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Jay-Z opens Game 2 with Alicia Keys, gets dissed by Beanie Sigel

Kim LaCapria — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:38:36 +0000

Jay-Z opened Game 2 of the World Series last night with a performance of his new New York anthem “Empire State of Mind,” featuring Alicia Keys. (Video below.)

Players and fans completely rocked out to the song, off the Blueprint 3 and playing out of approximately 15% of car windows throughout the tri-state area right now. Derek Jeter told MLB.com:

“I think it’s special for all of New York,” Yankees captain Derek Jeter said of the hit song which is on Jay-Z’s album “The Blueprint 3″ and doubles as Jeter’s at-bat music.

“I think it almost seems like it’s the anthem for New York right now,” Jeter added. “I got an opportunity to get to know Jay-Z throughout the years and he’s very, very talented doing a lot of things. But he knows what he’s doing, so I think New York has kind of embraced that song.”

Interestingly, the Wall Street Journal of all publications posted this morning about Beanie Sigel supposedly dissing Hova in a new track called “Average Cat.”

The song, “Average Cat,”contains lyrics that reference an incident that supposedly occured at Jay-Z’s September 11 tribute concert. “The rapper Shawn called the police on me//cause I was front row at the Blue Print 3,” Siegel raps, referring to Jay-Z’s latest album, which he premiered live at the show.

The WSJ points out that Sigel just commented on how everyone has been having a go at Jigga lately, and it’s just not right.

“This ain’t the green light for everybody to start making diss Jay-Z records,” he said, adding that “this just me taking my brother out in the yard for 5 minutes.”

Is this because you from Philly, Beanie?

Brooke Burke wins Dancing with the Stars finale

Duncan Riley — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:44:03 +0000

Model and actress Brooke Burke has won the 7th season of Dancing with the Stars in tonight’s finale. Burke with partner Derek Hough beat runners up Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson for the title.

Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys performed in the finale, which brought back all the competitors, including Cloris Leachman who returned to dance the tango.

“You are a star,” judge Carrie Ann Inaba told Brooke after the final dance. The judge also praised Burke’s partner Derek Hough as an incredible teacher.

N Sync singer Lance Bass, who came on strong in recent weeks, finished third.

Beyonce’s AMA Performance: Ignored By Alicia Keys

Meieli Sawyer — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:57:50 +0000

Wow, Alicia Keys singlehandedly managed a major burn at the 2008 American Music Awards last night. Thanks to Splash News, we got to see footage of Alicia sitting down during Beyonce’s performance while the rest of the audience looked completely into it (and was standing up). Were painful shoes or pangs of bitterness to blame?

Bad choice of Loubous aside, there could a couple reasons for Alicia to be looking so erm, competitive during Beyonce’s AMA performance. There were the Grammy Wars in October (which Alicia won, I might add), and it doesn’t help that their looks are often compared by 17-year-old boys plenty of people on the internet.

Is that enough for a major snub, or was this just an inopportune moment on Alicia Keys’ part? I bet there’s a bucketload of drama just waiting to be discovered between these two.

American Music Awards Winners List

Duncan Riley — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:38:03 +0000

The 2007 American Music Awards is over for another year, and Rihanna and Alicia Keys were among the big winners. Here’s the final results:

Soul R&B Female – Rihanna

Pop/Rock Male – Chris Brown

Country Band/Duo/Group – Rascal Flats

Rap/Hip-Hop Album – Kanye West
(Graduation)

Country Male – Brad Paisley

Pop/Rock Album – Alicia Keys (As I Am)

Award of Merit – Annie Lennox

Country Female – Taylor Swift

Pop/Rock Female – Rihanna

Rap/Hip-Hop Male – Kanye West

T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist Award – Jonas Brothers

Soul/R&B Album – Alicia Keys (As I Am)

Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group – Daughtry

Artist of the Year – Chris Brown

Another Way to Die video clip released

Duncan Riley — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:10:19 +0000

Another Way To Die @ Yahoo! Video

Another Way to Die, the Jack White/ Alicia Keys duet theme song for the next James Bond flick The Quantum of Solance was released 2 weeks ago, and the general reaction from Inquisitr readers wasn’t positive. For the followup, the video clip has been released, as embedded from the original source above (if you can’t see this in the feed, visit the site….also this is the original source, so quality is superior to the YouTube rips popping up).

I know others don’t like the song, but combined with the dark, moody Bondesque clip I’m warming to it more and more. The other thing to note from the clip: Alicia Keys is quite simply hot.

For the movie preview, see the Quantum of Solace trailer.

Another Way to Die, Quantum of Solace theme song released

Duncan Riley — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:14:13 +0000

The full theme song to the next James Bond film Quantum of Solace has been released. The track sees Jack White team up with Alicia Keys to offer a modern take on a Bond theme.

The undertones are deep, somewhat dark (it says Jack White) with some brass adding to the over all Bond affect. Reviews so far are mixed, but as a Bond fan who still owns nearly every Bond theme song, I don’t mind it. It keeps to the theme, even if it’s a little flat compared to the strong vocals of Shirley Bassy, or the pop rock of Wings for Live and Let Die. The dark mood sits well with the darker Bond we’ve seen since Daniel Craig took over the role.

Embed above (you won’t see it on the feed) so you can listen to it, and leave a comment if you have an opinion, and if you haven’t seen it yet, check out the latest Quantum of Solace trailer.