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CHRIS LIVE AKA SHAKER SAYS: "BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWSE!"

Jimmy Kimmel x Usher Dedicate A Song To The "Benchwarmers" = Hilarious!

CHRIS LIVE AKA SHAKER SAYS: S/O to ALL of the unsung heroes (READ: Bums) that park their kiesters on the bench all season long.

Yes, this goes out to those that ride the pine collecting a check, swinging their unused bone-dry NBA team logo towels in the air and waiting with outstretched hand and baited breath praying to be acknowledged with a generous and self-validating "dap" from their respective team's star player as he heads back to the sideline after a knocking down yet another game winning bucket ... lol! Yup, benchwarmers are pretty awesome ... in a really NOT awesome @ all kind of way ... lol. I see Y.O.U. Luke Walton and Brian Scalabrine! "The bench would be cold without you ... BENCHWARMER!"

Diddy/Dirty Money Ft. Usher - Looking For Love (Official Music Video)

NEW MUSIC: Trey Songz Ft. Usher x Keri Hilson - Re-invented Sex AKA The Trey1N1 Epidemic Continues.

Download Link: Trey Songz Ft. Usher & Keri Kilson - Re-invented Sex

The First Lady Of LiveStyle Says: @SongzYuuup released the news about this leaked version of "Invented Sex" earlier today via Twitter featuring the legend we know as Usher and the talented Ms. Keri Hilson. She definitely bodied her verse, but it was better to hear Usher "Re-Invent Sex." Between me and Y.O.U. it almost sounded like he was trying to teach his young protegé a lesson. I wonder what my friend Rio has to say about this. Whatever the case may be, lesson learned. So what if I gave Y.O.U. a double dose of Trey today? Admit it ... it was worth it. I'm not complaining, my fellow LiveStyle Ladies aren't, and Y.O.U. better not be either! Enjoy! ;c )

Signing Off...

Aisha

CHRIS LIVE AKA SHAKER SAYS: Believe me, I take no joy in admitting to this, however, to thine self I must be true - I have been an active enabler in my little sister's self-destructive and debilitating Trey Songz addiction. I apologize for her behavior. She will be seeking professional help over Christmas vacation ... please keep her and other young women afflicted with the Trey1N1 virus in your prayers. Message To Aisha: Dude, get a room!

Behind The Scenes: DJ Khaled Ft. Usher, Drake, Rick Ross x Young Jeezy "Fed Up" Video Shoot.

BEHIND THE SCENES OF DJ KHALED's "FED UP" from DERICK G on Vimeo.

Gucci Mane Ft. Usher - Spotlight

NEW MUSIC: DJ Khaled Ft. Usher, Drake, Rick Ross x Young Jeezy - Fed Up (Dirty)(NO DJ)

Streaming Audio/Download Link: DJ Khaled Ft. Usher, Drake, Rick Ross x Young Jeezy - Fed Up (Dirty)(NO DJ)

NEW MUSIC: Rick Ross Ft. Usher - Everything You Want (Unreleased)(Dirty)(NO DJ)

Streaming Audio/Download Link: Rick Ross Ft. Usher - Everything You Want (Unreleased)(Dirty)(NO DJ)

CHRIS LIVE AKA SHAKER SAYS: Now, while I do not know the specifics regarding particular record, I have got to ask what A&R do-nothing fell asleep on the job and allowed this joint to slip through the cracks and not make it onto the tracklist for "Deeper Than Rap". Seriously, I can easily think of 5 pieces of shit on this new Rick Ross album that this collabo with Usher could have and should have taken the place of my nigga. Word ... "Cigar Music" didn't make the album either son. What's really good?

So, Maybe Usher Isn't Gay After All.

Yes, I know that Usher is married, but that failed to seal the deal for me. I've always considered his wife to be an old and not very attractive "beard" hired by his handlers to cover up some latent (or not so latent) Fruitopia© tendencies on his part ... lol. This new video does, however, change things a bit. Some random shorty from the crowd goes in on the homie. Don't be fooled yall, girls are, and have always been, the real freaks! True story. Oh yeah, "Superstar" is also 1 of my favorite songs ever! True story once again ... lol.

Record Labels Are Still In The Slow Lane On The Information Highway.

"Record Labels Adopt New Technology to Sell Albums in Sagging Market
Written by Cyrus Langhorne
Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:00:00 Z


Rihanna, Usher, Chris Brown, Akon and others will lead the recording industry's first major move away from the traditional CD format with to the introduction of slotMusic next month.

According to the Wall Street Journal, SanDisk Corp. and the four remaining major record companies have teamed up to create album-filled memory cards that will be usable on mobile phones, PCs and select portable MP3 players. The first offering of releases will include 29 albums sold in MP3 format without digital locks along with an adapter to allow consumers the ability to transfer their purchases to PCs from the USB ports.

SanDisk's general manger of audio-video business Daniel Schreiber is convinced slotMusic will strive due to its multi-compatibility with different devices.

"I don't have to convince you to buy anything; you already own it," Schreiber told Wall Street Journal. "I don't have to convince you to carry anything; you're already carrying it."

Expected to sell around the $15 price point in stores like Wal-Mart and Best Buy, other artists included in the debut batch will be Robin Thicke, New Kids on the Block, Weezer, Leona Lewis and Elvis Presley.

Composed of EMI, Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group and a joint venture with Sony and Bertelsmann AG, the record companies' decision to make the digital move comes months after the success of artists like Flo Rida who previously spoke with SOHH about his record setting single "Low."

"I thought it would be big but at this magnitude I definitely couldn't predict it," he told SOHH about "Low" being No. 1 for ten weeks on Billboard's Top 100. "It's just unbelievable. I have to pinch myself sometimes."

Despite poor record sales reportedly forcing labels to try alternate methods, other artists have had no trouble selling albums including Lil' Wayne who sold over one million copies of Tha Carter III in his opening week last June.

The new device is currently scheduled to hit retail stores around mid-October."

Information Courtesy Of: Sohh.Com


CHRIS LIVE AKA SHAKER SAYS: This sounds nice, but direct downloading is still waaaaaaaaaaay easier for even your basic computer novice. As I have already covered here @ Livestyle, it's all about greater convenience and personalization.

Message To Major Record Labels: Stop being reactive and attempting to bend the public's collective will to your whims. Go back, study the market (specifically the internet) and bring some innovation to the table. Stop trying to simply repackage the same old bullshit. I mean, @ this point, artists like myself take much of the grassroots marketing of our projects into our own hands anyway ... what are Y.O.U. bringing to the table Mr. Executive?