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Written by Heather Covington “The Literary HEAT”
Marketing Expert and CEO of www.disilgold.com

 

This week I got a question in my inbox asking, “How do you build a high-traffic blog without killing yourself?” so I searched the internet for someone who answers this question as a blog expert and came across Tim Ferris before stating my tips. I truly agree with this guy who mentions you don’t necessarily have to be the best writer, but have a voice and be passionate about what you are writing about. Also, write about the problem and not the person.

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Amerie’ s new album, In Love & War arrived with no promotion from Def Jam at all except sporadic lifeless banners of Amerie disguised behind angelic artwork on blogs that didn’t seem to even support the artist. You sensed it across the board, but I have been a true supporterof Amerie’s music from day one. I felt bad that consumers matched the dull campaign by Amerie’s camp with less than 100,000 sales in the first week, and considered a dismal debut for an album filled with  heavy hitters from Trey Songz to Fabolous.  She begins her album with an I’m back number and folks are saying she never arrived after the one track hit wonder of her last album featuring the hit, One Thing.  I think there are a lot of hot tracks on her past albums and this new album, but the problem is when you put out a heavy produced hit like ONE THING it is hard to match that.  It earned 2 million in album sales, but then it appears as if a recent new cut took  a pop shot at Beyonce.’   We thought Amerie was an angel and now she  returns like one on her artwork.

 In my opinion, with a melodramatic voice boasting  a powerful , Amerie now  needs swagger and controversy to  boost sales and maybe she does it with her latest video duet with Fabolous on More Than Love about to go international in UK. The folks over there love Amerie. We should love Amerie since her name sounds like America, but nooooo, she’s a goodie two shoes and like Chris Brown said doesn’t have swagger in a radio interview and it’s an honest assessment from a young man who represents most guys his age and what they might think as well. After all, Amerie   doesn’t seem to have had any relationship issues to match this gut wrenching album. 

  So  now you can expect a transition and sales as rumors fly that there is chemistry between Amerie and Fabolous. The question to draw interest,  Is Fabolous and Amerie a romantic item? Who knows, but if she wants folks to pay attention to this new album which I admit is well produced, but just like I said is missing hype than she might as well start the hype by getting caught dating all of the men on her album. The name of the album is In Love & War so the bring on the war!  Come on Amerie we need some drama here in media to help out this album. You are signed to Def Jam. Better call Rihanna to give you some pointers whose album is back up in sales now that she’s been caught  admiring Justin Beiber. Gold figure.  All in all, I should be getting paid to be a music consultant.

Imagine if you were happily married and your husband won the Lotto jackpot, skipped town and left without saying good-bye. This is what happened to Donna Campbell. Not only did her husband jilt her, but she is being evicted from her home. A storage company has volunteered to store her furniture free of charge. She filed a case, but the courts dismissed her case as a family dispute. Campbell’s husband,Arnim Ramdass, shared his $19 million Lotto jackpot with other co-workers which may explain why he cut off his internet service, phone and cable back in 2007.  With several dozen co-workers that probably left her husband with only 1 million dollars which isn’t a lot of money considering the average real estate in Florida is 1 million plus. SOURCE: AOL. 

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Chris Brown at Fan Appreciation Week everyday look lends well to the cameras, but a fan ASKS HEATHER, “Do you see the mark on his face from Rihanna’s heel?” Heather: no comment! I’m am focusing on Chris Brown’s album review here.

Reviewed by Music Maven Heather Covington

“The Literary Diva” aka “The Literary HEAT”

www.disilgold.com

Email comments to Disilgold@aol.com

The long anticipated  music album, Grafitti, executively produced by Chris Brown, Tina M. Davis and Mark Pitts , arrived in stores nationwide on December 8th with two versions, a dual cd and dvd album and cd album only. Stores pushed the dual cd upfront with a $19.00 price tag, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Chris Brown’s youngest fans arriving after school did not know to request the cd  priced only at $9.99. The $9.99 price tag is what music stores now offer in New York on day one as an incentive for buying a new album on its release date.

 Of course, die hard fans of Hip Hop buy their  Hip Hop cds first. Snoop Dog and 50 Cent  were capped neck to neck at no.1 and no.2 . A good turn out in full album cds is about 80,000 to 100,000.    This is the standard nowadays. Chris Brown easily sold 100,000 cds on day one which means he will sell a million or more before the holidays. There is a range of classic songs from almost every genre such as POP,  Soul RnB, Techno, Hip Hop infused with Swiss Beatz touch, trademark  love ballads and a few cuts to give Timbaland a run for his money. The range is so ecclectic and blends so well, it’s hard to believe that this album was just produced.

Grafitti pours out top hits back to back like  “I can Transform Ya” with Lil Wayne that took a while to grow on me, but is a solid hit that can’t be denied, “Crawl” is a commerical favorite among listeners  with  hypnotic lyrics, “So Cold” is a great song of redemption for this artist beautifully arranged track with light and sentimental piano accompaniment, “What I do” featuring Plies is one for the clubs and an undeniable anthem for fun times,  ”Famous” is dangerously personal and a rocker,”Take My Time” featuring Tank uses sexy drums and percussion to simulate an RnB hit reminiscent of a good ole’ Jodeci  vibe, but all his own and could mark his new signature sound for future albums, “I.Y.A.” is that MTV cut that will soar to number one faster than all of the other hits as a universal track, “Pass Out” with Eva Simons is one for the clubs and a head banger, “What” featuring  Trey Songz is right on time with this new Techno Rap vibe, “Lucky Me”  is a favorite because it starts with an African inspired touch that solidifies this  artist as someone who will be around for sometime, “Fallen” is definitely a Michael jackson inspired track with crossover appeal and of course, “I’ll Go” makes a personal statement that is so sentimental it’s a tear jerker.  He says if “He doesn’t come back your love was worth it!” With a range of artists like Esther Dean, Trey Songz, Ryan Leslie, Jermaine Jackson, James Jones, Tank, The Game, Eva Simons and Teyana Taylor, Chris Brown has got the world’s forgiveness in the “Palm of his hand.”

Chris Brown’s album hands down is clean, solid, easy to listen to, has a happy vibe filled with sentiment, flows with original beats and lyrical power embedded with gut wrenching top ballads making him a top contender for a Grammy next year. A redeemed man is Chris Brown and he’s back!

Disilgold SOUL Magazine rating- *****5 Stars

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According to The Literary Divas e-Dictionary featuring  Heatherisms, the definition of  “High Baller Talk” is when a man with a lot of money under the influence of alcohol or any mind altering drugs conjures up enough nerve to use one’s high profile status to woo the ladies under extreme circumstances such as in marriage or in a relationship. However, they don’t give any money to these “gold-digging women,” but rather, play mind-games and once they get what they want they begin to make up excuses for why they can’t see these women one-by-one until mayhem hits the roof. Usually these men have ultimatums like don’t call or visit at a specific time, a sign, but these women are either to dumb, blind or jaded to know they have been High-balled!

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Oh no! Chris Brown has released 4 solid hits that are hard to dislike thus far and kind of even as far as appeal with Rihanna’s album  which leaked four cuts before release. He’s determined to make a comeback and may get his way. Even his enemies like this song I found on YOUTUBE. Listen before his record company takes it down! It’s their job to remove it! Now all Rihanna has to do is land on an immediate issue of VIBE post release of cover with Chris Brown and an official WAR OF THE ROSES has begun in front of America’s eyes. Exciting to see these two love birds kick each others ass in album sales. And- don’t believe the hype, Rihanna is number one overseas and that’s really all that counts! No one buys albums in America!