Hey. I just saw "Penelope", the movie, and it got me thinking

The movie is about some rich man who was in love with a poor woman. He wanted to marry her, but she was merely a servant so his family made him forget it; and marry another woman who was rich. Turns out the poor girl's mother was a witch, and when her daughter killed herself she put a hex on the family, so that the next girl born would look like a pig in the face.

Well anyways, Penelope was pig faced and her parents weren't feeling it. Her mother faked her daughter's death to keep her out of the press, and kept her locked up in hopes of breaking the curse; which wouldn't happen "until someone with royal blood fell in love with her pig face all"...Turns out Penelope began to love herself and that love was enough to break her own curse amongst all the people trying to break her down cause she was different.

This got me thinking...Regardless of who you are, there is always somebody trying to keep you down. They will find anyway to do it. And most of the time, they try to bring you down for the very thing that makes you special. Its like they can sense that power and they want to take you down for it. They know you can go places with it, and want to make you think its a hindrance and not as blessing. At that point, you begin to take yourself down. Then one day, after you finally are brought to the point of getting rid of what makes you unique by way of substance abuse (if its your personality), seeing a religious therapist (if its your sexuality), a plastic surgeon (if its physical), etc., you find out that special thing that they, and you made, you change about yourself, is what you loved about YOU the most...And that's never ever sexy.

My advice. Love yourself more and treat yourself better. And if they are trying to bring you down, tell them to kiss your ass and give them their walking papers cause you don't need them.

LMAO

TAZ

The Digital Revolution Is Upon Us!

So when do you think that the music industry is gonna get it? I mean I-Tunes is gettin ready to be the number one source of buying music probably by the end of the year if not sooner. They've successfully stomped Best Buy into the ground and now have their sites set on kicking Wal-Marts ass too. You can't stop this movement. To all the industry people that are fighting this "downloading war"realize that you're in a battle against the internet...so you're gonna lose. If ya can't beat 'em join 'em. No one in music is gonna see all the money from album sales. Yes people are going to steal it and you can't stop it. Maybe if they startedputting out quality music again people would actually want to buy it from the store. I dunno just my thoughts...

Krizz

Apple on pace to become top music seller

Posted Feb 27 2008, 09:53 AM by Kim Peterson

Apple's iTunes store has surpassed Best Buy to become the #2 music retailer in the country, second only to Wal-Mart in sales. And an analyst from the NPD Group, which tracks these sorts of things, said that Apple is on track to catch Wal-Mart this year.
Apple shares dipped less than a percentage point yesterday to close at $119.15. Best Buy shares rose 3% to $46.50, and Wal-Mart shares rose 2% to $51.40.
This news says much about the way we consume music. NPD notes that 1 million people stopped buying CDs last year, a trend most apparent in young people. In 2007, 48% of teens didn't buy a single CD -- up from 38% in 2006. So retailers like Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Target -- who mainly sell physical CDs -- are going to see music sales slide.
But what does the news say about Apple? Is the rise to No. 2 a result of its own sales savvy, or is iTunes the lucky beneficiary of the CD's decline? A closer look at the numbers sheds a little more light.
Apple said today it has sold 4 billion songs on iTunes. It hit the 3 billion song mark on July 31 of last year, so it took about seven months for iTunes to sell 1 billion songs. But guess what -- it took seven months to sell the previous billion songs (from 2 billion to 3 billion). The Los Angeles Times reads into these numbers and figures that people are buying less music than they used to. I'm not so sure. The only thing you can get from these numbers is that iTunes music sales have flattened. People could still be buying music but from other sources, such as Amazon's MP3 store.
Then there's the piracy angle. NPD says that 19 percent of U.S. Internet users were active on peer-to-peer file sharing networks last year, and that music sharing grew aggressively among teens. While the number of people on those networks appears to have hit a plateau, the number of files each user downloaded increased.
In fact, only 10% of the music acquired in the U.S. last year was downloaded legally, through iTunes or another online music retailer. Nearly 30 million people bought music legally -- 5 million more than in 2006 -- and many of those were in the 36-to-50 age group.
So Apple's music sales are flat, and illegal song-swapping continues unabated. Amazon and other competitors are moving in as well. Analysts are starting to suspect iPod saturation.
So go ahead and pat yourself on the back, Apple, but watch out. In the music business, #2 isn't what it used to be.

Apple on pace to become top music sellerPosted Feb 27 2008, 09:53 AM by Kim Peterson
Filed under: Apple, music, Wal-Mart, Best BuyRating:

Apple's iTunes store has surpassed Best Buy to become the #2 music retailer in the country, second only to Wal-Mart in sales. And an analyst from the NPD Group, which tracks these sorts of things, said that Apple is on track to catch Wal-Mart this year.
Apple shares dipped less than a percentage point yesterday to close at $119.15. Best Buy shares rose 3% to $46.50, and Wal-Mart shares rose 2% to $51.40.

This news says much about the way we consume music. NPD notes that 1 million people stopped buying CDs last year, a trend most apparent in young people. In 2007, 48% of teens didn't buy a single CD -- up from 38% in 2006. So retailers like Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Target -- who mainly sell physical CDs -- are going to see music sales slide.
But what does the news say about Apple? Is the rise to No. 2 a result of its own sales savvy, or is iTunes the lucky beneficiary of the CD's decline? A closer look at the numbers sheds a little more light.

Apple said today it has sold 4 billion songs on iTunes. It hit the 3 billion song mark on July 31 of last year, so it took about seven months for iTunes to sell 1 billion songs. But guess what -- it took seven months to sell the previous billion songs (from 2 billion to 3 billion). The Los Angeles Times reads into these numbers and figures that people are buying less music than they used to. I'm not so sure. The only thing you can get from these numbers is that iTunes music sales have flattened. People could still be buying music but from other sources, such as Amazon's MP3 store.

Then there's the piracy angle. NPD says that 19 percent of U.S. Internet users were active on peer-to-peer file sharing networks last year, and that music sharing grew aggressively among teens. While the number of people on those networks appears to have hit a plateau, the number of files each user downloaded increased.

In fact, only 10% of the music acquired in the U.S. last year was downloaded legally, through iTunes or another online music retailer. Nearly 30 million people bought music legally -- 5 million more than in 2006 -- and many of those were in the 36-to-50 age group.
So Apple's music sales are flat, and illegal song-swapping continues unabated. Amazon and other competitors are moving in as well. Analysts are starting to suspect iPod saturation.
So go ahead and pat yourself on the back, Apple, but watch out. In the music business, #2 isn't what it used to be.

"friends how many of us have them"

Whassup party people,

This was a crazy week for me. I actually got into a fight with someone who used to be one of my best friends, and it just had me thinking about what a friend truly is.

Looking back into our friendship before the beefing started last year, I am noticing that a friendship has a lot of the same qualities as a relationship. Selfishness with no compromise can destroy a friendship, as can lack of communication. A lot of times in this friendship I had issues with some of the things he was doing to others. It was a bit selfish. There was no respect for my views or limits, and I didn't trust him. He was a good friend on a lot of terms but ultimately he had no limitations and didn't respect the boundaries that most friends should have.

For instance, there are rules to friendship. If you are friends with a person, their ex should be off limits, secrets should be kept, and, where I went wrong is, communication should be constant. A lot of things I had issues with, I kept bottled up to avoid conflict. The problem with this is emotions often build up when not released and when it eventually is released, in my case usually from a couple of rounds of Bacardi light, it gets real ugly. Myself, and my former friend haven't been talking for a little less than a year, but in the pass few months we were able to at least say "hi" when we crossed paths and that was cool because when we would see each other in say the club or the gym it wouldn't be awkward. I am not petty, and it felt like the bigger thing to do other than ice grilling each other like we were in highschool.

Anyway, I guess he felt like he ate his Wheaties Sunday night. We ran into each other in a club I said my normal hi and he tried to play me in front of everybody so I punched him in his mouth. After that it was pretty much all him, but I felt good with the punches I got because ultimately I had watched him diss people while we were friends. I always wondered if he would try that with me, and I told myself that if he did he would be sorry.

The moral of all this, and the reason why I am putting this into the universe is to let you my readers know to trust your instincts. If it slithers like a snake, and hisses like snake, it is probably a snake. Always communicate your feelings, and if they have broken the cardinal rules of friendship with someone else in their past, its a good chance they will do it to you too. Peep the signs people, and cut your loses.

And if you ever do run into a situation where they try to play you out in public, always punch them first directly in the either mouth or eye, and make sure you do it in front of a lot of people.

LOL LMAO

That way, even if they do whip your ass, they still got that black eye or busted up lip to help them reflect on their wrong doings.

HOLLA

TAZ

"I'ma soooo sick of hair lines, cause mines' so far back, my mug shot is so jacked, I wish I had my hat"...Neyo wins new exclusive award...

ewwwwwwwww...Ugly people should not be arrested. Especially ugly bald people. Neyo joins the new sexy craze of getting a DWI.

And look at his beady red alcoholic eyes. I think the bitch was drinking Steel Reserve or Mad Dog 20 20.

Anyways...

I just don't get it. These bitches is rich as hell. Why don't they hire a driver?

Neyo, we here at the Mysterious Messy Blog spot wanna congratulate you on your flyy new award for "MOST PULLED BACK HAIR LINE IN A MUG SHOT EVER".

Run and put your hat on. Run fast and with intent. And when you write your next big Rihanna hit, budget out a little for the hair club for men.

HOLLA

LOL

TAZ

FILED UNDER TAZ IS PISSED: "There is nothing worst then a helpless broad!!!"

So the old broads at my job act like they can't do nothing. They can't carry a case of soda from their own damn car. They can't lift a few books. The fat ass bitches can barely walk up the steps, though when its time to pick up the Chinese delivery from the front of the building the bitches can run like gazelles. The bitches is computer illiterate like its still the 90s and computers are new and amazing. The worst part of it all is that they always run to me for help. Bitch I am lazy just like you is lazy. I ain't trying to help your ass. I ain't even doing my work I get paid for. I am playing on the Internet, and every time your fat helpless ass comes over here you are making my spot hott. How about that?

Had to get that off my chest. Now back to tending to these fat old whores and their got-damned needs.

See ya in a few.

TAZ

She's back...A review I found and stole(cuz I can) on the Return of Miss Erykah Badu.

I thought I was going to have to wait til 'Next Lifetime' 'til my bitch came back out with a new album. The original queen of neo-soul, sorry Jill, is back and if "Honey" is any indication she is ready to BRANG IT and LET HAVE with the first of 3 albums she is releasing this year.

Check some review I stole from some John doe blogger who went to her super sexy and super stylish album release party and listening session.

Actually the review is from the world famous YBF magazine but you know...LOL

TAZ

The YBF was on the scene for Erykah Badu’s exclusive listening session for her new album New AmErykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War. It went down last night at NY’s earthy and energetic Chamber of Mirrors. YBF NY Correspondent Tichanda hit up the event and for a review…

Erykah’s 4th World War is a funkadelic, journey through the world as Erykah sees it, lives it, and wishes it to be. She speaks her truth on the album whether describing the loss of her friend J Dilla on “Telephone”, uncovering the layers of herself and revealing the place she is in on “Me”, or calling out to the brothas and sisters on “Soldier” to wake up. There are french horns, flutes, drums, and synthesizers galore. One track even sounds as if it’s played backwards; it was like she is subliminaly trying to tell us something. While the music played we watched a film of sped up and slowed down images that looked like millions of people going up escalators in Grand Central NY, or like assembly lines for Twinkies, hot dogs, cars, and just about anything else you can imagine. It’s like she is taking a stand against mass marketed media crazed packaging and confirming to societal ideas. She wants something fresh and new. She is ready for change.There are songs where the bass reverberates strong and deep. Badu’s voice was layered in almost like an afterthought. But don’t be fooled. Take a peek at the liner notes and the lyrics and whatever you didn’t understand will quickly make sense and speak volumes to Badu’s ability to take simple words to create an assault on your senses. I swear one track had me feeling like if I’d ever thought about smoking weed for the first time - this would be my theme music! Low and behold at the end of the song she was talking about an addict and the need for a “vaccine” to cure the feins of the world. Erykah is no joke.Posters of Erykah’s notes and lyrics while she wrote the albumOn other songs, like “Telephone”, “Master Teachers”, and “That Hump” - her voice is clear, like dripping sugar over tracks, reminiscent of a new age Baduizm. You quickly know the words and will be singing along by the time the song ends. Of course the ethereal side of Erykah was revealed during a Q&A session after the listening session. She mentioned that the album is released on her birthday, Feb 26th, which also happens to be Saviors’ Day. The listening party was held during the last lunar eclipse until 2010-of course she wanted to take advantage of the energy and timing. She actually went to the roof of the building to watch before coming down to start the listening party.She also told a poignant story of J Dilla’smemorial service in which 2 heart clouds appeared in the sky. She said that his mother recounted a story of J Dilla’s painful battle with Lupus, which would subsequently take his life. She remembered that on bad days, he would become incoherent and would have conversations with people that he said were in the room with him. She said she would always ask who he was talking to, and he would say ODB, as in Old Dirty Bastard. He told her that ODB would call him on the phone and would tell him that when he crossed over to “take the white bus, not the red bus”. ODB told Dilla that the red bus would be enticing and look like a good thing, but to wait on the white bus, and it would bring him to heaven.After hearing that story, Erykah wrote “Telephone” which features Quest Love. It’s a beautiful song and one of two that got claps in the audience after being played. The other is “Soldier” - which is scheduled to be her next single.This album may not be as commercially successful as her earlier works, but that’s okay - she recorded over 50 songs just using her computer after her son showed her how to use Garageband on a new laptop. So she has another album (Part Two) which is going to be released in July. Also, one new track will be released every month on the 26th until the end of the year.Badu has a LOT going on and she remarked that she finally made the music she’s been wanting to make all her life. And it shows.

DAMN...After 3 years, Baltimore's Hip Hop 101 is over as we know it.

This is what Baltimore legend and co-producer Sonny Brown had to say.

He better get it in.

Either way I am going to miss the show. I had a lot of performances there and it was a journey from a place where they weren't feeling us to when they were!

Taz

This story I stole from my boy Al Shipley on the elements party board. LOL Long live government names!! LOL

THIS MONDAY THE RIP PARTY FOR HIPHOP 101 BUT PEOPLE WILL 4EVER LOOSE SHIT GOOD IN THERE LIFE IF THEY DONT REALISE WHAT THEY HAVE! WATCH WHATS GONNA HAPPEN AT THESE VENUES NOW.. ONE THING I LEARNED IS THE PEOLE WHO SAY THEY REALLY LOVE YOU REALLY DONT LOVE YOU. THEY ONLY TRYING TO GET WHERE YOU AT OR THEY TRYING TO PICK YOUR BRAIN FOR INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW SHIT..LOL.. THIS SHIT IS CRAZY.. I WILL ALWAYS MAKE MONEY IN WHATEVER I DO!!!! come out and support next Monday.. NOBODY should be mad!! obviously this is what The artist wanted shit if they didnt want this to happen they would've supported more! For everyone that did support from day 1 to now I want to thank you for your support. BUT i am sad to inform you all that from the 20-30 people that continued to come thru every week, it just was'nt enough.. HIPHOP 101 on Mondays at the 5 seasons is DEAD! The lack of support from the artist, ego trips and pettiness, and pretty much no people pretty much put this in the ground! It sucks because we ran this for 3 years with only 2 incidents there.. I won awards there, watch people row into local celebritys in there for this to happen! i hate when money get thrown in the equation but i or my partner Mr Wilson just cant afford to not only pay the club at the end of the night.. but pay everyone involved WHEN THERE IS ONLY 10 PEOPLE OR 20 PEOPLE IN THE CLUB SUPPORTING.. I feel as though Shaka Pitts, and DJ jabril... along with the special guest such as Squirral Wyde and G Major and not 4getting Me'aze Millioni deserved waaaay more then what we gave them for all the hard work and dedication they put to make HIPHOP 101 a place for not only us.. but EVERY artist in this city. I even went without getting paid for 2 months just so the club and my people can walk out of there with at least enough money to put in there gas tank. I know people will say awww it was'nt promoted right and shit BUT thats not the case, People in this artistic community and not just here in Baltimore but everywhere want shit and not bring anything to the table. People always talk that support shit but do they really support? NO! Hip Hop 101 was a GREAT brainchild but maybe when people start understanding how this music business works they will soon understand what we was doing here for the artist. Come on we brought you a AWARD SHOW that i will continue to do EVERY YEAR.. Ok Ok Ok i didnt do it right last year.. but i did it in 3 weeks (whatdoyawantfromme) and I got the BUSINESS from folks that REALLY thought they was getting it in crazy but was'nt. So when i book them for a show down there at the club, they don't bring NOBODY! usually when you are killing in the street your FANS come to support.. Well it did'nt happen that way. But it never very rarely happens.. People see that the club is packed so they immediatly thinking YOU are caking off BUT man after you finish paying the club and EVERYBODY involved you suppose to make a good share of money BUT you don't! Those days of having 30 people in the club or when it was'nt hardly anybody? well we have to come out of pocket for that.. So we decided to DEAD that shit... On a lighter note though I will continue to keep MONDAY NIGHT at the 5 seasons.. there just wont be NO PERFORMANCES! I will continue with the BLAMMY AWARDS as well as THE FRESH FEST! I will have performances BUT the performances will be NATIONAL ACTS ONLY with maybe 1 local act opening up. I will have events for local artist such as battles, and shows but at a different much bigger venue. This monday at HIPHOP 101 will be the last show.. I am doing ANOTHER SHOW BUT it is going to be the FAREWELL PARTY! AT THE END OF THE NIGHT THE MICS WILL BE OPENED UP FOR THE EMCEES IN THE BUILDING TO GET IT IN ONE LAST TIME!!!! THIS MONDAY IS GONNA BE CRAZY!!!! DO NOT MISS THIS PARTY.. CAUSE THE MONDAY AFTER NEXT IS GONNA BE THE NEW SHIT ON A MONDAY NIGHT....

This is Just a Jackson week for me. LOL I just got invited to see Miss Jackson perform on TRL in Time Square for her album release on Tuesday.

This is great. Great. Great. Great. I touched Janet's hand when I was 13. She let me sing part of the hook to "Thats The Way Loves Goes", and Stevie Krizz caught her sweaty towel that she routinely throws into the crowd after a performance of "Lets Wait Awhile". Now I get to meet her finally.

On another note, on Perez Hilton's diva show, Janet named her favorite up and coming 'divas' of the moment which included my soon to be wife, Pink, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, and Rihanna.

Get it ladies.

Over the years, the Unstoppable Nuklehidz and MTV have had a weird relationship. We've did both "Wannabes: Outkast", and "Say What Karaoke" with them, and then after they dissed Janet and got all racist and sexiest with the superbowl incident and Justin Timberlake, I took them off my Christmas list. Now, Its safe to say I put their stocking back up over the fire. LMAO.

Taz Jonez

Cheated but not defeated...Michael Jackson continues to thrill in 2008

This is some bullshit. They just mad cause Michael Jackson's million year old album outsold all the grammy winners last week if you ask me. If Billboard can change the rules to make the Eagles keep Shitney Queers' phenomenal "Blackout" album out of number 1, then they need to give Michael his props. But on another note, it was kind of flyy to see Michael's arch enemies at Sony Music fighting on his behalf.

The Untalented TAZ JONEZ

By the way, This article was lifted from the assholes at SOHH.com.

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/02/21/2008-02-21_michael_jacksons_label_has_a_chart_attac.html

According to New York's Daily News, even though Jackson's 25th anniversary album sold 166,000 copies this week, according to Nielsen's SoundScan, Billboard categorized the album as a catalogue- or oldies album, making it uneligible for inclusion in the Billboard 200.Jackson's label, Sony, argues that this should not be the case because in addition to classic hits like "Billie Jean" and "Beat It," the album also contains six new songs.One label source explains, "Michael went into the studio and recorded with Kanye West, Fergie, Akon, Will.i.Am - and there's a brand-new song from Michael, and videos. It beat Grammy winners Amy Winehouse and Herbie Hancock, with 167,000 crossing the counter. Yet for reasons unfathomable to folks in the music industry, Billboard has decided to relegate it to the catalogue chart. Catalogue makes it look like the same ol' same ol', but with a "new cover."According to Billboard chart expert, Geoff Mayfield, "We were approached by Sony and Sony BMG to consider 'Thriller 25' as a current album. But we had to be consistent with hundreds, if not thousands, of reissues that have come to the market. There have actually been new issues of classic albums that include even more new material. We didn't just make the decision on our own. We contacted major retailers [like Wal-Mart and Best Buy], and that was the consensus."Still Mayfield adds that Jackson should find comfort in knowing, "It's the largest sum for an album on the catalogue chart to be sold in 10 years."

So the LAPD has finally began arresting Britney's paparazzi friends that swarm her? NOT IMPRESSED!!!

Before I even get into this story from CNN.com, I just want to say that maybe its time for Britney and other attention whore stars to start footing the bill for some of the shit they cause. And yes, I said, they cause. Assistants of these celebs like Spears and Hilton call the photogs and tell them where they will be. Spears, Hiltons and attention whore celebs know these photogs by name, have them get them gas when their cars are low, park their cars when they are drunk, and in Spears case, fuck them and suck their dicks when they are horny. This makes it hard for other famous people, and photogs with class because this becomes what people think is the norm and its actually not. Some photogs have some class and are respectful, and a lot of celebs are able top avoid the everyday circus of cameras because they don't notify every photog of their next move, and show up everyday at the places the photogs know they will be. Some pop stars like Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Janet Jackson, Diddy and Jay Z are able live lives without the camera constantly in their faces. Now bills are being passed against the photogs, the fingers are being pointed at them, and everybody is worrying about the next 'Princess Diana' like victim of this type of media aggression when they should be looking at the very celebrities that profit off of this, and are the main ones starting all the drama.

TAZ

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Sheriff's deputies arrested two cameramen photographing Britney Spears at a hair salon and two other photographers outside a trendy nightclub in a crackdown that follows a year of frenzied paparazzi swarms around the troubled pop star and other celebrities.
All four men were arrested for misdemeanor violations of obstructing a public walkway and released with citations, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said Wednesday.
Photographers David Tonnessen and Christian Shostoe were arrested around 7:50 p.m. Tuesday in front of West Hollywood's B2V Hair Salon, where 50 paparazzi tried to get shots of Spears, Whitmore said.
The two men did not comply with deputies' requests, Whitmore said.
"They were repeatedly asked to disassemble in front of the entrances and they were obstructing traffic as well, going into the street," he said.
About 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, in front of the nearby Villa nightclub, deputies arrested photographers Christopher Gonzalez and Vagn Rauch, who were there along with 20 other photographers on the sidewalk, Whitmore said.
The celebrity news Web site TMZ.com reported that Lindsay Lohan was at the club.
Shostoe and Gonzalez, who both work for TMZ, were "fine" after the arrests, TMZ Managing Editor Harvey Levin told The Associated Press.
Levin said Shostoe was held in a sheriff's car for an hour and then released and Gonzalez was detained for six hours at the West Hollywood sheriff's station. Levin alleged that a deputy broke one of the men's cameras.
"They are a little mystified," Levin said. "These are people who are instructed not to chase, and don't. For better or worse, the Sheriff's Department wanted to make examples of them."
Attempts to contact Tonnessen and Rauch were unsuccessful.
"We've been saying for a long time that law enforcement needs to crack down, that they've closed their eyes to a lot of dangerous things happening," said Levin. "The danger is blowing lights, running people off the road. ... This was not one of those situations."
He said it was "kind of bizarre that for a while now they've been watching these chases, and this is their first stand."

Pop King Michael Jackson still "Thrills" 25 years later. Plus check out some of these digital single sales...

This shit is crazy. People say the downloads are ruining the industry, but if some of these numbers are indicators, downloads are the future.

Check it out...

Flo Rida featuring that awful ass T-Pain "Low" has sold 2,849,840 downloads already.

Alicia Keys "No One" is at 2,327,350.

Amy Winehouse "Rehab" has sold 1,175,513.

Timbaland & One Republic's "Apologize" is at 3,038,120.

Fergie's lame ass "Clumsy" song has sold 1,517,520...Who buys this shit she releases?

Britney Spears may have escaped the psyche ward once again but "Piece of me" is nearly at a million.

But Michael Jackson sold 150,000 plus copies of that "Thriller" re release last week.

"Billie Jean" downloads another 500,612 and "Thriller" downloaded another 636,563...

If you are out there Michael, it may be time for another album. This is like the 10th re release of "Thriller" and people still wanna scoop it up. What a good look.

TAZ

So who really really wants to meet Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri...?

Check Miss Jackson's super sexxxy Time Square Schedule for next week.

I've touched her before, handed her some poor kid's flowers that I ruffed him for, and she even allowed me to sing in the mic when I was 10. Now its time to meet my girl. I'll be there.

Shit, she was at the grammys and I really fucked up by not sniffing her out. I was sure she wasn't coming, and was busy sniffing out Rihanna.

At 42, my girl is still giving them hoes a run for their money in the sexy department. Get it Miss Jackson cause you're nasty.

I am definately going if only to finally have my chance at being one of the assholes standing outside TRL in the freezing cold holding a "Janet will you marry me sign"...LMAO

DESTINATION DISCIPLINE 2/26/08 - JANET TAKES OVER TIMES SQUAREOn February 26th Janet comes to New York and takes over Times Square. Here you can find the days schedule and information on how to get in to each event.

7AM - GOOD MORNING AMERICA - LIVE PERFORMANCE @ THE NOKIA THEATRE(44th Street - west of 7th Ave)

*Purchase a Discipline album at Virgin Megastore Times Square beginning midnight on Monday 2/25 and get a free pair of tickets to this performance!

3PM - JANET TAKES OVER TRL - SPECIAL PERFORMANCE(1515 Broadway)*Lets fill the streets like the old days!

6PM - BEST BUY IN STORE SIGNING(529 5th Avenue, between 43rd & 44th)*Be one of the first to purchase discipline at Best Buy and meet Janet!!!

Oh and as far as the album. Grab it bitches. The shit if fiyah!!!

TAZ

"Drama at the Grammy Awards" with Taz Jonez

I want to first off apologize because, like a dumbass, I left my camera in the taxi. Therefore, I don’t have the pictures that I wanted to show, and am relying solely on what I have on my camera phone. But anyways, for those who didn’t watch, Amy Winehouse was the big winner of the night, tying the record set by Lauryn Hill for most wins in one night by a female. Sadly, because her visa was denied due to all her drug issues, drama and arrest, she didn’t perform at the actual ceremony.

The highlights of the night were Carrie Underwood’s performance for vocals, Beyonce and Tina Turner’s performance for greatness, Rihanna’s performance with the Time for fun, and Aretha Franklin for mess of the night. Kanye West looked good on the screen due to the angles that they shot him from, but to actually watch him at the show he appeared boring and I have seen plenty of unsigned Baltimore emcees do a much better show minus the million dollar stage set of course. Then when you add in his constant gloating about being the biggest star in the world, his obvious fear of losing the Grammy for album of the year to Amy Winehouse, and his borderline self indulging tribute to his mother, he really just left a bad taste in your mouth. When Vince Gill received his award and called Kanye out on his cockiness, the entire arena clapped with applause. It was good to see Common and Lupe Fiasco both walk out with awards. Common won for best rap performance by a duo or group with Kanye, and Lupe for best urban alternative for his “Daydreamin” single featuring Jill Scott. Kanye won 4. He was the big hip hop winner of the night.

When Aretha Franklin came on stage looking like the sun in that bright ass dress I laughed my ass off. It was definitely the mess of the night, and the sheer mass of her fat ass was big enough to be spotted from the nose bleed sections with ease. Then to add insult to injury, Aretha began yodeling on stage, and a man came from backstage and led her offstage like a cow, and when he led her back on stage several minutes later she was calm and spacey as if he had given her a tranquilizer. I think my section may have laughed for 30 minutes at Aretha’s messiness. I am sure ya’ll didn’t get to see the deal with that at home. If Rihanna was the night’s best dressed, Aretha was definitely the worst. Her messiness continued throughout the week where she attacked Beyonce for declaring rival Tina Turner the “Queen”.
As far as the rest of the week, it was crazy. I got to meet everybody from Jimmy Jam to Manual Seal. The coolest celebrity had to be Alicia Keys, who left the awards by herself, not a bodyguard in sight, waved to us, got in her silver Bentley and left. The celebrity who had his head stuck the deepest in his own ass was John Legend. After the awards, we went to Mr. Chow’s in Beverly Hills. John Legend arrived, and was standing next to me waiting to be seated. He was staring in my face and it was kind of awkward, so I commented on his performance with Fergie that night to break the ice, and he looked at me like I was crazy. I was thinking, “is this dude serious?” My first thought was to drag him into the bathroom and wash some of that caked up mascara off his face so he would stop looking like a woman, but then the paparazzi rushed him so I was satisfied. The celebrity we had the most fun with was Young Dro. We left the Grammy pre- show because it was boring as hell and went to the bar across the street and ran into him. He was cool even though he wouldn’t let me go to Nia Long’s house with him to go swimming. LMAO
Am I going next year? Hell yeah, and for $150.00 a ticket, I would recommend more Baltimore artist go as well. The networking there is the best in the world. Trust and Believe.

Peace

Taz Jonez

The underdogs gettin it in '08!! Fuck a perfect season!!

Hats off to the New York Football Giants for making history by breaking the Patriots historic run. Fuck your season. And did you see how the Patriots coach Bill Belichik was so salty over the loss he didn't even wait for the last snap? What a little bitch. Everything was all good when you muthafuckas thought you were gods and shit but Eli, Strahan and the crew put their feet all up in that ass!! Patriots looked like a sorry tired ass team last night and the Giants drove the stake in their heart. Hell yeah. The underdogs will win in '08. Congrats to the Giants for doing what they said couldn't be done. How does it feel New England all that work and shit talkin for nothing?...ha ha.

Krizz

Messy of the Week: "Lil Kim's fun new face!!"

Um...Lil Kim? What are you doing boo? You look crazy as shit, and each time you come form under the knife you look a bit crazier.

Do me a favor, check out the picture of Michael Jackson eith his nose slipping off, and imagine yourself in 20 years!

Peace

TAZ