Ken Walker’s Urban Assault - Monday 20th October 2008
Title Artist Label #
Don’t Get It (Misunderstood) Lil Wayne feat Leona Lewis Universal Motown 1
Played Out Paula DeAnda feat Yung Joc J Records 2
Sooner Than Later Drake Digiwaxx Media 3
Busy Signal (Bang Bang) Brevi feat Cham Syatt Music Group 4
Heartless Kanye West Universal 5
3 Is The New 2 Bobby Valentino Def Jam / DTP 6
Turn It Up Kamsha Offical Hitz Entertainment 7
Go Get It Red Café Brookland 8
Cruise Control Dawn Richard Bad Boy 9
Boyz M.I.A feat Jay-Z Interscope 10
#1 – Don’t Get It (Misunderstood) – Lil Wayne feat Leona Lewis
Whether you love him or hate him you can’t escape the fact that when it comes to urban music, Lil Wayne is bigger than sliced bread at the moment. His latest album sold a staggering 1 million copies first week of release and it’s gone on to sell almost 2.5 mill to date. “Misunderstood” is the 4th single from “The Carter III” and it features the sultry vocals of the U.K’s favourite soul sista Leona Lewis. It also put’s an interesting mellowed twist on the Eric Burdon & The Animals 60’s classic “Don’t Let Me be Misunderstood”. The only criticism of this is that at 6:37 in duration, it’s a tad too long as towards the end of it, Wayne rambles on and on and on about utter crap .
Eminem announces “Relapse”
Eminem in an exclusive interview with industry heavyweight DJ Kay Slay cleared up all the speculation regarding the release and title of his new album. “It’s gonna be called “Relapse” he told Slay”, “There’s a lot of fake albums and a lot of bullshit album titles floating around out there, I just want to tell everybody that this is the real album title”.
Em then premiered a freestyle called “I’m Having A Relapse”, and the track has already made its way around the Internet via various blogs. The choice of naming the album Relapse goes against rumors that the LP would be entitled King Mathers. Former G-Unit President Sha Money XL also incorrectly said the album would be called “The Empack”.
Eminem’s autobiography, The Way I Am, hits the stores this week via the Dutton Publishing company. The bio features drawings, handwritten lyrics and never-before-seen photographs.
Kanye premiers 808’s & Heartbreak
When you’re one of the biggest recording artists in the world, you can choose to have your first listening session anywhere you want. In Kanye West’s case, last weeks preview of his new album “808s & Heartbreak” occurred in a warehouse art gallery in Los Angeles. Fittingly enough, with direction from famed artist Vanessa Beecroft, the night’s festivities turned into a live art show, with vibrant lights beaming and about 40 women models posing throughout the event. Along with guests and journalists, celebrities and artists in attendance included Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Michael Rappaport, Will.i.Am, Mos Def and Jimmy Kimmel. At the end of it all, Kanye came out with Vanessa Beecroft to address the crowd. He spoke about why he decided on such an early release date for the new album. “I told the label heads L.A. Reid, & Jay-Z that I needed to put this out right now. I’ll have another album coming in June 2009.” 808s & Heartbreak is released here in Oz on November 25th.
Jay Sean signs with Cash Money Records
British R&B;sensation Jay Sean has inked a deal with Cash Money Records, the label home of Lil’ Wayne. It al came about during a recent trip to Miami. Jay officially signed with the label and met Wayne and the rest of the Cash Money family. As a result of the deal, Cash Money has exclusive worldwide outside of the U.K. to release Jay Sean’s most recent album, “My Own Way”. His next five albums will also be released by the imprint label. “It’s always been a dream for me to sign to an American label,” Jay wrote in a blog posted on his official myspace page. “And it’s great to be accepted by the best in the game.” Jay Sean already has a collabo with his label mate Weezy in the works and the self-proclaimed “best rapper alive” will be also be dropping a verse on a remix of Jay’s upcoming single, “Tonight,” which will be featured on a repackaged version of “My Own Way” which will no doubt find it’s way to our shelves in early 2009.
Janet Jackson’s secret illness revealed.
After weeks of cancellations from her “Rock Witchu” U.S tour due to undisclosed health issues, her manager have finally revealed what Janet Jackson has been suffering from. “After a thorough medical evaluation, it has been confirmed that Janet’s symptoms are being caused by a rare form of migraine called Vestibular migraine or migraine-associated vertigo for which she is currently receiving treatment,” said her manager Kenneth Crear. He went on to say that the sickness unexpectedly continued to overcome her body. “Janet wanted very much to resume her tour so as not to disappoint her fans, but she continued to suffer from vertigo and could not perform,” “She’s a world-class entertainer and needs to be at the top of her game to giver her fans the show they expect. She’s feeling much beter and is ready to hit the road again to finish the tour. Promoters here are still frantically trying to stitch up the Oz leg of the tour which will work it’s way to our shores in late 2009.
