Just My Faves

In his first televised performance since “the incident”, Breezy hit the stage to help bring in more donations to benefit the tragedy in Haiti via BET’s Saving Ourselves (SOS) Help For Haiti special.

He performed “Crawl” and “With You” and showed the great stage presence we’re all accustomed to with his live performances. Watch below:

Work it, Serena!

Chris Brown joined Drake on stage last night to perform “A Night Off”, which is a track off of Drake’s “So Far Gone” mixtape.

Naturally, the performance made its way to the internet. Check it out below! (2 different versions)

< begin rant > I’m gonna preface this with the following message: I know Breezy messed up big time. We all know this. However, unlike some, I don’t think he should be banned from creating/sharing music for the rest of his life. He def lost some cool points with me for roughin’ up my girl Rihanna, but the bottom line is that he’s paying his debt to society. He makes great music, and can dance his ass off, so I want to see more!

When Charlie Sheen (who is middle-aged, and with a history of abuse) got busted recently, I didn’t see anyone calling for him to get fired from his job. No one was organizing boycotts of CBS or his show. No one was drafting letters to people who do business with him, urging them to terminate their sponsorships. (Though Hanes did pull his ads, they were the only ones) People seemed to accept his actions as normal and move on without outrage. They couldn’t do that with a 19 year old man who has only messed up once? That’s all I needed to throw my support behind Chris. People need love the most when they deserve it the least.

I know many won’t agree with me, and that’s cool. This site is title “Just My Faves”, which means MY faves, and not necessarily yours < / end rant >

Now, that I’ve gotten that out of the way, let me talk about something positive: new Breezy tunes! Looks like Chris is looking to get his grown and sexy on with the release of a new mixtape titled In My Zone on Valentine’s Day. He jumped on Ustream with Kevin McCall the other night to give fans a 25 minute preview. Watch it below:

I’m diggin’ most of the tracks he shared and Chris looks happy. He’s in his element in the studio. It seems like the studio and the stage are the only places he feels he can be free. Will definitely be copping the mixtape. The last album I bought was Chris’ Graffiti, and that’s saying a lot, as I don’t buy many CDs.

I haven’t seen any specific places where this mixtape will be available, but I’m sure word will spread in the coming 2 weeks.

Fresh off of her 5th singles title at the Australian Open (she also won the doubles title with her sister, Venus), Serena Williams get the VIBE treatment for the recent December issue of VIBE Magazine.

I like seeing a full-figured and athletic woman in a glamour photoshoot. We need to see different body types in our magazines. See the entire spread here.

And if a photo layout isn’t enough, VIBE also has a great video with Serena’s man, Common, who comments on her Aussie Open title. So cute!

“If Only You Knew” (Patti LaBelle cover)

“Weak”

NOTE: I have the interview as well, but my FTP program keeps crapping out in the middle of that transfer. I’ll add it later, I promise! Also, you might have to turn your speakers up a little. BET comes in very quiet on my TV for some strange reason.

ETA: Just got the interview up!

I was looking at some pictures from the GRAMMYs and some of their after parties and saw a recurring hair theme for a handful of stars.

See for yourself:

I love it. Not only because I like these three ladies, but also because the ‘do looks great on all 3 of them!

FINALLY!

There have been hints here and there that Pixie Lott would eventually release music in the United States. It’s been in articles and interviews from Miss Victoria herself. From those, we know that she’s filmed a movie — Fred: The Movie — and that “Cry Me Out” may be her 1st US single. And now it seems like the press is finally beginning for Pixie’s American push.

Billboard Magazine has a new preview of Artists to Watch for 2010. These are the acts they think are going to break out this year. I was super glad to see Pixie Lott on the list!

The big bullet points from the feature was that the label has not chosen Pixie’s lead US single yet, but they expect to do that, and set radio impact date in the coming weeks!

Don’t know about anyone else, but I can’t wait! Let’s goooo!

Pixie Lott has received 4 nominations for the 30th anniversary of the Brit Awards. Comparable to the US Grammy Awards, the Brits are quite prestigious across the pond.

At the show, which takes place February 16th in London, Pixie is up for the British breakthrough act, best British female and best single.

Find out more about the show and its tradition at www.brits.co.uk.