Producer Timbaland and his girlfriend, music exec Monique Idlett, are now husband and wife. According to US Magazine:
The two wed — in their sweats! — in Virginia on Tuesday by a family pastor.
They are getting hitched again in a formal ceremony in Aruba on June 22.
The couple, who are based in Miami, welcomed a baby girl, Reign, last year. (He also has a son from a previous relationship.) He popped the question at Idlett’s baby shower.
Hip-hop king Jay-Z and R&B queen Mary J. Blige showed up and showed out (from what I hear) in Miami’s American Airlines Arena Saturday night! The two were there, along with Kanye West, Timbaland, and The Dream, to kick off their Heart of the City tour. Rappers Young Jeezy and Fabolous showed their support from the audience, and were photographed backstage. It looked like a pretty damn good show! Wish I could have been there.
‘4 Minutes’ will be the first single from ‘Material Girl’ Madonna’s 11th studio album Hard Candy (Warner) in stores April 29th. The song was produced, as well as featured by, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. Below is a medium quality radio rip of the single TBR in March 2008. I love this song so freakin’ much, great single choice, this is a definite club banger! When you hear the intro it feels like something is about to happen, I can’t explain, the energy is incredible! Can you imagine if this were to come on at the club? It would be madness and dance mayhem!
Madonna ft. Justin Timberlake + Timbaland - 4 Minutes {Radio Rip} - direct link
POSTED BY: Mike | DATE: February 29th 2008 | VIEWS: 52
Sara Bareilles rises three spots, at number 9, to number 6. Rihanna rises up just two spots, number 5 to number 3, from last week’s chart with the electro-single “Don’t Stop The Music”; Chris Brown climbs to number 2. Meanwhile Flo Rida’s smash hit “Low,” featuring T-Pain, retains it’s number 1 spot on the charts once again.
#1 - Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain - Low
#2 - Chris Brown - With You
#3 - Rihanna - Don’t Stop The Music
#4 - Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic - Apologize
#5 - Alicia Keys - No One
#6 - Sara Bareilles - Love Song
#7 - Fergie - Clumsy
#8 - Snoop Dogg - Sexual Seduction
#9 - Yael Naim - New Soul
#10 - Sean Kingston - Take You There
If you want a more detailed view of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart or would like to view the remaining 90, continue on here.
POSTED BY: Mike | DATE: February 10th 2008 | VIEWS: 6
GET YOUR 3-D GLASSES READY! » Hip-hop Emcee Missy Elliott and music video director Dave Meyers are doubling up once again to bring us yet another creative, artistic video with stellar 3-D effects and high-energy dance moves. But this time it will be for Elliott’s new single “Ching-A-Ling,” which recently made it’s peak position at number 39 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song, being the latest single lifted from Step Up 2 the Streets soundtrack available in stores February 5th, also will be Elliott’s first single off her untitled album reportedly dropping the fifth quarter of this year. Read more
NAS ISN’T GETTING DROPPED! » Yeeeah … you know that rumor about Nas getting dropped by his Def Jam? Not true, according to Rolling Stone, a label-rep says to Rock Daily, “that is absolutely ridiculous and untrue.” These falsified claims first starting surfacing on the National Enquireresque-site MediaTakeOver, which quoted an “inside source,” stating, “If Nas doesn’t change his mind, he’ll be dropped. And he doesn’t have to much time to come to that realization.” The Emcee has been frequently in the media now leading up to the release of his forthcoming album Nigger. Now, you would think people would stop using gossip sites as resources, especially MeidaTakeOver of all mockery of gossip sites, but clearly they are still doing this. CONTINUE READING
POSTED BY: Mike | DATE: January 28th 2008 | VIEWS: 20
Thanks so much to the Regulator Blog (via Chris) for this! I been waitin’ - in Riley Freeman voice - if Atlantic doesn’t release this their nuts! LOL. “Elevator,” hopefully, is the next single from fellow “Miamian,” Flo Rida - and it features Timbaland. He also produced this song! I know, instant hit. What-what! Flo Rida’s debut Mail on Sunday (Atlantic) drops March 18th and features the smash hit “Low” featuring T-Pain.
THIS WEEK’S TOPICS » Chingy finally responds to Wendy Williams - Five year old boy loses mom over alleged prank call - Raz B from B2K meets up with the other members over Chris Stokes allegations + more!
And here we thought steroids were just for athletes! Some of music’s biggest names like Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, Timbaland and Wyclef Jean came up in connection with an Albany, New York based steroid investigation, The Times Union of Albany reported. They even named playwright/director Tyler Perry!
Citing unidentified sources, the report alleged that the above-mentioned music stars, along with award-winning author and producer Tyler Perry, may have received or used performance-enhancing drugs. Grammy-winning singer Blige blasted the report when reached for comment by the New York Daily News. “Mary J. Blige has never taken any performance-enhancing illegal steroids,” the singer’s spokeswoman Karynne Tencer told the News. Ken Sunshine, a spokesman for Perry, declined to comment to the Associated Press.
Law-enforcement officials have said evidence does not indicate the celebrities broke the law. For now, at least, officials are focusing on the doctors, pharmacists and clinics providing the drugs. Albany District Attorney David Soares launched his investigation into steroid trafficking last year. Soares has declined to comment on or confirm the identities of the stars who came up in the probe. His multistate investigation has focused on Signature Pharmacy of Orlando, Fla. So far, 10 defendants have pleaded guilty and some professional athletes have been linked to the probe in news reports.
Records shared with the Times Union and information from several cooperating witnesses on Long Island indicate the celebrities received prescribed human growth hormone or steroids. In some cases, aliases were used for their delivery. Former Sen. George Mitchell released his report last month on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. Hearings are set to begin this month in Congress on the Mitchell report.
Well … I’ll be damned! The outcome of this will be quite interesting.
Yahoo! Music got an exclusive behind the scenes look at the makings of Timbaland’s brand new video for his new single “Scream” which features Keri Hilson and Nicole Scherzinger. Looks like Timbo’s still releasing songs from his new album “Shock Value.”
Janet Jackson » “Feedback” » LISTEN » (Full) » I’m sure you all remember me posting about Janet Jackson’s forthcoming single not too long ago (in April). Here is her brand new song “Feedback,” produced by Rodney ‘Darkchild’ Jerkins, it will be the first single lifted from Janet Jackson’s 10th studio album, appropriately entitled, Discipline (Island Def Jam). The singer’s new LP is due out February 26th of next year.
Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson + Nicole Scherzinger » “Scream” » LISTEN » (Full) » “Scream” is set to be the forth single lifted from Timbaland’s Shock Value (Interscope). The heavy string/tambourine sounding single features co-production by Danja and a guest appearance by Keri Hilson and light background vocals from Nicole Scherzinger. I really wasn’t all into this song that much at first but it’s getting there!
Fergie ft. Soulja Boy » “Clumsy (Collipark Remix)” » LISTEN » (Full) » Yelp, you read right. Collipark decided to make a remix to Fergie’s song “Clumsy” and decided to throw Soulja Boy in the mix! I like the original of “Clumsy” so much that any remix wouldn’t do me, not even Soulja Boy swayed me, sorry.
Chingy ft. Ludacris + Bobby Valentino » “Gimme Dat (Explicit)” » LISTEN » (Full) » “Gimme Dat” is slated to be Chingy’s second single from his forth studio album Hate It Or Love It (Def Jam/DTP). The single features stellar production by Full Scale and guest appearances by Ludacris and Bobby Valentino (vocals). The bass did it for me, this is my cut! Very nice single choice. Hmm, I wonder if Chingy reads blogs becos he has definitely stepped his game up this time around I’d say!
POSTED BY: Mike | DATE: December 12th 2007 | VIEWS: 22
Timbaland has been celebrating after his publicist Monique Idlett gave birth to his first child. The pair, who had secretly been dating for two years, have also announced their engagement after the music producer, real name Timothy Mosley, proposed during their baby shower last month.
A source said: “They welcomed a baby girl (Reign Mosly) into the world a couple of days ago. They’re both really happy together. They’ve known each other for years.”
Reports earlier this week revealed that a woman who works for Timbaland’s record label Mosley Music Group was expecting his baby, but it was originally stated that the pair were not in a relationship together. Timbaland and Idlett plan to marry next year.
I mean dayum! Did anyone see this coming? Talk about keeping shit under wraps! But anyhow, congratz to the two on their engagement and their newborn.
OneRepublic make their amassing debut with Dreaming Out Loud, set to be released November 20th off of Interscope and Timbaland’s Mosley Music Group, if your feeling any of the following material from them you should go out and pick up your copy.
With the mutual success of “Apologize” I found it cumbersome to get into this album, but after I got over the fact, it wasn’t so bad. In culmination with aesthetic arrangements this album had incredible rock ability I’d say. Production for this particular project include Ryan Tedder, Timbaland and Greg Wells on the group’s first official single lifted entitled “Mercy”.
Overall, for a debut, Dreaming Out Loud wasn’t so bad in my opinion. I think OneRepublic hit all the pro marks, respectively, for this album. An album I would definitely recommend for a solid buy. My favorite tracks, in no particular order, are “Apologize,” “Stop and Stare,” “Someone To Save You,” “Tyrant,” and “Won’t Stop”.
OneRepublic » “Mercy” » [ full ] » LISTEN OneRepublic » “Won’t Stop” » [ full ] » LISTEN OneRepublic » “Apologize” » [ full ] » LISTEN OneRepublic » “Stop and Stare” » [ full ] » LISTEN
POSTED BY: Mike | DATE: November 16th 2007 | VIEWS: 26
Well it’s been quite a ride for pop sensation Justin Timberlake from the release of his sophomore effort FutureSex/LoveSounds (Jive/Zomba) last year to the FutureSex/LoveShow world tour he embarked on earlier this year (and apparently continuing through to November 26). Timberlake is set to release the FutureSex/LoveSounds Deluxe Edition (audio/DVD), with added material, including a subtle duet with mega star singer Beyoncé Knowles. The two disc set will be available sometime later on this year. Below you can hear “Sexy Back (Remix)” featuring Missy Elliott and “Sexy Ladies” featuring 50 Cent.
Justin Timberlake ft. 50 Cent » “Sexy Ladies (Remix)” » LISTEN » (Full) Justin Timberlake ft. Missy Elliott » “Sexy Back (Remix)” » LISTEN » (Full)
POSTED BY: Mike | DATE: November 14th 2007 | VIEWS: 4
Madonna ft. Justin Timberlake + Timbaland - 4 Minutes {Radio Rip} - 
CHRIS BROWN - WITH YOU // EXCLUSIVE
Janet Jackson » “Feedback” » 
