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		<title>Day26 &#8211; Forever In A Day Album Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The music industry is fickle to say the least. At times you must either adapt to the times or stand steadfast in what you do no matter what. Both of these decisions can make or break you. This is the dilemma that Day26 has faced with this new album. Since they are only on their [...]]]></description>
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The music industry is fickle to say the least. At times you<br />
must either adapt to the times or stand steadfast in what you do no matter<br />
what. Both of these decisions can make or break you. This is the dilemma that<br />
Day26 has faced with this new album. Since they are only on their sophomore<br />
album and being the only R &amp; B group in the business right now, it would<br />
seem a no brainer to continue on that R &amp; B path right? Common sense is not<br />
always so common. On this album they try unsuccessfully to blend the best of<br />
both worlds, Tried and true R &amp; B mixed in with some new upbeat material. There<br />
are some definite bangers on the album but there are also some definite misses<br />
on the album as well.</div>
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<i style="color: red;">Just Getting Started</i><br />
– When I first heard this up-tempo, braggadocios autotunes supported track I<br />
honestly though it was an intro. 3 minutes and 49 seconds later I realized I<br />
was wrong.&nbsp; The first 34 seconds would<br />
have sufficed. </div>
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<i style="color: red;">Imma Put It On Her</i><br />
– The first official single. This song is an excellent example of how they<br />
should mix their vocal ability with a club track. This mid tempo track is<br />
exactly what I believe the happy medium should be for them. This is something<br />
that the club or dancers can enjoy as well as the music lovers.</div>
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<i><span style="color: red;">Shawty Wats Up Ft T –<br />
Pain</span> </i>– Their attempt to follow the crowd on this one by adding auto tunes,<br />
getting T – Pain and singing about all the trappings of musical success i.e.<br />
alcohol, money and promiscuous women, has failed getting out of the gate.<br />
This song lacks any type of creativity and is repetitive and after about 2<br />
minutes in starts to become somewhat annoying. This is one of the tracks that seem<br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Think Of Me</span> –</i> This<br />
track is the Day26 that people have gotten to know and love from the first<br />
album. This Tim &amp; Bob produced song sounds similar to a Bobby Valentino<br />
track that was left off of one of his albums. The vocals scream that signature<br />
Bobby Valentino Crescendo. Robert seems to shine the most on this track. His<br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Stadium Music</span> </i>–<br />
The second single off the album is totally different from what I would have<br />
expected. This is one time that the change from slow jam to the club bouncer<br />
hit actually works. This Bryan Michael Cox produced hit is similar to what you<br />
may have heard but different enough to gain a few different listeners.</div>
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<i><span style="color: red;">Bipolar</span> – </i>This mid-tempo<br />
track is actually right on the mark. This is a lyrical masterpiece and the<br />
piano heavy instrumental is right on point. The chorus could use a little work<br />
but it serves the purpose.</div>
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<i><span style="color: red;">Perfectly Blind</span> –</i><br />
This is easily one of my favorite songs on the album. When they stick to true R<br />
&amp; B slow jams they can’t be touched. This is very reminiscent of ‘<i><span style="color: red;">My Funny Valentine</span>’ </i>sung by Ella<br />
Fitzgerald, with it’s whimsical, breathy melody. Lyrically, Dawn Richards<br />
*formerly of Danity Kane* and Que have produced a near perfect love song.</div>
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<i><span style="color: red;">So Good</span> </i>– Another one<br />
of my favorite tracks. This love song is a definite baby maker. They hit the<br />
mark lyrically and instrumentally on this one. This slow grinder should be<br />
released as a single, in my opinion.</div>
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<i><span style="color: red;">Girlfriend</span> </i>– This slow<br />
melodic track seems to fit the recipe for a good R &amp; B song. Not too over<br />
the top with the harmonies but you can tell they are there, singing to the<br />
ladies is always a plus. This will more than likely be a fan favorite as they<br />
imagine the guys singing this to them and wanting to be that ‘girlfriend’ that<br />
they’re looking for.</div>
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<i><span style="color: red;">Baby Maker</span> </i>– This<br />
song seems to showcase Will the most. His voice and flow seem to match the<br />
theme of this. The slow melody seems repetitive and simple but still seductive<br />
as intended. I think the title matches the song.</div>
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<i style="color: red;">Then There’s You</i> –<br />
This Carl Thomas inspired song breaks up the monotony of the previous slow<br />
jams. This mid-tempo song about inspirational love is a good segue out of the<br />
repetitive slow tracks.</div>
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<i><span style="color: red;">Need That Ft Jermaine<br />
Dupri</span> </i>– This Jermaine Dupri track would fit well in the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:place></st1:city> house music scene but not on a R<br />
&amp; B album. Mr. Dupri’s attempt to “make them dance” seems to be more forced<br />
than just free flowing. I actually like this song but it is definitely not<br />
something that I would play everyday. The House inspired track does make you<br />
want to move but gets repetitive lyrically rather quickly.</div>
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<i style="color: red;">Reminds Me Of You </i>–<br />
An up-tempo track that is made for radio. This is very reminiscent of something<br />
another artist has had success with. There is no creativity or anything to<br />
distinguish their style from any other artist. Think Carl Thomas’ <i><span style="color: red;">Summer Rain</span>.</i></div>
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<i><span style="color: red;">Your Heels</span> </i>–<br />
Another song that is reminiscent of another artist. This time they borrow a few<br />
ad libs from J. Holiday. The beat is recycled from Diddy’s Press Play album (<i style="color: red;">Last Night</i><span style="color: red;"> </span><i style="color: red;">Ft Keyshia Cole</i>). This sounds like a Diddy produced J. <st1:place w:st="on">Holiday</st1:place> track. They borrowed a little too much on this<br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Truth Is A Lie</span> </i>– This<br />
up-tempo song is actually one of the few that work. This futuristic track is<br />
very repetitive though. After the first verse it seems to drag on until the<br />
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There are your standout hits like <i><span style="color: red;">Think Of Me, So Good, Girlfriend, Perfectly Blind</span> </i>and<i> <span style="color: red;">Baby Maker</span>. </i>On the other hand there are<br />
also some standout misses such as <i><span style="color: red;">Just<br />
Getting Started, Shawty Wats Up, Need That</span> </i>And <i><span style="color: red;">Truth Is A Lie</span>.</i> </div>
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I would give this album a 3 out of 5 overall and chalk this<br />
up to the sophomore jinx. Sometimes it’s better to stay in your lane, develop<br />
and perfect your craft before trying your hand at other things. Like the old<br />
saying goes “if it ain’t broke, don’t try to fix it”.</div>
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		<title>Sound Savvy Interview with Dawn Richard (Danity Kane)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>All my Making The Band watchers out there! Even though I&#8217;m not doing reviews anymore I&#8217;m still watching the show. The big homie Mack over at <i><a href="http://www.sound-savvy.com/">sound-savvy.com</a></i> recently interviewed with Dawn Richard of Danity Kane that I think you guys should check out. Not only because Mack is Fam but because it&#8217;s a great interview. So click <i><a href="http://www.sound-savvy.com/2009/03/beyond-making-band-sound-savvy-talks.html">here</a></i> to read it. And don&#8217;t forget to leave a comment!</p>
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		<title>Week In Review 3/1-3/7 (Video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Week In Review 3/1-3/7 from Sincere on Vimeo. Just a little video summary of what&#8217;s been going on with me as of last week; Working from home &#8216;The Game&#8216; possibly being canceled AIG blowing an extra $60 billion in one quarter Ya know normal stuff. Peace]]></description>
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<p>Okay so the Democratic convention is over and time for me to bet back to my Diddy updates.<br />
This episode picks up where the last one left off with the crews preparing for tour and such. Diddy says that they only have 2 weeks lift to prepare and kicks things into overdrive.<br />
The first group up is Danity Kane. They are doing a medley of stuff form 1st and 2nd album. they seem to be doing well at rehearsal, they are gelling and working together well.<br />
Next up is everybody&#8217;s favorite white boy Donnie. He is so stiff and uncoordinated! Seems like his choreographer has a different idea. &#8220;We&#8217;re gold, we&#8217;re platinum&#8221;. Yeah right.<br />
The guys (Day 26) are rehearsing in what looks like my walk in closet. No surprise that they are running/bumping into each other. We can tell that Brian is not the dancer in the group! Ms Boon Kat is all in their behinds because of their sloppiness. With only two weeks left they should be tighter than where they are.<br />
Diddy is still on his &#8216;Diddy&#8217;s fit club&#8217; kick. He actually gained 2 lbs. You supposed to be losing not gaining.<br />
So In walks Diddy to judge the groups and see how far they are along. Here are the results:<br />
Donnie &#8211; Looks lost and confused. Not to mention stiff and uncoordinated (did I already say that?). Things are not looking good for him. He has 10 days to make a miracle happen! Looking like a stiff white boy from Long Island that can&#8217;t dance. Diddy tells him to go get some &#8220;black friends&#8221; or do whatever he has to do.</p>
<p>Day 26 &#8211; Start off looking confused. Diddy goes hard on them from the jump! I think they are trying to hard to impress as opposed to just having fun and looking natural with it. He starts booing and heckling them during the performance to give them a taste of what would happen if they mess up and quit. Q looks like he was ready to cry. He tries to give them some advice on how to react after a mistake but I think it was lost in translation. they seem to be going backwards instead of forward.</p>
<p>Danity Kane &#8211; The ladies start off strong, but of course your girl Aubrey has to be all extra with it. Diddy still doesn&#8217;t think they are ready but they are the best to offer so far. &#8220;Don&#8217;t be a headliner by default.&#8221; He says that Aundrea and Aubrey are the 2 weakest links in the crew.<br />
They all have work to do.</p>
<p>Donnie is down and depressed heading into rehearsal. His choreographer gives him a little pep talk and he seems to get his confidence level back up.<br />
The guys are back with Laurie Ann and she tries her best to lift their spirits.<br />
The Ladies are back in rehearsal and of course Aubrey doesn&#8217;t agree with anything Diddy has to say about their performance.</p>
<p>Dawn and Q discuss what happened with Diddy and the rehearsals. Q felt disrespected by the way Diddy talked to him. Dawn tries to explain to him where Diddy was coming from and that he wasn&#8217;t singling him out. Q decides to take his night off and rehearse alone. Good move. But what if you&#8217;re practing it wrong? wouldn&#8217;t you just do it onstage the same way? Just my observation.</p>
<p>Diddy&#8217;s breaking news!! &#8220;If your ass can go to the concerts, if your ass can go to the Kanye or Jay Z concert then your ass can go to the post office and register to vote!&#8221; True!!</p>
<p>D. Woods and Aubrey go out on the town to party it up and hit a couple red carpets to celebrate &#8220;all the wonderful things aubrey is doing.&#8221; Yeah. Okay.</p>
<p>Diddy brings the camp to TRL to announce the tour. everything is peachy until after the show. Diddy has this crazy look on his face. He starts to rip into Danity Kane and singles out Aubrey on how unhappy he is with her appearance and such. they get into a shouting match and she tries to bring in others to dispute what Diddy is thinking about her. Who do you think they are going to side with the boss or somebody else? Be real. He says that she is going in the wrong direction! You cannot over talk Diddy.. Don&#8217;t try. &#8220;I&#8217;m asking myself why do I have you here and I&#8217;m moving onto something else and I&#8217;ll get back to you on that. You may not be here and anybody else that wants to go with you can go too. Don&#8217;t get it twisted man, it gets dark and lonely trust me.&#8221; The room gets quiet and nobody else makes any kind of eye contact with Diddy. Wow.<br />
After the big blowup Aubrey is back at the hotel (looking like a wet rat without her makeup and big hair) talking to D. Woods about how she&#8217;s tired of battling about her looks and such and feeling worn down. She contemplates moving on to somewhere else where they believe in her.</p>
<p>Another rehearsal in front of Diddy.. Here we go again.<br />
Donnie &#8211; Getting better but still needs to loosen up some more.<br />
Day 26 &#8211; A major improvement from the first time.<br />
Danity Kane &#8211; The same as before. Aubrey went from Playboy bunnyish to looking homeless.</p>
<p>After the rehearsals Diddy and Aubrey have a little one on one time. She just lays it out there that she doesn&#8217;t want to be the &#8216;problem child&#8217; anymore. He talks about how he just wants her to take advantage of the oppurtunity that he is giving her. Communication between them is horrible! I understand that you may not agree with the boss but you still have to respect that position.</p>
<p>This ends another episode. Stay tuned next week for Brian and Boom Kat&#8217;s fight and what happens with Q and Dawn&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Making The Band 4 Season 3 Episode 1 Recap</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[And so a new season of making the band has started. Let&#8217;s get right into it; This season opens with Diddy&#8217;s announcement that Donnie is coming out on September 2nd. Told you in the fall!!! This season we follow them as they prepare and go on tour. Twitter was buzzing with activity during the airing. [...]]]></description>
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<p>And so a new season of making the band has started. Let&#8217;s get right into it;<br />
This season opens with Diddy&#8217;s announcement that Donnie is coming out on September 2nd. Told you in the fall!!!  This season we follow them as they prepare and go on tour. Twitter was buzzing with activity during the airing. Should have saved some of them to intertwine but didn&#8217;t think of it until it was too late * shouts to <a href="http://twitter.com/shercole">@shercole</a> for the idea, maybe next week*. I thought about live blogging but it would have been too much work to twit &amp; live blog at the same time.<br />
We start off with Danity Kane, the headliners, at the first rehearsal. I am not really feeling D. Woods&#8217; hair. Either short or long pick one, but not both okay? Okay. In another part of the dance studio Donnie is preparing for his 10 minute show. He&#8217;s gonna do three songs &#8220;Intro&#8221; to the album, &#8220;Dr. Love&#8221; and &#8220;Take you there&#8221;. He talks about how last year he was in school just being &#8216;regular Donnie&#8217;. whatever, dude you&#8217;re still regular Donnie. Next we&#8217;re off to the guys Day 26. When they walk into the studio who&#8217;s there to greet them? None other than Miss &#8216;Boom kat&#8217; herself Laurie Ann Gibson. Looking quite cute if I might add. Brian seems a little too overly excited to see her while the others seem shocked and a little scared that she is back. * note to Will and Brian, take the stocking cap and du rag off please!!* Akward moment follows.. Time to get busy!! She asks to see some moves and ummerra&#8230; Let&#8217;s just say it was less than stellar! more like horrible. Q is not there because he had a tonsillectomy. <br />
During the break between seasons I guess Diddy was feeling himself so much that he took up a second job as a stripper and notices that he has a gut! So now this season of making the band will also be &#8216;Diddy&#8217;s fit club&#8217;.. Hilarious at diddy talking to himself in the third person and answering back! Now back to the action. Laurie Ann is actually laughing in their faces as she watches them perform. Everybody is more concerned with her being there instead of actually focusing on learning the choreography. So after rehearsal the guys go out to eat and talk about her return. I don&#8217;t see the big deal in her coming back but I guess to them it is. <br />
Next stop is Danity Kane. they are learning how to do flips. Wait flips? Yes flips. I see a disaster happening. Laurie Ann decides to stroll on over and pay a visit to the girls. More nervous fake smiles. They really think that she would be back without Diddy knowing? come on seriously?<br />
On to Donnie. Wackness abounds!!! During his rehearsal Aubrey comes in and bothers him basically. <br />
The guys are on the way to the second day of rehearsal looking salty. Suck it up and get ready for the show. Always be professional no matter who or what you&#8217;re dealing with. I can&#8217;t front, she is good at what she does. Since Q is not there to her he is not in the group. she can&#8217;t work with air.. I feel her. So the guys call Q to see what&#8217;s going on. He tells them that the doctor has him on strict orders not to do anything until the 15th and the tour starts on the 24th. That could be a problem. Of course in true television style, when the guys go to the studio Q magically appears against the Doctor and his family&#8217;s wishes. He caught on to the steps pretty quickly.<br />
During Day 3 of rehearsals with the guys who walks in? Diddy himself. Let the fireworks begin! He clears the room so they can talk. They have a little stare down for a few and then go into the whole kiddie thing with &#8216;you first, no you first&#8217;. Grow up! Once they finally get it all out and clear the air, nothing much to clear- she was not going to be bullied by him and he couldn&#8217;t take it, they make up and move on. At the end of the day it is business. Agree to disagree and let it go. Thus ending the first episode of the new season. I will try my best to do a live blog and <a href="http://twitter.com/sincerethoughts">twitter</a> at the same time.  Until next week&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Making The Band 4 Season 2 Season Finale (live blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[8:00 &#8211; The show starts with Aundrea giving a recap of all the wild events. 8:03 &#8211; Diddy goes on about the promo tour and how excited he is. When did Bad Boy go to Atlantic? 8:04 &#8211; Both groups meet with the heads of Atlantic to talk about the direction of the promotonal tour. [...]]]></description>
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<p>8:00 &#8211; The show starts with Aundrea giving a recap of all the wild events.</p>
<p>8:03 &#8211; Diddy goes on about the promo tour and how excited he is. When did Bad Boy go to Atlantic?</p>
<p>8:04 &#8211; Both groups meet with the heads of Atlantic to talk about the direction of the promotonal tour. Danity Kane once again play the experience card.</p>
<p>8:05 &#8211; Donnie <br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cPIvY4ERI/AAAAAAAAAGU/lRbtYco1nd0/s1600-h/donnie-from-making-the-band-4.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cPIvY4ERI/AAAAAAAAAGU/lRbtYco1nd0/s320/donnie-from-making-the-band-4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181126539147219218" /></a><br />will have a single out in a few weeks after the others start promotion? sucks to be you!</p>
<p>8:07 &#8211; The Girls <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cPqPY4ESI/AAAAAAAAAGc/GgqoIqgCnzI/s1600-h/danity-kane-king-cover.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cPqPY4ESI/AAAAAAAAAGc/GgqoIqgCnzI/s320/danity-kane-king-cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181127114672836898" /></a><br />go see Miss Jones <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cQKPY4ETI/AAAAAAAAAGk/tS9I6TcR2g0/s1600-h/miss%2520jones.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cQKPY4ETI/AAAAAAAAAGk/tS9I6TcR2g0/s320/miss%2520jones.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181127664428650802" /></a><br />(she has gotten a lil ummm.. big). I am not feeling miss jones at all. she gets into the relationship with Dawn and Q. She handles herself well.</p>
<p>8:13 &#8211; Then the guys <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cQm_Y4EUI/AAAAAAAAAGs/rdhgeCYXgCU/s1600-h/MTB.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cQm_Y4EUI/AAAAAAAAAGs/rdhgeCYXgCU/s320/MTB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181128158349889858" /></a><br />go in to see Miss Jones. Donnie goes as well. Donnie tries to smooth her over with some of that white swag he stole from Diddy.</p>
<p>8:15 &#8211; She asks Donnie how he feels about being solo and asks him to sing. after watching the guys I know he&#8217;s like &#8216;hell yeah i&#8217;m glad i&#8217;m solo!!<br />he performs a track called &#8216;Love Doctor&#8217; and kills.</p>
<p>8:17 &#8211; They all leave to go on the promo tour. All on one bus.. meaning one small bathroom and no place to have privacy. It&#8217;s 11 of them!</p>
<p>8:20 &#8211; Diddy <br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cSXfY4EVI/AAAAAAAAAG0/v3KGgTMEM5w/s1600-h/c56034puff-diddy-posters.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cSXfY4EVI/AAAAAAAAAG0/v3KGgTMEM5w/s320/c56034puff-diddy-posters.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181130091085173074" /></a><br />makes a special announcement that the radio stations have a case of Bitch-assness because they don&#8217;t play the records.. Whatever dude</p>
<p>8:22 &#8211; The groups go on xm radio and the girls say they plan to go Diamond (10 mil) on this album. the guys say they will too (umm&#8230; ok). d. Woods makes a friendly wager on who can get the most itunes downloads and requests the first week of sales.</p>
<p>8:30 &#8211; nothing of interest happened. Just more promos and Mike took off his shoes to show his feet in Philly. The wager was that if they guys win Andrea has to lick between Mike&#8217;s toes and vice versa.</p>
<p>8:32 &#8211; The groups go to a club to do promo (Dawn was dancing like an old lady). the DJ plays both singles and Q is wildin&#8217; out a little too much! Dawn gives him the gas face!!!</p>
<p>8:34 &#8211; Q overhears the girls back at the hotel talking about the situation. Dawn doesn&#8217;t want to talk to him. he goes in the guy&#8217;s room to vent. Why is Q crying? (bitchassness alert!!)</p>
<p>8:41 &#8211; so it seems Q has rallied the troops ( mainly robert) against DK. He thinks that all they do is disrespect the group while they constantly are defending them on air and all.</p>
<p>8:42 &#8211; Donnie goes to the studio to work with Diddy on the new single. I guarantee that Diddy with mess up anything that donnie and Seven did.</p>
<p>8:45 &#8211; Diddy all over the song, all in the videos *doing my best Suge Knight impersonation*<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cWLfY4EZI/AAAAAAAAAHU/AlCUSw6bNbM/s1600-h/155713067_2b29679d9f.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cWLfY4EZI/AAAAAAAAAHU/AlCUSw6bNbM/s320/155713067_2b29679d9f.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181134282973254034" /></a></p>
<p>8:46 &#8211; Q goes to talk with Dawn. He goes over to apologize and they are back lovey dovey. Straight high school puppy love going on here. Early stage of the relationship asses!!</p>
<p>8:53 &#8211; Special announcement: Donnie finally has a single and they (diddy and donnie) will perform it live.</p>
<p>8:54 &#8211; Diddy has dinner with the groups and tells them to kill that beef that they have and be more like brothers and sisters. (22 shots of Tequila chilled? wow!)<br />This is the part in the show, just like the others, where he reminisces about first meeting them and how proud he is of them thus far. He then messes things up by saying that Day 26 is on Jodeci and New Edition level. Negro Please!! what are you smoking? Personally, Donnie is the most talented guy. I know I&#8217;m hard on him but honestly I think he&#8217;ll do the best.</p>
<p>8:58 &#8211; The winner of the bet was Danity Kane by 75%. Big shock!! a platinum selling group versus an unknown.. Who did you think was gonna win?</p>
<p>9:00 &#8211; The live portion of the show starts. Donnie&#8217;s last name is Klang? umm yeah just go by Donnie. sounds too much like Danity Kane. Donnie Klang/Danity Kane.. Sounds like a male cover band of the girls.<br />9:02 &#8211; the guys perform &#8216;Got Me Going&#8217;. ummm&#8230;. No comment. Naw, it was okay.</p>
<p>9:08 &#8211; the show is hosted by Sway and the first thing he gets into is D. Woods and Robert. Robert sets the record straight that &#8216;Junebug&#8217; is not his girl. I gues she didn&#8217;t get my memo about shades indoors. Does she have fingerwaves? When D. Woods was asked if it didn&#8217;t happen what would have happened she danced around it. but they&#8217;re friends now.</p>
<p>9:10 &#8211; Gotta get into Donnie and Aubrey (you know she has to get some shine). The both make me sick!</p>
<p>9:13 &#8211; The next thing to discuss is Dawn and Q. Dawn really needs to stop the madness with that &#8216;really good friends&#8217; crap. You are no Rihanna or Beyonce and he is not Chris Brown or Jay. They both say they want to claim each other, umm then do it&#8230; He finally kisses her!!</p>
<p>9:15 &#8211; Out comes Diddy (&#8220;all in the video, all over the song&#8221; * refer to 8:45.</p>
<p>9:21 &#8211; I am really not feeling D. Woods&#8217; haircut.. Straight foolishness.</p>
<p>9:23 &#8211; I&#8217;m tired of Sway and that same hat.. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cTBPY4EWI/AAAAAAAAAG8/OaFQ-P5LGbs/s1600-h/Sway.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cTBPY4EWI/AAAAAAAAAG8/OaFQ-P5LGbs/s320/Sway.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181130808344711522" /></a><br />that scarf prolly smells like wet dog by now!</p>
<p>9:25 &#8211; the girls perform &#8216;Damaged&#8217;. looks like Aubrey has on a bathing suit! whatever it is it&#8217;s not a good look. I still like Shannon&#8217;s hair darker. aundrea is such a little cutie! I want to just run up and pinch her cheeks and squeeze her! umm. their stylist needs to be fired! for real.</p>
<p>9:28 &#8211; Aubrey needs to sitting down with all that dry humping by herself on stage. DK has the #1 album in the country.</p>
<p>9:32 &#8211; Bitch-assness = Envy, hate or deceit. People hating on you for no apparent reason is Bitch-assness. Donnie says Diddy showed Bitch-assness by apologizing to the girls! Shirts availble at <a href="http://www.seanjohn.com"><em>Seanjohn.com</em></a></p>
<p>9:39 &#8211; The guys named themselves Day 26 because August 26th was the day they were picked. they then perfom a new track called &#8216;since you&#8217;ve been gone&#8217;. It&#8217;s okay but no Jodeci or New edition like diddy says they are.</p>
<p>*sidenote: I just was a commercial about that new movie &#8216;Stop Loss&#8221; is not a true representation of what the military can and cannot do. not to get into it too much, save that for another blog, but in your contract it states that you can be involuntarily called back to duty that 4 or 6 years afrter your contract is up (depending on your contract) and it also states that during war time if you are scheduled for seperation, they can stop that. Hence the term stop loss.*</p>
<p>9:48 &#8211; Diddy brings out his adorable twins!<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cU8vY4EYI/AAAAAAAAAHM/zV9XL4Eoo8g/s1600-h/diddys-kids.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cU8vY4EYI/AAAAAAAAAHM/zV9XL4Eoo8g/s320/diddys-kids.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181132930058555778" /></a></p>
<p>9:53 &#8211; They show a shot of Seven.. <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cUOPY4EXI/AAAAAAAAAHE/stdL_HgpGcE/s1600-h/50881412.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_slkynnVBdXE/R-cUOPY4EXI/AAAAAAAAAHE/stdL_HgpGcE/s320/50881412.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181132131194638706" /></a><br />WTH!!! SMH @ that wig and shades!</p>
<p>9:55 &#8211; Donnie performs &#8216;Take You There&#8217; with Diddy. Hot track. His first single comes out on tuesday. remember I told ya he drops this fall. You heard it hear first! lls</p>
<p>9:58 &#8211; The big announcement is that friday you can go to <a href="http://badboyonline.com"><em>badboyonline.com</em></a> and purchase tickets to the Making The Band tour and they will be shooting the new season while on tour.</p>
<p>Thus ends another season of Making The Band. See you next year!!<br />Peace</p>
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		<title>Making The Band 4 Season 2 Episode 8</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the show starts with the guys doing the photo shoot for the album. Mikes looks slim. Good job. Later that night they go to a club in Ft. Lauderdale for a performance. The guys have their first taste of performing and it tastes pretty bad. They really needed to practice before they decide to [...]]]></description>
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<p>So the show starts with the guys doing the photo shoot for the album. Mikes looks slim. Good job. Later that night they go to a club in Ft. Lauderdale for a performance. The guys have their first taste of performing and it tastes pretty bad. They really needed to practice before they decide to just do a show. Who does that? I mean just jump out there and perform without practice? Ehhh&#8230; No&#8230; The funny thing is that Will thought they killed it. Negro please!! Y&#8217;all were a hot mess mixed with foolishness. Straight foolish mess. So at breakfast they as DK what they thought about the performance and it&#8217;s silence. Awkwaaarrrdd! The girls give them some pointers. Hopefully when they look back at the tapes they&#8217;ll see the the dumbness that was them. No diss but I&#8217;m getting kind of sick of DK talking about how &#8220;experienced&#8221; they are in the industry. Like they&#8217;ve been around for like umpteen years or something. You only have one album. Platinum but still one album. So Diddy sits the girls down and pretty much takes them apart physically. He doesn&#8217;t like Shannon&#8217;s hair, Andrea is getting plump and the weaves and fake lashes have got to go! *Did anybody notice how when he started talking about weaves they show Dawn&#8217;s ratty hair? Hahahahaha*. I liked Shannon&#8217;s hair but once again I&#8217;m not the boss. the crew decides to throw a party for themselves to celebrate their last night in M.I.A. and in comes a mariachi band. What the hell? *DEAD* The next day they head back to the big apple to make things happen. The first thing is preparing for the showcase. The girls pretty much run through their set. Next up is Day 26. Lord help us! They are all over the place, just horrible. Harve Pierre is like if this is how you&#8217;re gonna do it than we just won&#8217;t do it (paraphrasing of course). So Diddy gets the guys a new choreographer. Whoever their first choreographer was needs to kill themselves! The girls head to the salon for their makeovers before re shooting the album cover. Of course Aubrey has something to say. They are just dogging my girl Shannon&#8217;s hair. the worse possible thing that can happen happens. Her hair starts to fall out! Think about that scene from &#8216;<em>What&#8217;s love got to do with it</em>&#8216; when the young girl is dying Tina&#8217;s hair blond and while washing it she holds up her hand with a big clunk of blond hair attached.. Except less dramatic and Shannon is calm as hell the entire time. Seems that bitchassness has dropped by 15%. You can thank my posts for that. I keed I keed!! Or am I? Bruhahahahaha!!!! the girls are in the salon all day getting their new looks. Diddy drops by to see what&#8217;s the haps. I actually like Shannon&#8217;s new hair. It&#8217;s like strawberry blondish. He tells everyone that he likes the new looks. I mean I would too if I told the salon exactly how to do them. Duh. Next stop for Diddy is the spotlight to see them all perform for R &#038; B live. The guys come out and start performing. Kill the soundbwoi!! Diddy tries to give them queue&#8217;s to trade mics but they&#8217;re full of adrenaline and rocking out. Diddy can&#8217;t take it anymore and comes onto the stage in the middle of their song and stops the show to get the sound right. After a brie intermission they get a do over. they get themselves together and give an impressive show. *This is a special message to Andre Harrell. Listen Dawg, I know you&#8217;re probably worth like 20, 25 times more than me monetarily but please please, for the sake of all that is holy, take those coke bottle glasses off!! looking like that old lady from those old <em>Old Navy</em> commercials* Okay I&#8217;m back, just had to put that out there. The girls perform next. the performance was great but the outfits? Ummerra&#8230; No ma&#8217;am. *Question. Now that the season is pretty much over and <em>The Wire</em> is done, what&#8217;s next for me? I guess I gotta find another show to recap or start reviewing albums. I mean I usually get them before they come out and I think I&#8217;m a pretty good judge on what&#8217;s hot or next to blow. Except that soulja boi type ish. You can miss me with that. What&#8217;s my next move? I guess we&#8217;ll both have to wait and see.* </p>
<p>Next Week:<br />The season finale is on Sunday and will be 2 hours long? That&#8217;s a whole bunch of Aubrey to hate on. Until next week&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Making The Band 4 Season 2 Episode 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the Den mother is actually still there. he was M.I.A. last week. Except for a little snippet. Diddy decides to take the crew out for some relaxation so he gets them a yacht. It&#8217;s like they&#8217;re trying to hard to be sexy. Diddy meets up with the girls and guys and tries to get [...]]]></description>
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<p>So the Den mother is actually still there. he was M.I.A. last week. Except for a little snippet. Diddy decides to take the crew out for some relaxation so he gets them a yacht. It&#8217;s like they&#8217;re trying to hard to be sexy. Diddy meets up with the girls and guys and tries to get to know them better while out there. He suckers them into doing imitations of him. they&#8217;re nervously laughing at his jokes. Diddy drops the bomb that he&#8217;s in love with Kim Porter. You don&#8217;t miss your water until your well runs dry. Then he turns the tables and questions them. Asking if Donnie and Aubrey are attracted to each other. Aubrey doesn&#8217;t really answer. Then he asks Dawn and Q. The blushing ensues!! He&#8217;s proud of them and says it&#8217;s not going to end up like they thought it would? Huh? are you dropping somebody or something? Do you think they&#8217;ll flop? What are you talking about? I kind of understand but don&#8217;t crush my platinum dreams Diddy!! So Diddy says that there is an outbreak of Bitch assness going on in the Democratic party. I wonder who has been infected? Can we say Hilary? Anyway.. The girls go in the studio to work on &#8220;Sucker for love&#8221;, sounds wack. Next up is Donnie and Seven working on a track called &#8220;Spank Me&#8221;. Let&#8217;s go Donnie! Prove the naysayers (I am one of them) wrong!! the guys go in the studio and work on some new material knocking out another joint. *Note to Brian and Robert, stop with the cuts in the brow! this is not 87 and you&#8217;re not Big Daddy Kane. Also Guys please stop saying &#8220;no homo&#8221;!*. Diddy stops through to see what&#8217;s happening, he listens for a few and starts searching for Ankh Rha. I guess he&#8217;s tired of hearing Brian screaming all over the track. Have you noticed that they always show him having a problem with vocals when Brian&#8217;s in the booth? Hmmm.. I&#8217;m not saying but I&#8217;m just saying&#8230; He says that Q and Willie are at an all star level as far as musically, physically and all. Then he goes down the list. Mike could lose 15, Brian 8, and Robert could lose some too. Brian is the weakest link and he has to make a turn around in 7 days or else. Robert is about to cry because he wasn&#8217;t considered to be an all star. Boo hoo! get over it and move on. The den mother says they have five minutes to go and Brian and Robert start to fight over the shower. Yes the shower! Robert&#8217;s unstable ass and Brian are nuts! They both just talk to much and need to just shut the f**k up!! I&#8217;m not with all the talking. Just do what you do. I can&#8217;t get over these fools arguing over a shower. Now it&#8217;s up to the den mother to play the mediator and actually work for that nice check he&#8217;s getting. Aubrey is such a dork. &#8220;gansta fight&#8221;? whatever. You lost. Okay Donnie&#8217;s album may be shaping up to be a banger. The girls go in to record &#8220;Damage&#8221;. If you like it I love it. So the guys are in the studio and once again Robert doesn&#8217;t want to be told he can&#8217;t sing a part he wants. Not a team player. His raspy voice needs to sit down somewhere. Still trying to be the lead singer. Will and Q try to talk to him about it but I don&#8217;t think he gets it, or ever will get it. Straight bitch-assness! So after DK finished their last song for the album they call everybody in to listen. Dawn is especially proud because she wrote it. I mean not to be mean but I&#8217;ve heard better. Seems that the guys are losing steam while the girls are finished and Donnie can take his time and make a great album. Once again Robert and Brian start arguing in the van after leaving the studio. Why is Robert always looking like he&#8217;s about to cry? Drama queens&#8230; Den mother was right. bunch of divas! Thanks to the two divas arguing the group is now filled with doubt about their future. They have vocal training with Ankh Rha and he has them opening up to each other. Everything is going good until they get to Brian and Robert. The guys just tell them that they both basically need to stop being so emotional. They need to work on their facial expressions while singing, looks fake and contrived. After the session with Ankh Rha the guys come together and make a banger (&#8220;Got me Going&#8221;). In comes Diddy to listen to what they recorded, nodding his head a little he says that it sounds beautiful and gave him goosebumps. Once they finally finish their albums they go out to celebrate.</p>
<p>Next Week:<br />Diddy doesn&#8217;t like Shannon&#8217;s hair color (I do but I&#8217;m not the boss) and has her lighten it up a little, but it starts to break off and fall out. Whoa. the guys have problems with their first showcase.</p>
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		<title>Making The Band 4 Season 2 Episode 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diddy comes to the house to have a little sit down with the groups. the guys have the majority of the album done out of the three. Donnie needs more vocal work and Diddy is still hot about the girls calling him out about the meeting they had last week. Poor Donnie only has 2 [...]]]></description>
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<p>Diddy comes to the house to have a little sit down with the groups. the guys have the majority of the album done out of the three. Donnie needs more vocal work and Diddy is still hot about the girls calling him out about the meeting they had last week. Poor Donnie only has 2 songs done and it&#8217;s past the midway point. can you say album pushed back? As soon as he gets in the studio (sounding like a wounded dog) guess what happens? His producer gets pulled out and he has to stop recording. Dawn is hating on Baltimore just because she&#8217;s originally from New Orleans and relocated to Baltimore. Now she&#8217;s feeling all homesick and reflecting. Diddy decides that he will retire from Making The Band to become a movie star. Whatever. Donnie feels left out because he doesn&#8217;t get any studio time and feels like he&#8217;s doing everything that&#8217;s asked of him. Dawn and Q are being all playful on the patio furniture all lovey dovey and stuff. Just cuteness all around. Next we get the white version with Aubrey and Donnie. She tries to cheer him up, but it seems like she&#8217;s rubbing it in his face that they have hotness and he doesn&#8217;t. * A little advice for Donnie, don&#8217;t listen to Aubrey&#8217;s crazy ass about anything! You can go in there demanding stuff if you want. You might get your ass demanded off the label!*. Diddy hooks Donnie up with Seven and they go to work on Donnie&#8217;s vibe. Okay Seven is the dude that did all the first Ashanti stuff and when Ja Rule was singing. He&#8217;s a little out there, but I went to a school of the arts so I&#8217;ve seen this type before. They do good work, but are weird as hell! He reminds me of a mix between Teddy Riley and Prince. He has the look of Teddy but the style of Prince (BTW that was Doc from Prince&#8217;s band &#8220;The Revolution&#8221;, Thanks Cassandra). that song he played &#8220;<em>Rolling Stone</em>&#8221; is crack!! If Donnie uses that as his vibe I might actually pick up his album. Now Dawn is playing the shocked role about Q wanting to be with her. Clearly she has been in some bad relationships in the past because she doesn&#8217;t want to let anyone get close to her heart. Q is obviously Smitten. I can&#8217;t believe she&#8217;s breaking it off with him! I kind of understand, when you&#8217;ve been hurt you don&#8217;t want to be hurt again so you shut yourself off emotionally. It&#8217;s a gift and a curse. Now Diddy&#8217;s not retiring and announces DK in stores March 18th and Day 26 March 25th. No Donnie announcement. Hmmm&#8230; I wish I could tell you when it&#8217;s slated to drop but my homey swore me to secrecy&#8230; sorry.. But let&#8217;s just say&#8230;. around&#8230;. ummm&#8230; fallish? That&#8217;s it! I can&#8217;t speak on it anymore!! Ankh Rha is working with the girls on a little vocal practice and Dawn gets all emotional about what went down with her and Q, but has that invisible wall up to protect her emotions. She is really going through something. The more she sings the more Ankh pulls those feelings out and she becomes less guarded. At least for that minute or so that she was singing. Mike Bivens comes to the house to listen to the guys&#8217; music and give them some advice. Now we&#8217;re back to Donnie.. Oh brother.. Donnie voices his concerns to Mike Biv and he gives him a good little pep talk, basically telling him to keep his head up and don&#8217;t worry about what the others are doing. Dawn and Q decide to write a song together. He seems to be trying to get her to open up and let her emotions out. Maybe it&#8217;ll make the DK album as a bonus track. I am really mad at this dude Seven&#8217;s shades. Word of advice- stop wearing shades outside at night and indoors! What the Hell! Okay so he want to be the Timberland to Donnie&#8217;s Timberlake. Okay. they made so bangers though. now that Diddy had Seven working with him he might actually do something. Now everybody wants to be down with Donnie. Before they weren&#8217;t checking for him now they&#8217;re all over the place Donnie = Mike Jones! Who? Mike Jones! Dawn and Q are back to lovey dovey after she opened up a little more to him. they finally kiss and it&#8217;s like that cute couple in high school, straight puppy love!</p>
<p>Next Week: Brian and Robert get into it. I know you didn&#8217;t think that there would be a season of MTB without somebody fighting.. come on now, this is still MTV.</p>
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		<title>MTB 4 Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Day 26 was on the radio this morning ( shouts to Rashan Ali) and they explained the bitch-assness that Q was infected with the other week. well, it turns out that the bitch-assness actually affected Donnie. When he came home from his date with Aubrey they showed him and the guy talking about meeting [...]]]></description>
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<p>So Day 26 was on the radio this morning ( shouts to Rashan Ali) and they explained the bitch-assness that Q was infected with the other week. well, it turns out that the bitch-assness actually affected Donnie. When he came home from his date with Aubrey they showed him and the guy talking about meeting up with some girls they met earlier and going out to eat. What they didn&#8217;t show was when he said to them how it would be funny if Aubrey was to show up to the restaurant, caught him and threw a drink in his face or something. they all agreed it would be funny and that they would call Aubrey and Dawn to come over. Sometime in between that conversation and the restaurant, Donnie changes his mind, because he knows that Aubrey is crazy, but he doesn&#8217;t tell Q. That&#8217;s why he got extra mad and everybody was saying that he knew what was going on while he acted like he didn&#8217;t. They also said that donnie was putting on extra for the cameras, which we already knew, and that the argument between Q and Brian wasn&#8217;t as serious as it seemed on TV. Still sounds like some bitch-assness to me! Robert isn&#8217;t pursuing D. Woods anymore since she busted him with the whole Myspace thing. So Rashan asked if they talked to any other former Bad Boy groups to kinda see what went wrong or right. Mike was like, no we&#8217;re looking to the future or some stupidness like that. Wouldn&#8217;t you want to talk to former artists just to at least know what you&#8217;re getting yourself into? Maybe Diddy has a gag order in their contract or something&#8230; I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised. That&#8217;s it for now.</p>
<p>Peace<br /><em>Sincere</em></p>
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