Nick Cannon is Not Very Happy With Eminem

Eminem rips Mariah Carey and husband Nick Cannon on “Bagpipes from Baghdad,” on his new album Relapse. Slim Shady and Mariah were rumored to have dated in the past. She has denied the relationship.

Cannon responded to lyrics that include: I can’t imagine hat’s going through your mind after such a nasty breakup with that Latin hunk Luis Miguel,” Em raps n reference to the diva’s ex-boyfriend. “Nick Cannon better back the fuck up/ I’m not playin’/ I want her back you punk.

with a lengthy response that read in its entirety here:

Well, well, well. Fresh off the plane with my wife from our second honeymoon on the beautiful secluded islands of the Maldives and what do I find in my email box? A mediocre (at best) Eminem record that sounds like it was written in 2001. At first I thought it was old material that had been dug up from when dude “fantasized” about having a pretend fling with Mariah. I was thinking to myself, “Hey that was before me so it is really none of my business, so I’m going to give him a pass.”

So as I continued to semi enjoy Marshall’s rhyme scheme and flow, I mean let’s be honest dude used to be incredible. He was a witty lyrist with dope delivery and timing. Some even say, one of the best to ever do it. I had nothing but respect for this dude. But all of a sudden I hear my name in the verse! My first reaction was like, “This is his new shit??? Wow, that’s too bad…” Then I felt sorry for him because he must really be stuck in the past. Not only has his music not evolved, but also homeboy is still obsessed with my wife, the same female that wouldn’t let him get to second base from 8 years ago! He even describes his desperate lameness in this bad excuse for storytelling track. That’s some real middle school shit right there! (What type of grown ass man lies about getting with a chick) Only Slim Lamey! LOL!

Eminem- Relapse

Get it while it's hot (and still up):

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Vanity Fair Feature on Jessica Simpson

The cover story chronicles the rise and fall of the pop singer. Papa Joe comes off pretty creepy in this one:

Jessica was still wearing the purity ring, so Nick, presumably, was a frustrated man. They broke up and would have stayed so if not for … “After 9/11, I knew that I never, ever wanted to be away from Nick for the rest of my life,” Simpson told a reporter. They hugged through the aftermath like survivors in a disaster movie and were married in October 2002. In the wedding video (the ceremony was photographed and filmed by InStyle), Joe Simpson looks pained. This was not the plan. First, there was the matter of control. As it says in the Bible in re marriage and parents: leave and cleave. Then there was Jessica as a pop commodity, with no small value as an object of sexual fantasy, a value, as any manager of talent can tell you, that diminishes if said commodity is married. This is not how Joe Simpson phrased it. He spoke instead of his own early marriage and of not wanting his daughter to make the same mistake, but I think he scowls in the pictures—in part, anyway—for the same reason Brian Epstein told the Beatles to date around and be free.

Phoenix: Lisztomania

One of the few good SNL performances this season.

In Case You Forgot About Prince's Ridiculous Symbol

He introduced the symbol in 1992 in case you wanted to be reminded that you are OLD

Do You Like Fishsticks?

Lady Gaga

NY Mag has a little piece on how Ms. Gaga rose to fame. And if you need some Poker Face, click here.

"In 2004, she graduated from the Convent of the Sacred Heart, a private girls school near the Guggenheim with a dress code of kilt skirts. “We were good girls, but we weren’t nerdy like the girls at Chapin,” she says. “We were the girls that guys still wanted to date junior year of high school, because we hadn’t had sex or given blow jobs yet.” Things are different for her now, as a bisexual adult who idolizes transvestite fashion. (A tabloid recently quoted Christina Aguilera dissing her—“I don’t know if it is a man or a woman”; Gaga ate it up.) “I love sex,” she says, tipping her sunglasses down a bit and leering. “You know, sense memory is a powerful thing. I can give myself an orgasm just by thinking about it.”

Keri Hilson, Kanye, Ne-Yo "In a Perfect World"

Love that Keri Hilson, but if you don't, skip to the end to hear a nice verse from Mr. West.

Diddy is Kind of Annoying

MJ Tour

Wow. Michael Jackson's "This Is (sh)It" tour sold 750,000 tickets in 4 hours. According to the cnn.com article, some of the first night VIP tickets are already being scalped for $35,ooo. My questionable calculations say the tour could rake in upwards of $150 million.

Radiohead vs. Miley

Miley Cyrus appeared on a radio show blasting Radiohead front man Thom Yorke for snubbing her backstage at the Grammys:

"I'm like, these are the people I really want to meet," she said. "I'd freak out. They're my rock gods. These are the only people that I would cry over…My manager asked and said, 'Miley's really obsessed. And they were like, 'We don't really do that.' "



The band responded:

"When Miley grows up, she'll learn not to have such a sense of entitlement," the quintet said in a statement."

Snap

Lily Allen

Say what you want about Lily Allen, but the girl can write a tune. I cut her some slack for her antics because she's British. They have a different way of doing things over there, and because I only understand half of it, I'll only blame her for half of her actions.

Here is the half I like:

"She may be flying high but feisty Lily Allen has brought her poor tour manager down to earth with a great big bump. The singer laid into the cheeky scamp for sitting next to her in business class without her permission.

She read him the riot act at 30,000ft and told him: “I’m the boss here.” But this wasn’t our Lily letting success get to her head and throwing some diva-like tantrum. No, the star – currently promoting her new album It’s Not Me It’s You – wanted to save the prized seat for her “employee of the week”.

Allen was unaware that as the star and meal ticket, she could decide who she seats in business class. Sure, this isn't exactly a Mother Teresa move, but it does highlight how odd it must be to answer to a 23 year-old boss.

Friend Of Mine (Explicit Version) - Lily Allen

Coldplay

From The New Yorker's music critic Sasha Frere-Jones
(dated Nov. 18, 2008. I'm so current):

Earliest Christmas Ever

"As if Obama winning wasn’t enough good news, Coldplay have announced that they are breaking up next year. Chris Martin says that they will “go for it in every sense” until they disband, though, and I fear this going for it will involve another Coldplay album. As a result, my own going for it is going to be severely curtailed. Trips into the outside world will be planned carefully, so that I avoid retail outlets likely to play “The Last Whinge” or “Coconut Diaper” or whatever it ends up being called. This means I will be eating at Mars 2112."

Highly recommend Frere-Jones's personal blog.

Beach House- "Gila"

Mazzy Star-esque. That reminds me: Pat, I'd like my tambourine back from eight years ago.

Gila - Beach House

Dylan

New album out in April, if you're into that kind of thing.

Bonnaroo vs. Coachella

After attending Bonnaroo in '06 (Radiohead!), I'm partial to the Tennessee festival. Take a look at this year's lineups and decide for yourself.

Bonnaroo
Bruce Springsteen, Phish, Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, Wilco, Snoop

Coachella
Paul McCartney, The Killers, Amy Winehouse, The Cure, Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs


UPDATE: No Wino at Coachella

Hmm

Kanye visits American Idol on Wednesday to perform "Heartless"

Cool Song - Animal Collective (My Girls)