we we also see collaborations from artists we never thought we would see on the same stage. The telethon will also feature actors, television hosts, athletes, and singers who will be answering the phones. That will be an epic sight to see.

Make sure you tune in. I’m sure out of ALL these channels the telethon will air on, there is one that you can watch – whether you have cable or not: BC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Showtime, Comedy Central, Bravo, E! Entertainment, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, G4, CENTRIC, Current TV, Fuse, MLB Network, EPIX, Palladia, SoapNet, Style, Discovery Health, Planet Green, CNN en Español, HBO Latino and Canadian networks, including CBC Television, CTV, Global Television and MuchMusic.

View this video of George Clooney, the telethon’s organizer, as he discusses ways the youth can get involved as well his hopes for the fundraiser:

January 21, 2010

On to the Next One

by Jay-Z: First, I must make it known that this video was uploaded on New Year’s Eve and has more than 2.2 million views! That is roughly 730k+ views a week. That’s bananas!

I liked this track off the Blueprint 3 album, but I think Jay has been hanging around Rihanna too long because this video is straight crazy! There have been numerous rumors and videos over the last few months that explain that Jay-Z worships the devil. I’m not one to assume something so immoral but this video sure does make you think twice…

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November 18, 2008

Rehab

by Rihanna ft. Justin Timberlake for a few oh’s: Sometimes I see new videos but don’t post them because the song is considered “old” when the artist releases the track because I have had the cd for so long. However, to justify my actions for wanting to post this video, I am creating a new segment called “Videos” to house videos that I like and I think are hot! This happens to be my favorite song off Good Girl Gone Bad so it was inevitable that I would post the video. Doesn’t hurt that Justin Timberlake is in the video either. Just seems a little weird to me that Rihanna shows very little emotion in the video. I know the song is sad, but anything more than a poker face would have made me happy!

Filed under: Song of the Day, Videos, , , — musicfan214 @ 6:47 pm

September 12, 2008

Come Over Remix

by Estelle ft. Sean Paul: One of my friends was playing Estelle’s album a few weeks ago. I really had no interest in obtaining the album until I heard this song on a mixtape yesterday. I really like this song because there are two different prominent sounds: Estelle being an English hip hop singer and Sean Paul being a Jamaican reggae artist. This track is a perfect example of how universal music is. We really have not had a Jamaican or Caribbean male artist come out with hits in a while. Of course we have Rihanna holding it down for the females, but since Shaggy, Kevin Lyttle, and Sean Paul holding it down for the males, there has not been many others. Sidenote: I wonder how much success Estelle has gained in her native country or is she more popular in the States…

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August 1, 2008

Disturbia

by Rihanna: My library already housed Good Girl Gone Bad, so I didn’t see the need to obtain the Reloaded version that was released in early June. This proved to be a mistake on my part since I had not heard this song previously. I was informed that I should watch this video about two weeks ago and I instantly fell in love with her transformation of the lyrics to images. This video is amazing…very much creative, thought provoking, and outside of the normal. Rihanna’s videos are beginning to push the limit, and if she keeps it up, her vids may begin to be compared to the story-telling ability of Micheal Jackon’s videos in the early 90s. Oh yea…the song is pretty hot too!

more about “Rihanna – Disturbia“, posted with vodpod
Filed under: Song of the Day, , — musicfan214 @ 7:48 pm