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In the US world, where hiring a lawyer is like breathing, it looks quite strange tome that he's not reacting in any way... or using the occasion to make exclusive interviews or some tv programmes... LifeLight

I really hope they get this #1 next week ! So deserved !!! LifeLight

This is the European tracklist, quite better thanthe UK ones ;) 1 04:52 I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (Album Version) 2 04:45 Ambition 3 04:06 I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (Linus Loves Vocal Edit) 4 00:00 I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (Video) (Data Track) LifeLight

So early ? :o LifeLight

This is officially my feelgood song of late Summer. Every time I'm down and I watch the video, I feel good and I want to smile and dance. I really want to thank the Scissors for this. LifeLight

Released on July 5th Produzione BIM Distribuzione 01 Distribution Codice Area 2 - Europa Tipo DVD 9 - Singolo lato, doppio strato Audio Italiano: Dolby Digital 2.0 Inglese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Sottotitoli Italiano Formato video 16:9 Generico Extras: Trailer cinematografico originale Making of... Lady Henderson Intervista a Bob Hoskins you can see the cover herE: http://www.dvd.it/page/dett/arti/492353/nv...n_presenta.html I know I may sound pathetic, but we don't have a lot of Will news here in Italy :o LifeLight

More tnah Oh Mother ? wow ! I must read the lyrics ! :o LifeLight

If she's gonna release a live dvd of this tour, a live video is not so strange :o LifeLight

Thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) LifeLight

so much ? Impressed ! :o LifeLight

From NME New Manics album: 'pure melodies mixed with rock 'n' roll' Nicky Wire tells all Nicky Wire has confirmed that the new Manic Street Preachers album is well underway, and has revealed more about what it will sound like. It seems the band's next album, their eighth, will have more of a rock sound than the 'elegiac pop' of 2004's 'Lifeblood'. Speaking to NME.COM, Nicky Wire said: "James [Dean Bradfield] hates me for saying this, but it's sounding like 'The White Album' played by Guns n' Roses - pure melodies mixed with rock 'n' roll. "A mix of 'Generation Terrorists' and 'Everything Must Go', that's what we're after." Wire also commented on the band's previous few albums, dubbing the last few years "our wasteland period": "People have told me 'The Love Of Richard Nixon' sounded like the Pet Shop Boys, but you've got to have your wasteland period otherwise you end up regurgitating the same stuff. "You've got to come back with something amazing and that's why this is such hard work." Wire's solo album 'I Killed The Zeitgeist' is released on September 25. LifeLight

Thanx for the review, Jake :) LifeLight

Back to Basics debuts at #3 in Italy !!! :) :) :) ANOM chartrun: 5-6-12 LifeLight

From SFgate He's one of rap's true pioneers. But Too Short still wants his props. Eric K. Arnold, Special to The Chronicle Tuesday, August 29, 2006 "I go on and on/ can't understand how I last this long," Too Short raps on his current single, "Blow the Whistle." Coming from any other rap artist, the line would be a throwaway. But in the case of Short, whose 16th album, also called "Blow the Whistle," is out today, the verse makes perfect sense. There aren't too many pioneers still active in the hip-hop game, and even fewer still making hit records. Yet though the Los Angeles-born, Oakland-raised rapper (who's also lived in Atlanta and Las Vegas), ne Todd Shaw, remains one of the most decorated artists in his genre when it comes to platinum and gold plaques, and can be credited with not only initiating the Bay Area's indie hip-hop scene as well as having a hand in the birth of crunk music, he feels he hasn't received his props. Sitting in a limo parked on Sutter Street, Shaw, 40, is instantly recognizable, even if he only somewhat resembles the lean, attitudinal youngster mean-muggin' on the back cover of albums like "Short Dog's in the House." His face has filled in, and flecks of gray now dot his beard. He complains that despite a storied career, he's been somewhat underrated. "Rappers have always thought they were better than me," he says. "And the media has always thought that I was not relevant to hip-hop, so therefore, they didn't have to mention me." However, to paraphrase one of his many classic raps, Too Short ain't trippin'. "The media tends to put the artists with the hottest single on a pedestal. And as soon as that single goes away, you're kicked off the pedestal," he says. "In my case, I never had any place on the pedestal because I put myself there with my audience. My fans are like, 'Too Short is the s -- ,' therefore, nobody else has to say it." Shaw's rapport with his audience may well be the secret to his continued relevance. Although he's continually appearing on hit records, most recently Kelis' "Bossy," he's not one to follow industry trends too closely, and has never changed his rap style to accommodate fickle listeners. Shaw reveals that when he writes a rhyme, his main consideration is pleasing the "diehard Too Short fan." He makes records, he says, for that one individual. "When I make a song, I actually literally talk to one person on purpose. ... I don't focus on, are people in Chicago gonna like this? Are people in Atlanta gonna like this? I think of one person who's a Too Short authority, who thinks I can't do any wrong, because I've customized all these songs for this one person. You know, we've just been having a conversation for 16 albums," he says with a laugh. A tireless work ethic is another big reason why Shaw has managed to outlast just about every other rapper from the early '80s. "I make songs all the time, I make 'em really fast, and I really felt when I made "Don't Stop Rappin' " in '85 that I could do this forever." To this day, that credo remains his motto, a point of personal pride for him. "It also pertains to the fact that back then I used to do a lot of songs that didn't have a hook," he says. "I would come on rappin' from the very first beat, and the music would actually fade while I'm still rappin'. It was like me saying, I got too many rhymes." While never known as a battle rapper or a freestyler -- he actually coined the term "paystyle" -- Shaw's M.O. was to defeat competitors through the sheer quantity of his lyrics. "That was my way of braggin' that I'm better than other rappers without ever saying that I'm better than you." Shaw says that when he created the character of Too Short, "There were no rappers" and "virtually no hip-hop scene" in Oakland or the Bay Area. Back then, he continues, "you could go for months and months and not see another rapper. There were no ciphers or battles. There was none of that going on. Just these guys here and there, dropping some records." Too Short debuted with "Don't Stop Rappin'," released on the 75 Girls label, which spawned the hits "Playboy Short" and "Girl (That's Your Life)," one of the first rap songs to address the crack cocaine epidemic. That "pretty much started the Bay Area independent hip-hop music scene. Period. That was the starting point," Shaw says. Although "Girl (That's Your Life)" technically wasn't the first rap song to be released out of the Bay Area -- that honor is usually given to Richmond's Motorcycle Mike, who released a 12-inch single, "Super Rat," in 1981 -- Too Short was the Bay Area's first rapper to put up significant sales numbers and create a loud underground buzz. Once the ball got rolling, Shaw says, "Oakland and the Bay Area embraced hip-hop immediately." Within a couple of years after "Don't Stop Rappin'," scores of independent-label artists were following Short's precedent by selling tapes on consignment at local record stores (like Leopold Records in Berkeley and T's Wauzi in East Oakland, or even directly out of the trunks of their cars. Shaw proved to be a huge influence on these fledgling labels, offering advice on how to go the independent route and be successful at it. "I started telling everybody from the Bay Area who wanted to get in this exactly how to get into it," he says. "A lot of old-school successful Bay Area rappers, their CEOs came to me for the how-to." Among the people directly influenced by Too Short were St. Charles of Solar Music Group, one of the original Bay Area rap labels, and Vallejo's E-40 and the Click, who began their career by selling their tapes at neighborhood liquor stores and "out the trunk" in cities like Stockton, Sacramento and Modesto. After releasing a second album on 75 Girls, "Players," which further established him as an underground sensation and ghetto celebrity, Shaw formed his own record label, Dangerous Music, in time for 1988's "Born to Mack," an album inspired by Oakland's colorful street hustlers. "Born to Mack" became the first album by a Bay Area rapper to be released on a major label when it was picked up by Jive records and distributed nationally, on the strength of the slow-rolling, bass-heavy hit single, "Freaky Tales." "Born to Mack" may have also been the first pimp-hop album. It set the stage for the numerous rap artists who later incorporated pimp imagery (among them Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Nelly and UGK) into hip-hop. Its classic cover depicts Shaw firmly in character as Too Short, draped in gold chains, casually reclining in a tricked-out black Cadillac Biarritz convertible with shiny gold rims. "I was looking at movies like 'The Mack' and 'Superfly' and I was making my movie album cover," Shaw says. "Born to Mack," he adds, "was supposed to look like a movie. It was supposed to be those guys. You know, the jewelry, the Cadillacs, the rims, the accessories on the car. But it was supposed to be the 1988 version of that. It wasn't supposed to be a replica of the '70s." Shaw wasn't nostalgic for the bygone days of wide lapels, floppy hats and ivory canes because, by the time "Born to Mack" was released, the game had changed. He notes that Snoop Dogg associate Magic Don Juan, a reputed real-life mack, represents "an image, to me, of late '70s, early '80s kinda pimpin'. It's a kind of pre-crack cocaine pimpin', where your clothes might match your car and your girls dress alike and all that. But I know the new pimpin'. I've watched it evolve. And I always keep it real in my songs." Even today, he says, "I still try to stay present-day in my pimpin' image." And though he's often called on to perform at infamous pimp conventions called Players' Balls, he tends to dress like he is today, in a simple outfit: brown T-shirt, off-white pants, and just a hint of bling, nothing too ostentatious. Although Shaw is known as Too Short, the player for life who's married to the game, the guy who littered his rhymes with nasty metaphors and scandalous cusswords, the one who introduced the b-word into pop culture and made it a catchphrase, he's also dropped considerable knowledge over the years. To hear him tell it, he's been nothing less than an inspiration to his fans, who frequently tell him his music has helped motivate them through rough periods in their lives. "It's not accidental that I made songs like 'Gettin' It' and 'The Ghetto,' " he says. " 'The Ghetto' (a gold-selling single from 1990) is one of my biggest songs. I got it from Donny Hathaway. That song is very emotional. Every song I ever heard before that was about how hard life was in the ghetto, and I decided to flip it. If you listen to my song, it says even though these terrible things happen, even with all the negative things, there's a lot of positive." In 1994, Shaw moved from Oakland to Atlanta. It may be just a coincidence, but the Down South rap scene started to take off around that time. After establishing yet another indie label, Short Records (while continuing to release his own solo albums on Jive), he played a pivotal role in the career of Lil' Jon, appearing on the then-unknown producer's "Couldn't Be a Better Player" in 1998 -- one of the first "crunk" records -- as well as the breakout smash "Bia Bia" in 2001. Lil' Jon returned the favor by producing Short's 2003 radio and club hit "Burn Rubber," which foreshadowed the emergence of the Bay Area's current hyphy movement. Shaw has since moved back to Los Angeles, and of late he's been seen with increasing frequency in Oakland. He's been noting hyphy's development with interest, appearing with rapper Mistah F.A.B. on the Traxamillion-produced "Sideshow" -- one of the hottest street-approved songs of the summer in the Bay Area -- and giving a shout-out to "East Oakland where the youngsters get hyphy" in the lyrics of "Blow the Whistle." Regarding hyphy, he says, "I feel it's certified. It's definitely a movement." However, he feels "it's not gonna be maximized unless you do what Atlanta did with the crunk. ... I just wanna see the kids make money off it. I wanna see some jobs generated off it. I wanna see some major label deals signed." To that end, he's taken up-and-coming youngsters the Pack ("Vans") under his wing, helping them ink a deal with Jive. "They're the new kids on the block -- literally," he says. "I'm just proud to be helping them out. I didn't really take them in the studio and make their beats, or tell them what to name their songs. I saw that they had it and I gave them an opportunity." When it's all said and done, Shaw says he just wants to be remembered for his contributions to rap. "When you talk about the earliest days of hip-hop and where it came from, I just wanna be right there when you say, there was Run-DMC, there was LL Cool J, there was Grandmaster Flash, all these people who have been monumental in the emergence of hip-hop, in the bringing you of hip-hop, I just wanna be included in that. ... I don't wanna be left off the list of pioneers." He goes on to note that while seminal figures like Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa and Russell Simmons brought hip-hop to the world, "you also have your West Coast pioneers, and that would be the Ice Cubes, Dr. Dres, Too Shorts. We pioneered rap on the West Coast. It did not come from anybody but us." LifeLight

From Undercover 50 Cent Sued By Fans by Tim Cashmere August 31 2006 Two girls who attended a 50 Cent concert in 2004 are suing the rapper after he took a dive into the crowd looking for someone who splashed him with water on stage at Springfield, Massachusetts. Cent dived into the crowd, where he allegedly punched Donna Dejesus in the face and pushed Taneka Nesbitt to the ground, which resulted in knee surgery. At the time, Cent agreed to a plea bargain and was put on probation and required him to go to an anger management course and be subjected to random drug testing for two years, which shouldn't have bothered the rapper too much, since he claims not to drink or do drugs anyway. Hip hop site allhiphop.com report that the women are seeking an undisclosed amount of money. LifeLight

From Undercover Green Day Returns To The Studio by Andrew Tijs August 31 2006 After the staggering success of 2004's 'American Idiot', punk rockers Green Day head back into the studio for the follow-up. Back in July, VH1 reported that Billie Joe, Mike and Tre were recording demos on a daily basis and on August 28 the band announced on their website that they're "back from summer vacations" and are working hard on the next album. Billie Joe Armstrong had previously told VH1, "For us, everything that we do is completely, 100 percent passion- and energy-driven, so however we're going to come out with our next album, just be certain it's going to be an event, not just putting a record out." Although Green Day were already established as superstars of the punk rock scene in the '90s and early '00s, their 2004 album 'American Idiot' was a spectacular renaissance for the band. It inadvertently became an event, as a concept album about the state of the nation. It was their first US and UK number one, and has sold 13 million copies worldwide. Their next album is guaranteed to be a sales hit, but it remains to be seen whether the trio can top the impact of 'American Idiot'. LifeLight

the European edition of this single will have the same tracklist of the UK ? According to HMV, the maxicd is limited !!! (it does not say what "limited" means... only a few copies pressed ? available for a limited period of time ?) 10" 1. I Don't Feel Like Dancin' [Album Version] 2. I Don't Feel Like Dancin' [Linus Loves Vocal Edit] 2track 1. I Don't Feel Like Dancin' [Album Version] 2. Ambition LifeLight

Same form The Sun Christina's Dirrty man Sexy ... Christina By ALISON MALONEY Sun Online CHRISTINA AGUILERA’S man wants her to be even sexier. The Dirrty star says husband Jordan Bradman is so secure in their relationship he encourages her to be more risqué. “That's the great thing about my husband,†she says. “He's so secure within himself that he would never, ever even be concerned with that. “He's always saying to me that he thinks it's great what I do artistically, and he's happy to let everyone see. “He's right behind me, supporting every pelvic thrust. Sometimes he'll even say to me: ‘Why are you covering up? You're sexy, show it off.’†LifeLight

I really don't know much about Xstina private life... never knew about her domestic violence past, btw... I'd like to know if his father had his say after the release of Oh Mother (I don't really know if he's alive, btw !:o :o :o ) LifeLight

no interview ? only pics ? :o LifeLight

Here we have the reason for the new Best of ! :) LifeLight

Do I have to buy an OST just for one song ? any hope for a single release ? ;) LifeLight

From the Sun Chris shows off big top CHRISTINA AGUILERA is no stranger to a media circus – and here she is looking every inch the part in a figure-hugging ringmaster’s outfit. The curvy singer went back to her Dirrty girl roots for a fancy dress party in Hollywood with hubby JORDAN BRATMAN. And even though she was flaunting a fine pair of assets in her top hat and jewel-studded tails, she did look a little lopsided up top. Christina – who hit No1 last week with her third album Back To Basics – was obviously taking her own advice and had left the push-up bra at home. here for the pics: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2006400212,00.html LifeLight

From the Sun Mariah couldn't carey By TOMMY HOLGATE Sun Online STUNNED fans were fuming as Mariah Carey performed for less than an hour. The Conneticut leg of her US tour lasted 75 minutes in total, but she was off stage for 15 minutes for costume changes. Fans had paid up to $160 (£89) to see the concert, in which the star left the stage to get ready for what they thought was an encore, then failing to re-appear. The diva also bungled when she snapped at a crew member during her set, saying: "Get that light off me you dummy," before realising her microphone was on. She tried to cover up by quickly adding: "Oops, just kidding!" It’s a shame she wasn’t kidding about the price tag, and length of the show. there are wore reports, but I'm not posting them ! :o LifeLight

If she releases a dvd, it will be a worldwide release. :) LifeLight