R.I.P. MICHAEL JACKSON

TO THE GREATEST ENTERTAINER WHO EVER LIVED...THE KING OF POP...A CULTURAL ICON...A TOTURED SOUL AND MUSICAL GENIUS......

MICHAEL JACKSON

-Doe Chee$e

Michael Jackson is reported dead

Omg..omg..
This can't b true.
It fucking can't...omg..wtf...

--originalbeautie

To Die For!

Any one who really knows me, knows that I am a shoe fanatic! Nicholas Kirkwood Fall 09' collections is MEAN! I love the structure and architecture of the shoes. GORGEOUS and too expensive lol.

-Doe Chee$e

ILL!

I am too amped about Tim Burton's adaptation of one of my favorite stories, Alice and Wonderland. Of course the movie does not come out until next year, but I am still hype! The film features Johnny Depp ( of course) and Anne Hathaway, and is sure to be magical. Movies like this make me think of my childhood and a time when I was care free as hell. This movie is sure to be EPIC as Kimmie E always says lol.

-Doe Chee$e

maybe this is our fault

i beg for comments like every second of my life...and what do we get none. i just dont understand it. are we afraid to comment? are we too busy to comment? are we too lazy? i just dont know what to think anymore

drizzy drake

Here is the URB interview from October's finest...enjoy

A lot has happened to Drake since URB interviewed the Lil Wayne protégé this past spring for our Next 100 issue. His track, "Best I Ever Had," hit number one on BIllboards Hot Rap chart last week (and number 18 on the Hot 100 chart) making him the biggest new rapper so far this year. URB went back at grabbed the full transcript of our original interview with Drake, taken just a few months before he blew up:

URB: You said your family was from Memphis originally. Have you still got family over there? Do you spend time with them?
Drake: Yeah, I did spend time there when I was younger. My parents were divorced when I was very young so my father went back to Memphis. I was there at a very great time, a very influential time. Around the ages of like 12, 13, 14, 15 even, like right before I started doing DeGrassi, I was there sort of just soaking it all in. It was around the time when Memphis actually had a dope movement, before Kia Shine had that "Krispy" song, they were actually hailing Yo Gotti, Kink, and Skinny Pimp. The artists were just making real hard shit. You know, Ball and G, Three 6 was doing their thing. It was great. It was that real Houston feel where everybody was just riding around to Memphis shit. That's the one thing about the South that I love that I incorporate a lot into my music. It's just that feeling, that excitement when something new drops, just to support an artist. I really drew a lot of influence from being there when I was younger. I like the culture a lot. I mean it was hood, it was hood as fuck, being around Orange Mile and Peppertree apartments. My family's all over Memphis so I've seen a lot of it, but it was a great time to soak that all in. And having contracts in Toronto, Canada, which is very multi-cultural and very safe, it was cool, it gave me two perspectives.




If one thing 2008 proved is that it's OK for pop music to be weird. Santogold and M.I.A. hopping on Jay-Z tracks, and nevermind that Kanye just released a rap album without rapping. Wayne is obviously on his own planet. How do you feel about that transition?
I think it's amazing. I think it's great to see rap fans finally start to appreciate music. Rap is great. Rap is a great form of music. But it is just that, it's a form of music. There are other amazing genres to explore. So for Santogold and M.I.A. to crossover into that world is amazing because, a year ago, we might have listened to M.I.A. and Santogold in the privacy of our own space because people might have thought you were weird if you said, "Yo this is what I listen to in my free time." So now, just to see hip hop fans start to appreciate it is a wonderful thing. It's funny 'cause even being in the studio the other night, I think Killer Mike summed it up best. He was just like, "Rap, at this point, without melody and without something more, [without] a musical composition to it--it's just becoming unimpressive." To rap and rap and rap is only great if you're saying something potent. You have to be a Kanye, you have to be an Andre 3000, you have to be a Jay-Z, because at this point, I think without music behind it, just to rap is getting repetitive. They are those guys that will just be able to rhyme for the rest of their lives because their minds are just so vivid. That's not to say that rap is dead or rap is dying, I don't think so. I don't think hip-hop is going anywhere. I just think that the bar is getting set a little higher and I think that's a great thing. I think it's gonna turn out a lot of great product. Everybody's gonna have their market, like the Soulja Boys and the Gucci Mane's, they'll always have their market because, in the South, Santogold and M.I.A. may not really apply. They can't relate to that stuff. They hear that and they may not appreciate that just yet, maybe they will one day, or maybe they won't at all. Maybe they'll ride with their artists and that's their thing. But on a world level, it's amazing to see hip-hop fans appreciating hip-hop with real music.

As a new artist trying to put yourself out there and establish yourself, how does this changing world inform the decisions you make as an artist?
For me, my writing and my music has always been about self-expression. I had a very interesting process in discovering that it was OK to start doing this hybrid and start exploring my talent a little more. My decisions had nothing to do with 808s and Heartbreak or the fact that people were starting to appreciate M.I.A. My decisions had to do with the fact that I realized I could sing. I realized that i have writing talents outside of 16 bar verses or 80 bar verses or whatever I choose to do. It was really just sort of a discovery for me as far as my creative capabilities, as opposed to moving with the times. I still feel like I'm not doing the type of music that Santogold or any of those artists really do. I think I'm doing a hybrid that's more in my own lane. It's dark, it's evil, it's sexy. Really it's more for women. It's sort of R&Bish more so than abstract, out-the-box type crazy stuff that might take you a minute to sit on it and really comprehend. I think my brand of singing and rapping and the combination that I'm doing is easier to grasp. What I like about it most is that I can only write music with melody when I really draw from life experience. So it always means a lot to me. The songs always mean a lot to me because they're honest. They're what I'm going through at the time. That's when i get inspired to write R&B. The other thing is, from the perspective of the two together, it's just different because I'm still talking that shit that people want to hear. I'm not saying weird things, I'm still being a rapper. I'm still saying ill things that make girls chuckle and make guys go, "Damn, I think that way sometimes." The hardest thing to do is to translate thoughts and have them move from your mind and come out of your mouth and still have the color that they have when you're thinking them in your head. There's a few people in the game that can do that. That's why I've always respected names I just dropped like Andre 3000, a guy like Phonte, a guy like Kanye, or Jay. Jay has tales from his life and from the streets that he can say in a million different ways and it always captures you. My mind just works a certain way and I think people appreciate that. I'm honest. So to get it from here to there and let it flow out to the people, I think that's what they appreciate. It's witty, it's clever, it's enjoyable to listen to. It's not some fake story that you have to be in a dream world to appreciate. You can actually be living your life and say, "Oh shit, that relates to me. I felt that way on Tuesday."

How did the remix to Lykke Li's "Little Bit" come about? Where was the real life inspiration?
[My manager] Oliver sent [the song] to me and said that I should remix it. At first I was thinking about rapping over it, but then as i started to listen to the song I pulled up the words. The writing in that song is phenomenal. I tip my hat to whoever wrote it. The thoughts in that song are exactly what I'm talking about. They're real, human emotions when it comes to love. And me, I'm scared of love. I'm scared to commit to somebody. Especially at this point in my life. So my lyrics and my side of things just really came from that, from having somebody in my life that could be the right person, but I'm not ready to do anything about it right now. So it's like, I love you a little bit, but not enough to make it official, enough to write a song about you and at least let you know that that's how I feel. It was perfect. It worked out perfect for me and I became a huge fan of hers. I listen to the album all the time when I need to just clear my head. I can't wait to actually meet her. We were just talking about her and Peter Bjorn, the gentlemen that produced the record. I'm looking forward to getting a chance to meet everybody. That record was great for me because it's just a little foreshadowing of maybe the direction that I'll choose to go maybe two or three albums down the line. I'm not gonna really go there yet. I still wanna make a classic hip-hop record, a couple classic hip-hop albums, sort of get people accustomed to the fact that I can sing and rap and do all these different genres because if you hit them with that right away they might be taken aback. That's the whole purpose of doing the mixtape, to do it on a level where it's like you can see that I'm clearly experimenting, so don't take it too serious. I'm curious...I'm looking forward to everybody's feedback on the whole thing because I'm rapping and singing and it's not generic songs, it's a map of my life in the last 10 months. So with that being said I'm definitely paying attention to the feedback. I know people say never to do that but I'm paying attention to it. It hasn't been bad up until now so I'm not too worried.

Speaking of feedback, what did your muse think about the "Little Bit" remix?She's scarce with compliments, she's a tough critic. She gave me some kind words, which to me [showed] that it meant something special. For her to recognize it, and I didn't even tell her, was perfect. I delivered my message. That's what life should be about as a musician. That's what it's all about to me anyway. I had influential people in my life, women and people that are around me that are supportive. This whole journey, if you're truly committed to it, is something to document. Some people choose to document it on camera and fill you in on their actual life and tell you what's going on, but I'd rather just let you know through music, metaphorically what's going on in my mind. Because I'm growing, ever since i was on the T.V. show I've been growing, my fans have grown with me. So I'm just hoping that through this project they'll continue to grow with me. Because I've come along way from the type of music i was making, like with Trey Songs' "Replacement Girl," and shooting a video that maybe to a lot of people thought had no substance behind it. I was disappointed because I'm a driven, creative person and it didn't represent me the right way. So through my mistakes and through my triumphs, it's amazing to have people with me.

How do you deal with that when you feel like you've been misrepresented? Especially if it's your first splash on this 106 and Park scale and you feel like they missed your essence.
I'll tell you, I always feel like that was a great song. And at the time, i can't say that it didn't represent me. I've become the person that I am now, the music lover that I am now, the individual that dresses the way I do now, after meeting people like Oliver, and my engineer, 40, and my DJ, Future. After forming these relationships, I've become this person. So I can't ever regret being that person prior to influence from certain individuals. It was me at that time. I won't ever say I regret it. I can look back and say, "Well damn, now that I'm in this position and know this much more, I probably would have done it different." But you can always do that, and if you ever beat yourself up over that you'll drive yourself crazy. I wouldn't say it misrepresented me. It was just a point in my life and I hope nobody ever faults me for it because I'm proud of it. I'm proud of my work. It just shows growth and that's what an artist should do, is grow. If I had another song that sounded exactly like that and shot another video that looked exactly like that, then there would be a problem. Then you could throw the caution flags up like, "OK, this is not somebody to love." But I'm growing, that's what we do. I'm 22 years old.

How did you meet Wayne?
I met Wayne through a friend of mine, J Prince's son, who I met on MySpace actually and we just talked back and forth. He was interested in my music for about about a year and a half, ever since the Trey Songs joint, he reached out. He always pressed Wayne to listen to the music and one day I guess when they had time when they were in Houston he played him about two songs, I think they got through about two-and-a-half songs. I think Wayne called me when I was in the barbershop getting my hair cut. He called me from Jazz's phone so I thought it was Jazz. I picked up and I heard a completely different voice, I knew the voice right away but I didn't wanna believe it so I'm like, "Whatever, man." And he's like, "Yo, this is Weezy," and I'm [sarcastically] like, "Yeah, aight." He's like, "Yo, this is Weezy, can you get on a plane by tomorrow at 8:00am?" And I ended up spending a week out on the road with him.

And with "Ransom," you must've been thrilled to hear him go in like that?Just to see that Wayne was truly excited. And as things kept happening, like at the VMAs, the looks he kept giving me were on some "Yo Drizzy I got us!" That's a powerful statement to start your verse with. When we heard that I remember we were in Atlanta, it was me and my engineer, and we just stopped the verse right after we heard that. I mean whatever he says after that, I know he's gonna kill it, but the fact that he started the verse with my name and said, "I got us," he formed a union with one sentence. I'm sure in five years I'll realize how powerful that verse was. But now, I definitely see it, but we'll realize what it really meant and him spitting his "Money to Blow" verse at the VMAs, he did something great for me which was, just let people know that he sees me as a peer and not as a project or something that he has to really make. He doesn't have to make me. He kinda let people know that I'm already there, he just brought me to the light.

The song sounds like a battle...
I think you can tell from the amount of bars that we spit, it's always sort of this undiscussed competition. But it's a great competition. We're not actually competing. We're just two guys who like to rap and we have a lot of thoughts running through our heads. I usually do my verse first and send it to Wayne, and that excites Wayne and he does his verse. So, he does have the upper hand on me by hearing my verse, but that's why he ends up jumping on a song and being aggressive as he does. I don't send him 16 bar verses that are mediocre. I let him know like "Look, Tune"--I call him Tune--"I'm going in! Like you say all the time, I'm about to go in! I hope you hear what I'm doing." It's always fun to hear what Wayne does afterwards, it's always fun to get that email back. Basically his verse let's me know what he thought of my verse. And every single time it seems like he enjoys the verse and that he enjoys being on songs with me. And that alone is an honor. So when it came to "Ransom," it was out of character for me because "Ransom" is not necessarily something you would hear me doing. When you hear the beat you wouldn't say, "Oh, that's Drake. He gotta rap on that." I think what we do a lot is just pull one another into each other's world. Sometimes i go into Dedication 3 land and Carter 3 land and then sometimes I pull him into So far Gone and Thank Me Later, where we just do abstract different stuff. But he still raps, like we did a song for his new album and it's great. I'm singing and he's rapping, it's different. We recognize each other's talents. I don't know who isn't a Lil Wayne fan, but obviously it goes without saying that I was a Wayne fan before I was Wayne's friend and Wayne's artist. To sit here and describe what an honor it was to go through this process is pointless. I read the comments on the iIternet too and people sort of go back and forth about that debate, you know, "well, who raps better?" and "is Wayne writing his verse?" So it's great, man. It's great to get people talking and that's what we both love to do, just make music that gets people excited and gets people talking. That's our goal.

But, the best feeling is to be on the tour bus and he'll play the record and he'll just be rapping the verses like they're his. He'll be rapping my verses like those are his words. Passionately, he doesn't just say the words. He'll stop what he's doing and look to the sky and flash his ice, or whatever he's wearing, and shake his dreds like he's really passionate about the words I'm saying. I know that he enjoys the verse.

How do you deal with the conflicting views of your growth, from teen TV star to rapper to singer?
I just have to rest comfortably in my head with the theory that there's always going to be people that like and people that don't like. I can't please everybody and therefore if it feels right and if it has a place and it makes sense then I'm gonna do it. I don't sit in the studio and make 20 records a night. One, I don't have that kind of work ethic, as far as writing. Writing does take me time because I put a lot of thought into it. I can't make 15 joints in one night and then maybe one of them is special. I do what makes sense, so if I hear a beat and it inspires me I guarantee you that by the end of that night I'm going to get a record out of that beat that we use somewhere or means something to all of us. I rarely spend time on a record and it becomes a throw away record. Somebody who hears "Ransom" and then Googles me and sees a pictures of me in a jheri curl afro and a wheelchair might bug out for a second. but like i said, we all grow. I was 14, 15 years old and it was the right move for me at the time to be on TV. I did a lot of studying with a lot of acting coaches and I'm grateful for that because I plan to get back into acting as the music picks up. Everything happens for a reason and that show was a great stepping stone; I built a lot of strong relationships at MTV and people know me. But the greatest thing right now is that my fans don't call me "Jimmy" anymore. They don't say, "That's the guy from the Degrassi." They say that's Drake. They may have not have heard all my songs, but they'll find out eventually that I'm doing music is the most important thing. I'm getting a 100,00 plays on MySpace each day, [that] is important too. It's important that I'm getting mixtape orders from Paris and Stockholm as I start to branch out with things like the Lykke Li song. People know me in places that I've never even dreamt of going. And with that being said, I hope that my fans grow with me. We were all young once, you were young too at one point and you enjoyed it, but it's time to move on.

Kimmie's Work Out Plan

I've been coming home late night and workin the ass out [stop] I think you should too [Stop] So stop bullshittin and being lazy [Stop} Renew yourself [full stop]

googoo gaga

this theatrical biotch! i swear her style is crazy her music is crazy. this woman was set to attend Julliard and NYU??!? talk about a true beast. GET INTO GAGAAAAAAAA

speidi...lmao..click on the pic n see them on the view lol

Nanna: Finnish Top Model

Finland has got it goin on because they have women like Nanna, a super gorge, lesbian tall ass supermodel. In my recent life I have become supportive of the gay pride movement and anyone who has the guts to be openly gay and high profile gets my vote. Check her out.

Today's Hotness

Zoe Kravitz

( Kimmie E's sister seperated at birth lol)

Rihanna

I'm liking the jeans


Halle Berry, Halle Berry lol
Her whole outfit is hot!

Erykah Badu
I just love how she doesn't give a fuck
and wears what she wants

Beauty

My new girl crush....

Megan Fox is gorgeous...plus she is tat tat tatted up

Gotta love it

-Doe Chee$e

Shoe Fanatic!

Alexander McQueen Neon Flash pump
Alejandro Ingelmo Woven Metal pump

Both of these shoes are ill! Too expensive for me though :(

-Doe Chee$e

Midnight Snack

Cookies and milk........ The Dunk Mug by Mocca

Let the eat fashion
These designer cupcakes look mad good lol

-Doe Chee$e

this is anti autotune death of the ringtone

check out Jay-Z's new song "D.O.A (Death of Autotune). tell me what you think, that is if you decide to effin comment! (i had a moment right there). The song may end up being apart of "Blueprint 3" and basically just talks about every artist who has been hooked on autotune. The production is crazy...actually this beat is ridiculous kudos to Kanye and NoID..dunno if its sampled from anything in particular, but i do know it gets its inspiration from "na na hey hey kiss him goodbye"...yea that song...listen...i dig it.

Jay-Z D.O.A (death of autotune)

fells point

Fells Point...FELLS POINT. Now for some odd God forsaken reason I had never been to Fells Point until my senior year in High School and I was born and raised in Baltimore (county--you gotta put that in there). Fells Point is basically like Carytown in Richmond (for all my VCU heads) but with water. If you are not familiar picture a historic fashionable small quaint community with thrifty nifty stores music and hot eating spots. I will admit racism can be present in places such as these HOWEVER you see a lot of friendly faces and if you catch the area on one of its busiest days it can make you feel like your walking around in somewhere that's actually important. It can act as your own personal Baltimorian heaven if you let it. Hit it up if you are in the area and if you come visit me remind me to take you there....it's located "behind" the harbor BUT still on that shit lol the website even has its own CRIME BLOG, that's how you know it's still Southeast Baltimore lol

Harry Pottah...yea boy

More proof that I'm a geek. I have read every book in this series, the first 3 twice and I'm thinking about beginning the series again. Yessir I am a Potter fan and did I forget to mention that Daniel Radcliff is a hottie? HE IS. This is the trailer, you should have seen it already...Twilight or Potter...its about taking sides lol

THE SIMS 3!!

the sims 3 is out. don't get all siddity and act as though you don't bang with the sims because EVERYBODY bangs with the sims...

www.thesims3.com

go check it out when no one is watching.

sidenote...those graphics are out of this world son!!!

R KElly "the DEMO tape"

The King is BACK! You can argue with me all day, but I will remain grounded in my decision that R Kelly is THE KING of modern day R&B. The man is musical genius. He defies boundaries. It's like he wakes up, pees, gets dressed and says "Hey today I'm going to make a gospel song", or "Hey today I'm going to make a country song", or "Hey today I'm going to make a classic bomb ass collaboration with some nigga who ain't even that hot but im going to make him hot". R. Kelly is that shit. Which is why Queenie proudly brings to you the MIXTAPE...Click one of the two pics to download and enjoy. (pic 1:direct download, pic 2:datpiff)

NikeMVPuppets: Why Do We Live Together? lol

Best commercials EVER! That's what I'm talking about. Now I am not really into basketball unless it has something to do with Eric Maynor and VCU BUT I have been watching the playoffs and more recently the finals and I will say that I have been more than entertained. Expecially that game where Melo was given Kobe a run for his money...I love Melo...eyyyyy Baltimore..watch the vids. LeBron and Kobe...the chalk toss one...clasSICK lol

Gap 09

The Gap is keeping it so totally real this summer, defining the season with blends of jean, khaki, and a genius use of bright colors. The new collection offers the Gap classics you are fond of such as trouser pants, shorts, trenches, summer scarves and shoes. Patrick Robinson completely did the damn thang! He takes one unoriginal commercial item and makes sure that it has its own individual appeal. The clothes seem to fit perfectly and come in the Gap's standard multi-size menu. Of course the best thing about this entire collection is that it's totally AFFORDABLE, CHIC, and ECO-FRIENDLY---so I made that last part up, BUT still it looks ECO-FRIENDLY and that's what counts. It also offers a sensible idea of how the modern MAN should dress (emphasis on MAN) or maybe just a cute little boy. So go to your local mall and try some ish on buddies!!! Say WHAT!

TLC and LIL KIM???

It is becomming so difficult to decide whether or not to post on Queenie or on my own site. All I know is that this ish is getting boring because the public is not responding and maybe that is our fault, but you know everyone has a life. If I could get paid for blogging best believe I would...but I gotta eat too dig? Well what's new in news....hmmmm

I heard on the radio that TLC is inserting Lil' Kim as the "new" Left Eye when they go on tour. I actually got very excited when I heard the news, but to my dismay the rumors have been cleared up and KIM is NOT replacing Left Eye. They issued the following statement:

We want our fans to know that replacing our sister Lisa is not, nor has it ever been an option. TLC will always consist of Chilli and T-Boz. Lisa's spirit lives on through us. She cannot be replaced. We may collaborate with other artists, just like many other groups have done, but we will never add anyone to TLC.

We love Lil Kim and have been talking about collaborating with her for awhile. We hope to have an opportunity to work with her in the near future."

-Chilli & T-Boz