Power blogger, Mike Brown, is probably one of the best writers I sorta know. Hailing from Harlem, NY, I’m proud to say that this 25 year old is a funny, intelligent, and inspirational black man of our generation. I first ran into Mike (aka REMIX…ask him) through Miss Info’s website and once I stumbled upon his Myspace page, I was blown away by his writing talent. Soon enough I subscribed to his blogs, which always seem to touch on whatever I’m going through or thinking of at the moment, and now I’m hooked. Mike has worked with folks from Allhiphop.com to KING Magazine to Kicksclusive Magazine and he is even working on his own publishing company. So, make sure to check out his Myspace page and subscribe to his bloggery!

Progress!

If you want to be in the Spotlight or know someone who should be, shoot me an email!

Now, Amy Winehouse will always hold a VIP spot in my heart, but this shit right here makes absolutely no sense. Listen to her trying to sing Lauryn Hill’s “Zion”, with about 20,000 liters of liquor in her system. She sounds like this homeless lady named Funk that’s always singing Christmas carols at the Miami Metrorail Station — with the beehive sitting sideways. WineCooler really needs to get it together and I am labeling everyone else in this video (especially the person filming) as enablers. They’re on a slow fall to hell!

Ugh…all this is missing is a needle and a pipe!

So, as a quick intro, I’m going to be adding a new feature to The Fury called Spotlight. This will basically serve as an opportunity for me to promote people, places, and things that I am feeling at the time. Rappers, singers, producers, DJs, blogs, websites, authors, restaurants, etc. — you can expect to see almost anything under the Spotlight.

So, first up is The Round Up Magazine — a new online urban mag for young men and women. Published by Jocelyn Wilson, The Round Up focuses on the latest in music, fashion, health, love, and culture. They even have a gossip/celebrity news column run by yours truly! February was the launch of the magazine and things are looking up for it. Check The Round Up out today and expect to see big things from them in the future.

If you want to be in the Spotlight or know someone who should be, shoot me an email!

Romeo, I’d like to see this reality show stay right on Nickelodeon where it needs to be. Better yet, throw it on Bravo! where nobody will ever see it.

T.I. says he doesn’t know when his Paper Trail LP will be released this year, but it was clear when he talked to us on Wednesday (February 12) that his competitive itch is coming out, though he’s still on house arrest while awaiting trial on gun-possession charges.

“It’s a lot of bullsh– out right now,” he told MTV News via phone from Atlanta. “I’m not gonna front. I feel it’s definitely about time for somebody to come back out and kick this thing back in gear. The rotation is suffering right now. I intend to do something about it. It’s just a matter of when.”

One record that is a lock to make the album is “Let My Beat Pound.”
 

“That’s gonna be a big record,” Tip said. “It’s a different record. It’s a record I approached differently, and it don’t sound like a typical T.I. record. It’s basically about when you got your first car, one of the first things was to make sure your [sound] system was right. [Oh Lord… — Kid Fury] The love for the boomin’ system. It has the sentiments of LL Cool J’s ‘Boomin’ System,’ but it kind of sounds like a Sir Mix-A-Lot [song]. It’s kinda got the mood and tempo of ‘Posse on Broadway,’ but it’s outta here.” [ source ]

Glad to hear that Cliff is still holding up and working hard. We really need more chicken wing-eating Negroes in the game, so the quicker he gets back the better.

This is what has been going around the web as the official version of Kanye West’s new video, but I’m almost certain this is not the full version. It doesn’t feel complete…what happened to this part? Yeah, I’ll wait for the real shit to come out. ”Flashing Lights” is way too hot for them to give us this as its video.

I’m sorry, I can appreciate this, but I would have much preferred if Ms. Franklin would have expressed her distaste for the situation right at the time it was happening. If she would have pelted Beyonce and Tina with a barrage of hot dogs and Spam sandwiches while they were onstage, my soul would have been no more.

We hear from a source within the “Girlfriends” writing camp that the CW has decided to cancel the series immediately instead of bringing it back for a ninth season. While no official announcement had been made as of press time, we were told the CW will not even film this season’s remaining nine episodes that were suspended during the writer’s strike. Ironically, news of the show’s cancellation comes just as the strike has ended and the writing staff was preparing to return to work. We were informed by one of the writers yesterday that Monday night’s one-hour block of new episodes served as the show’s last. “Girlfriends” became the longest-running live-action comedy series currently on network television with the debut of its current season in October 2007. The writers strike suspended production after only 13 of 22 ordered episodes were completed.

I also hear that Mara Brock Akil and the rest of the production crew were planning to bring Jill Marie Jones back for the series finale, but never got that far. Oh well, they were just a little too late. I was one of the folks who stopped tuning in when Toni Childs was voted off the island, but I do support the show and I hate when they cut great sitcoms off without a proper ending.

There are a few numbers underneath the cut that you can use to call in and verbally bitch-slap a few execs, if you feel the need to fight for the girls.