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He's one of the most boring artists out there, but Wayne kills it on his verse. Again, Weezy turns a song that's otherwise dull and uninspiring into a passable, somewhat interesting track.

Yeah, Timbaland's sound was still strong at the time of producing for Justin & Nelly back in 2006. "Shock Value" showed some life, but was painful at times. His sound dominated U.S. radio for such a long time. I would rate his work w/ Justin & Nelly as high as his production for Aalyiah, Missy etc. It's only his more recent work that has started to sound tired and uninspired. With regards to the best, an obvious choice is Rick Rubin or Dr. Dre, and their body of work definitely stacks up. I would say my favourite producers, however, are The Neptunes. A lot of great hits, and I love the "futuristic" sound that they re-introduced in the late 90's/early 00's.

While I think this is a fourm that should remain active, due to the large scale of popularity Leona has achieved, I do think less AF forums would create more traffic in the relevant forums (Pop, R&B/Hip Hop/Soul etc.). It's a strong argument. No new reports at the moment, unfortunately. If Twitter were not as popular as it is, we would have very little news. There's still a long way to go before a single or album release yet.

I've been watching them all on Sky, so I'm a week behind. This is a time I wish I was back in NY ;) I skimmed the spoilers, and coudln't find a twist, but maybe I've missed something? If it's regarding the conclusion of the finale, I think we all knew something like this was going to happen. Oh well, if there is a twist I'd rather it not be ruined by reading spoilers from the internet, because it just wouldn't be the same (for me). Anyway, this season has been a major improvement from season six. I can barely even remember what the plot of that season was about, and that is coming from an avid 24 fan.

I'd probably agree with Jay-Z being listed as #1. I remember when people would call him a shoe-in filler for BIG after his death, funny that, huh? So many street anthems, lyrically, he's virtually untouchable (at his peak). His rivalry w/ Nas was one of the best, and most influential in Hip Hop history. Tupac would probably win if we're talking most influential, though. Like you, however, I feel he's overrated. I'll also agree that Biggie was far superior, and his flow was just remarkable. N.W.A would make my list in a heartbreat; the originators of gangster rap. Ice Cube, especially, who was the pin-up of West Coast music. So many to choose, it'd be hard to compile a list. I'll provide my Top 5, but this is not concrete. #1: Jay-Z #2: Notorious BIG #3: Rakim #4: Ice Cube #5: Nas

Matches added to the card after Smackdown: Edge v. Jeff Hardy for the World Championship, Ladder match Mysterio v. Jericho for the IC Championship, No Holds Barred match CM Punk v. Umaga, Samoan Strap match I told you it would be Judgment Day part II. This is just lazy booking, but Mysterio v. Jericho should be great.

Hot Singles (Top 40) http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/4006/eminembeautiful130x130.pnghttp://img521.imageshack.us/img521/5614/igottafeelin130x130.pnghttp://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3043/fantasyridedeluxe130x13.pnghttp://img230.imageshack.us/img230/89/200px808nheartbreakcove.pnghttp://i43.tinypic.com/b7f3v6.jpg TW LW PEAK TITLE ARTIST 01 01 01 BEAUTIFUL Eminem 02 NE -- I GOTTA FEELING The Black Eyed Peas 03 03 01 WORK Ciara Feat. Missy Elliott 04 04 02 WELCOME TO HEARTBREAK Kanye West Feat. Kid Cudi 05 02 02 BATTLEFIELD Jordin Sparks 06 16 06 THIS IS US Keyshia Cole 07 06 06 CAN'T LAST A DAY Teena Marie Feat. Faith Evans 08 09 06 EGO Beyonce 09 07 01 SLOW DANCE Keri Hilson 10 11 10 INSANE Eminem 11 13 11 EVERY GIRL Young Money Entertainment 12 05 02 NOT FAIR Lily Allen 13 12 04 TRUST Keyshia Cole & Monica 14 08 04 I DO NOT HOOK UP Kelly Clarkson 15 23 15 SUPERNOVA Mr. Hudson Feat. Kanye West 16 14 01 BOOM BOOM POW The Black Eyed Peas 17 17 02 KNOCK YOU DOWN Keri Hilson Feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo 18 15 01 HOT REVOLVER Lil' Wayne 19 19 19 PART OF THE LIST Ne-Yo 20 NE -- HELL OF A LIFE T.I. 21 24 21 SWEET DREAMS Beyonce 22 18 15 I LOVE COLLEGE Asher Roth 23 26 23 PAPARAZZI Lady GaGa 24 28 24 BLAME IT ON ME Chrisette Michele 25 22 05 BLAME IT Jamie Foxx Feat. T-Pain 26 10 02 WE MADE YOU Eminem 27 20 20 PUCKER UP Ciara 28 27 05 PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME Pink 29 32 29 RADAR Britney Spears 30 25 08 RETURN THE FAVOR Keri Hilson Feat. Timbaland 31 21 06 AMAZING Kanye West Feat. Young Jeezy 32 30 08 IF YOU SEEK AMY Britney Spears 33 NE -- BE BY MYSELF Asher Roth Feat. Cee-Lo 34 31 11 DREAM BIG Jazmine Sullivan 35 29 01 WALKIN' ON THE MOON The-Dream Feat. Kanye West 36 35 01 SEE YOU IN MY NIGHTMARES Kanye West Feat. Lil' Wayne 37 34 18 SKY MIGHT FALL Kid Cudi 38 27 09 RIGHT SIDE OF MY BRAIN The-Dream 39 NE -- BEST I EVER HAD Drake 40 39 04 HEARTLESS Kanye West 2009 #1s: 04/01: RUN Leona Lewis 11/01: HALO Beyonce 18/01: DEAD AND GONE T.I. Feat. Justin Timberlake 25/01: DEAD AND GONE T.I. Feat. Justin Timberlake 02/02: MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU Kelly Clarkson 09/02: DEAD AND GONE T.I. Feat. Justin Timberlake 16/02: DEAD AND GONE T.I. Feat. Justin Timberlake 22/02: SEE YOU IN MY NIGHTMARES Kanye West Feat. Lil' Wayne 01/03: WALKIN' ON THE MOON The-Dream Feat. Kanye West 08/03: ALREADY GONE Kelly Clarkson 15/03: BOOM BOOM POW The Black Eyed Peas 22/03: HOT REVOLVER Lil' Wayne 29/03: HOT REVOLVER Lil' Wayne 05/04: HOT REVOLVER Lil' Wayne 12/04: HOT REVOLVER Lil' Wayne 19/04: SLOW DANCE Keri Hilson 26/04: SLOW DANCE Keri Hilson 03/05: WORK Ciara Feat. Missy Elliott 11/05: WORK Ciara Feat. Missy Elliott 17/05: BEAUTIFUL Eminem 24/05: BEAUTIFUL Eminem

Hey Aidan, my favourites this week: 01 | Keri Hilson - Knock You Down ft.Kanye West & Ne-Yo - Knock You Down | 04-01-01-01-01-02-02-02-01-01 | 10wks 02 | P!nk - Bad Influence | re.19-07-02 | re.3wks 05 | Jordin Sparks - Battlefield | 03-05 | 2wks 06 | Black Eyed Peas - I Got A Feeling | 06 | 1wk 07 | Lady GaGa - Paparazzi | re.23-15-09-07 | re.4wks 08 | Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be | 08 | 1wk 10 | Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow | 01-01-02-02-04-03-01-03-06-07-10 | 11wks 13 | P!nk - Funhouse | re.13 | re.1wk 14 | Pussycat Dolls - Hush Hush; Hush Hush | 08-03-06-08-14 | 5wks 16 | Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up | 03-04-05-06-05-04-03-03-05-07-08-11-16 | 13wks 17 | Britney Spears - Radar | re.17 | 1wk 18 | Keri Hilson - Turnin’ Me On ft.Lil’ Wayne | 13-06-08-11-07-05-11-13-15-18 | 10wks 21 | Beyoncé - Sweet Dreams | re.21 | re.1wk 22 | Keri Hilson - Hurts Me | 08-16-22 | 3wks 24 | Beyoncé - Ego | 24 | 1wk 25 | Eminem - We Made You | 03-05-13-15-18-21-25 | 7wks 26 | Ciara - Work | 26 | 1wk 29 | Eminem - Beautiful | 20-29 | 2wks

01| Keri Hilson feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo - Knock You Down [15-3-1-1-1-4-10-4-1-1] NON-MOVER *5th Non-Consecutive Week at Number 1* 03| Jordin Sparks - Battlefield [23-3] UP 20 05| Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow [36-34-35-20-5] UP 15 07| Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up [17-13-15-12-11-8-7-6-5-5-3-4-7] DOWN 3 11| Keri Hilson - Hurts Me [5-11] DOWN 11 12| Ne-Yo - Part of the List [26-27-36-X-33-24-18-12] UP 6 16| Ne-Yo - In the Way [16] NEW ENTRY 18| Shontelle feat. Akon - Stuck With Each Other [25-19-16-12-11-12-8-18] DOWN 10 21| Keri Hilson feat. Timbaland - Return the Favor [35-8-5-5-4-3-3-7-14-21] DOWN 7 22| Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You [1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-5-4-9-12-13-13-18-23-25-22] UP 3 26| Girls Aloud - Untouchable [22-13-5-4-3-2-2-1-6-13-26] DOWN 13 28| Tinchy Stryder feat. Dappy - Number 1 [29-17-15-15-11-1-8-18-22-28] DOWN 6 31| Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy [23-12-12-8-8-6-7-14-26-31] DOWN 5 34| The Script - Before the Worst NEW ENTRY 35| Take That - Said It All [38-35] UP 3 38| Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake - Love, Sex, Magic [34-34-26-18-10-4-5-8-6-8-21-38] DOWN 17 39| Lady GaGa - Poker Face [21-18-11-11-9-10-7-9-14-16-20-27-32-39] DOWN 7 Great chart, Jonjo.

Hey Nick. [02][01] Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy (U-Tern Remix) [4-6-2-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-1-2] 12wks [724pts] [04][06] Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow [28-22-20-25-16-6-2-2-5-6-4] 11wks [545pts] [05][08] Anastacia - Defeated [20-13-9-10-8-5] 6wks [311pts] [10][18] Ciara feat. Justin - Love Sex Magic [44-35-40-37-30-20-18-10] 8wks [264pts] [11][13] Kelly Clarkson - I Don't Hook Up [41-19-17-17-13-11] 6wks [258pts] [13][15] Lily Allen - Not Fair [23-18-19-15-15-13] 6wks [273pts] [17][19] Mary J. Blige feat. Ne-Yo - Love [21-19-19-17] 4wks [178pts] [19][25] Lady Gaga - Papparazi [25-19] 2wks [88pts] [23][37] Flo Rida - Sugar [44-37-22] 3wks [89pts] [25][**] Jordin Sparks - Battlefield [25] 1wk [46pts] [26][10] Ne-Yo - Part Of The List [26-16-8-7-10-26] 6wks [283pts] [27][20] Britney Spears - Circus [6-4-2-1-1-1-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-6-11-8-14-14-18-21-20-27] 25wks [1371pts] [29][34] The Killers - The World We Live In [34-29] 2wks [69pts] [30][21] Keri Hilson feat. Timbaland - Return The Favor [33-23-22-19-15-14-9-14-16-28-27-19-1-2-6-7-16-15-11-11-21-30] 22wks [995pts] [37][26] Jennifer Hudson - Pocketbook [41-30-27-29-29-26-37] 7wks [218pts] [39][43] Eminem - We Made You [43-60-59-43-39] 5wks [71pts] [45][41] Natasha Bedingfield - Again [51-43-35-41-45] 5wks [90pts] [52][**] Shontelle feat. Akon - Stuck With Each Other [52] 1wk [19pts] [54][30] Pink - Please Don't Leave Me [34-30-22-14-12-10-7-3-5-4-1-5-13-28-30-54] 16wks [715pts] [55][36] Pussycat Dolls - Bottle Pop [Video Edit] [18-12-14-9-9-4-3-1-8-12-22-34-36-55] 14wks [628pts] [57][40] Taylor Swift - Love Story [46-19-5-9-17-45-39-36-31-40-57] 11wks [337pts] [58][31] Jason Mraz feat. Colbie Caillat - Lucky [40-27-22-22-15-9-14-23-31-58] 10wks [359pts] [64][54] Britney Spears - Womanizer [6-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-3-6-6-7-10-9-11-12-11-11-18-16-20-21-27-28-37-35-44-48-54-64] 35wks [1632pts] {Lonngest Chart Runner} [66][48] Kings Of Leon - Revelry [45-49-34-32-54-46-46-51-48-66] 10wks [149pts] [67][57] Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero [24-22-33-45-57-67] 6wks [128pts] Great chart!

Hey FM, I like/love: 03. Lily Allen - Not Fair \\ arrow down.gif 06 Week/s (09-06-02-01-02-03) 09. Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy \\ arrow down.gif 05 Week/s (07-07-04-05-09) 10. The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow \\ arrow up.gif 03 Week/s (20-13-10) 12. Flo Rida ft. Wynter - Sugar \\ arrow up.gif 04 Week/s (12-14-16-12) 13. Eminem - We Made You \\ arrow up.gif 03 Week/s (12-15-13) 14. Girls Aloud - Untouchable \\ arrow down.gif 09 Week/s (08-01-01-01-02-01-06-09-14) 15. Lady GaGa - Poker Face *longest chart sitter* \\ arrow down.gif 13 Week/s (07-04-01-01-01-02-02-03-03-04-07-11-15) 16. The Killers - The World We Live In \\ arrow up.gif 02 Week/s (20-16)

I think they cancelled the idea of a remix due to the negative feedback the song was getting. I love Kanye, but it's a horrible remix. I love "Ego". It's a nice motown influenced song, and I think it'll do well at Urban. It doesn't have much crossover appeal though, which is where "Sweet Dreams" comes into the picture (which is another great track).

Yeah, this kills "Imma Be". It's an anthem.

It looks as if her label are putting everything into this record to make it a success, so I'm hoping this release is managed better.

You know, I agree with you, but in some cases it still works for the guy. The lyrics to "Beautiful" are corny as hell, but his delivery and flow make it work. It's easily the best song on the record, and proves he still knows how to deliver a lyric. There is a lot of tripe on the album, though. I can't stand the "Shady" accent he uses on some of the tracks.

The album title sounds lame, but I'm hoping for an improvement on "Here I Stand". I don't think the album was overly bad, it just wasn't as good as "Confessions". He was a little more mature sounding in his last album, though. He's still the king of the sex jam, too. "Trading Places" was brilliant on all kinds of levels. And although "Here I Stand" sold far less than "Confessions", there's most definitely interest in Usher. In the UK? Maybe not so much, but he's still a top R&B player in the US.

Apparently the song was played on KIIS in full. There's got to be a HQ version uploaded shortly...

Totally agree (w/ regards to the "Upgrade U" comparison). I'm not sure what to think, to be honest. I thought "Boom Boom Pow" was fire, but this sounds like a mess, to me. Oh well, it won't kill my anticipation for the album.

Wow, all of this news so suddenly. It's great! I think I'll warm to the album title. It's very "Mariah", that's for sure. With regards to the snippet, I think it's real hot. As it's not HQ, I'm unsure if it's lead single material, but it's still strong nonetheless. An official announcement regarding the lead single should be made in the next few weeks (or sooner perhaps?), especially if LA Reid wants the album out by August/September.

LOL, and what, you think we're deluded? Even WWE have tried to move away from the term "sport". That's why announcers aren't allowed to call the wrestlers, well, "wrestlers". They're labelled "superstars", or the more recent term Vince is trying to enforce; "entertainers". It's still, however, categorised as a sport, hence WWE being discussed in the sports forum. It's fake, but TV shows, movies etc. are all scripted too. I'm sorry to ramble, but it's a pretty lame argument when no-one has even contested it. Oh, and BTW guys, they're thinking of having a submission themed PPV. WWE sent out a survey to certain members of their "WWE Universe" asking their opinion of the following PPV names: "WWE Total Submission" "WWE Submission Sunday" "WWE Breaking Point" "WWE Submit & Quit" LOL, now those are funny. I don't like any of them, but I guess "Breaking Point" shows promise. But then it reminds me of "TNA Turning Point", so who knows. Anyway, it's a bad, bad idea. WWE rarely even use submissions to conclude matches anymore. It's not like WWE are full of Angles, Benoits, Eddies etc. is it?

It's being reported that she's now working with Max Martin. Man, they're going all out on this album, aren't they? It'll definitely be a new sound for Leona. The new era seems destined for success.

This is one of my least favourite events of the year. It's gimmick overkill, one of the reasons TNA will never be strong competition for WWE. It's also pretty much Judgment Day part II. Anyway, Orton v. Batista in a Steel Cage match & Cena v. Big Show in a Submission match have been announced for the show. Looking good, then... :rolleyes:

Yeah, the first four matches were really strong. Especially Jericho v. Mysterio. I'm hoping this feud continues past "Extreme Rules"... Orton v. Batista was better than expected, but it still blew. It's as if WWE really don't know how to book Orton, like they're confused on his gimmick. Cena v. Show was boring as hell, but it was saved by Cena's sell job. Edge v. Hardy was a bit of an anti-climax to a good PPV, but it delivered.

Thanks for all of your comments.

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