Ludacris Challenges Pete Wentz Of Fall Out Boy To Rap Rap Battle

It's non every day that you hear Ludacris challenge someone like Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy to a tap battle. Celebrity DJ Clinton Sparks is the mastermind behind this unusual encounter.

Fall Out Boy teamed up with Clinton Sparks for their new release Citizens FOB Mixtape: Welcome to the New Administration. This was a change of pace for Clinton, considering his past tense mixtapes were with artists such as Kanye West, P. Diddy and Eminem. On this project, Sparks combined the rock world with hip-hop by scratch, blending and mixing the songs as if they were rap songs. The mixtape features everything from Ludacris challenging Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy) to a rap battle, to a protection track entitled "We Believe in Obama."

Citizens FOB Mixtape: Welcome to the New Administration features unreleased tracks from their upcoming album The Return - "Folie a Deux" debuting on November 4, 2008. The mixtape has a guest list that includes Seth Green, Ludacris, Gym Class Heroes, The Academy Is, Panic @ the Disco, Tyga, Cobra Startship, The Cab, Hey Monday, as well as artists from Fall Out Boy's pronounce Decaydance. MTV and The E! Channel will be airing segments of Clinton Sparks and Pete Wentz in the studio creating the mixtape. Welcome to the New Administration is available for download at http://www.sendspace.com/pro/nv8chy

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Up to the Challenge: George Clooney wants you to know he's a good-looking guy who cares about serious stuff like the trial of Osama bin Laden's driver, which is why he bought the rights to Jonathan Mahler's The Challenge. It's the true account of how a Navy officer and a Georgetown law professor fought to give the guy a fair trial. No word on Clooney's involvement, but there's always the potential for a

Xscape

   
Artist: Xscape

   Genre(s): 
Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Understanding

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 10


   
 Traces Of My Lipstick

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 13


   
 Off The Hook

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 12


   
 Hummin' Comin' At 'Cha

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 10

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The female R&B quartette Xscape debuted vocalizing at producer Jermaine Dupri's birthday party in 1991, and were the recipients of a atomic number 78 album scarcely deuce old age by and by on. The quartette was formed about sisters LaTocha and Tamika Scott, wHO had adult up in the christian church -- their forefather, Rev. Randolf Scott, performed in the R&B mathematical radical the Scott Three during the former '70s. Rev. Scott began grooming the girls at an early geezerhood, and they finally made the jump from the church to operative gift shows about the area. While attending Tri-City High School in the Atlanta suburban area of College Park, the sisters met Kandi Burruss and Tameka "Midget" Cottle, forming Xscape in 1990.


Later on the group appeared at Dupri's birthday party, he sign-language them to his So So Def book tag and recorded their debut record album, Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha. The LP stony-broke into the Top 20 thanks to the number two hit "Just Kickin' It," and later strike atomic number 78. The second Xscape try as well made platinum, though the group smoothed out their sound for their one-third album, Traces of My Lipstick. Besides vocalizing with the group, Tamika is as well an ordained minister, and has recorded a solo gospel album.

Rick Wakeman and Tony Fernadez

   
Artist: Rick Wakeman and Tony Fernadez

   Genre(s): 
Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Zodiaque

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 12

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Aldo Romano

   
Artist: Aldo Romano

   Genre(s): 
Jazz
   

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Discography:


   
 Oceans in the Sky

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 10


   
 Ten Tales

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 11

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Although born in Italy, Aldo Romano touched to France with his family at a young age. He was already playacting guitar and drums professionally in Paris in the '50s when he heard Donald Byrd's chemical group with drummer Arthur Taylor. Since then, he has consecrate himself to the drums and present-day malarky. In Paris jazz clubs like le Chat Qui Pêche and the Caméléon, Romano has accompanied visiting Americans like Jackie McLean, Bud Powell, Lucky Thompson, J.J. Johnson, and Woody Shaw patch as well exploring disembarrass music with Don Cherry and Gato Barbieri, Frank Wright and Bobby Few, Michel Portal, François Tusques, Jean-Louis Chautemps, and Steve Lacy. Romano's limitless peculiarity for whatsoever surviving euphony brought him in contact with electric jazz in the '70s, playing at the Riverbop with longtime associate/bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark, in summation to François Jeanneau, Henri Texier, Charlie Mariano, and Philip Catherine. In 1978, he released his first gear album as a loss leader with Claude Barthélémy (Il Piacere, OWL), followed by 1980's Night Diary with Didier Lockwood and Jasper Van't Hof, and 1983's Alma Latina with Philip Catherine. In 1980, Romano brought pianist Michel Petrucciani to the world's attention, introducing him to the manufacturer of Owl Records. His Italian roots were fondly remembered with the foundation of his Italian Quartet with Paolo Fresu, Franco D'Andrea, and Furio Di Castri. The four recorded To Be Ornette to Be and Water Dreams (Owl) and Non Dimenticar, a collection of Italian songs (Vitality). Palatino -- named for the Rome-Paris night prepare -- likewise includes Fresu, with Glen Ferris on trombone. Intervista (Vitality, 2001) -- with bassist Palle Danielsson, saxophonist Stefano di Battista, and Brazilian guitarist Nelson Veras -- is a gorgeously played overview of his musical life history, with Ornette Coleman-ish tunes, Latin-American compositions, and operatic arias; a bonus CD contains a charming interview.

Jackson Promotion Pulled

JANET JACKSON has another album flop on her hands - bosses at her record label have ceased promoting DISCIPLINE and there are no more single releases planned.
Jackson, who once broke chart records with seven U.S. top five hits from one album - Rhythm Nation 1812, has scored only one hit from her new release, Feedback.
And there are no plans to try to top that.
In a disappointing email correspondence to celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, Jackson writes, "We started off with Feedback and the label and myself haven't quite seen eye to eye since the Feedback single so they've kind of basically stopped all promotion.
"I'm trying to figure out a way to say this, but just to say it and to be quite honest, they just stopped all promotion whatsoever on the album, so I don't think you're going to hear another single off this album."
At the height of her popularity, Jackson scored 19 hit singles from just three albums - Control, Rhythm Nation: 1812 and janet. And she still holds the record for scoring number ones in America from the same album, over three successive years.

Empire

   
Artist: Empire

   Genre(s): 
Metal
   Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Chasing Shadows

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 10


   
 Leeches

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 10

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Empire had its origins in the demise of the dance band Flash -- in fact, for a short patch its name was just Flash Mk. II. Guitarist Peter Banks, once of Yes, emerged from management disputes of Flash to attract together a band of jam-mates in the loosely integrated ZOX and the Radar Boys. These jams had featured Phil Collins in arrears the drums, though his dedication to Genesis meant that he could only baby-sit in on a few tracks of the 1974 transcription roger Huntington Sessions for the new named Empire.


The sound of Empire had trenchant progressive elements, as unitary power gestate with both Banks and Collins close to. Their recordings, though, were marked by a willingness to dip into a wide change of musical genres, from blues to area blues. The band was also unusual among reform-minded bands in existence fronted by a woman. Although Renaissance had the ethereal vocalization of Annie Haslam, Empire's Sydney Foxx provided a notable counterpoint to the band's complexness by with her hard bluesy vocals, not unlike Lydia Pense or regular Janis Joplin at times.


Empire's put to work brought small success, though. Despite some expectancy among the pop music squeeze, Banks and Foxx were unable to ground statistical distribution for their work either in Britain or the U.S. Still clinging to hope, the mathematical group recorded deuce more albums in the '70s only to no avail. It was to be two decades in front One Way released them on CD; and piece non precisely lost classics, the albums are of a high sufficiency quality that it's unfortunate that the striation was unable to aim whatsoever footing in front its separation in 1980.





Katie Holmes confirmed for Broadway role

TomKat to throw housewarming bash

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are set to have a star-studded house-warming party.

Carlos Alomar

   
Artist: Carlos Alomar

   Genre(s): 
Electronic
   

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Discography:


   
 Dream Generator

   Year: 1973   
Tracks: 10

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Guitarist Carlos Alomar has played on more than David Bowie albums than whatever other sixer stringer has (including Mick Ronson, world Health Organization was peradventure the most identifiable with Bowie). In 1974, Alomar crossed paths with Bowie, world Health Organization was interested in authorship an record album that explored dance/funk sounds of Philadelphia soul. The two attain it sour, which would signal the origin of a long and fruitful relationship between the isaac M. Singer and guitar player. 1975's classical Young Americans soon followed, as Alomar too helped co-write one of Bowie's biggest hits, "Celebrity," on with Bowie and John Lennon. It was besides around this meter that Alomar supposedly 'discovered' person isaac Bashevis Singer Luther Vandross, having him blab on Bowie's album, which at long last lED to a successful solo career of his have. Alomar apace figured out that Bowie wasn't typeset on a single musical expressive style for whatever period of time, as Alomar unbroken pace on such experimental and musically varied Bowie albums as 1976's Station to Station, 1977's Low and Heroes, 1979's Lodger, and 1980's Scary Monsters. The guitarist and Bowie as well helped revive the life history of hood icon Iggy Pop during this time period, serving bring forth and co-write two of Pop's finest solo albums, 1977's The Idiot and 1978's Lust For Life.


Alomar continued to play/tour with Bowie off and on throughout the '80s, including being named "musical theater director" of Bowie's portentous Glass Spider Tour in 1987. An surfeit of session work out likewise came Alomar's fashion, as he played with a change of early artists during this geological period - Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Chuck Berry, Bette Midler, Arcadia, Digable Planets, James Brown, The Bee Gees, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, Carly Simon, Duran Duran, and Prefab Sprout, among innumerous others. As a upshot, the guitarist/songwriter has played on a total of 32 Gold and Platinum records all over the days. Alomar as well issued a solo album in 1988, Dream Generator, which focused more on synth/guitar textures rather than screening cancelled his chops. Soundtrack work for movies and TV followed, including such movement pictures as Pretty Woman, Pretty In Pink, Usual Suspects, and Christina F, asset jingles for idiot box commercials. Alomar as well reunited with his old sidekick Bowie for such latter day releases as 1995's Outside and 2002's Heathen. The early twenty-first hundred saw Alomar assist as Director of A & R for the "Boombacker" Music label, and putt together another solo expiration, to be highborn Hyly Volatyl.





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Gigs around town

THE ARCHITECTS
Kansas City, Mo.’s punk-ish Phillips brothers get behind their new release, “Vice.” Sunday at T.T. the Bear’s Place, Cambridge, 866-468-7619.
WALTER BEASLEY



Part-time Berklee educator and full-time saxophone talent, Beasley continues promoting “Ready for Love,” which hit No. 2 last year on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz chart. Tonight and tomorrow at Scullers Jazz Club, 617-562-4111.
ROBERTO CARLOS
One of Brazil’s most popular vocal exports and a legendary figure in his homeland, Carlos refuses to slow down. At age 67, he still tours the world and a new CD is in the works for release later this year. Tomorrow at Agganis Arena, 617-931-2000.
CUTTING EDGE OF THE CAMPFIRE
Throughout the holiday weekend, Harvard Square’s legendary Club Passim showcases nearly 100 mixed solo sets and in-the-round performances by folk newbies (and some not-so-newbies). Tonight through Monday at Club Passim, Cambridge, 617-492-7679.
EARTHFEST
Tomorrow’s forecast calls for partial sun and tempertures in the high 60s: perfect weather for Radio 92.9-FM’s Earth Day celebration. Sacramento, Calif.’s Cake headlines with its patented horn-and-vibraslap sound, off-kilter humor and oddball cover choices. The BoDeans, the English Beat and Cracker also perform, as will five unsigned bands appearing on a second stage. Tomorrow from noon to 6 p.m. at the Hatch Shell. Free. Go to earthfest.com.
FIREWATER
Former Cop Shoot Cop frontman and Firewater focal point Tod Ashley chronicles his recent journeys through Thailand, India, Pakistan, Turkey and Indonesia on “The Golden Hour,” a new CD. Tonight at the Paradise, 617-562-8800.
CONRAD HERWIG
Trombonist Herwig has carved his own musical niche doing Latin-tinted interpretations of jazz composers. His latest subject? Wayne Shorter. Tomorrow at the Regattabar, Cambridge, 617-661-5096.
LOOP 2.4.3
This Brooklyn-by-way-of-Connecticut duo concocts a daring mixture of uncommon percussion instruments and classical structures. Sunday at the Lily Pad, Cambridge, go to lily-pad.net.

Peter Schilling

   
Artist: Peter Schilling

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Pop
   Vocal
   

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Discography:


   
 Emotionen Sind Maennli

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 12


   
 Tauch' Mit Mir in Eine Neue Zeit

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 14


   
 Zeitsprung

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 11


   
 Retrospektive

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 14


   
 Raumnot 6 vs 6

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 12


   
 Fehler Im System

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 9


   
 The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime)

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 9


   
 Von Anfang an Bis Jetzt

   Year:    
Tracks: 15


   
 Geheime Macht

   Year:    
Tracks: 11


   
 120 Grad

   Year:    
Tracks: 9

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While legion new wave artists in the early '80s well-tried to imitate David Bowie, Peter Schilling went a whole tone further. In 1983, Schilling released "Major Tom (Coming Home)," a synth pop retelling of Bowie's 1969 classic "Space Oddity." It became Schilling's number 1 and but entry in the U.S. charts, a song that finally stigmatized him as a one-hit wonder in America. Schilling was innate in Stuttgart, Germany, on January 28, 1956. As a stripling, Schilling couldn't settle on whether to be a soccer actor or a singer. He chose music and his debut album, Mistake in the System, appeared in 1983. The individual "Major Tom (Approach Home)" wasn't just popular in the U.S., it was a universal smash. The video was played oftentimes on MTV, as well, just Schilling was not able to be its success. In 1989, Schilling collaborated with Enigma's Michael Crétu on the track "Different Story (Universe of Lust and Crime)," an admirable attack at updating his sound and trying to deliver to the American charts. "Major Tom" was given a techno sheen in 1994, and the reworked strain was welcomed in the clubs. A year subsequently, Schilling formed the Space Pilots with Catyana Schilling, J. Feifel, and P. Magnet, recording Trip to Orion.

Praxis

   
Artist: Praxis

   Genre(s): 
Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Metatron

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 14

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Praxis is one of manufacturer Bill Laswell's many projects, featuring guitarist Buckethead, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, AF Next Man Flip (turntable) and Brain (drums) Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) appeared on Axiom Records in 1993, followed a yr afterwards by Sacrifist. Warsawa, featuring contributions from members of the turntable crew Invisibl Skratch Piklz, was released in 1999.

EastEnders star attacked leaving nightclub

'EastEnders' star Lacey Turner returned to filming in London today after getting caught up in a fight when she left a nightclub.
The 19-year-old actress, who plays love cheat Stacey Branning in the hit BBC1 soap, was on her way home from a night out with co-star Aaron Sidwell (Steven Beale), also 19, when she was hit.
Turner did not report the incident, which took place at 2am at a supermarket car park near the Destiny club in Watford, Hertfordshire.
The actress' spokeswoman said: "She was literally walking back into a car park when a fight broke out and she got clipped.
"She was in the wrong place at the wrong time but she's fine. She and Aaron were not involved in the fight.
"She had a day off yesterday because she was off schedule and she's back filming today."
Turner joined the soap in November 2004. Her feisty character has recently been searching for her husband Bradley after he disappeared when he found out she had been cheating on him with his father.