Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Summer Jam on Fuse | Lloyd Banks: hip hop's new superstar? | The Blackbird Papers
Missed 50 dissing R. Kelly, Murder Inc. and playing lawn chair tennis against an apparently unreceptive Giant Stadium audience a couple weeks back? Maybe Fuse will carry some of those higlights in their broadcast of HOT 97’s Summer Jam ‘04 which also features Alicia Keys, Big Boi, Luda, Chingy, Jadakiss, Twista, Lil Jon and the Ying Yang Twins, Kayne West and premieres Friday, June 25 at 7:00 PM & 11:00 PM EST (with encores on Saturday, June 26 at 5:00 PM & 12 Midnight and Sunday, June 27 at 9:00 PM & 2:00 AM).
Newsweek's Allison Samuels on Lloyd Banks.
And from a very good friend of mine:
Come hear Ian Smith read from his new novel, The Blackbird Papers, this summer's hottest thriller. Get your copy personally signed, then join him at the after-party and dance the night away. Special guests include NY Giant Michael Strahan, NBC anchor David Ushery, and CBS anchor Cindy Hsu, NBC's Dan Abrams.
7:30 PM
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
82nd and Broadway
New York City
Party to Follow
The reviews are in:
"This tale of murder and intrigue by NBC medical correspondent Smith could be the sleeper hit of the summer. Smith wastes no time gathering momentum and pushes the book's plot forward on page one." -- USA Today
"Smith keeps the pot boiling with a quick pace and some head-snapping plot twists. The result? A cool summer page-turner." -- Entertainment Weekly
Read the first chapter at: www.iansmithbooks.com
Then go inside the machine that creates the high school ballers-turned-NBA superstars like Lebron James and Carmelo Anthony. (Newsweek)
So I may have dogged the new Streets album the other day but apparently in the UK it's getting crazy press love, has already sold 500,000 units and is actually doing way better than the last album. Shows you how much I know....
Finally, congrats to Shauna Callendar on winning the Puma 5x12 vinyl box set contest. Shauna, I need your address to get the set sent out to you. BTW, the correct answers to the contest questions were: Output Records is run by Trevor Jackson and DFA Records is run by James Murphy & Tim Goldsworthy.
