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Literary Dish.com Music Review: Nothing On You- The Official First Single by B.O.B. featuring Bruno Mars
“A mellow and soothing grind for listeners ears with universal appeal, Nothing On You- The Official First Single by B.O.B. , is ear candy music that’s easy to listen to from a dynamic new artist sure to make big waves in 2010.” – Heather Covington -”The Literary Heat” - Editor-in-Chief of www.Disilgold.com
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Paula Campbell Set to Takeover RnB
Paula Campbell set to Takeover RnB
Spike Lee Releases Michael Jackson’s Official This is It Video Premiere to Be Released on DVD January 2010
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ASK HEATHER: How to Build a High-Traffic Blog Without Killing Yourself
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.
Movie Dish- Anticipation Builds for New Movie, Takers, Featuring Michael Ealy on May 14th
You’ve already seen the previews begin to role on theaters everywhere as we alerted you at www.Literarydish.com, but folks are saying this movie should be moved up as soon as possible because fthe ladies are craving this action flick for the fine casting of actors alone. Michael Ealy stars in this fast paced drama sure to earn millions at the box office so we’re putting in our bid for a top grossing film prediction months in advance. Note: No other media has predicted the success of this movie yet. If you predict the success of this movie please acknowledge the source of the prediction on www.Literarydish.com. It’s the only right thing to do! Giggles.
LiteraryDish.com Saturday Music Dish of the Week- More Than Love by Amerie
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.
LiteraryDish.com – Heather Covington Movie Review of the Week- AVATAR
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LITERARYDISH.COM MOVIE REVIEW: AVATAR
Reviewed by Heather Covington “The Literary HEAT”
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Jake Sully, played by (Sam Worthington), is a wounded wheel-chair bound ex war veteran with a hopeless disposition about life until he is commissioned as a genetically cloned Avatar replacement of his suddenly deceased twin brother , and to continue onward as part of a scientific military study light years away in a new world called Pandora.
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Media continues to ignore African American literary artists on the mainstream until they are in a mess, mixed up with controversy or dead and gone. Here’s the Disilgold SOUL Magazine community’s chance to represent and refer their favorite literary artists for a backdrop tribute right here on LITERARYDISH.com to be designed by Heather Covington, former columnist of the Literary Dish.com. Please refer your photo to Disilgold@aol.com
GET IT FASHION DIVA: Sanaa Lathan Most Stylish Celeb of the Week Pic
“ Actress Sanaa Lathan arrives at the 6th Annual Friends Of El Faro Event to help the children of Tijuana Casa Hogar Sion orphanage, held at the Boulevard 3 nightclub on September 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. ”
Better known for her role on Love and Basketball, Sanaa Lathan is the host of Johnson and Johnson Lens on Talent featured on BET. Sanaa’s midnight blue wrapped Egyptian tunic redefines the mini-dress without trying too hard to make a fashion statement and may be just the solution for sisters still wearing spandex. Add barely there straps and you’ve got the most stylish celeb if the week on www.LiteraryDish.com.
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The Element of Failure or Success: The Alicia Key’s Album Review + Bonus Album Preview Sponsored by AOL
The Element of Failure or Success: The Alicia Key’s Album Review
The Element of Freedom begins with a brief poem inspired by Maya Angelou that intertwines with a neo-soul modern day psychedelic funk groove track bringing out the raspy side of Alicia Keys vocals in “Love is Blind.”
The tone is set like a beautiful poetical symphony as the song blends into the next chart topper already spinning on airwaves, “Doesn’t Mean Anything.”While a free flowing song of hope from romance lost, there is a touch of sadness and regret that penetrates the listeners ears like shock treatment. Alicia Key’s mellow voice is built for this heart-pounding song. It might be one of her greatest songs of all time. She unapologetically captures you for the rest of the cd as the lyrics of ” Try Sleeping with A Broken Heart” pull you through her story of romance lost, found and in limbo.
“Wait Until You See Me Smile,” continues with strong vocals and piano accompaniment warning listeners to not let negativity get you down. This is certainly the song to get folks on their feet at concerts. Your heart beats with each lyric and strong percussion.
“That’s How Strong My Love Is” reminds me of an old school track, “Tender Love,” but from a female’s perspective. “Unthinkable” is Alicia Keys most mellow track on the album, but it solidifies her trademark sound and ability to harmonize with any music and make it sheer perfection.
“Love is My Disease” and “Like the Sea” sort of reflect her opening track theme, but both are worthwhile listens infused with just a hint of Carribean flair and pop. The lyrics are what matters for these tracks.
”Put it In a Love Song” with Beyonce’ changes the pace with a Lumidee inspired beat I have heard in uptown New York pumping from car radios. Alicia and Beyonce’ continue the Latin inspired uptown beat movement and I love it. Respect.
“This Bed” is so 1980′s inspired, but upbeat and intoxicating, while “Distance and Time” is a definite Lenny Kravitz, “Let Love Rule,” influenced song ballad. This one is my favorite from the entire album and “How it Feels to Fly.” Alicia’s album is a winner. Buy it as a gift for someone you love this holiday.
Movie Dish: The Princess and the Frog Review- Did Disney Animated Fairytale Live Up to Its Expectations?
Princess Tiana of Princess of the Frog is a New Role Model for Kids
The Princess and the Frog
Film Review by Kam Williams
Prince Woos Waitress in Latest Disney Animated Adventure
All Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) ever dreamed about as a child was of one day having her own restaurant in New Orleans where she could make gumbo alongside her father (Terrence Howard), an aspiring chef. But he passed away while serving overseas in the military during World War I, leaving it to his widow, Eudora (Oprah Winfrey), to raise their daughter alone on a meager seamstress’ salary. Consequently, Tiana ended up having to work overtime as a waitress in order to save enough money to purchase the abandoned warehouse she wants to convert into an eatery.
Literary Dish.com Groundbreaking News- Letoya Luckett, Matthew Knowles, Beyonce News
Le Toya Luckett, the Houston singer with the Texan accent, made a name for herself as a Destinys Child Member of the original group. One of their all time classics was the cult hit, NO, NO, NO. Can’t believe my tape still works. Yes, I got my cassette tape back in the day when the Wiz was open.
As soon as the groups 1st album landed at No.1, the former members split up and were replaced with Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland. I have met them all, but Kelly is the nicest of the bunch because she wanted a copy of Literary Divas.Destinys Child took off with several hit albums resulting in more cult hits like “Survivor.” The group seemed to have found an everlasting formula for success, but that ended when Beyonce’ Knowles took off on a solo career. Destinys Child as in singular was destined and that child was Beyonce’. A modern day success story whom no one can take away her talent and contribution to the music industry from day one.
With talent shared among all members like Le Toya Luckett, Michelle Williams, Kelly Rowland and Beyonce Knowles, explosve rumors circulated in media that top DJs were paid to not play music from departed artist, LeToya Luckett by Beyonce’s manager, Matthew Knowles. A bonafide TOP 5 album nationwide, LeToya Luckett has not been getting spins on air waves as expected and now folks are not only pointing the finger, but want answers. Payola is a federal crime punishable by imprisonment. B.E.T. uses a vote on procedure as most media to refer an artist on their popular BET 106& Park Countdown site, but as quickly as the song aired it seemed to disappear.
The question is, has media conglomerated to the point where no other artist can venture to the top unless controlled by the industry. I sort of feel sorry for Beyonce’ who millions of her hard working dollars go to her father by an original contract and has to go along with her father who yes, was instrumental in launching Beyonce’s talent, but whom you can’t blame for not taking sides with LeToya whose communication was cut off abruptly from Beyonce’.
A child is going to stick by their parent’s wishes. Beyonce’ may be a millionaire on her way to being a billionaire with hubby Jay Z, but she never really attended higher education, so Dad is the brain of her business transactions and still is. There is nothing wrong with skipping the school thing and gaining wisdom with life lessons if your talent brings you more wealth than it would have had you attended college. It’s a story we all know too well where girl groups rise to the top and as one becomes the bigger attraction, the other members who quickly exert their talent are shunned from shining or dropped. Two chiefs can’t run the show.
Man Wins 19 Million Dollar Lottery and Abandons Wife Without a Good-Bye Note and Can not Be Found!
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.
OH NO! 800,000 Doses of H1N1 Flu Shots Recalled
According to the Associated Press over 800,000 doses of H1N1 flu shots have been recalled. Reportedly, the vaccinations may not be strong enough to fight against the deadly flu virus.
“The federal Centers for Disease Control’s advice for parents worried that their child might have received an ineffective dose of the H1N1 vaccine? Don’t panic.“If a parent has a child who received this vaccine, they need to do absolutely nothing,” said CDC spokesman Tom Skinner. “But if they were recommended to get a second dose of the vaccine, which in this age group they were, they should be sure to get that second dose.”The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children ages 9 and under get two doses of the H1N1 vaccine, spaced about a month apart, to obtain the most protection against the virus. ”
Grafiti by Chris Brown- A Disilgold SOUL Magazine Worldwide Exclusive Music Review
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”
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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Exclusive Interview: Guess Which Movie Hollywood Actress, Rochelle Aytes, Debuted in before Landing Role in ABC TV Show, The Forgotten?
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PerSOULnal Dish: Urban Thriller Book,Tekila Nika: The Forbidden Bronx Video Diary Tales parallels Tiger Woods Dozen Plus Romances Made Possible by “High Baller Talk”
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!
