Keri Hilson pushed back again!

This is just getting beyond a joke now. Keri Hilson's long-awaited debut album was originally set for release in september its now officialy been pushed back to an 'early 2009 release'. I'm just gonna call her Keri Scherzinger from now on coz it looks like she'll suffer the same fate.

Timbaland and The Neptunes

I'm getting really frustrated with how the music industry works now. Yeah.. I know I'm not no expert but I feel I know what I'm talkin about! It seems like particular producers will work with anyone under the sun just for the moneeeey. I'm referring to some of my favourite producers now.. Timbaland and The Neptunes (Pharrell and co). I'm not really a fan of Britney (maybe when i was like 11..lol) and Madonna (only her old tunes maan!) so I'm really disappointed that BOTH Timb and Neptunes have produced alot of the songs on their album, and to be honest I'm real disappointed. In my opinion those artist's voices and the beats don't blend together that well. It doesn't sound right. Seems like a waste. The beats alone sound sick, but once you hear the voices its like eww! That's just my opinion though! If you beg to differ post a comment..

I'll admit that I can just about listen to Britney "Why Should I Be Sad" (neptunes)and "Hot As Ice" (timb)

Mariah vs Mariah

You may think we're becoming Mariah crazy over here at neverxmind blogspot, but what can I say, the diva seems to be everywhere. Now, don't get mad peeps, I'm not knockin her hustle but don't you think Mariah has changed quite a bit over the years. She's still pretty either way but I actually thinks she looks better in her PRE-diva days, big curly hair and all. Fresh-faced! Au Naturale! Ok.. I'ma stop but you get the point I'm making. I'm taking it back to our previous posts, but do celebrities really have to change their image to make it big? I'm not saying this is what MC has done, 'cause you know considering the difference in fashion from 1990-'08 theres bound to be a change! You can already see this with Alicia Key's new "sexed" up appearance (then again it's not overwhelming because shes very classy), even Amerie, poor Amerie who's dropped off lol.

I guess we gotta face it. Sex sells. I'll leave you folks with wise words from Erykah Badu (if u aint heard of her hang ur head in shame!) on how to survive this industry.

"Create ur own publicity, do some hoooe shit" LOL. Love her sarcasm.

Estelle + Label pressure= changed image?

Well I thought it'd be appropriate to write about this especially since Diva previously made a post about how people change themselves to be accepted by society.


Anyway, we all know our British talent Estelle is trying to make it big in the USA, well according to her record label (Atlantic Records) the only way to achieve this is to change her "tomboy" image

“The American executives are adamant she makes a lot of significant changes,” said a source. “They want rid of her tomboy hair and want her to get her teeth fixed.”

“Estelle is not happy. She feels her teeth and the rest of her look are a big part of her character.”

It's evident that society, specifically the media, tries to make people conform to their ideas of beauty. Personally, I think this is outrageous but it's very common as celebrities are subjected to so much pressure just to stay relevant in the industry. Do you think this is a necessary thing for her to do though.

I respect Estelle refusing to change, and I'll be damned if she does a Beyonce upgrade and starts wearing a big massive weave, killer heels and showing her batty! Lol.. I'm just messing though Beys doing her thing.