It’s back. I’m gonna be there. You? Do it.

Peace, Love & Summer Bubblers

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HERE IT IS PEOPLE!

I know, I’ve been promising it for tiiiime now, but it’s finally here!

The PinBoard crew had the pleasure of catching up with the incredibly talented Melo-X while he was over here in London on tour with Theophilus London. We shot on location in ‘Banksy’s Tunnel’ in the heart of London and got to know the man behind the music.

In this EXCLUSIVE interview, Melo-X talks about his influences, his album Mustafa’s Renaissance, Dilla, his favourite MC’s and much, much more. It’s a pretty dope and insightful interview, so sit back and kick it with Mr. Melo.

And so there you have it! We’ve been telling you about this man, if you don’t know by now – I don’t know where you’re living. His album Mustafa’s Renaissance is incredible, make sure you cop that. Also, hit up his myspace and show him some love. Aiight?

Peace, Love & Melo-X

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Much thanks to Melo-X, Shan (Phearon Lightworks) & Shernay (Chocolate Bear Productions)!

Jeremih stopped by the Alexa Chung’s show (who knew that annoying chick had her own show?) to perform his current smash hit “Birthday Sex”…

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This jam is too big. Massive. Ya’ll know I don’t fu*ks with this type of R&B on a regular, but this track cannot be denied.

Peace, Love & Jeremih

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Dedicated to the Suneetha’s & Becky’s of this world

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One of the dopest tracks off an album I still say is ill. Eminem’s Relapse is out now.

Peace, Love & Eminem

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FINALLY! Some brand new Whitney music! This Diane Warren/David Foster produced track is Whitney’s first, official single off hr upcoming album I Look To You…

Whitney Houston – “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength”

I love it. Really, I do. I know many people will have problems with it, but you know, I respect Whitney so much for coming out with a classic, age appropriate power ballad. Too many artists, who have been around a long time, come out with material that they feel can compete with the Beyonce’s/Rihanna’s of this world. Truth is, they can’t. I mean, Mariah Carey and her new single is a classic example of what I’m saying. Whitney’s voice is clearly still there, while not as clear and clean as it once was, but you know, she’s grown now.

I think it’s a brilliant song. But what do YOU think?

Peace, Love & Whitney Houston

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P.s Will of course post the downloadable version as soon as it’s available Grab it while you can folks!

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Man, this breaks my heart. Less then 48 hours later he passed away. So sad.

…However, as I have said, I take comfort in that he was doing what he loved in during his final days. He looked in real good health too.

Peace, Love & Michael Jackson

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Someone on twitter directed me to this interview Quincy Jones did with menstyle.com, written by Jeff Gordinier. It’s actually an incredibly insightful read. He’s talks candidly about Michael Jackson and how he believes “Michael did not want to be black”. He also talks about his death and why he will not be attending his funeral. It’s just nice to hear from someone who knew him so well, as apposed to random idiots who met him once etc…

Q: How have you been holding up since Michael Jackson’s death?

A: Oh, man. It’s surrealistic. I went to Shanghai for the movie festival over there—I took Halle Berry—and then went back to Luxembourg, and in three days I lost Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael. And Michael’s thing is still surrealistic to me. I can’t process it, man. I don’t know how to process it. It’s just unbelievable—him leaving before me. I can’t believe it.

Q: How did you learn that he had died?

A: Well, everybody in the world called me. I got 500 e-mails. I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. At first they said they’d taken him to the hospital, then they said he’d had a stroke or a heart attack—it just kept going back and forth and we didn’t know what was really happening. And at first I thought he was just kind of freaked out by the coming concerts, because I was in London when they announced the 50 concerts and they sold out in four hours. . . We’d see each other all the time, and I just can’t believe he’s not here.

Q: Have you been crying?

A: Oh, man, it’s more than that. It’s way more than that. It hurts my soul, man. It’s just a lump down there.

Q: You were there to witness the strange evolution in Michael’s appearance. Did you ever step in and saying anything about it?

A: Oh, we talked about it all the time. But he’d come up with, “Man, I promise you I have this disease,” and so forth, and “I have a blister on my lungs,” and all that kind of b.s. It’s hard, because Michael’s a Virgo, man—he’s very set in his ways. You can’t talk him out of it. Chemical peels and all that stuff.

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Not sure if anyone is still checking for Joe, but here’s his new video…

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Haven’t had a chance to watch this yet…

It’s always a surprise to people when I say “I’m never been a Joe fan” – people hold him in such high regard. Maybe with good reason, but in my opinion - all his songs sound the same but moreover, none have really made an impact or lasting impression on me.

LOL I got all the opinions today, init?

Peace, Love & Joe

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Can’t believe Ryan Leslie is already prepping a new album. I swear his last (self titled) album only came out not long ago? Nonetheless, this is the first official single off Transition…

Ryan Leslie – “You’re Not My Girl”

I liiiiike! Like it a lot actually. Lovin’ the MJ influence.

It’s funny, I was discussing Ryan’s album yesterday with a few homies at dinner. They couldn’t understand why I didn’t really ‘love it’. My main problem with the album was that Ryan Leslie is a way better producer than he is a singer, therefore the finished product, while brilliantly produced, wasn’t sang by someone with a great voice. I know I’ve probably offended a lot of people, but it’s just my opinion. He’s an amazing musician, but not a great singer.

THIS tune though, I’m feelin.

Peace, Love & Ryan Leslie

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In a recent radio interview, LeToya Luckett was asked about her feelings towards former band mate Beyonce…

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There’s no real reason for posting this up, other than I know a lot of fans stans love to beef it out between these two. The truth is, what happened, happened years ago. They’re both completely different artists and hopefully, after hearing from Luckett, that they’re both cool – all that stupidiness could be forgotten on.

Peace, Love & LeToya Luckett

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…I’m still bumping this album on a regular.

Peace, Love & Eminem

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LOL!

Peace, Love & Drake

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I know I said I wasn’t going to post these kinds of things, but this is hella interesting. Especially the part where Michael states that if for whatever reason his mother cannot take care of his children, DIANA ROSS shall be their acting and legal guardian. Wow.

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My cousin (lol) just sent this over to me. It made me smile.

Peace, Love & Michael Jackson

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So the BET Awards were generally quite poor. It was built up and openly advertised as some massive, respectable Michael Jackson tribute and in practice came across quite half hearted and at times, quite disrespectful.

Chris Brown, Whitney Houston, Beyonce and a whole host of others were meant to perform and none of them happened. And if they did, they sang their own songs (i.e Beyonce). Well, Matthew Cherry, head of Cherry Entertaiment not only attended the show, but also the rehearsel gives an insightful break down of what was meant to happen and what could have been…

What’s going on world. I haven’t really blogged much since getting this account, save for putting my video work up, but after last nights BET Awards I had to say something. So many thoughts ran threw my mind last night after I watched the awards and here they are.

I did not work the BET Awards. I was there with the DP that I worked with on Girlfriends and I was there observing the show rehearsals from the control room. As you all know I go hard on twitter and the reason for a lot of my excitement was due to what I saw in rehearsal. I was one of the few people that saw the rehearsals prior to the show airing and for some reason or another a lot changed from what was originally supposed to air.

Here is what changed. Alica Keys and Wyclef were supposed to sing “Heal The World” after they accepted their humanitarian award. Beyonce was first going to sing Smooth Criminal then they changed it to I’ll Be There/Halo and then she sang something from her own album the day of the show “Ava Marie”. T-pain rehearsed signing “Rock With You” and that was on show rundown as well. I’m kinda glad he didn’t sing that though. Then on top of all of this, of course there was the Chris Brown drama. As of Friday Chris Brown was slated to perform and he was going to sing “Man In The Mirror”. I’ve heard a lot of rumors as to why he didn’t the most talked about one being that Jay-z had him pulled from the show. Not sure if that’s true but I will say this. Beyonce, Jay-Z, Al Sharpton, Joe Jackson and some of the Jackson family all sat in the front row in the same row. Jay-Z and Al Sharpton have said publicly that they do not support Chris in this situation and that they sided with Rihanna. Entertainment is way more political than a lot of you may know and the mere fact that he did not perform caused such a big distraction could you imagine what may have happened if he did. This night should have been all about MJ.

With that said I would have tweeted during the show but my phone died and all I left you with was feelings of excitement about the show. I am a director but first and foremost I am a fan of a lot of these artists and I was sitting in the crowd enjoying great music like everyone else. If my phone didn’t die trust me my messages would have been a lot different.

First off I love Jamie Foxx and I think he is an amazing talent. With that said I do feel that he promoted his concerts too much and him and Neyo performed way too many times. There are too many talented performers in the industry to have them sing three or four songs each. You can tell they didn’t have much time to rehearse as he constantly asked if the feed was on and he walked off stage numerous times when he was supposed to be on stage. That’s more of a timing thing and with two days to get ready I’ll give them a pass.

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