On Thanksgiving night, November 26, the ABC Network will air the one-hour television special, “Beyoncé-I AM…YOURS.” It is the first network special from the superstar. The airing is scheduled for 9:00 PM/EST.

Music World Music/Columbia Records will release “I AM…YOURS An Intimate Performance At Wynn Las Vegas”– a concert performance DVD and Live CD that captures a never-before-seen performance from iconic artist, Beyoncé on Monday, November 23.

Filmed at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas, this extraordinary concert features performances of over 30 songs from Beyoncé’s three multi-platinum solo releases, Destiny’s Child catalog and a few surprises. This amazing concert includes the #1 hits, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It),” “If I Were A Boy,” “Halo,” “Sweet Dreams” and showcases a gut-wrenching performance of “That’s Why You’re Beautiful.” Included on “I AM… YOURS An Intimate Performance At Wynn Las Vegas,” is a biographical storytelling woven between many songs and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage. “I AM… YOURS An Intimate Performance At Wynn Las Vegas” is Beyoncé’s first live CD and fans can also consider the release a greatest hits collection.

Tracklisting for the DVD is below.
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Does the album still lean toward rock?

Yes, the album is still rock. I play guitar on 80% of the songs and there’s a lot of rock influences and rock beats. I also have Travis Barker on the album. But I don’t want people to think I’m trying to do something I can’t do. Don’t think you’re going to put on the album and hear me screaming and singing . . . Don’t worry about that [laughs]. When people hear me say rock, they may get a little scared like, Oh, God. What is he going to do? When I said I was doing a rock album, it was about doing a freedom thing. This album isn’t hip-hop. When I do my Carter albums, I know I’ve got to rap, I know I’ve got to spit, I know the words I’ve got to say and the subjects I’ve got to talk about. I also know the things I shouldn’t say, the things I shouldn’t talk about. There’s none of those limits on this album. I say what I want, how I want. That’s what this album is: a freedom album. And rock is the avenue that gives you that freedom.

I¹m just having fun, that’s all. Trust me: People will like these songs. It’s my job to make them love them, but I know for a fact they’ll like them.
via Billboard Magazine

Full article in this month’s Billboard magazine.

As we reported at the top of the news, Jamal Shyne Barrow – or Moses Michael Leviy, as he is now known is in Belize tonight. He was deported today after 9 years in a maximum security prison in New York. And so what did Shyne do in his first hours of freedom after 9 years in jail? Well he visited the Princess Royal Youth Hostel on the Western Highway. He went there to give residents a motivational visit. He told them they were his priority and that’s why instead of going to the hotel, before eating, and even showering – he went there because he knows what they are going through. And he should, because as Shyne explained, he spent two years in a youth facility. Keith Swift has that story.
More on Shyne HERE & HERE

Should Shyne be get a pardon and be allowed back in the U.S.?

Lil’ Wayne – Swag Surfin’

Lil’ Wayne – Wasted

In the midst of a career surge that has made him one of rap’s biggest stars, Lil Wayne is bracing for a year behind bars after pleading guilty Thursday in a two-year-old gun case.

A glum Lil Wayne said little as he admitted illegally having a loaded gun on his tour bus in 2007, moving to end a case that had churned along as he collected Grammys and gold records. He’s expected to get a year in jail at his sentencing, set for February.

Full Story: Associated Press

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Cold blooded, AYE!