5 a Day...Today's Stories - 20/02/09

1) ALL ABOARD!
Diddy is gearing up to release a high concept album which he has already entitled Last Train to Paris. The album will be the follow-up to his Press Play LP which was released in 2006. The album is set to be released on September 22nd and will also include a short film. Diddy said of his high concept project to MTV ‘It's a profound love story, man. It's about this tumultuous love roller-coaster relationship that occurs. It's everything from love, pain, sex, God, celebration. It's a lot of things rolled into one. It's a conceptual album. One of the things, I wanna give you that's not out there yet is that it's not me as a solo artist. A movie is going to be shot to it too. It's definitely going be an album you can seamlessly see. Not after the fact. When you get the album on that day, September 22, you will be able to see the whole album on your computer. I go into production of the movie in May’. Rodney ‘Darkchild’ Jerkins, the Neptunes, T-Pain, Mario Winans and The Dream are just a few of the people who will be working on the project with the mogul. He’s not in a league of his own for nothing!
 

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5 a Day...Today's Stories - 18/02/09

TAKE MY ADVICE
Rap veteran and Hip Hop hunk LL Cool J has written an open letter to President Obama giving him advice on how to best serve his country. Here’s a snippet of what he wrote ‘The next chapter of your life has begun. The toughest decisions you will ever have to make lie in front of you. Decisions that will require you to choose between integrity and necessity to enact the promises made to millions of people, and recognize a change in perspective that will sometimes make those promises impossible to keep. Only you will be able to make those choices. You have shifted the cultural paradigm of America, but now you have to live up to the ideal that fostered the shift and ensure that the paradigm doesn’t shift back. You must deliver’. Right the way through Obama’s campaign, LL was an avid supporter of his journey to becoming the 44th President of the US...but somehow, I don’t believe he needs much help!
 

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5 a Day...Today's Stories - 12/02/09

NO LONGER WORKING TOGETHER
Tittle-tattle has been swirling the net & gossip blogs surrounding the status of both Janet Jackson and Jermaine ‘JD’ Dupri’s relationship status for some time now – and we are still none the wiser. A new story to break is from MediaTakeOut.com stating that the couple’s working status has changed as Ms Jackson is no longer working with her beau. According to the site, Janet has gone back to her long-time super producing duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis to spear-head her musical comeback. Her last few attempts under the guidance of JD have not been up to the usual superstar Janet selling standard and she has returned to her comfort zone. The site has quoted an insider as saying ‘She’s returned to Jimmy and Terry, so we can expect the old Janet back’. So now their professional ties have ended what about their relationship?
 

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5 a Day...Today's Stories - 13/01/09

ROAD TO REDEMPTION
Bankhead native T.I. has landed his own reality show on MTV. According to Hip Hop Crunch, the rapper/actor’s show will document his day to day activities 45 days before he enters jail. T.I., real name Clifford Harris Jr., was found guilty of felony gun charges last year and will face one year and one day in jail. His sentence is slated to begin on March 27th. The show is set to air on MTV (US) on February 10th.
 

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5 A Day...Today's Stories - 26/11/08

1) I’LL GIVE YOU THE REAL REASON
Swizz Beatz has given up information regarding Eminem’s highly anticipated 6th studio album, Relapse. The super-producer has worked on a handful on songs with the rapper and his label mates 50 Cent and Dr. Dre. He said of the collaboration ‘I don't know the title yet, but it's classic. It's sounding big’. He didn’t just stop there, he also disclosed to MTV ‘It's different. Different sound, different mindframe. He's clear. But it's the Eminem that you missed, that you loved, that you need, especially right now in the industry, going into '09. He's coming back to take the cake’.

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